Thirsty (for knowledge) Thursday: Link Dump

Most "Thirsty Thursday" posts share the majority of an article where I add my 2 cents in parts. Today, I simply want to share 5 links to interesting sports-related articles that are worth a look:

• 5 things runners should know about their knees. This breaks some myths, including what we all hear: "running will ruin your knees." (Although they mention just a few small studies to back up their findings.)

• 5 pool skills for triathletes to work on.

• A good study about the best ways to warm up, finding that you need to KEEP STRETCHING over a period of months to get the most benefit from it.

• 5 "DYI" remedies for plantar fasciitis.

• Elliptical chain rings don't really work, but don't really hurt either. Unless you looked real close, you maybe didn't notice that my new bike Eiffel doesn't have a perfectly circle large front chain ring. I haven't noticed anything great or horrible about it, sort of like the article says.

Eiffel's elliptical chain ring.