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How we evolved to run, and why we probably didn’t

Article added November 4, 2020 Categories Featured News, News
Written By: JOHN CARROLL

If we are built to run long distances, how does that explain almost everything about us, asks John Carroll. There is a growing consensus among the scientific community – evolutionary biologists, paleoanthropologists, neuroscientists and other dilettantes – that our bodies and brains evolved to run long distances so we could slowly hunt down animals on […]

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AMAZING GRACE- CATHY FREEMAN

Article added October 12, 2020 Categories Featured Columns, Motivation
Written By: KATE CARTER

Why Cathy Freeman’s 400m Gold at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney was a performance of enormous symbolic power Few moments epitomise grace under pressure so elegantly as the Aboriginal athlete Cathy Freeman in her sleek green, white and yellow bodysuit surging to 400m Olympic Gold in front of an adoring home crowd. Few athletes […]

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The Psychology Behind Why We Still Can’t Get Enough of Usain Bolt

Article added September 23, 2020 Categories Featured Columns, Motivation
Written By: ELIZABETH MILLARD

And Deena Kastor. And Tatyana McFadden. And every other individual athlete, as opposed to a team. According to a recent study published in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, there’s a reason why we tend to cheer for one person instead of a team. Researchers found that people were more invested in the success of one athlete—in this […]

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Why a bad race might make you more successful in the long run

Article added February 26, 2020 Categories Columns, Featured Columns, Motivation, Motivation Essentials, Your stories
Written By: CINDY KUZMA

The four-time Olympic gold medalist shares his secrets on recovering and going after your goals all over again. If anyone knows how to overcome a tough break and get back to the top, it’s Britain’s Mo Farah. Three years ago at the Olympics in Rio, about midway through the 10,000 meters, then-training partner Galen Rupp accidentally tripped him. Farah hit […]

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Hong Kong marathon has been cancelled

Article added January 28, 2020 Categories Featured News, News, Uncategorized
Written By: Jane McGuire

70,000 runners will have their entries refunded. The Hong Kong Marathon, which was due to take place on Saturday 8 February, has been cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak. According to news reports today, 27 January, the virus has killed 81 and infected 3000 people to date. According to BBC news, Hong Kong has, at present, got […]

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