Kara Goucher in London - Running and Triathlon Links Monday!

As always, lots of news out there in the running and tri world. Read, learn, race - let's go.

Interview with Kara Goucher - the Oregon marathon superstar gets ready for London

Lake Placid Ironman results and recap - Andy Potts rolls yet again

Olympics Viewer's Guide - check out running previews from former Olympians

Photo Gallery from the last Tour de France TT - yep, bike porn...if you're into that kind of thing

Will the Olympic Marathon be hot? - history, and the crazy start time, say "yes"

A very interesting chat with four-time Olympian Hunter Kemper - he's as fast as ever...maybe this is the year for a medal

Rock n' Roll Chicago Half Marathon recap and results - two Olympian marathoners, the non-U.S. variety, take the wins

How to keep your speed while training for a marathon - I need to read this one closely

How much should you drink during your next run - it matters less than you might think

School boards banning Five Fingers shoes? - sure, why not?

Should you run at 180 steps per minute? - once again, it's probably not as important as people make it out to be

Interview with Chris Lieto - it's a little dated, but still a good read

Bradley Wiggins wins 2012 Tour de France - pretty damn easily, I might add

Ironman Hawaii pro starting spots to be handed out in a week - and here are the current standings!

Chris Horner Takes a Tumble!

Crap! Chris Horner, our own Tour de France homeboy from Bend, gets into one of the bad crashes today, and goes from 13th place to 119th!

That's not right...

Natural Break?

Just watching the first day of the Tour de France and they showed a guy pulling off the side of the road for a "natural break." Umm, ok, nice euphemism, I guess. But the thing that surprised me is that they actually stopped. I'm used to seeing Ironman Triathletes just hang it off the side of the seat as they hit a straight spot in the road. I guess that's the advantage of having teammates in the Tour de France - they can help you catch back up.

And congrats to Chris Horner, our own Homeboy from Bend, OR, on finishing the first day in 9th place - just six seconds off the lead.

Let's race! (what's with all the Thursday races?)

RACES FOR WEEK OF JULY 18th TO JULY 24th

July 20th / Seward Park Aquathon / Seattle, WA (Wednesday Night Race!)

July 21st / Soaring Eagle Midsummernight's Trail Run 10m and 5m / Sammamish, WA (Thursday Night Run!)

July 21st / Valley of the Rogue 5k / Grants Pass, OR (Thursday Night Run!)

July 21st / Cherry Pickers' Trot 4m / Mead, WA (Thursday Night Run!)

July 21st / REI Peak Challenge 10k / Eugene, OR (Thursday Night Race!)

July 23rd / Bancroft Pioneer Days 5k / Bancroft, ID

July 23rd / Mountain Mania 10k and 5k / Castle Rock, WA

July 23rd / Run for Congo Women 5k / Portland, OR

July 23rd / Arlington Airport Run 10k and 5k / Arlington, WA

July 23rd / Kla Ha Ya Days River Run 5m / Snohomish, WA

July 23rd / SpoKenya 7k / Spokane, WA

July 23rd / Bluegrass 5k / Stevenson, WA

July 23rd / Spokane Indians Pennant Race 8k / Spokane, WA

July 23rd / Padden Sprint Duathlon / Bellingham, WA

July 23rd / Enumclaw Street Fair 5k / Enumclaw, WA

July 23rd / Shoreline Run 10k / Richland, WA

July 24th / Yakima Half Marathon and 5k / Yakima, WA

July 24th / Rolf Prima Tri at the Grove, Olympic and Sprint / Cottage Grove, OR

July 24th / Lacamas Lake Half Marathon and 4m / Camas, WA

July 24th / Benaroya Research Institute Triathlon at Seafair, Olympic and Sprint / Seattle, WA

July 24th / Swedish SummeRun 5k / Seattle, WA

July 24th / Light at the End of the Tunnel Marathon / North Bend, WA

We're Talking Serious Watts Here!

Check out the watts from Oregon's own Chris Horner! The Oregonian has been posting the numbers from Horner's power meter during the Tour de France - and they're unbelievable. It's not so much the speed - although it's incredible. And it's not so much the watt power - although it's utterly fantastic.

It's the fact that he's putting out that speed and power...while riding four or five hours or more nearly every single day for the last two weeks!

Just amazing.

Tour de France Diary

Just a great read from The Oregonian - Bend's own Chris Horner, who is riding on the Radio Shack team with Lance himself, is doing an insightful daily dairy from the Tour de France. His latest entry discusses the events of Day 8, the day the ended with Lance saying "It's over!"

Check it out - it's good stuff.


Thanks to Daily Peloton for the photo of Chris.