☕️ S&C Daily — 45 Miles on a Tuesday

October 5, 2026

Vinny Mauri, 25, ran the fastest debut marathon in American history in April, a 2:05:54 in Toledo. Now he’s headed to the Chicago Marathon on October 11 after a buildup LetsRun detailed in a new story. He logs most of his miles on treadmills at Planet Fitness in Northeast Ohio, coaches himself and works upwards of 15 hours a week at a running store.

The numbers: 1,223 miles over his last 10 full weeks at an average of 5:38 per mile. On September 8 he ran 45 miles in one day, 36 of them at 4:56 pace across two sessions. He rarely runs slower than 6:00 pace. The gym’s treadmills top out at 4:50 per mile, slower than his marathon pace, which is one reason his workouts got so long.

How is he holding up? Mauri credits fueling properly, cushioned trainers and the treadmill itself, which he thinks saves his legs. He estimates he’s been injury-free for about 60 weeks. Asked whether it can last, he said: “It’s definitely unsustainable.”

Caitlin Clark threw up at halftime of the Fever’s playoff win over the Aces, then finished with 27 points, 15 assists and 7 rebounds. “I just was that gassed,” she told Prime Video. In a new Athletic story, Dr. Robby Sikka, a physician who has worked in MLB, the NBA and pro tennis, explained why it happens.

During very intense exercise, the body sends blood to the working muscles, heart and skin and away from the gut. Add rising body temperature, adrenaline and shifts in hydration and electrolytes, and nausea or vomiting can result. Heat, dehydration and eating or drinking too much right before or during exercise raise the odds. So does age.

In a new SimpliFaster article, Michael Richards wrote that neck training usually lacks the objectivity coaches apply to squats, bar velocity and workload. His approach with fighter pilots is a neck harness and a luggage scale.

Eight student pilots preparing to fly the F-16 train three times a week. After two familiarization sessions, each performed a max pull in flexion, extension and both lateral directions to set a baseline. Neck work is then programmed off those numbers across an isometric day, a loaded flexion and extension day, and a loaded diagonal day.

Why pilots? A head weighs roughly 10 to 12 pounds, and a turn under 7 to 9 Gs multiplies that load several-fold, with helmets, oxygen masks and night vision devices on top. Richards will retest max pulls at the midpoint and again before the pilots start flying.

A new study asked a simple question: does the knee land differently when the hamstrings are tired versus the quads? Researchers fatigued one muscle group or the other in 93 athletes, then had them land on one leg from a drop jump.

It did. With tired hamstrings, athletes landed with a straighter knee and more force, and the shin was pushed forward harder. With tired quads, the bigger change was in the side-to-side forces at the knee. The authors said both patterns are tied to ACL loading, just in different ways.

The Austin Spurs named Kevin Williamson strength and conditioning coach and Jackie Hua head athletic trainer, and promoted Tristen Licon to player development and performance coordinator. Williamson was a sports performance coach at Texas Woman’s University from 2021-23.

The Yale Daily News profiled Yale’s strength and conditioning staff, featuring Dante Edwards (women’s basketball, swimming and diving, track and field sprinters and jumpers) and Joe Herman (football and fencing). Check it out.

FC Twente striker Wout Weghorst ran through finger gestures, claps and arm swings before the second half against PSV, then scored the equalizer in a 3-2 comeback win. Neuropsychologist Erik Scherder suggested it could be a way of making himself more alert. In a 2026 study, runners who added cognitive tasks to a warmup ran a mile time trial 8 to 11 seconds faster, though neither tested Weghorst’s routine.

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