Five: 1. Excellent breakdown of the many ways of counting calorie expenditure 2. How exercise facilitates learning 3. What are your excuses?  4. Anatomy of a Western States DNF 5. Best new trail shoes from the Outdoor Retailer show (I am dying to try some Salomons!)

Five: 1. Three years old, but still a great article on what I am doing for the next marathon 2. If you are a coach and you think you have nothing left to learn–quit coaching 3. What is “high performance” 4. A good piece on DOMS 5. Downhill running tips  

Five: 1. The chicken and egg debate has been displaced by this one 2. Boston adds 9,000 slots to the race 3. Run with this monstrosity in the Alabama summer and you’ll rip it off within a mile from the heat! 4. The jacket looks like something out of Tron 5. Phase of menstrual cycle…

Five: 1. How to train year round: Periodization 2. Learning to trust your training 3. Cool things! 4. Five ways to remove dead toenails 5. How exercise changes fat and muscle cells

Five for the weekend: 1. Unicycle across Alabama 2. The Bike snob eviscerates Portland’s “bike culture” 3. Really nice tips on treating running injuries 4. How Pam Smith went from 29 hours to winning Western States in a year (don’t ignore her training tips, non-ultra people.  good stuff for everyone!) 5. This looks fun!  Beware–small…

Welcome to August: 1. No way this ends badly, right? 2. Yah.  I’ve seen more of the track this summer than I ever have 3. Matt is an inspiration to me, and I’ so proud of his 100 miler! But where does he get his protein!? 4. I should try this on easy days 5.…

1. At least until one or all of them get hurt in training 2. Ultra runner getting a Bronx street named after him 3. So, we are in the middle of the “second running boom” 4. I applied to be part of this team.  Really wanted to do this. someday 5. Dudes! Chill!! Remember:  “All…

1. Mo vs Usain? 2. I may not be a mother, but I share these sentiments, especially  #3 and #4 3. Nice race report from a trail race where running is hard 4. Like this advice.  Also like his coffee 5. This I love.  Love John Wooden’s style. Coaches are teachers.  Simple as that.  If…

Five for Monday: 1. Why some running distances aren’t as popular 2. Good advice 3. I live in an area where cars refuse to give me an inch. I share their anger 4. At once fascinating and unsurprising 5. Sage Canaday wins again: Speedgoat 50K   have a great week

Five to start the weekend: 1. Good running advice here 2. Gonna try this when I start mile repeats in a couple of weeks 3. Marshall Ullrich reports on Badwater 4. love this! 5. Nice explanation of Cardiac Drift–what many of us are experiencing this summer   Have a great weekend!

Five: 1. Why bib cycling shorts are better than regular cycling shorts 2. A great piece on pacing for Ultras 3. Girls who walk to school are smarter 4. Could it be??  Good points here 5. Interesting: altitude training in a bottle?   Remember: no one likes a pooping hoax!