Endurance Unlimited

Ep. 20: Endurance Elasticity with Alex Hutchinson

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May 6, 2019
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ANECDOTE

From Physicist To Endurance Writer

  • Alex left a physics postdoc at 28 to pursue journalism and started with general assignment reporting.
  • He gradually merged his physics background and running passion into a specialty covering science of endurance.
INSIGHT

Making Research Accessible

  • Alex started SweatScience to summarize the steady stream of endurance studies behind paywalls.
  • He aimed to make technical research accessible to coaches and athletes who lack time to read journals.
INSIGHT

Context Beats Headline Science

  • Early on Alex repeated abstracts uncritically but later added context and skepticism.
  • He now emphasizes reproducibility and historical context when reporting new studies.
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