Chicago: Hicks and Mauri chase the American record
A year ago Charles Hicks had never run a marathon and nobody had heard of Vinny Mauri. Both line up Sunday in Chicago as American record contenders, in what LetsRun calls the wildest US men's field in decades.
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Races and results
Gault: Hicks and Mauri both legit American record threats in Chicago
Jonathan Gault says Charles Hicks and Vinny Mauri are both real contenders to break the American marathon record in Chicago on Sunday. One year ago Hicks had never run a marathon and nobody had heard of Mauri.
One year ago, Charles Hicks had never run a marathon and no one had heard of Vinny Mauri.
How they train
Holmer posts a study where 10 grams of carbs an hour beat placebo
Brady Holmer says a tiny carb dose still works: 10 grams per hour, a fraction of what endurance guidelines recommend, stopped blood sugar crashing and extended time to exhaustion by 22 percent. That held in athletes adapted to a very-low-carb diet and in athletes adapted to a high-carb one.
The rare moment when posting an objective study summary can also be scientific trolling
Magness: on a high school team, the fastest kid sets the recovery pace
Steve Magness says most runners go too fast on recovery days, and high school teams are the worst case because the top kid sets the pace and everyone motivated latches on. That pace may genuinely be recovery for the top kid. It is not for the rest of them.
The top kid may be recovering. But most of the rest aren't.