Racing Weight: Are You Really 'Lean Enough?' - Competitor.com

Racing Weight: Are You Really 'Lean Enough?' - Competitor.com: "A couple years ago, Swiss exercise scientists focused their attention on 42 recreational female runners who participated in a half marathon. They quizzed the runners on their training habits and took various anthropometric measurements, and then attempted to correlate this data with their race finish times."



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Metabolic Efficiency: Who Needs It? - Competitor.com

Metabolic Efficiency: Who Needs It? - Competitor.com: "As a sports dietitian and an endurance athlete (triathlete and marathoner) who struggles to lose weight, I often find myself frustrated with the low response my body has to my consistent training and very disciplined eating habits. I also have many athletic clients who struggle with the same dynamic."



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Video: Wilson Kipsang On The Sub-2 Hour Marathon

Video: Wilson Kipsang On The Sub-2 Hour Marathon: "n this video, current marathon world-record holder and Olympic Marathon bronze medalist Wilson Kipsang of Kenya discusses the possibility and likelihood of a sub-2 hour marathon."



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Kenyan Peter Kirui Works Hard, Dreams Big - Competitor.com

Kenyan Peter Kirui Works Hard, Dreams Big - Competitor.com: "PRAGUE — When Peter Kirui won the New York City Half Marathon in 2012, it appeared to be a harbinger of something great coming on the immediate horizon in road racing’s longer, ultimate distance."



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Well-Rounded Drahotova Ready To Walk The Walk - Competitor.com

Well-Rounded Drahotova Ready To Walk The Walk - Competitor.com: "PRAGUE — Like most rambunctious kids, Anežka Drahotová and her twin sister Eliška needed a way to burn off all of that excess energy.

While the siblings enjoyed playing soccer like their older brother as well as running, cycling, and dancing, their parents decided more structure was needed and enrolled the two in the local athletics club."



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