TREMAINE AND TANKE FINISH THE 2018 ENDUROCROSS SERIES WITH TWO 3RD PLACE PODIUM FINISHES, CULLINS WINS JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP!
Ty Tremaine finished in 3rd place at round 6 in Boise, Idaho while ending the season in 3rd place.
Morgan Tanke placed 3rd at the event and finished the 2018 series in 3rd place.
Max Gerston had an 8th place finish at round 6 of EnduroCross, and finished in 12th place in the season points standings for the 2018 series.
Mason Ottersberg placed 11th at the event, while finishing in 9th place for the series points standings.
Ty Cullins had a 5th place finish at round 6 of EnduroCross and finished the season in 6th place in the Pro class. Cullins also won the Junior Pro Class Championship this season, which is a class for pro riders under the age of twenty one.
"Coming into Boise, I was just thankful to be racing and healthy after the bad luck in Everett. Kyle Redmond had a one point advantage going into the race but I didn't even think about it. I knew what my goals were and I just raced my own race. I felt strong start to finish and managed to come away with a 3rd and couldn't be happier to put Beta on the podium. I'm happy with the year and excited for what the future will hold."
"Coming into the Endurocross finale in Boise, I really wanted to have a strong showing. Still struggling with the finger injury I had a hard time in hot laps and stalled my bike. I qualified straight to the main and ended up 8th in the main. Issues on the first lap set me so far back it was hard to make up ground. I am very excited to refocus and get ready for 2019."
"I qualified 4th out of my heat race and finished 11th in the main event. My speed was there and this was for sure the best I have ridden, just was too far back off of the start of the main after we all came together in the firewood. I have had many ups and downs through the season, but I finished better in the championship this year with 9th over last years 13th. There is so much more of me to give in this sport and I will not stop until I've made it to the top. Doubt me or believe in me, it's going to happen."
"I felt a lot better going into the last round in Boise, my ankle still wasn't 100% but I was ready to give it my all. The track was really fun to ride and the firewood pit was very difficult to navigate. I started out in 3rd place and was hanging up front with the top 2 riders for most of the race. I was able to put in a smooth ride and get my Beta on the podium in 3rd. Breaking my ankle mid season was a big bump in the road, but I'm happy that I made progress each race and ended the year strong!"
"I had around 7th gate pick in the main event, but my starts have been good all year and I was able to pull the holeshot. However, after several mistakes on the first lap I was back in 9th place. From there I just tried to ride fast and consistent and was able to make my way to 5th, getting my third top 5 of the season and winning the Junior Championship. Coming into this year I was expecting to be top 10 and finishing the year one point short of 5th and winning the Junior Championship means I surpassed all my goals. I'm excited to get back to training and come back for podiums in 2019."
Mike Witkowski placed 9th in the Pro 1 class of the last NEPG event of the year. Witkowski ended the 2018 season in 11th place.
"The Gobbler Getter Enduro was one of the races I have never done before, and I have never raced in this state of Alabama. The soil is sandy and the trees are tight! The track conditions were near perfect. The tight trees and ever changing elevation caught me off guard. I was expecting this last National Enduro race to cap off a good end to the year since I did so well at the last GNCC event, but the race had other plans. It seemed like I couldn't get a good flow going, but talking with other riders, that seemed to be everyone's issue. On a good note, I finished the day stronger than where I started. My Beta 300 was perfect and very fun to race. I'm looking forward to working hard this winter and starting round 1 with a fresh start here in a couple months! Thanks Beta for all the support!"
The 2018 EnduroCross season is in full swing (here in Reno this week!), and we also have GNCC and National Enduro series (NEPG) news.
•Beta Chile rider Benjamin Herrera finished in 6th place during his second EnduroCross event ever at the stadium packed round 2! Herrera is currently in 8th place right behind Beta USA support rider Ty Cullins in the series standings.
•Morgan Tanke placed 3rd at round 2 and is currently in 3rd place for the series points standings.
•Mason Ottersberg Placed 15th at the event and is currently in 13th place in the series standings.
"I am very happy with the result of the race, I was running up front with the speeds of first place which gives me even more confidence. I felt comfortable on the Beta 300RR Race Edition, and I can be even better because I know of all my mistakes and will correct them. The Beta USA team supported me a lot. We did the set-up of the bike very well in practice. I am very grateful for Rodney, Jason, Ryan, and Bryce for the support and help during the race! I loved the bike and the team! I can't wait to ride in the next round!"
"I was feeling really good coming into round 2. I really liked the track but unfortunately injured my ankle in practice. I was in a lot of pain before the main event but knew I needed to go out there and do my best. I was able to salvage a good result for the team out of a not so good day."
"Going into round 2 I had a lot better mindset for the outcome of the night I wanted. I really felt at ease knowing I was setting times comparable to the top 6-7 guys. Unfortunately I made small mistakes that costed me a transfer spot in the heat after running fourth and fighting for third finishing in 8th. Going into my LCQ I ended up getting the hole shot and leading the first few laps until I dropped into second. From there I was fighting for 2nd all the way down to the finish line. Thank you to all of our sponsors and team for the opportunity to represent ourselves in front of all those people and show what Beta motorcycles is all about! "
Beta USA is happy to announce its latest addition to the Factory Race team; the talented young rider Cody Barnes. Barnes will be racing in the XC3 class of the GNCC series aboard a Beta 125 RR and the National Enduro series(NEPG) aboard a 250 RR in the Pro 2 class.
"I'm very excited to sign Cody to our Factory team! He has been riding and developing our new 125 RR most of this year and now for the 2nd half of the season he feels he is ready to race the 125 RR! Barnes will finish out the rest of this year on the Factory Team in the remaining GNCC events. I'm Looking forward to seeing his full potential!"
"I am very excited to have this opportunity with Beta USA! I am looking forward to the rest of this year and next years race seasons. I believe that I will be able to put in very good results in these last 4 rounds of the GNCC series this year with how I am feeling on and off the bike. I expect myself to be on the podium in XC3 at every round and hopefully on the center of the podium. I feel awesome on the bike and think that is not only helping me with my riding but also my confidence level."
Morgan Tanke takes 2nd place in round 4 of Endurocross!
The fourth round of EnduroCross took place last weekend in Everett, WA marking the halfway point for the series.
Morgan Tanke rode exceptionally well on her Beta XTrainer; placing 2nd place in the Women's Class main event. Morgan now sits in 4th place for the series overall points standings, with only a seven point gap from second place.
Max Gerston is still battling his injuries, but was able to place 6th in the main event. Max is currently in 10th place in the overall standings for the Super EnduroCross Class.
Ty Cullins was placing in the top four in the qualifiers, but was caught in a pile up on the first lap of the main event. Cullins fought his way back through the pack, but went down later in the race and had to battle through to place 11th for the night. Cullins is currently in 13th place in the series and is in a close points race.
"After a rough couple of races it was great to get up on the box for the first time this season. I got a decent start, sitting in second. A tip over in a really slick corner and another small mistake set me back just a bit, but I was able to get back into the second place position. With 2 laps to go, Kacy Martinez and I had a good battle going. She definitely kept me on my toes and I knew any mistake from me would cost me a position. The finish line came around and I grabbed a solid 2nd place!"
"The Everett Endurocross was tough going, but a step in the right direction. I had a rough day all day struggling to find a rhythm because of my injuries. In a way, I was sort of saving myself for the main. When the main event came around I started second row. I was able to get a mid pack start and push through for a 6th. I am looking forward to the rest of the rounds and hope I start to feel better soon."
"The track in Everett, WA was definitely more my style than most of the tracks recently. I felt good all day and was 3rd in the hot laps. After finishing 2nd in the qualifier and securing my spot in the main I was able to finish a decent 8th place in the gate pick race. In the main event I got caught up on the first lap and was around 8th when I went down in the firewood and got back up in last place and worked my way back up to 11th by the end."
Come meet the Beta USA Factory Race Team at Sierra BMW & Beta!
Wasson has a strong debut!
Beta Factory team rider Joe Wasson started his Hare and Hound season out strong with a top five finish at round one of the AMA National Hare & Hound Championship held in Lucerne Valley, California. The young racer from Arizona led the race after the first loop however a small mistake set him back to finish 5th in the Pro class aboard his Factory-Prepped 480 RR. Local rains made for a dust-free course and greeted riders with near-perfect conditions.


