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MATERNITY ON HIGH-LEVEL MARATHON PERFORMANCE

Photo by Lucas Favre (Unsplash) For top-level female athletes it is a challenge balancing professional life, maternity leave, and returning to competition after it. Allyson Felix, a renowned champion, faced… Read more »

DOWNHILL SECTIONS: KEY FOR PERFORMANCE IN TRAIL ULTRAMARATHONS

Photo by Kalen Emsley (Unsplash) Trail running is an emergent endurance running discipline that takes place in open country on unpaved surfaces. It includes various distances, with ultramarathons (>42k) being… Read more »

MARATHON OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS (XXXVI) – Rio 2016: JEMIMA SUMGONG (1984-)

Jemima Sumgong Rio 2016 Rio 2016 logo Rio de Janeiro won the bid to host the 2016 Olympic Games against the candidatures of Madrid, Chicago and Tokyo. These were the… Read more »

CREATINE: EFFECTS ON SPORTS PERFORMANCE

Resistance (anaerobic) exercise (Photo by Anastase Maragos (Unsplash)) Creatine is synthesized in the body, primarily in kidneys, liver, and pancreas, and can also be obtained exogenously through the diet (seafood,… Read more »

MARATHON 118: MARTÍN FIZ VITORIA-GASTEIZ MARATHON (14/05/2023)

Start area Being near Vitoria and having run its marathon in 2004, for one reason or another, it’s a race I hadn’t returned to. Usually, it coincided with the Eco-Lisbon… Read more »