
Does carrying ice in your hands actually cool you off enough to improve performance in hot weather?
Get faster without trying very hard! The VeloPress Free Speed page offers easy and clever ways to get in cycling, running, swimming, and triathlon. Most of the VeloPress Free Speed stories come from FASTER: Demystifying the Science of Triathlon Speed by Jim Gourley.
Explaining running efficiency to someone without getting lost in horizontal and vertical forces is tough. Then it occurred to me that there’s already an almost universally understood example of how changing the magnitude of our vertical and horizontal force components changes efficiency of movement. It’s everyone’s favorite smartphone game, Angry Birds.