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Van der Stok's other activities as an independent curator include venues such as the three-day festival To be Continued (about the sequel in photography and film) for the Dutch Doc Days at Centraal Museum (Utrecht, 2011) and Lest we Forget (about candid photography in wartime) at Zeeuws Museum (Middelburg, 2015). In 2016 Van der Stok started a research-based collective, called Radical Reversibility, which will be launched at Unseen, Amsterdam (september 2017). Apart from part-time curating, Van der Stok is a frequent editor and producer of art books. He also works as an advisor, writer and intermediary for professional artists and institutions and is a tutor at the Master Photography and Graphic Design, Avans AKV/St. Joost (Breda).
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Beijing 2008: Men's 800m
Men's 800m: Anyone's race and a discussion of 800m pacing physiology
The final day of athletics competition in Beijing brings with it one of our most anticipated races of the Games - the Men's 800m event. As we wrote yesterday, the event has already thrown up some huge surprises, because three of the big favourites failed to even qualify for the final! Yuriy Borzakovskiy Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, and Abubaker Kaki Kamis all failed to advance from their semifinals in what must be one of the most open, competitive and unpredictable events in athletics.
The race without the favourites should be fascinating, and any one of the eight athletes could win it. Most impressive in qualifying has been Wilfred Bungei (who has the experience to boot), and so I'd probably bet on him if forced to. But really, any one of the other seven could beat him - look for Kirwa Yego (also of Kenya) to be competitive, and for a "dark-horse", keep an eye on Gary Reed of Canada.
Today's post is not so much an event preview, however, as it is an examination of the fascinating physiology of the event. So here is the physiology of 800m running, which will hopefully provide some more insight on the events that will unfold in Beijing tomorrow.
A tactical game: Pacing and strategy as vital as physiology
The 800m distance is fascinating because it straddles the divide between what people usually refer to as "sprinting" and "middle distance" running. To some, it is the first of the middle distance events, whereas to others, it's the last of the sprints. Of course, using such jargon can pose challenges, but generally, when people refer to a sprint, they refer to an event where the athlete goes 'flat out'. This is of course never true, because even in a 200m race, there is some pacing, as evidenced by people who go out a little too fast and end up faltering in the final 40 to 50m! By failing to pace herself properly, Sanya Richards demonstrated the value of pacing in the 400m event, when she got it wrong and was reeled in by two athletes in the final earlier this week in Beijing. So pacing is certainly as vital in sprints as in middle distance races, which brings us to an analysis of the 800m event.
Coaches (and physiologists) have often spoken of an aerobic-anaerobic divide for different events, and they often refer to the 800m distance as being a 50% split for each. That is, they say that approximately 50% of the energy comes from aerobic sources, 50% from anaerobic. This is a contentious issue in itself, one that I would argue with, as recent evidence suggests there is no black and white split between the energy sources. It's more likely, based on recent work, that the aerobic component is far larger - even in 400m running, it's almost 50-50.
What is optimal pacing?
It is often said that the ideal way to run an endurance race is to aim for what are called 'even splits'. In other words, the first half and second half should be run in the same time. If you are a 10km runner, for example, the ideal strategy seems to be to run even pace the whole way. An underperformance happens when you either start too fast and slow down (called a positive split – the first half will be faster) or you finish very fast, running the second half faster than the first (called a negative split). For most recreational runners, aiming for a negative split is probably the prudent approach, recommended as a safety first option.
To fully appreciate pacing strategies, you have to look at a range of different events, and so we'll look briefly at the track events from 800m upwards. We'll do it in reverse order, and work our way backwards to the 800m event.
The graph below shows the pacing strategy from world records for 800m, the mile, 5000m and 10000m. Of course, we make the assumption that the pacing strategies in the world records are optimal, which is of course not always true. Sometimes, world records are set in tactical races, and that obviously affects the strategy. Sometimes, they are set IN SPITE of, rather than because of pacing strategy. But generally, if you take 30 world records, you can be pretty sure the guy running the time is running on the limit of performance, and so the pacing strategy is at least close to ideal.
10 000m distance – even pace is the way to go, with a fast finish
In the men's 10000m distance, 34 world records have been set in the modern era. It's quite clear from the graph that on average, the race is even paced, with a fast start, more consistent period in the middle, and the final kilometer is fastest. In fact, in 33 out of the 34 world records, the final kilometer was the fastest of the race. What this means, practically, is that even the elite have left themselves something in reserve for the final kilometer. You may be thinking that this indicates that the athletes are not performing maximally, because surely, if you have enough for a sprint at the end, you might have been able to go quicker in the middle part? And you'd probably be right, and that's one of the big unknowns in exercise science - what does this reserve mean, and how can it be accessed sooner (or more fully?)
We did discuss this issue in our series on Fatigue earlier this year, and you might spend some time looking at that for futher insights. The very summarized version is that the brain prevents the runner from ever fully accessing muslce motor units until the end of the bout, when the "danger" has passed. The "sprint" at the end is the manifestation of that reserve, but it's not a simple matter of accessing sooner, because it serves an important regulatory function as it protects against possible damage during exercise. The great atheltes go closer to the "limit" than others, it's part (though not all) of their advantage.
Men's 5000m – similar to the 10000m, the pace is even, with a final kilometer kick
There have been 32 world records in the 5000m event, and the pacing is very similar to that of the 10000m. The first and final kilometers are faster than the middle three kilometers, which again suggests that the middle kilometers are somewhat 'conservative'. The final kilometer has been fastest in 21 of the 32 world records. In the other 11, it has been the first kilometer that is fastest. So for those wondering about tactics, they are certainly in play, but they have never once produced a fastest kilometer in the middle of a 5km race.
Men's 1 mile – a much more even pace
The men's mile event begins to get down into the range where speeding up at the end is a lot more difficult to do. On average, the final lap is run in the same speed as the first lap. In fact, in more than half the world records set, the first lap is actually faster.
There is still a drop in pace in the middle part of the race, but the overall strategy is even, in contrast to the longer races, where the fast final kilometer ensures that the second half is usually faster. So here, in the even that lasts about 4 minutes, we see a subtle change, which has physiological relevance. Because the even pace in the mile suggests we are getting down to the point where speeding up at the end is becoming increasingly difficult for optimal performance. Which brings us to the 800m race…
800 m – it's not possible to run optimal times with a faster second lap
In the 800m event, 26 world records have been set. The graph below shows the average lap times in these 26 races. It's immediately clear that the second half is quite a lot slower than the first. Some of you may be thinking, hang on a moment, what about the 200m splits? Unfortunately, they are not available for the 26 world records, but in the ones they are available, they follow the same pattern – the first 200m is fastest, followed by the second, and the pace gets slower and slower.
So this is a departure from what we've seen before – suddenly, speeding up at the end of an 800m doesn't happen. In fact, in the 26 world records, the second lap has only been faster than the first on ONLY two occasions. Therefore, a world record seems to require that you run a fast first lap, and then hang on in the second, but speeding up does not appear to be an option.
Some of you may now be questioning this statement. Among the biggest challenges would be the assumption that you're seeing 'optimal performances'. And of course, this is true. If a guy goes out and run 1:46, who is to say that is not optimal? Perhaps it is. However, I still maintain that with this pacing strategy observed in 24 out of 26 world records, the best way to run the race is to run the first lap faster than the second. On average, the difference is 2 seconds. This means a first lap of 50 seconds would be followed by a second lap of 52 seconds.
