Daily Archives: July 31, 2008

Story ideas for health reporters covering the Summer Olympic Games: better athletes, the physiology of performance, the lactate threshold, the aging athlete and much more.

July 31, 2008 – 10:27 pm

ROCHESTER, Minn. — The world record pace for the marathon continues to improve for both men and women. For men, the record pace for the marathon is now about as fast as the record pace for the 10,000-meter just after WWII. Today, champion athletes are running more than four times farther at speeds of well [...]

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