by admin | Apr 25, 2011 | Tips
How do you deal with chafing while running? You running along not a care in the world, so you think. A little later into the run and ‘boy oh boy’ you have a chafe and is it not irritating. The irritation you can cope with but now it has lead to an open...
by timeadmin | Apr 22, 2011 | Featured, TheABC
Andrew was born in East London, South Africa and attended Selborne College. He has a PhD in exercise physiology and has recorded a time of 31min 20sec for 10km he has excelled over various distances with a best time of 2Hr 22min for the marathon. He has placed 3rd in...
by timeadmin | Apr 22, 2011 | Featured, TheABC
The Great VO2 max Myth – I often receive telephone calls from runners wanting to know if it would be possible to measure their VO2 max. The Great VO2 max Myth My standard answer is something along the lines that it is, indeed, possible. VO2 max measured However,...
by timeadmin | Apr 22, 2011 | Featured, TheABC
This article; Lactic acid and running: myths, legends and reality by Doctor Andrew Bosch Most runners still believe that lactic acid is released during hard or unaccustomed exercise and that this is what limits running performance, as well as being the cause of...
by admin | Apr 22, 2011 | Featured, TheABC
Historically, the understanding has been that runners collapse (often at the end of races) due to dehydration. This is popularly thought to be more likely when the environmental temperature is high and dehydration more severe. The term heat exhaustion has been used to...
