VO2 max, lactate threshold, running economy, biomechanics, altitude training, blood-lactate testing — the research underpinning what coaches and runners do.
On the Mark: May/June 1999 Editorial StaffDepartmentMay 19994 min FIRSTMARATHON.A young woman in the office where I work says she plans to run a marathon within the next year. She’s…
Letters to the Editor: May/June 1999 Editorial StaffDepartmentMay 19992 min Letters NOT THE WHOLE STORY Your article about VO,max (“Maxiimpression that VO,max is easy to improve and lactate threshold isn’t….
On the Mark: November/December 1998 Editorial StaffDepartmentNovember 19985 min WINTER TRAINING. What is the best type of alternate winter training for a middleaged female marathoner who is stuck in snow…
Editorial: May/June 1998 Richard BenyoEditorialMay 19984 min RUMORS OF IMMORTALITY When we compiled our list of “25 Who Reinvented the Marathon” to run in conjunction with our celebration of “25…
– The Champion of the Chip Editorial StaffFeatureMarch 199810 min vestige of prolonged aerobic exercise that farmers received—everything else already having been mechanized. On a visit to Minnesota a few…
Editorial: January/February 1998 Richard BenyoEditorialJanuary 19981 min If you’re fit enough to run marathons and ultras, you’re a damned aerobic astronaut. And as a rebel ina world of lumps, you’re…
The Art of the Taper Mark ConoverFeatureJuly 19978 min The Art of Tapering With the Hard Training Behind You, the Last Few Weeks Offer Opportunities to Peak Mentally By MARK…
Editorial: July/August 1997 (pp. 1-2) Richard BenyoEditorialJuly 19974 min WRETCHED EXCESS Nobody gets out of here alive. Our only positive options are to take steps to lengthen our stay and…
