How do you thrust a niche sport into mainstream media? You need a high-impact athlete who bursts onto the scene with pure domination combined with style and grace. Did anybody pay attention to cycling before Lance Armstrong starting winning the Tour de France every year? Not really. Golf is a little [...]
Probably some of the most nagging, injury related problems that I’ve had experience with as an athlete are foot related problems. In my second year of college, I developed a minor stress fracture in my foot that I kept trying to come back from too early. The result was an entire missed year [...]
I was just looking through the start lists for the 400m at the World Track and Field Championships being held in Helsinki where I noticed some interesting entries:
Athlete
Country
2005
Personal
Battistel Florent
MON
49.59
49.59
Martini Glauco
SMR
50.86
50.86
Gandéga Boubou
MTN
49.52
49.52
Notice anything? I’ll give you a hint: my personal best in the 400m is 49.74, and I am probably best described as a [...]
I don’t think it’s hard to recognize that Track and Field is one of the truest tests of pure athleticism. Yes all sports require athletic ability, certain specialized skills, and countless hours of preparation, but it is in track and field where performance is directly linked to how fast you run, how high you [...]
I never quite understood how the U.S. Anti-doping Agency managed to get themselves into the mess that they found themselves in for the men’s 4×400m relay team at the Sydney Olympic games. For those who are unaware of how the system works for the relay teams, usually there is a pool of 6 or [...]
