Alex Hutchinson
Outside's Sweat Science columnist, author of ENDURE: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance
Alex Hutchinson, Ph.D., is a columnist for
Outside
magazine and was a long-time columnist for
Runner’s World
. A National Magazine Award winner, he is a regular contributor to
The New Yorker
online, pens the weekly “Jockology” column in the Toronto
Globe and Mail
, and writes for the
New York Times
. FiveThirtyEight recently named him one of their “favorite running science geeks.” He was a two-time finalist in the 1,500 meters at the Canadian Olympic Trials, and represented Canada internationally in track, cross-country, road racing, and mountain running competitions. He holds a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Cambridge, and has worked as a researcher for the U.S. National Security Agency. He lives in Toronto, Canada.