The Five: 1. Cool.  History of Tri Bikes (pt 1) 2. Part 2 of the story 3. Want to avoid injury?  Run MORE 4. Am I too old to win the Tour de France? (Yes, I am) 5. Trail running safety tips for women  

Five: 1. Five questions with a guy who has run everyday for 45 years 2.  Another tips on how to avoid GI distress during exercise 3. What are the best marathons for travelers? 4. Would be better than finding and standing in line at bag check! 5. This study makes me think of This quote…

Five to start the week:   1. A ton of info here, and some lessons for us to heed 2. Dealing with ankle sprains 3. Great news for all of you who have dome the NYC Triathlon 4. Your easy days are too hard and your hard days too easy 5. Coatman! (link found through…

Five to start your weekend: 1. How far do players in different sports run? 2. The voice of Winnie the Pooh reads Darth Vader’s lines from Star Wars!!!!!! (Thanks Van) 3. “Malicious fecal distribution“!!!!!!  and For pete’s sake, find a bush!!! (Thanks Ultra Runner Podcast) 4. She walked 800 miles away from cancer 5. While…

Five: 1. Running rhetoric.  Cool post 2. Big Sur sells out in 59 minutes 3. Badwater 135 pics 4. This seems a pretty cool idea. 5. One bad mutha    

Five for hump day 1. She ran 366 marathons in one year 2. Is repetition in training better than variation in training 3. We did this when my friend Megan trained for Boston! 4. Okay.  I will! (I wanna coach someday) 5. Really fun race report.  I can see myself doing one of these some…

1. Watch the second video all the way through, and be inspired. 2. Funny stuff from “The Oatmeal” There will be only two links today.  Because I want you to read the oatmeal post, I want you to know that THIS is why I run. This is why I always will run.  Why I will…

Five to start your week: 1. Wish there were more gyms like this 2. Read this twice to get what he is saying, but it is an intriguing study. 3. This post moved me 4. He’s run 100 marathons, and on all 7 continents 5. Great advice for runners with regard to cross-training, spot on!…

Five to kick off the weekend: 1. 100 Years of Tour de France bikes 2.Don’t overuse the fasted run (I’m guilty of this) 3. Fun indoor bike/core workout 4. Happy Birthday Quadrathon blog!!!!!!!!! 5. Top 5  reasons people fall on the trail. Have a great weekend.  

Five: 1. Really interesting research on stride rate 2. The 10 best dog breeds for runners 3. I’m sorry, but I’m confused. There are “performance plaid shirts?!” 4. Is the high elbow pull the best stroke for freestyle swimming? 5. Hilarious post from The Bike Snob Inspire someone today   BONUS: Totally stole this from…

Five: 1. Exercises that may correct common running form issues 2.Cycling’s  50 golden rules 3. Cross training tips for cyclists 4. Basic info on the Tour de France (from last year, but still good info) 5. Too many people over-react to discomfort when running… If you aren’t uncomfortable, then you are stagnating. Work.