Field Notes
Evidence based writing on endurance, cardiac health, and the discipline of sport, from clinical practice to the road.
A proven method to reduce your HbA1c: let your muscles do the work
Want to reduce HbA1c? Sugar comes in from food every day. Your muscles are the way out, and one workout keeps them pulling sugar…
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Panic feels like a heart attack. Building endurance calms the heart
Why do endurance runners have a slow resting heart rate? The vagus brake. Learn how building endurance makes it stronger and calms panic.
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The block behind a heart attack can grow in your legs too
Blocked leg arteries are the same kind of block as a heart attack, in the legs. Learn the signs and causes, and why building…
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You have never run in a straight line: the wave in every stride
Your centre of gravity moves in a wave when you walk and run. Walking swings like a pendulum, running bounces like a spring, and…
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Your legs are your biggest sugar user: how running lowers blood sugar
Running and blood sugar: your muscles take up about 80% of the sugar cleared under insulin, and running opens their doors, even in diabetes.
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Heart disease runs in my family. Can running change that?
A family history of heart disease doubles your risk. Running changes how your genes are read, through epigenetics. The fittest cut their risk by…
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Does running make your lungs stronger?
Yes, in the ways that count. Building endurance keeps your lungs supple, slows their loss with age, and cuts stroke risk.
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Your heart can change shape for years before you feel a thing
In nearly half a million adults, long term inflammation went with hearts that had already thickened, and nobody felt it. What building endurance does…
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No Processed Food. No Processed Drinks. How We Did It.
Tender coconut on the route, sugarcane juice after the finish, 6% glucose in water. How the Cardiac Rehab Run 2026 served nothing processed at…
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Why We Serve 6% Glucose in Water at Every Run
60 grams of glucose in one litre of water. Why we pour exactly 6% at every Telangana Runners run, and the science behind that…
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