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Don't Hand your Federation to Olympic Elites

Jack Weiss, a fixture on USAT's Board of Directors, sees an attempt by the Olympic elite athletes to pack the board and execute an agenda at odds with the needs of AGers and those who produce their ...

Las Vegas Men’s Favorites

The temperatures are hot, but the competition will be hotter at the Ironman 70.3 World Championship on Sunday. Timothy Carlson's top pick is Craig Alexander, but the talent is too close to call.

Las Vegas Women’s Favorites

With two top women’s favorites hanging by a thread nursing injuries, 2011 Ironman 70.3 World Champ Melissa Hauschildt of Australia is almost unbeaten this year and is a rare phenomenon – a clear ...

A Pro IM Mt. Tremblant preview

Nestled in a fairy tale setting in the Laurentian Mountains outside Montreal, Ironman Mt. Tremblant pros with Kona qualifying dreams will be heading to their calculators after they finish this 4000-po ...

On Trisports.com's Chap 11 filing

Triathlon's signature etailer TriSports filed for Chapter 11 protection on the 14th of June. What does this mean for its customers and for its future? Here's what you need to know.

Following the money - or not

Pro athletes often complain about the lack of prize money in triathlon and we typically agree. But hearing that only 5 male and 5 female Pros have signed up for the $142,000 MetaMan Bintan race ...

Sharing The Road

It is very easy for us to point a finger at others, but in most cases at least three of the other fingers point back to us. When we are out cycling or running we sometimes act as if we were in a ...

My Response? Lace up

My conclusions are not offered as a guide, rather that sometimes it’s comforting to know others are thinking as you do; and sometimes (not always!) a thought shared is a thought worth hearing.

IM Melbourne men’s favorites

Prognosticator Timothy Carlson predicts Vanhoenacker, Alexander and Llanos will go 1-2-3 but Rapp and Brown will have something to say in the 2013 Asia Pacific Ironman Championship.

IM Melbourne women’s picks

I pick Caroline Steffen, Meredith Kessler and Gina Crawford to go 1-2-3. But can today’s stars hold off the amazing, ever-smiling, never-aging Swiss Miss with the killer bike – 46 year old ...

Know Your Customer

I would not be writing this had Bill Burke not opined to Bloomberg News. But, he did, so, I am. All of what Burke said is true. But one must square this with info competitors really get from race ...

Dare You to Move

I’m angry. I understand ineptitude. I acknowledge laziness. I get that not everybody is going attach the same importance to themes I deem important. But breathtaking indifference to this?

Vroomen Launches 2r

Cervelo co-founder Gerard Vroomen debuts a new iOS-only magazine for those hooked on bike racing and glued to their iPads. It's free, adless, and published by one of cycling's most focused minds.

You Are Not Welcome Here Anymore

You have been the topic of endless discussions and merely mentioning your name has turned friends against each other, and this editor actually just wished that you would stay away from cycling and ...

2012 Tri Words of the Year

With 2012 coming to an end, Timothy Carlson offers a selection of his favorite rants, recollections, excerpts, blog posts, one-liners and several extended ruminations about the sport of triathlon.

Sally Jenkins' Omission

Ms. Jenkins, everything you wrote about Lance is true. But everything you wrote is beside the point. You did not write that Lance abused his place as custodian of that which that gave him his ...

Status Bauble or Self Discovery

Jordan Rapp responds to Elizabeth Weil's portrait of the Ironman XC (eXecutive Challenge) program written for Bloomberg's online BusinessWeek.com. She argues the program is about status; Rapp argues ...

The Advertisers Dilemma

Eyeo has announced a mobile version of its popular AdBlock software, which blocks internet ads. As a 100% advertising-supported site, this is a topic we wrestle with, and I thought I'd take this ...

A Civil Transfer Policy

Last week a registrant in Ironman Arizona gave or sold his entry to another, who raced in his place. Both are allegedly disqualified and banned from competition for a year. Let's have a chat.

Mike Reilly on Active

Mike Reilly, "The Voice of Ironman," responds here to concerns shared on our reader forum about The ACTIVE Network's health and performance. Reilly is a Vice President at that company.

The Entire Lance Armstrong

For some weeks I have been receiving calls and emails urging me to express my view on Lance Armstrong (to these I say, be careful what you ask for). After considerable deliberation, here it is.

Opinion: Age Group Doping Control

Today we are featuring a guest opinion piece by Ulrich Fluhme about age group doping. Ulrich runs the Gran Fondo New York and is also a member of the ST forum.

2012 Kona Women's Favorites

Timothy Carlson agrees to eat crow and bow down to anyone whose favorite women's contender at Ironman Hawaii was ignored here and proves his fatally flawed and pusillanimous powers of triathletic ...

2012 Kona Men’s Favorites

A particularly strong men’s field makes picking the winners a fool’s errand. Timothy Carlson once again applies his fatally flawed prognosticating powers, much like salmon swim upstream only to ...

On Anti-Doping

On the eve of USADA's closing the book on the Armstrong case, what is our wisest course in the anti-doping fight going forward? What is our proper response to USADA, and what else should we be doing ...

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