We’ll be discussing starting blocks today, where it is almost always important that an athlete gets quickly off the blocks. You’ve probably never seen a running race at the highest level where ...

Starting blocks are the structures that sprinters line up at prior to the start of a race. The blocks are designed to provide support for runners' feet, enabling them to push off and accelerate.

With the Duel qualifying races behind us, we now have the official starting lineup for Sunday's 2025 Daytona 500 race. These four racers did not qualify for Sunday's race after the Duel qualifiers: ...

The words that are written and the ideas conveyed on the sands of a beach, with the rising and receding of the tide, can simply be washed away in short time. But just off the shores of Daytona Beach, ...

During acceleration out of the blocks ... to 55 meters in the race." At this point, sprinters will generally have completed the start phase and will now be in the full running phase.