What is even more interesting is that the two fastest second lap times ever achieved in 800 m world record performances were run in 1972 and 1966 respectively. The graph below shows the lap times from all the world records, and if you look at the panel on the right, you will see that the second lap time of a world record performance has not improved in 35 years, since Dave Wottle broke the world record with a time of 1:44.3 (min:s) and a second lap of 51.40 seconds in 1972.
The current world record holder, Wilson Kipketer, has broken the world record on three occasions, with second lap times of 52.12, 52.90 and 51.80 seconds. Therefore, a 3.2 second reduction in the world record in the 800 m event between 1966 and 1997, from 1:44.3 to 1:41.11, has been achieved by running the first lap significantly faster, rather than an improved ability to increase running speed on the second lap.
The Figure below shows the lap times for the 26 world records in the 800m event. The left panel is the first lap, the right panel is the second lap
Another interesting fact is that the second lap is slower even in the Olympic Games, where the first lap is often tactical and slow. In other words, a slow, tactical first lap is still followed by a slower (on average) second lap, despite your perceptions that the athletes are "sprinting" for the line! The average first lap in the Olympic Games finals is 52.8 seconds and the second lap is 53.4 seconds.
What this suggests is that the ability to run faster during the second lap of an 800 m is limited, and so the optimal pacing strategy may consist of a faster start followed by a relatively slower second lap. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that if you are an 800m athlete, or you are coaching an 800m athlete, if you want that athlete to run their best, you have to plan for a second lap that is about 2 to 3 seconds slower than the first. So, if the goal is 2 minutes, it's not good enough to aim for a first lap of 60 seconds. It has to be 58, because if your athlete is going maximally, then he should slow down to a 61 something on the second lap, giving him a final time just under 2 minutes.
Similarly, if you want to break the world record, forget about running the second lap in 51 seconds. It's not going to happen. Therefore, you must plan for a second lap of 52 seconds, which means the first lap must be 49 seconds, or faster. This is also an indication of the sort of speed needed to challenge Kipketer's world record – you have to be able to run a 400m in 48.5 seconds as part of an 800m race. Your basic 400m speed therefore needs to be down in the 45's, maybe 46 seconds (but that starts cutting it fine).
So looking ahead to the 800m final…
The 800m final is more likely to be a tactical affair, unless someone has decided that his best shot is to follow in the Women's champion's (Palema Jelimo) footsteps and go as fast as possible from the gun. Jelimo found a willing ally in Jepkosgei, which is unlikely in the men's race. So therefore, a slightly slower race might be expected, and this means the race will be roughly evenly-paced.
I suspect the first lap will be run in about 52 seconds (wild guess), meaning that the second lap will probably be run in about 52.5 seconds. You'll note that this is still a slower second lap, which is really interesting from a physiological point of view – why can you speed up in a 1500m, 5000m and 10000m race, but not the 800m race? Is it a different type of fatigue? Again, I've said this before, but it's worth repeating – we don't really know what causes this, and if anyone tells you they do, they're lying! It's quite a mystery.
But for the race, it means that the athlete who has the ability to maintain speed is likely to come out on top. In the past, the former Olympic Champion, Yuriy Borsaikovsky, was the master of the "fast finish". I hope that by reading this, you now appreciate that this is not 100% correct – the truth is that he wasn't necessarily the fastest finisher, but rather that he was the least slowing finisher! So his strategy was to hang back over the first 400m, which added about 1 second to his lap time. But he was able to maintain a pace on the second lap that was much closer to the first lap, and appeared to have an incredible finish. I don't have the data, but I would suspect that in his major victories, he ran roughly even splits (between 0 and + 0/5 s), when the rest of the field were running a positive of at least 1 to 2 seconds.
Of course, when Borzakovskiy or anyone else goes out for a fast time, he has to run the first lap in 49 seconds - the speed is "limited" on that second lap and simply can't be much faster than a 52.
Anyway, returning to Beijing, the race will come down to the final 300m, where tactics will be incredibly important. As will speed-endurance – the ability to sustain a fast pace on the second lap, running as close to even splits as possible is a unique physiological ability. That is what makes the race so unpredictable. We saw the fastest man in the world (Kaki Kamis) "disappear" from the race in his semi-final, and so calling it will be difficult. But I'd guess that Bungei comes through, winning perhaps from Reed and Kirwa Yego. Then again, I thought Kaki Kamis and Borzakovskiy would be racing for gold!
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I think that Lydiard told Halberg that the 5,000 meter field would be resting up for the final lap with about 2-3 laps to go and so that was where he was to start his kick. He would catch them napping and the field would be unable to catch him at the finish. Somewhat similar advice was given to Snell who was the slowest man in the Olympic 800 meter field. It looked like he outkicked everyone else but actually he was slowing down the least.
Hi, Ross.
I like this entry. Although you may want to hold back on the "lying" conclusion. People can be misinformed, for example.
And to try and zero-in on the mystery of deceleration in the 400 and 800m, I'd like to throw in an observation made in the book by Frans Bosch and Ronald Klomp: race speed decreases suddenly instead of gradually. The authors attribute this to "an inability to maintain a reactive ['elastic' is the word you use] running technique". So it must be a neuro-muscular limitation, or even a property of tendinous structures. (Tendon resting length increases after maximal isometric muscular contractions. Could several fast and strong pulls in succession fundamentally turn it into a worn rubberband, at least temporarily?)
Of course, this assumes that in the shorter distances, there is no restraining order from the brain. Do you suggest this in your piece or were you really leaving it at "mystery"?
On a lighter note, how do you get any "real" work done these days?
What do you mean when you say that Snell was the "slowest" man in the Olympic 800-meter field? Was his 800 PR the slowest?
Who falters in the final 40-50 meters of the 200m race? Olympians? I ran track in college and don't know of a single person who paced themselves in the 200m. I'd have to imagine olympians have at least reached similar fitness levels and don't need to pace themselves either.
To the last poster first.
I think even if Bolt ran a straight line 200m without bend, hit the 100m (without showboating this time) in 9.60 then the second 100m would still be faster (due to running start) but his 10m splits over last 50m would be slower than the middle 100m.
So 'pacing' to an extent is done to achieve an optimal outcome, slower 100m but less slowing down over last 50m.
OK, re the 800. As I always say, observations and statistics don't tell you a cause-effect...that has to be measured in some other way. Just because an event occurs 99 times of 100, doesn't mean you can conclude that its theoptimal way.
Wottle's record all those years ago with a 51.3 last lap is a relatively (well all WR's are relatively same) great run.
Who is to say that a last lap could not have improved to less 50.5 (less of an improvement than total WR)in the meantime if runners conciously were doing first lap slower than that.
Who is to say that Wottle wasn't optimal.
Good food for thought though.
Hi Lem
Thanks a lot. On the note of "lying", that is intended for the experts who tend to get into one's face with the "fact" that they know the cause of fatigue. Of course, you're right that people are also misinformed (including us, that's the nature of science, after all - trying to be less misinformed by virtue of research). I'll actually go back and change that one.
To respond to your next observation, I'm not sure that it is sudden. A study by a guy called Ferro in 1999 looked at pacing in the 100, 200 and 400m events, and he found a gradual slowing down in pace. I think that "proper" pacing shows a gradual decline in speed in the sprint events (up to and including 800m, I might add),whereas "bad" pacing is characterised by a sudden drop in some cases, and a gradual drop in others.
I've not seen the data for 800m running to back this up, but certainly in 200m and 400m, the pace gets gradually slower, whereas Sanya Richards might have been more pronounced in her Beijing final, for example!
In the shorter distances, I think there is likely a restraining command from the brain, but it's regulated in the context of the overall exercise bout, and that means that a slowing of pace is "allowed" as a result of the faster earlier pace which ultimately maximizes performance.
In longer events, a fast early pace is not only performance limiting, it's also physiologically harmful (overheating, glycogen depletion etc.). These "limitations" are not in play during short duration exercise, and so the early pace can be faster, because the only thing that is happening is accumulation of hydrogen, depletion of ATP etc, but it's never allowed to become "disastrous", because the event is too short.
