What’s the most common question you’re asked after finishing a race? In my experience it’s almost always ‘what was your time?’, and talking to other runners it seems this experience is pretty much universal. It
…Category: Historical
The story of Ben Hart, the British Empire's fastest man, who made a fortune as a sprinter two centuries ago. …
Until recently I was sure I knew who the first person to break the four minute mile was. Roger Bannister’s achievement on a blustery Oxford afternoon in 1954 has, after all, gone down in the
…Why do I spend so much of my time researching running?
I’ve been asked variants of this question on many occasions… I’ve even asked it myself a couple of times at low moments during my PhD!
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