Track and field is all about numbers. The competition is certainly important (maybe more so) but most people are just as concerned with the numbers- the times, the distances, etc. With this in mind, I wanted to throw out some interesting factoids for you to chew on. Did you know:The average velocity of a top athlete running the 400 hurdles is higher than one running the 110 hurdles?The fastest rec [...]

Carl,Did USATF bring up the Weyand study at this particular seminar? I would imagine that this topic makes them feel uncomfortable...since they have been a proponent of faster turnover, A and B skips, dorsi-flexion, etc. Xavier Carter proved this falsehood in the NCAA finals. "Everyone" was turning over faster than he was, but for some reason he kept pulling away from everyone? Hmmm I be [...]

That was the heading of an article in our local paper. The main goals were to get the &ldquomore sophisticated&rdquo students of today excited bout taking PE because it is no longer required after sixth grade. They took away the requirement to allow more time to prepare for the FCAT test, another standardized test instituted by another Bush to test academic performance. The gist of the article is [...]

Lost in the steroid scandal that is Marion Jones, Asafa Powell ran ANOTHER world record tying 9.77 second 100m dash. How is it that a 9.77 second 100m dash could receive such little fanfare? For goodness sakes we are talking about the fastest time EVER run in the most exciting event in track and field. How could this go so overlooked? Well, first we have the fact that Powell’s amazing run to [...]

According to the Surgeon General Obesity is coasting the US $ 120 Billion AnnuallyOver 50% of those people having ACL surgery will eventually develop arthritis and need to have knee replacementTotal projected cost of the Iraq war per US household is $19,600A wise man once said that within problems there are solutions, there has to be some solutions here. [...]