Posts by Brad Birky

The evidence says that endurance athletes tend to live longer than people who are not competitive athletes. All those health benefits stack up and prevent a host of diseases that can cause people to...

Supplementing with creatine is usually common with weight lifters and athletes in sports that specifically benefit from pure strength but not triathletes. However, for triathletes, when creatine is...

he easiest way is to remove the shoes, tap the heel on a hard surface, and pour it out.  If the soles inside your shoes are removable (and most are), take out the insert and repeat the tapping...

Running is often considered to be speeds between 6 miles (10km) per hour and 10 miles (16km) per hour. In terms of pace, this translates to 9:40 minutes/mile or 6 minutes/Km to 6 minutes/mile or...

In a typical marathon, the winner will cross the line in a little over 2 hours. This means the pace they ran was around 5 minutes per mile (3 minutes per km). Ultramarathons tend to be a little...

The feeling of stomping while running is caused by the foot hitting the ground too early in the stride motion. The straighter the knee is at the time of impact, the more force that is going to be...