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The evidence behind better performance.

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Sport science shouldn't be locked away in journals and elite labs. We're here to make it accessible to everyone, and part of how you train, every single week.

Meet the coaches

Two sport scientists. A decade of running.

Ben and Tom Blamey on the athletics track

Ben and Tom Blamey have spent over ten years training, racing and studying what makes runners faster. We started Parallel Performance to close the gap we kept seeing: brilliant research that never reaches the everyday runner in a form they can actually use.

Ben Blamey
Ben Blamey
Head of Physiology
BSc (Hons) Sport & Exercise Science, Loughborough University.
Tom Blamey
Tom Blamey
Head of Coaching
BSc (Hons) Sport & Medical Science, University of Exeter.
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