Are Oregon Women Ready to Replace Texas AM as NCAA Champs?
Oregon has won the last two NCAA Indoor womens team titles and set a points record at 2010s outdoor PAC-10s, but the Ducks have placed second to the Texas AM Aggies at the outdoor NCAAs two years in a row. Oregons women’s associate head coach Robert Johnson theorizes if we keep putting ourselves in those situations, sooner or later, we’re going to be able to figure this thing out and pull through. Oregon, which competes at the Pepsi Team Invitational at Hayward Field in Eugene on Saturday, still has formidable weapons in heptathlete-hurdler-high jumper Brianne Theisen and sophomore Jordan Hasay, who was the NCAA Indoor champ in the mile and 3000. Tha

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Turns out, the image of someone sneaking bites of ice cream in the middle of the night is quite accurate according to a new study by Columbia University. Researchers found that when people are sleep deprived, they end up consuming about 300 calories more per day than their well-rested counterparts and ice cream is a favorite food to indulge in when tired.

Its been long proven that adequate sleep can help keep the pounds off and this study confirmed it by taking 26 men and women who normally get an average of nine hours sleep at night and reducing it to four hours for six days in a row. The result?

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Ethiopians Take Mens and Womens Carlsbad 5000 Crowns
Dejen Gebrsemeskel may no longer be best known as the guy who lost his shoe and still won the 3000 at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston. On Sunday, the 2010 Carlsbad 5000 beat defending champion Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya, sprinting ahead in the final 100 meters to prevail by three seconds in 13:11. I knew I would win, said Gebremeskel, who is 21. I thought following him (Kipchoge) was best for me . He’s a strong guy, he’s a tough guy. I like running on someone’s shoulder because of the wind. In th

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Mention of a new hotel in Columbus may not mean much unless you attend the Arnold Sports Festival. Those of you who do, know that hotels in and around the Greater Columbus Convention Center book fast. There are thousands of hotel rooms in Columbus, Ohio but getting within walking distance to the convention center can be a challenge. Good news. A few more hotel rooms will be available for the 2013 Arnold Sports Festival by way of the Hilton Columbus Downtown.

The new $140 million dollar hotel will have 532 rooms and be located across from the Greater Columbus Convention Center.

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A Three-Pronged View of Strength

Having clear goals is important in any undertaking and strength training is no different. Unfortunately, many novices don’t have precise aims. The only thing they use to measure progress is how many hours a week they managed to drag themselves into the gym. Others ask themselves the wrong questions. How ripped do I look compared to the other guys in the fitness center? Are my arms looking swollen? Fitness improvements are easier to objectively record and quantify if they are based on performance and not aesthetic appearance. Besides, having the chiseled definition of a fitness model isn’t a direct indicator of how well one could push a car out of a ditch. Yet

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Jennifer Andrews notched her first pro win in just her third contest as an IFBB Pro. Andrews was the 2010 NPC Nationals Overall Bikini Champ, fourth at the 2010 Ft. Lauderdale Cup and finished 9th at the Bikini International earlier this month. She edged out fellow Bombshell teammate, Jessica Jessie by one point for the win. Jessica Jessie was competing in her first show of the 2011 season and if history repeats itself she only continue to improve as the year goes on. Jessica Putnam finished in third, up one spot from the Bikini International. One point separate each of the ladies on the judges scorecards.

Dina Al-Sabah took home fourth, up eight spots from her Bikini International.

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David Rudisha Wins His Melbourne 800 While ‘Just at 80 Percent’ The tall Kenyan lowered the world 800-meter record twice in 2010, to 1:41.01, so his comfortable victory in Melbourne, Australia on Thursday night in 1:43.88 is a somewhat modest achievement by his extraordinary standards. He’s speaking openly about going under 1:40. “It’s not something easy, but we’re very focused that we can do that. We can try to do that,” Rudisha explains. “I just feel like right now, I’m just at 80 percent. There’s a lot more improvement before London (2012 Olympics).” But his major emphasis right now is a gold medal at the World Championships in Daegu, South Korea this summer.

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