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Harry Kane is having a bit of a special time these days — 13 goals in September; England Captain; now linked with a £177m move to Madrid. The reason: "Specifically, Kane has employed a personal chef, who is an expert in sports nutrition, who comes to his house six days a week to prepare healthy...

Re: I'm very interested to see what spin Matthew Syed puts on the ADAMS data. Today he has been busy applying his uniquely strange narrative to Saracens rugby club: Stepping beyond the comfort zone apparently includes bringing in a philosopher on a regular basis to debate with the players...

Re: Re: Yes, just the small fish - no incentive to dope anymore once you've made it:

As the deluge of post-Olympic success articles continue to gush forth from the British press, the BBC iWonder site today asks the question: "Is the key to endurance locked inside our minds?" http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zg9vgk7#z9tc82p Richard Parks, ex Welsh Rugby player pays a visit to the...

Yes I wonder how that will go. Just took a look at an old Sports Illustrated from '88. I hadn't realised D|ck Pound was doing some sterling work at the IOC prior to WADA: Richard Pound, a Canadian lawyer who is a vice-president of the IOC, interviewed Johnson, as well as Canadian track and...

I wonder if that narrative is more commonplace in the US than in Europe. The fallen hero. Purgatory. Redemption and the path home. Forgiveness; the return of the prodigal son...?

Re: Sky Although all the hour record holders showed not inconsiderable talent at their 'natural' weight. Fat Froome v1.0 didn't have anything. It seems the engine wasn't there all along. Then Froome v2.0 climbs better than them all. What is Froome's ideal weight? What discipline is he suited...

Re: Sky By strange coincidence I was just this morning reading this from Froome's 2015 Q&A session on Twitter: "Among the answers, Froome said that an attempt at the Hour Record may be ‘on the cards’, and that he thought Bradley Wiggins had ‘a good chance’ of winning Paris-Roubaix."...

Interesting article on Justin Gatlin. I couldn't help but notice similarities in the narrative around his late-career resurgence with some of the stuff that surrounds Sky: Losing weight/more science Under Mitchell’s direction, Gatlin has lost roughly 30 pounds; the science of sprinting...

Re: Sky New poster here; thanks to the clinic over the last several years for all the good discussions on offer. I do think the real winner of this year's tour should get due credit.