WHEEL BENEFITS

The bike can make you a better runner, but you have to put some effort into it. By Marc Bloom PUBLISHED 04/08/2007

Last June at the USA track nationals in Indianapolis, Lauren Fleshman won the women's 5000-meter title with a training program typical of world-class runners: long efforts, intervals, hills. But half the time, Fleshman's feet never touched the ground. Instead, they were clipped into her bike.