With every stride that hits pavement, the bones in a runner's legs break down. Every muscle fiber is damaged from the effort it takes to propel the body forward. Yet when the runner is no longer ...

The 2024 Paris Olympics will end in a few days, yet the athletes’ influence will continue to echo across the world. Women, in particular, are finding solace, healing, and inspiration in watching ...

In our new, bi-weekly series CUriosity, experts across the CU Boulder campus answer pressing questions about humans, our planet and the universe beyond. This week, Psychology and Neuroscience ...

When Olympic heptathlete Chari Hawkins was competing in college she says she constantly judged the way her body looked. “What’s so crazy is how much it got in the way of my performance,” she told the ...

From the marathon to a 100-meter sprint, running events can be some of the most thrilling to watch in the Olympic Games. After pushing their bodies to the max, sometimes these elite athletes will ...

Study co-author Andrew Chin runs with wearable sensors on the Harvard McCurdy Outdoor Track. Wearable inertial measurement units combined with machine learning can measure a runner’s braking and ...