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Show notes

In today's Spotlight, a spin around the world of sports news, and some listener questions answered:

• A look back at the World Relay Championships from Botswana, featuring some of the greatest relay performances ever seen, including from some unheralded names
• London Marathon statistics, courtesy a pair of analyses that shed light on how we pace marathons, and how few actually get it right
• The fine line between regulating and strangling innovation in sport, after Coe speaks about super shoes in running
• Speaking of innovation, do the Enhanced Games count? We look ahead to that event with some thoughts from Sean Ingle's latest article
• We tell you why we think Paul Seixas going to the Tour de France is the right decision and discuss the risks people had offered against it
• Listener JRB asks a question about training with carbohydrates, and whether there's any merit in a 'train low, compete high' high approach when it comes to carbs?
• Still on the subject of carbs, what's the deal with fructose? Listener Phillip asks about its role in the carbohydrate model, and we explore some theory and practical advice
• A smaller ball is being trialled in women's rugby - at least one player is very unhappy about it. We discuss
• In the AFL, teams will be mandated to employ psychologists full-time in response to an incident featuring a player. Is that the right call? In some ways, but Ross has some reservations

Links

• London Marathon statistical analysis
• Sebastian Coe speaks on Super Shoes and innovation
• Sean Ingle's articles on the Enhanced Games - the questions he'd ask them if he could go
• Seixas to the Tour
• "The worst decision someone has ever made" - Harrison is not pleased about a smaller ball in women's rugby
• The AFL mandates that clubs employ full time psychologists

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