Seven Things You Need to know about the bobsleigh, from Spikes-Mag.tumbr.com

The following piece is from our friends at Spikes-Mag.tumblr.com, which always keeps us smiling, laughing and going, ” I wish that I had written that!”

7 things you need to know about bobsleigh

Even if Cool Runnings is your sole source of bobsleigh knowledge, you’ll know that track athletes possess the raw potential to be superb bobsleighers. Here’s your SPIKES guide to track and field’s little brother.

Powerful leg muscles provide the raw speed fundamental to a fast bobsleigh run, and many top athletes follow their Olympic dreams out onto the ice.

US sprint hurdler Lolo Jones (above) has unfinished business. After narrowly missing out on medals at Beijing 2008 and London 2012, she has turned her attention to Olympic glory in Sochi.

Before you tune in to see how Jones and fellow track star Lauryn Williams fare, here are seven things worth knowing about bobsleigh.

To read the ENTIRE story, please go to: http://spikes-mag.tumblr.com/post/74062693418/7-things-you-need-to-know-about-bobsleigh

Author

Larry Eder

Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys.

Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."

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