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Bolt vs Farah at 600m. The extremes meet, who wins? 6 Aug 2013 | 04:18 pm
Bolt vs Farah over 600m: The extremes meet in the middle (kind of, physiologically...) For athletics fans, the prospect of Usain Bolt vs Mo Farah over 600m offers an enthralling spectacle where the m...
Alan Oliveira runs 10.57s. Leg length or something else? Over to the IPC and IAAF 29 Jul 2013 | 03:16 am
Alan Oliveira runs 10.57s: Is it leg length, or something else? Over to the IPC/IAAF Hot on the heels of a 20.66s World Record for double-amputees in Lyon a week ago, Alan Oliveira of Brazil, the fas...
On performance analysis: Common sense, guided 26 Jul 2013 | 05:48 pm
Performance analysis in sport: The guidance of common sense With the Tour de France now disappearing in the rear-view mirror, I've been weighing up a post on the value of performance analysis as a pr...
Oliveira 20.66s: A double amputee will soon medal in able-bodied Olympics 22 Jul 2013 | 03:52 am
Double amputee sprinters version 2.0: Alan Oliveria runs 20.66s 200m The next generation of double-amputee sprinters have arrived, sooner than expected. Alan Oliveira of Brazil today won the 200m wo....
Tour de France 2013: Alp d'Huez preview 17 Jul 2013 | 08:49 pm
Preview of Alp d'Huez - history, performances and predictions Alp d'Huez is the Tour de France most iconic climb, and its frequency and prestige make it the most informative barometer for the sport. ...
A house of cards? Sprinting crisis as Gay, Powell and more Jamaicans fail controls 15 Jul 2013 | 02:55 am
A house of cards? Sprinting tumbles down as Gay, then Powell, then Simpson, Carter named as failing drug controls A frantic two hour period today saw first Tyson Gay, and then Asafa Powell named as h...
Mont Ventoux Preview: Looking forward by looking back 14 Jul 2013 | 02:10 pm
Historical analysis of Mont Ventoux, pVAMs and predictions Today the Tour tackles Mont Ventoux, one of its most famous mountains, though less frequently climbed than would be ideal to do detailed ana...
Healthy skepticism, dealing with doping and denial 9 Jul 2013 | 05:22 pm
Cycling discrimination: why skepticism should be encouraged, not silenced Yesterday I wrote a lengthy piece in which I tried to provide some balance to the discussion about Froome's Ax-3-Domaines per...
Tour rest day: Pondering the unanswerables with physiological implications 9 Jul 2013 | 11:44 am
Pondering the unanswerable questions at the TDF: Performance as proof of doping? I spent the weekend, and much of today, pondering the many questions that Chris Froome's very fast ascent of Ax-3-Doma...
Froome's first mountain performance: Cue debate 7 Jul 2013 | 01:25 am
Froome takes yellow with a commanding climb. What are the implications? Very briefly, before this first mountain day of the 2013 Tour de France is over, some brief thoughts on the... Visit our webs...
