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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.
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.
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.


