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Fellow Runners: Prof Tim Noakes is one of the world’s leading authorities on fluid replacement for endurance athletes, besides being the author of ” Lore of Running”, which is the most exhaustive compilation of Scientific research for runners. His latest book is...

We had 31 registrants from India for the Comrades 2012. The agewise break up of hte 31 were as under 3 were in the age group 20-29, 9 were in 30-39, 16 were in 40-49 and 3 were above 50. Out of the 31 who registered there were 18 who finished and the agewise break up is as...

In the weekend of June 2/3 we crossed a significant milestone. We crossed 10 locations and covered 173 runners. On Saturday we did the study at MIG club…a repeat location for those who could not make it earlier And then on Sunday we did the study at Aarey Milk Colony  at a...

Here are some stats on the Comrades contingent from India. – We are now having one of the largest team numbers only exceeded by other countries such as USA, UK, Canada, Russia etc – Out of the 32 who show up..one of them Nagesh Rao is actually an Indian from Canada...

Next I opened both the packets and put some seeds side to side for comparison. The one of the left is our friendly neighbourhood Sabja. It is wholly black as you can see. The Chia on the right is more lighter gray and also some of them are white. In size both are approximately...

Most runners from India have read ‘Born to Run’ by Chris McDougall and wondered about the nutritionally beneficial effects of Chia seeds after reading about its magical properties there. The text in the book has extolled the almost magical properties of Iskiate a...

I am sure that there are many who may be wondering if this study will really make a difference to their performance. I mean, why not just wing it through the run, as one has been doing all the time? What really is the difference between having a planned fluid replacement strategy...

Friends, Today 17 runners participated in the Sweat Study at Heritage Park, Powai from the Strider group. Coach Nagesh was there and he was most helpful. The protocol had been already circulated and most the runners knew what was involved in it and were quite efficient about it....

ACSM’S Position Stands on Fluid Replacement The American College of Sports Medicine ( ACSM  ) is the largest sports medicine and exercise science organization in the world. With more than 45,000 members and certified professionals worldwide, from around 90 countries around the...

Friends, I was in Bangalore yesterday the Sunday 13th of May to carry out the Sweat Rate study. This study was done along with Runners for Life ( http://www.runnerforlife.com  )  as part of the fortnightly runs they organise. Sunday morning saw me set the alarm at 2:45. But when...