What Is “Expected Average Heart Rate”?
In 2011 I began to record my average heart rate for nearly every run. I wasn’t using my heart rate to do zone training or anything else; I just focused on the average heart...
Monthly Archive: March 2018
Deduction on the Run
Reflexive axiom of running: A runner is one who runs. (The being is in the doing.) Evolutionary axiom of running: The human body was made to run. (Absence of telosan ultimate purpose does not...
Julia “Hurricane” Hawkins
The number: 102 Representing: Age of Julia “Hurricane” Hawkins (Baton Rouge, LA), oldest person ever to compete in a USATF Championship event. When: March 17, 2018 Where: USATF Masters Indoor Championships, Landover, MD Hawkins...
Midlife Cardiovascular Fitness and Dementia
Helena Hörder, Lena Johansson, XinXin Guo, Gunnar Grimby, Silke Kern, Svante Östling, and Ingmar Skoog have published a study that provides evidence to show that greater cardiovascular fitness in midlife is associated with decreased dementia risk in women. The study of 191...
Make Every Day Pi Day
Every day is Pi Day when you have gear adorned with the Mathematical Runner logo. We’ve got T-shirts, coffee cups, posters, and more. You can choose colors and adjust the size of the logo to...
An Updated Formula for Marathon-running Success
Ian Williams recently took a look at which elements of training for a marathon are most effective, based on his method of predicting marathon times from half marathon times, developed using data collected from...
