Cabel McCandless, PhD
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Cabel McCandless, PhD
@cmccand.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Exercise Science at Towson University. NMSU & SUNY Cortland alum. Biomechanist Ultrarunner
No sleep, way too much coffee, and definitley a sweat stained suit… but it was all worth it for this week.

First day of teaching as faculty, first first-author paper, and a successful dissertation defense.

Dr. McCandless will be taking the long weekend for R&R, and then it's the tenure grind!
August 29, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Today is my first, official, #TigerTUesday as a faculty member at @towsonu.bsky.social . So of course we had to do it right! 🐯
August 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
When my people hear that I run ultras, they always ask,”What do you think about the whole time you’re out there?”

So I made this Sopranos x Ultra-running meme as a solid representation of my self-talk strategy in between aid stations.😅
June 23, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Happy March Madness! Interested to see if Ai knows ball 🤔🏀
March 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Some fun Strava art on this morning’s shakeout run. Gonna be a great game today! #FlyEaglesFly
February 9, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The NMSU grad school held our 3-Minute Thesis competition today. Amongst some great research & presenters, I was able to snag 3rd place! It’s such a fun challenge to reframe your work in a way that is concise, understandable, and impactful for all.
January 31, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Before moving away from the southwest (more on that coming soon 😉), I want to enjoy all the local desert-mountain trails I can. Last weekend was a 50mile race through the Franklin Mountains in El Paso, TX. Grueling course but beautiful climbs and sights. Volunteers were incredible & helped me get 🥇
January 30, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Just a friendly reminder that the Journal of Applied Biomechanics is now on Bluesky! Be sure to follow for quality research and biomechanics community insights. Looking to grow the science on this platform! bsky.app/profile/jabj...
January 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Found some old pics while cleaning out my AOL email (showing my age). Before senior year of high school, my dad, my brother, and I took a cross-country trip from Long Island NY to Eugene Oregon. I was blown away by the campus but the true memory was the bonding we all had together along the way.
January 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
January 9, 2025 at 12:01 AM
One thing I will definitely miss when I leave southern NM is the unique & rare, snowy desert days
January 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
My current mood as I plan some ultra-races for the post-holiday season
December 11, 2024 at 9:25 PM
Happy (meme) Friday to all my blue sky folks!
November 22, 2024 at 6:41 PM
November 18, 2024 at 12:02 AM
As Ice Cube so eloquently put it, “Today was a good day”. Grant funding approved for dissertation! #BiomechSky
March 26, 2024 at 9:12 PM
It is Research & Creativity Week here at NMSU, and I had a handful of my biomechanics students present their research proposals during the poster presentations! They did amazing and I could not be more proud. In all the craziness, I was able to sneak myself into a Lightning Talk too! #BiomechSky
February 29, 2024 at 10:18 PM
Fortune cookie hitting a little too close to home as we gear up for dissertation proposal in just a few weeks #BiomechSky
February 21, 2024 at 4:46 AM
“Researchers frequently misuse velocity for speed in their reports, blurring the line between displacement and distance, as if they're synonymous.”
January 31, 2024 at 4:51 AM
60 miles later, what a way to spend a Saturday!
January 14, 2024 at 4:41 PM
Excited to kick off the 2024 ultra-trail racing season tomorrow!
January 12, 2024 at 10:09 PM
Quick intro since I’m new to Blue Sky and connecting with all my biomechanics peeps! I am Cabel, a Kinesiology PhD Candidate at NMSU. My research is focused on sport biomechanics, gait analysis, and fatigue. I do sports industry consultation work and in my “free time” I love to run ultramarathons!
December 18, 2023 at 8:59 PM