Slow and Fast Marathon Runners are the Same

These runners are the Same at what. When taking steps, or running strides, they are the same. How come? By counting their steps! Yup! In early February 1972, John ‘Jack’ Falkner, PhD, and I were counting steps at the Las Vegas Marathon. We like many others have found this to be the ‘facts.’ Jack was […]

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Perceived Effort: along a hallway vs. up a stairway

One day last week, I put Perceived Effort to another test. As I walked along a hallway, and since I am “an anticipation machine,” (Freyd, 1987, cited by Siegel, 1999), I noticed a stairway at its end. Aha. What if I just kept up this momentum and start up the stairs two steps at a […]

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