Running and Triathlon Links Monday!

Tons of great stuff this week - enjoy!

The Story of Alison Delgado - won her first marathon, then nearly killed in a bike/auto accident, then comes back to run again

Another look at Alison Delgado, with very moving video of her at finish of the Flying Pig Marathon in Cincy - her husband was the ER doc on duty when she came into the hospital...you can't make this stuff up

Adidas ad for their new shoe with Formotion - weird stuff...the heel moves - I don't know if that's a good thing

Men's Olympic Tri team is set - Hunter Kemper makes his fourth straight team...absolutely fricking amazing

And the Women's Olympic Tri team is set as well - some drama in this race

Photos of the Men's Tri race in San Diego to set the team - And then photos of the Women's race

Finally, photos of Lance Armstrong and Andy Potts at the 70.3 Ironman in St. Croix - and Facebook photos of my fav Angela Naeth, in St. Croix

Everything you wanted to know about Kinesio tape - I've wondered if it could help my heel bursitis, but I'm a little afraid it might make it worse somehow

Explaining Ultrarunner Micah True's autopsy results - the press loves to throw out "athlete with enlarged heart!!!", but this article explains it in better detail

For Mother Day, here are some amazing Mom Ultrarunners - when it comes to ultra, women are tougher, and moms are toughest

Will cross-training help your running? - well, that depends...

Here are a bunch of photos from last week's Wildflower race - including shots of both OSU Beavers and UO Ducks on the course

Get ready to do your first tri in six weeks - I'd say if you already know how to swim, you could do one tomorrow

Tri Bike Porn - unfortunately, the only kind I link to here...sorry

Nice article on America's number one hope in the Olympic Women's Marathon - yep, it's Oregon's own Shalane Flanagan

Photo of OSU's Blair Bronson by Aaron Hersh.

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No, that's not a Duck...it's a Beaver...with feathers

So we noticed just before we sent Carson off to school today that she was wearing her Pink Oregon Ducks Hoodie. Oh boy. Of course, we had purchased said sweatshirt way back when Eugene was still in the running for "the city that we're going to be in for the next 13 years" before we ultimately decided on Corvallis as our destination. So we stared at Carson for a moment, thinking of the 40-50% of the Adams Elementary students that wear their OSU Beaver gear on a daily basis...then I remembered that she's got anywhere from two inches to two feet on the rest of the students in her kindergarten class..."Carson, if anyone gives you any grief about your Ducks shirt, just sit on them," I said.

She nodded, and we were on our way.

RACES FOR WEEK OF OCTOBER 6th TO OCTOBER 12th

October 11th / Domestic Violence Awareness 10k and 5k / Salem, OR

October 11th / ORRC Blue Lake Runs 15k and 5k / Troutdale, OR

October 11th / Fall Frolic Foot Race 10k and 5k / Kennewick, WA

October 11th / Autumn Leaf Run 10k and 5k / Omak, WA

October 12th / Gresham Jazz Run Half-Marathon, 10k and 5k/ Gresham, OR

October 12th / Victoria Marathon, Half-Marathon and 8k / Victoria, B.C.

October 12th / Great Pumpkin Run 10k and 5k / Corvallis, OR

October 12th / RunningShoes.com Duathlon / Bellingham, WA

October 12th / UW Dawg Dash 10k and 5k / Seattle, WA

October 12th / Spokane Marathon, Half-Marathon and 5 mile run / Spokane, WA

October 12th / Sun City Half-Marathon and 5k / Yakima, WA

October 12th / Bog Jog 10k and 5k / Grayland, WA

October 12th / Great Columbia Crossing 10k / Astoria, OR

October 12th / Miles for Midwives 2.8 mile run / Seattle, WA