This is, however, what is responsible for slowing down, which is why in a 400m race, the first half is always a second or so faster than the second. And that is with a standing start on the first 200m. So the second half is in fact much slower than the first. The body allows that because optimal performance and "physiological protection" are not necessarily the same thing.
But, on the whole, it is a mystery, and we don't know the real explanation. I tried to develop a model on this in my PhD thesis, which I'd gladly send you digitally if you'd like (it's a much more "dry" scientific document, but I think you'd get through it no problem).
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Hi Owen
I read your comment and I was confused, because I didn't recall writing that! Then I realised you were responding to another commenter! I don't know what he means. I suspect he means that Snell was the least accomplished "sprinter" in the race, perhaps with the slowest 400m time. That's often the "jargon" used, isn't it? Like saying that Abeylegesse of Turkey is the "slowest" in the women's 10,000m, because her sprint in the final 200m is not up to that of Dibaba's. Though she proved that wrong...
But I honestly don't know...
Indeed, Olympians, world record holders, everyone - they all "pace themselves". You might not perceive it to be pacing, because it's not a conscious strategy, but this is not the pacing we are referring to. What we are saying, according to the latest literature of fatigue and pacing in the exercise physiology, is that pacing is part conscious, part unconsious (or sub-conscious).
So in a sprint event - 200m or 400m, the athlete cannot afford a "maximal" effort from the start, because the body's energy stores cannot sustain muscle contraction for 200m if the athlete is running at 100m intensity. If the muscle is depleted of ATP, then the muscle would fail to relax, and rigor would develop. That doesn't happen, which is one indication that the recruitment of muscle is reduced for the 200m - that is pacing.
There are studies on this, by the way. Ferro et al (in 1999) looked at pacing in 100m, 200m and 400m events from the World Champs. That race was won by Maurice Greene, and he, like the other 7 men, and 8 women, all slow down in the 200m event, and never hit "maximal" speeds. Both these are characteristics of pacing, so it's very clear that sprint events are "paced", though not in the same way as a 10km race would be.
HI Oliver
You're quite right - as I said in the post, the analysis assumes that records are paced optimally, which is of course not necessarily true.
However, what I find most interesting is that even the Olympic finals have this same problem of a slower second lap, when everything would predict that the second lap should be super fast. Wottle's run is amazing, but the fact that his second lap has never been repeated does suggest that something of relevance is responsible.
And most of all, the graph that shows how the record has fallen by 3 seconds entirely as a function of the first lap seems to indicate that the second lap is already at a limit. If it was possible to run the second lap faster, then surely someone would have done so, either in the Olympics or in another race?
I must point out that there are probably many 1:43 times (which are not world records now, but would have been in the 1970's) which are set with final laps of 51 seconds, so the whole analysis is somewhat restrained by the fact that I looked only at world records.
But yes, interesting food for thought, but I really don't think any 800m athlete will ever be able to run two laps in 50.5 seconds - the first must be 49, the second 52.
Ain't no pacin' yourself in a 200 metres, I can assure you.
And Dave Wottle's win in '72 is enough to bring tears to any track lover.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LHid-nC45k
Check out the leg speed to get in position, and then the kick home.
orsevrim said...
Your entry was really good, but we saw an exceptional case today with Bungei having the first lap in 53.35 and the last one in 51.30, i.e. a negative split with about 2 seconds. A bit unlucky for you to encounter such a race that counter-examples the general fact that you have stated in your entry, but of course we all know that exceptions do not violate the general truth. Thank you for your remarquable efforts here, and greetings from Turkey.
HI Orsevrim
Thanks for the comments!
Yes, quite right - the day after my post, it's proved completely wrong! I was watching it and when the second lap time came up, I realised that my timing (of the post) could not have been worse! I guess that's how it goes...
I will say that this is the SIXTH time in Olympic history that the second lap has been faster than the first. There have been a total of 17 Olympic 800m finals, and so the overwhelming majority are positive splits!
So as you point out, we'll call Beijing 2008 an "exception" and stick to our guns!
Thanks so much for the visit and kind words. Good to have you along - we had another visit from Turkey yesterday. You guys had a good games, especially on the track where Abeylegesse was one of the few to actually race smart against the Ethiopians - gutsy runner, makes for a great race!
Hi to anonymous
And I can assure you, there is most definitely pacing in the 200m event. Just because you don't "feel" that there is pacing does not mean that you are still being "regulated", so I think the difference is the defintion of "pacing".
All you need to look at to appreciate this is the top speeds achieved in the races and you'll see right away that your top speed in a 200m is not as high as in a 100m race. Second thing to look at is whether the speed is sustained, and of course it's not (that is a statement backed up by a lot of data - the data doesn't lie). Those two things combined suggest that there is "pacing".
Where you are correct is that there is not CONSCIOUS pacing as you likely are thinking of. But then, as you'll see from response to Mike two above this one, that's not the "pacing" we're talking about here.
Thanks for the link to Wottle's run, great video!
Ross wrote:
"There are studies on this, by the way. Ferro et al (in 1999) looked at pacing in 100m, 200m and 400m events from the World Champs. That race was won by Maurice Greene, and he, like the other 7 men, and 8 women, all slow down in the 200m event, and never hit "maximal" speeds."
Never been one to shy from a PhD, so how do you know how much the 'curve' affects the slowing performance -- compared to a 100m? Was this a variable that Ferro accounted for?
Exactly why cannot a 200m be run like a 100m and all the slowing occur as energy systems, neural systems fail? Or are you saying the 100m races are 'paced' as well.
I understand your distinction from 'conscious' pacing.
First I have a question on the 800m splits. Is the first lap split for the leader or the winner? Second, has any data been collected or analysis done on the 800m runner types, i.e. 400/800 vs 800/1500, in the way they run their best races? I would expect the 400/800 types to be more likely to run a faster first lap, while the 800/1500 types try to run more even splits.
I just thought I'd toss in my 2cents worth as a former 800m runner. The Olympic final went to script; the slower start was always going to have a faster finish (in lap times). This is quite normal in Championship racing over all distances, but is much more common in non-international championships (National, Provincial, etc). However, if you compare Bungei's winning time against his PB, you'll see that he was alot slower. There is definitely a point at which the positive split hypothesis is reversed, my guess would be when the athlete runs his first lap about 10% slower than his PB average pace. But even then, his 2nd lap will not make up the difference enough for him to set a new PB. It doesn't really matter how much slower your first lap is than PB average, the energy cost by the last bend will be too high to make up the deficit.
The same can be said about going out too fast - too quick and you'll "die" from the early effort.
Henry Su said...
Ross and Jonathan, greetings. I happened upon your site today while browsing for articles on Bolt's 9.58 WR. Excellent analysis and a great follow-on to the IAAF biomechanics study.
Now for my request -- I am wondering if you might post more on your 800 meter pacing analysis in connection with your coverage of the 2009 World Championships. I think your conclusion about needing to run a slower second lap is enlightening but I have to ask whether a different strategy is nevertheless possible, perhaps for someone who is world class at the 400m/800m, a la Alberto Juantorena. One doesn't see such specialists today, and I am wondering whether world-class speed over 400 meters would make a slower, more aerobic first lap (say, 56-57 seconds) followed by a second lap sprint a viable strategy. Thanks.
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     * @param [options.minimumSamplingInterval {Number} =0]
     * @param options.componentOf {Node|NodeId}
     * @param options.propertyOf {Node|NodeId}
     * @param options.trueState {String}
     * @param options.falseState {String}
     * @param [options.isTrueSubStateOf {NodeId}]
     * @param [options.isFalseSubStateOf {NodeId}]
     * @param [options.modellingRule]
     * @return {UATwoStateVariable}
     *
     * Optionals can be EffectiveDisplayName, TransitionTime, EffectiveTransitionTime
     */
    AddressSpace.prototype.addTwoStateVariable   = function (options) {
        assert(options.browseName," a browseName is required");
        const addressSpace = this;

