Thermodynamics in Track and Field and Other Geeky Stuff2007-07-14 23:40:00
I like to explore the depths of track and field websites. Geeky, huh? The IAAF website, for instance, has some 62,200 pages (62,400 pages, just 4 hours later) over which I can obsess. While exploring the web pages of our sport's international governing body, I ran across a section titled New Studies in Athletics that I had previously overlooked for some reason.While exploring it I found some easily-digestible summaries of some fascinating track and field research studies. These summaries are so short that even the complex scientific information they contain can be absorbed within a minute or two. Here's one that is so short, I'll just quote it in its entirety:The effects of warm-up and pre-cooling on endurance performance in high ambient temperaturesWednesday 18 April 2007By Sandra Ückert and Winfried JochIt is well established that warm conditions have a detrimental effect on endurance performance. If skin temperature is exceeded by the ambient temperature, heat dissipation is impai