Track and Field Blogs - Brian Sell

I've been watching the Tour De France every day on Versus as have many of my current and ex-teammates. The Tour has been an interest of mine for a few years now, ever since Miguel Indurain impressed me with his ability to push a 60 tooth chainring when most guys were using 52-56 teeth on the front. Although they're both long distance races, riding the Tour, and running a marathon are quite different. The adavantages from drafting in bicycling are amazing. Bob Roll said the other night that a drafting cyclist gains about a 30% advantage over the guy he… more »

We have debates about many things on runs. Topics range from greatest lead singer of Van Halen(David Lee Roth, of course), to the greatest place to train for a marathon(Rochester Hills, MI, of course). One of the most common subjects (between Kyle, Morgan, and I, at least) is the greatest WWF (sorry World Wildlife Fund, I won't punch a koala in the face today) wrestler of all time. My far and away winner is Ravishing Rick Rude. So, without further ado, here are the top 5 reasons why: 5. Rick Rude's finishing maneuver was the "Rude Awakening". Many people love… more »

On the way down the hill to meet the team the other morning, Clint came up with a great point that I decided to write about this time around. His opinion was that runners are like cats or dogs. The more I thought about it, the more I agreed with him, and I have come to the conclusion that most runners could be defined by a ratio of cat-ness to dog-ness. If you've ever had a dog, you know that they will eat as much as you feed them. When my dog Toby was a puppy, his bag of food… more »