        const twoStateVariableType = addressSpace.findVariableType("TwoStateVariableType");

        options.optionals = options.optionals || [];
        if (options.trueState) {
            options.optionals.push("TrueState");
        }
        if (options.falseState) {
            options.optionals.push("FalseState");
        }

        // we want event based change...
        options.minimumSamplingInterval = 0;

        const node = twoStateVariableType.instantiate({
            browseName: options.browseName,

            nodeId: options.nodeId,

            description: options.description,

            organizedBy: options.organizedBy,
            componentOf: options.componentOf,

            modellingRule: options.modellingRule,

            minimumSamplingInterval: options.minimumSamplingInterval,
            optionals: options.optionals
        });

        _install_TwoStateVariable_machinery(node,options);

        return node;
    };
}

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PACOM Systems, part of STANLEY Product & Technology, a leading provider of security and access control solutions, has announced that its PACOM 8003 intelligent security control panel has achieved BS8243 PD662-2017 approval. A true hybrid panel, the PACOM 8003 is capable of delivering both advanced access control and EN Grade 3 intrusion detection, and this exciting development means that its level of adoption can be significantly expanded throughout the UK, which will help provide a growing number of end users with the most cost effective intruder alarm system approach to building security.
Driven by the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), due to the number of false and unwanted alarms that the police service had to attend, BS8243 PD662-2017 offers recommendations on the installation, maintenance and management of intruder and hold-up alarm system. It defines the method by which alarms are confirmed, the means of un-setting the security system, and the options of remote signalling that are permissible in order to gain a police response.
Confirmation can be carried out in a number of ways including video, audio and sequential alarm verification and the PACOM 8003 can play a vital role in this process. An intelligent, IP-enabled, hybrid device, it is built using PACOM-Edge technology and, by offering advanced security capabilities across an organisation's Ethernet backbone, it reduces the need for traditional security cabling. Furthermore, it offers up to eight configurable five state inputs and eight outputs comprising two relays and six open collectors. Inputs can be expanded up to 64 and outputs can be expanded up to 32 via the addition of on-board expansion modules and/or remote I/O devices.
The PACOM 8003's new BS8243 PD662-2017 status follows its approval as an EN 50131 Grade 3 product and, with high demand currently across the UK and Europe for intelligent control panels, STANLEY Product & Technology believes that this situation will lead to significant interest. With features such as a network port and the option of on board access as standard, it will greatly enhance the level of choice available to systems integrators.


