July 26th, 2008 — , 100 miles, IAAF, Lance Armstrong, Last Year, Oscar Pistorius, Tour de France, Vermont, bosu ball, ice, medicine balls, obesity, prosthetics, records, shin splits, smoking, swiss ball from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
This week last year covered a lot of news, and I answered quite a few reader questions.
This week last year started off with The Running Shoe FAQ, which explained why runners wear specialty shoes and what makes them different from normal walking shoes.
I answered a question from an aerobics instructor about how to treat posterior [...]
Continue reading → This Week Last Year » Running Shoes and Lots of News
July 20th, 2008 — , Clam Festival, IAAF, Last Year, Oscar Pistorius, UCI, doping, gloves, ice, shorts, track, treadmill, ultramarathons, velomobile from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
This week last year, I offered some advice on what to wear to a race to prevent “severing your leg at the thigh” from chafing.
I tried to decide if it was worth running in an ultramarathon a few weeks before my next marathon. Ultimately, I decided that yes, it was a good idea.
I shared [...]
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June 28th, 2008 — , 200m, IAAF, Last Year, Michael Johnson, Oscar Pistorius, Tyson Gay, UCI, cycling, dancing, doping from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
This week last year saw a varied range of topics on the site with a good mix of tips and news.
I began the week by looking at dancing as an alternative exercise. Unfortunately for my wife and I, we haven’t been out dancing too often since she went to law school.
The UCI came out [...]
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May 30th, 2008 — , Asafa Powell, Last Year, Oscar Pistorius, prosthetics, tempo from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
This week last year I wrote the counterpoint to my intervals FAQ by describing answering questions about tempo runs. The tempo run is not a very well defined term and can mean different things to different people, so sometimes it helps to have a definition of what somebody means when they are talking about [...]
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May 16th, 2008 — , IAAF, News, Oscar Pistorius, prosthetics from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
Oscar Pistorius was found to have a mechanical advantage over able-bodied athletes last December. In January, he was banned from international competition by the IAAF, Track & Field’s governing body.
Oscar challenged the ruling before the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland. They felt that the rule that was in [...]
Continue reading → Oscar Pistorius is allowed back into international competition
December 20th, 2007 — IAAF, News, Oscar Pistorius, Sports, prosthetics from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
This past Summer, Oscar Pistorius finally convinced the IAAF to test his prosthetics to determine whether he did in fact have an advantage over able-bodied athletes or not.
The tests have been conducted, the results are in, and the prognosis: Pistorius does in fact have an advantage and will now banned from international competition. The [...]
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July 26th, 2007 — IAAF, News, Oscar Pistorius, prosthetics from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
The IAAF has finally agreed to work with Oscar Pistorius to determine whether he is actually a good runner or whether he gains an advantage from having prosthetic limbs.
Pistorius, who complained earlier this month he was not getting support from the IAAF, said he was pleased to help conduct research “so that we can jointly [...]
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July 16th, 2007 — 400m, Oscar Pistorius, Sports, running from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
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