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What is ergodicity and how can it help you plan for longevity in your running? That's the topic my colleague Thomas Watson is exploring in today's episode, where he looks at how it can apply to single races, seasons, or your whole life - and why you should be more like Haruki Murakami and less like David Goggins.
Runners love to believe fitness can cancel out a few bad habits—but does it really? A massive long-term Norwegian study digs into alcohol, fitness, and mortality, and the results challenge some very comfortable assumptions endurance athletes make.
Is endurance performance merely a game of maintaining blood glucose?
For decades, high-carbohydrate diets have been considered the gold standard for fueling endurance activities, largely due to their ability to optimize muscle glycogen stores. But a new study is challenging our understanding of that, and the role of low-carb and high-carb diets (again).
I'm often asked: "Can I trust the VO₂max score from my GPS watch?"
I don't ever really have a good answer, other than that lab testing is ideal. Nevertheless, for recreational runners, seeing fitness increases can feel motivating, but for athletes chasing marginal gains, a misleading VO₂max estimate could be more frustrating than helpful.
A new study put the Garmin Forerunner 245 to the test against the gold standard laboratory treadmill ramp tests with respiratory gas analysis.
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