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Michael T. Ryan, supervising music editor for all three Mighty Ducks films, explains what he covered up, why there is so much Queen
Podcasts · October 4, 2018
(Editor's note: We had a bit of trouble with the audio. First, Mike didn't have Michael T. Ryan's line recording, so you miss the first bit of what he says. Michael says he has a degree in music education from Oklahoma State. He went out to California to be a high school band director. The audio picks up from there. You miss about 20 seconds of Michael talking. Also, Michael's line cuts out a couple times. Bear with it. He comes back quickly each time.)
Michael T. Ryan, supervising music editor for all three Mighty Ducks films, joins the show and talks about how he ended up there. He explains what parts he's particularly proud of and the gift he got for being one of the few to survive all three films.
Here is Michael T. Ryan's IMDB.
Disney snuck a nice Queen song in there at the end of D2:
Here is the end of the original Mighty Ducks, in which Queen's "We are the Champions" played instead of the big score suite that Steve Brill wanted:
We talked with composer David Newman in Episode 61. This is the great score that Michael alluded to:
Here are some of Michael's favorite pieces of work that aren't an obvious: 101 Dalmatians. A sampling:
Others: Holy Man, Source Code, Sherlock Gnomes.
Here is the opening score for Source Code:
Sneaky Pete is a good show. It has a 93 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.
Thanks to @bberg19 for the #QuackQuestion:
The "We Will Quack You" sequence in D2 has kind of weird audio, almost like you realized how lame it was and tried to bury the chant behind the Queen song. Is that how it actually went down?
— Bryan (@bberg19) October 2, 2018
Here is the scene Brian describes in his question:
We Will Quack You up on the electronic board:
The musical moments for each new player that Michael established:
Here is work on SEAL TEAM on CBS as well as in the kids movie Sherlock Gnomes. It's got a fun soundtrack.
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Circle City Tickets has you covered!
We caught up with the owner of Circle City Tickets to learn a little bit more about this company.
When did you launch Circle City Tickets?
Circle City Tickets as it is today started in July 2001. We are a product of a merger of two companies, Court Side Tickets & Circle City Tickets. Both companies started in the mid 80's. The principles have been in the business for over 20 years.
3 of the four principles started the business at Indiana University in Bloomington Indiana as a way to make some extra money and to pay for school.
Best selling ticket(s) to date?
Best selling ticket this year would be the run of Wicked at the Murat theater.
What are you predicting will be your hottest tickets this summer….fall?
The upcoming US Senior PGA Open and the upcoming Colts season look to be good tickets this year.
We try to offer exclusive deals to Text club members only as well as informative texts about current and upcoming events.
Only Standard Messaging Rates Apply!
Anything else you want to share about your company?
We have been located in the Indianapolis area since 1986 and have supported many charities in that time. We pride ourselves on being good stewards for the community and reasonable business leaders.


Hi,I've just downloaded the student version 2018 and i do experience some slow reaction while working in it. Slow reaction while accessing the toolbar which is always refreshing as well.
I'm running the program on MSI GS73VR; GeForce® GTX 1060,6GB.; intel® Core™ i7 processor;Ram 32 Gb.
What can i do to solve the problem, becouse i do think is not becouse of my camputer performance, becouse I RUN 3dsmax and Autocad on it without any problems.


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Story of '71 Cowboys Team A Must Read
While the focus this week seems to be squarely on Saturday's upcoming matchup with the Eagles, in a game that could decide the Cowboys' playoff fate and possibly lead them to an NFC East title, it's still Christmas. It's still that time of year to get some last-second shopping.
And if you're still scrambling out there, trying to find a gift for a football fan, especially a die-hard Cowboys fan, then you might want to check out Breakthrough 'Boys*, *the story of the 1971 Cowboys.
Personally, I'm currently about halfway through the book, written by Jamie Aron, a longtime writer for The Associated Press who has written a handful of sports books in the last decade.
But this one right here hits home more than any other I've read in a while because even though it's been 40 years since the Cowboys' first title, so many things happened that season that can be related to today's game.
Even if you don't remember the Cowboys or the NFL back then, or in my case, weren't even born yet, there are some reference points to consider.
Imagine the Danny White-Gary Hogeboom quarterback controversy, the presence of Terrell Owens on and off the field, the opening of Cowboys Stadium and just the steady pressures of trying to get over the hump and finally win a playoff game. Those are things this team has faced over the years as some of the bigger storylines in franchise history.
And things like that actually all occurred there in 1971. You had Tom Landry trying to make up his mind about the quarterback position, flipping back and forth between Craig Morton and Roger Staubach. Then there was the saga of Duane Thomas, who distanced himself from the team but his talents on the field couldn't be ignored.
It was also the first year Texas Stadium opened and the Cowboys moved from the historic Cotton Bowl to the state-of-the-art stadium that was the most unique sporting venue in the world and certainly ahead of its time. We experienced the excitement of that just two years ago as well.
And if all that wasn't enough, just imagine what it was like for a Cowboys team labeled "Next Year's Champions" that finally became "America's Team."
It all happened in 1971 and it's all chronicled in *Breakthrough 'Boys. *This might not be the Super Bowl season you remember the most, but it's the one that actually started it all.
For more information and some fun facts about the book, check out the Facebook page for *Breakthrough 'Boys, *which also can be purchased online.


FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Stevan Ridley and Shane Vereen stood almost back-to-back, separated only by a group of media members that surrounded both.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Stevan Ridley and Shane Vereen stood almost back-to-back, separated only by a group of media members that surrounded both.
Standing in front of their lockers located next to each other in the New England Patriots locker room Wednesday, they laughed, smiled and talked about the journey that brought them to this place.
It's been different for each of them since the Patriots selected them 17 picks apart in the 2011 draft. Ridley, a third-round pick from Louisiana State (73rd overall), emerged this year as the Patriots' primary back, rushing for a team-high 1,263 yards and 12 touchdowns in the regular season. Vereen, a second round pick from California (56th overall), has battled injuries and bided his time, waiting for a chance to shine.
It came last Sunday, when Vereen scored three touchdowns in a 41-28 AFC Divisional Round win over the Houston Texans, a game in which Ridley rushed for a team-high 82 yards and scored a touchdown.
They'll need that kind of production again Sunday if the Patriots are going to beat the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC championship game at Gillette Stadium.
The Ravens play quarterback Tom Brady tougher than anyone else — in nine career games against Baltimore Brady has seven touchdown passes and eight interceptions — and he needs a balanced running game to take off some pressure.
"We have a lot of faith in those guys," said Logan Mankins, the Patriots left guard.
They should, said John Harbaugh, the coach of the Ravens. "All those guys are North-South runners," he said. "They explode through the line, they pick up yards very quickly, they can catch the ball out of the backfield really well.
Bill Belichick has rotated his backs all season with great effectiveness. While Ridley had more carries (290) than all other backs combined, Danny Woodhead and Vereen filled specific roles. Both were effective out of the backfield on pass plays. Both averaged 4.0 yards per carry.
When Woodhead went down last Sunday with a thumb injury on the game's first play (his status for the title game is uncertain), Vereen responded with a historic game. He became only the third player in NFL history to score on two touchdown passes and a touchdown run in the same playoff game, joining Roger Craig and Ricky Watters.
Ridley was quite happy for Vereen.
"I'll say this, for Shane, it's been a long year," Ridley said. "And for him to step up in the playoffs in the biggest game of the year, what more could you ask for from a teammate, how much happier can you be for a guy that a lot of people counted out, that a lot of people said they didn't know he could play?
Vereen downplayed his contributions after the game Sunday and continued to dismiss them Wednesday.
But he did admit that it was a lot more satisfying than his rookie year, when he appeared in only five games, getting only 15 carries, and was inactive for every Patriots playoff game.
But, he said, it's been very helpful.
It's that type of coaching, he said, that has helped him stay focused even when he wasn't playing.
That, Ridley said, is what playing for the Patriots is all about.


