Course Highlights
SP.235 Chemistry of Sports
Spring 2007

Swimming, bicycling, and running are the three sports in a traditional triathlon. During this course, students trained to compete in a triathlon at the end of the semester. (Composite image by MIT OCW. Original images [from left to right] courtesy of Tyson Tate, Ben Jones, and Paula Bailey, respectively.)
Course Description
In this new seminar, we will be focusing on three sports, swimming, cycling and running. There will be two components to the seminar, a classroom and a laboratory. The classroom component will introduce the students to the chemistry of their own biological system. Since we are looking at swimming, running and cycling as our sample sports, we will apply the classroom knowledge to complete a triathlon.
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