Site Launches

I'm proud to finally get this project underway.  It's been something I've been meaning to do for the last year or so, and even if I don't exactly have loads of free time these days, it's been easier to get it off the ground with the return of my own desire to get into good shape.

My idea for the site is somewhat free-form.  Running, as I see it, is a sport that almost everyone can enjoy whether they do it for fitness or for the thrill of racing.  This site is tailored mostly for the competitive athlete who is looking to shave time from their personal best or improve their placing in an upcoming race.  That isn't to say that the information found here will not also benefit the person who has just discovered the joys of jogging a few times around the block.  In fact, I would hope that what I and the other contributors have to say will be presented in a way such that everybody can take something from it.

The hardest part about starting something like this site is coming up with the name.  After throwing the options around, I settled on "Samsara Racing".  "Satori," from what I can tell, has been used for thousands of years by a number of far-Eastern religions as the word for enlightenment.  We're not talking about enlightenment in a temporary sense ("kensho"); rather, it's a permanent state of reaching nirvana, or the next level.  Satori is an escape from "samsara", the unending process of reincarnation.  Now, samsara could construed as a sort of aimless, wandering road that we're all apt to take at various stages in our running.  I like to think of it differently:  Samsara is not the transcendental process of rebirth, but instead what we are left with on earth as a result of our prior behavior.  Most of the time, we are capable of so much more, and it's the cyclical nature of training harder each time over that allows us to recognize our greatness.

DISCLAIMER:  Bear in mind that this site is predominantly about science in sport; that said, I think the metaphysical analogy works well for a site about improving performance on the track.

Here you will find the knowledge to help you improve your running and the science to back that knowledge up.  This is a site for finding what works for you.  You should hopefully walk away with the understanding of why it works.

Thanks for visiting Samsara Racing!