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Q: how to cast a datetime to a specific 24 hour time I have all my data stamped with a field- dated which is in the format Y-m-d H:i- i would like to cast this field using mysql to represent the hour of the day so- 2011-11-21 15:28:05 would become 15- i have been reading the docs but it doesnt state whether or not you can specify a format
is this possible?
The idea is, I can count how many rows are stamped for each hour then display this in a graph.
this has been my working so far
SELECT CAST(dated AS TIME) FROM `posts` WHERE CAST(dated AS DATE) = CAST('".$start_date."' as DATE) AND type = '' ORDER by dated ASC;

A: Use date_format:
SELECT count(*), date_format(dated, "%Y:%m:%d %H") AS hour
FROM posts
GROUP BY hour

Or to get just the hour, regardless of day:
SELECT count(*), HOUR(dated) AS hour
FROM posts
GROUP BY hour

A: You can simply use HOUR() function to get the hour

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The Bulgarian media do what they can to increase the temperature for tonight's soccer clash bewteen Sweden and Bulgaria in Euro 2004. News agency Novinite even spreads false quotes from the Swedish coach Lars Lagerbäck.
"This is the poorest play in defense that I can imagine, says coach Lars Lagerback.
In his words Bulgarians' swift attacks are doomed to fail as "nobody know what to do".
Forwarder, Bayer 04 Leverkusen's Dimitar Berbatov, was described as "talented, but lazy".
Lagerbäck denies having said anything close to this.


How to prevent school shootings? GDBA's Vice President for Protection Strategies, James Hamilton, offers real, practical and specific solutions.
As the media coverage of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School played on my screen at 40,000 feet, I watched a moving interview of a teacher who survived and she was understandably distraught and angry. Her anger was directed at those that could have prevented this tragedy but did not. The next several days began a parade of experts on various news outlets offering their theory as to how to prevent the next one. Same theories and discussions I have heard since Columbine: ban Assault Weapons, tougher mental health laws, more School Resource Officers, and arm the teachers. These concepts may or may not have merit but I am not here to discuss them in this article.
Over the last twenty‐six years, I have learned how to protect human beings that are in need of protecting. I do not have all the answers but I offer these thoughts to my connections in the hope that we can begin to make a difference in an area that we all know so much about — violence prevention. Sadly, there is already an excellent guide in place but we have chosen not to follow it. The United States has already demonstrated a successful ability to design environments that mitigate a life‐taking event — fire emergencies.
I have not been to the High School in Parkland, Florida, but I am certain the rooms, hallways, and lobbies held an elaborate system of fire prevention safeguards like pull alarms, fire sprinklers, fire extinguishers, interior floodlights, fluorescent signs, and egress doors that open freely. I know these things exist, because without them the local Fire Marshall would have held up the Certificate of Occupancy until the enhancements were installed, inspected, and approved.
Fire prevention experts knew long ago that they needed to install life‐saving apparatus in public buildings until the firefighters can get there and local governments mandated it be so. My question has always been why is there not a violence prevention equivalent to the Fire Marshall? The local Sheriff and Police Chief are not empowered or authorized to shut down environments if they are lacking the basic violence prevention safeguards, but they should be.
As part of our firm's Active Shooter training, we encourage the installation of an audible duress alarm within the client's facility to provide what we call Early Notification to their employees. This Early Notification assists the employees with critical decision making and allows them to begin to take life‐saving action. We often receive some push back on this recommendation and then we provide a basic reality: we have not lost a child in a school fire since 1958. Violence visits schools far more often than fires. According to the New York Times, since 2012, 138 people have been killed in school shootings. Even in the face of these statistics, no one it seems is willing to require schools to install security enhancements needed to aid the people prior to Law Enforcement arrival. Instead, we offer Run, Hide, Fight, and See Something, Say Something but we can do much better. Just like the intelligent rationale for fire apparatus, we must provide real assistance to people in a violent situation so they can have a fighting chance at survival prior to Law Enforcement arrival.
This list is a start and I know it is expensive, but please remember what Ben Franklin said in discussing fire safety: "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." I encourage all of us to assist, volunteer, and liaison with our local schools to help tackle this problem. We have spent a life accumulating this knowledge, let us use it to protect the next generation.


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Caterpillars Whistle, Warblers Go Hungry
Posted on December 29, 2010 by Kelly Grooms
Is there anything a caterpillar can do to cause a bird, one of its biggest predators, to duck for cover? If your answer is no, think again and read on. (If your answer was yes, congratulations you are very, very smart, but read on anyway).
Caterpillars are a great example of defense mechanisms at work. These slow moving, relatively vulnerable creatures have a wide variety of defense strategies. Primary defenses are aimed at preventing a predator from ever becoming aware of the caterpillar's presence. These include things like camouflage, limiting foraging times, staying on the underside of leaves or physically removing evidence of their presences by cutting leaves. When their primary defenses fail, caterpillars have an arsenal of secondary defenses. These can be chemical (tasting bad), physical (stinging spines and hairs) or behavioral (thrashing, mimicking other creatures, retracting portions of their bodies to appear larger).
Now, according to new research, we can add whistling to the list of secondary defenses, at least for the North American walnut sphinx caterpillar (Amorpha juglandis; 1). Although defensive sounds are hardly unusual in the insect world, we usually associate them with hard-bodied insects that have many mechanisms for producing sound. The study described by Bura et al. found that the sounds produced by the walnut sphinx caterpillar were done so using a method of sound production never before described in caterpillars; the forceful expulsion of air through the spiracles. In other words, the caterpillars whistled through their spiracles when threatened. The researchers used small dots of latex to obstruct all the spiracles and then systematically removed it until they could identify which sets of spiracles were involved in sound production. They found that as long and the 8th abdominal spiracles were clear, the caterpillars could whistle.
Next, the researchers placed the caterpillars in the cages of three yellow warblers (Dendroica petechia) who were accustom to being fed live food including caterpillars. The caterpillars didn't make any sounds until they were attacked, at which time they whistled. The birds responded to the sounds by flinching, cocking their heads or diving away from the caterpillar. Each of the birds attacked the caterpillar more than once, and in each case the caterpillar responded with whistling.
All of the caterpillars survived their time in the warblers' cages with no obvious injuries. The caterpillars remained in the cages an average of 8 minutes and 59 seconds after the final attack. The tests were ended when the birds showed no more interest in the caterpillars.
So the answer to the question: What can a caterpillar do to make a bird duck for cover? Whistle. And how do you whistle? Well if you are a walnut sphinx caterpillar, you open your 8th spiracles and blow.
Bura, V., Rohwer, V., Martin, P., & Yack, J. (2010). Whistling in caterpillars (Amorpha juglandis, Bombycoidea): sound-producing mechanism and function Journal of Experimental Biology, 214 (1), 30-37 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.046805
Kelly Grooms
Scientific Communications Specialist at Promega Corporation
Kelly earned her B.S. in Genetics from Iowa State University in Ames, IA. Prior to coming to Promega, she worked for biotech companies in San Diego and Madison. Kelly lives just outside Madison with her husband, son and daughter. Kelly collects hobbies including jewelry artistry, reading, writing and knitting. A black belt, she enjoys practicing karate with her daughter as well as hiking, biking and camping.
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Future of elephants living in captivity is under threat
Scientists at the University of Sheffield and University of Turku are looking at ways to boost captive populations of Asian elephants without relying on taking them from the wild.
Almost a third of Asian elephants are in captivity in countries like India, Myanmar and Thailand, mainly being used in the timber industry to drag logs or for tourism.
Sustaining wild populations is the conservation priority but, with so many individuals in captivity, maintaining sustainable captive populations with high welfare standards is also important for the future of the species.
The sustainability of these elephant populations has always relied on the capture of their wild counterparts, but now they are a protected species their future is uncertain.
In a joint research study, the University of Sheffield and the University of Turku, in Finland, working alongside The Myanmar Timber Enterprise (MTE), investigated how trends in elephant captured from the wild influenced birth, death and population growth in 3,500 working elephants over 54 years.
Using birth and death rates from years where wild-capture was reduced the scientists assessed the outlook for captive elephants and found that the population is vulnerable to decline.
The research, published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, suggests that immediate population declines may be reduced if survival in juvenile elephants is improved.
This could involve improving welfare standards during the training period, as the elephants are separated from their mothers and trained for work around the age of four, which can be stressful for them, and identifying pregnant females earlier and improving their welfare so they can provide for and bond with their calf.
John Jackson, PhD researcher from the University of Sheffield's Department of Animal and Plant Sciences and lead author of the paper, said: "Our model suggests we may see declines in captive elephants for up to 50 years so we must now work to ensure that the captive population is sustainable. With so many Asian elephants in captivity, we must safeguard both captive and wild elephant populations and the people living and working alongside them for the future of the species.
"One hopeful result is that we may see improvements in population growth if we are able to improve the survival of young elephants by just 10 per cent. This shows we can really make a difference by improving welfare for these vulnerable individuals in captivity."
He added: "Many of us have the opportunity to visit captive elephants used in tourism, particularly in Southeast Asia. We all have our part to play to ensure that the welfare of captive elephants is improved and this may have a positive effect on Asian elephants globally."
Professor Virpi Lummaa, from the University of Turku, who led the research, said: "The dependence of captive elephant populations on capture from the wild in the past is truly alarming. The problem with elephants is that they take so long to grow and reproduce and have very complex social lives, making them vulnerable to population declines when disturbed."
The University of Sheffield's Department of Animal and Plant Sciences is a leading department for whole organism biology, with the UK's highest concentration of animal and plant researchers.
It is among the top five animal and plant research centres in the country for research excellence, according to the last Research Excellence Framework in 2014.
Animal and plant scientists at Sheffield study in locations from the Polar Regions to the tropics, at scales from within cells up to entire ecosystems. Their research aims both to understand the fundamental processes that drive biological systems and to solve pressing environmental problems.
Read the full paper: Long-term trends in wild-capture and population dynamics point to an uncertain future for captive elephants
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The Politics of Everything
90: The Politics of Elections - Ruth McGowan
Ruth McGowan OAM is an authority on political campaigning and gender equality. She is the author of Get Elected , the Australian campaign guide to winning political office at local, state, or federal level.
Starting her career as an agricultural scientist, Ruth worked for two decades across the public sector managing various STEM projects before standing for her local council and serving as Mayor. Her experience in public office in Local Government inspired Ruth to change her career focus and six years ago she trained as a Councillor Coach and accredited trainer in Political Intelligence.
Through her own consultancy business, Ruth now combines her two passions: advancing gender equality and politics. Ruth delivers Get Elected workshops throughout Australia for women interested in getting into 'big P, Politics' on how to successfully plan a winning political campaign. Through her Political Intelligence training, she supports women leaders to master the skills of political savvy and understand the art and science of positive politics.
We discuss on this podcast:
Why do we need to push harder to get more women into Australian politics?
Once elected what is the key to staying elected in office?
What did you learn from your own election experience that led you to write your book?
Are election cycles of 3-4 years helpful in getting stuff done or is there a sense of spending too much time staying elected then campaigning for another election?
Take away: What your final takeaway message on The Politics of Elections?
A weekly podcast series asking newsworthy experts and leaders the tricky questions about the politics of everything that matters to mankind in the 21st century. Host Amber Daines is a former journalist turned media trainer, speaker, and author who is also devoted to raising her young family.


Exactly 50,420 of Washington State's 84,360 business professionals work in Everett. Between 2006 and 2010, the number of business professionals in Everett has grown by 16%. As the number of business professionals in Everett has increased, overall employment in Everett has also increased.
Salaries for business professionals in Everett have increased. Everett business professionals made $106,333 per year, on average, in 2010. The average salary for business professionals in Everett was $95,984 per year, four years earlier in 2006. This growth is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Everett.
Everett business professionals earn a median yearly salary of $83,980. The 10% of business professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $61,101 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately $121,993 per year.
Business professional salaries in Everett are, on average, higher than salaries earned for professionals in related fields.
There are 3 accredited business schools in the city. Many of Everett's business professionals are graduates of one of these schools.
Everett's business schools offer 11 business degree and certificate programs.
In 2010 approximately 197 students completed business courses.
We are in the process of collecting data for the number of business faculty, growth in the field of business academia and business faculty salaries in Everett. If you are involved in teaching business courses to students at the certificate in business, associates degree in business, and bachelors degree in business levels, please anonymously submit your information in the field below. By doing so, you will be helping us build a valuable database resource for the benefit of current and future business faculty in Everett. The data we have gathered thus far will be available for you to view once you have submitted your information.