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ITU Grand Final Mens Odds

Jan Frodeno favored to win World Championship Series points title, but Javier Gomez should win the Grand Final at Budapest. Timothy Carlson offers the odds and urges offended competitors to prove him ...

My relationship with food

An incident last week occasioned an opportunity to rethink my historic relationship with food. The adjoining thumbnail says it all. Mine is the Great American eating disorder: overfull plates, ...

To wait or not to wait

Should Alberto Contador have waited for Andy Schleck when the Tour de France race leader dropped his chain on the upper slopes of the Port de Balès? After all, they are both In It To Win It.

Wellington on WTC changes

Reigning Kona three-peater Chrissie Wellington weighs in with a thoughtful, thorough response on Ironman's proposal to overhaul its prize money and World Championship qualification system.

Ironman's proposed architecture

Ironman has clearly been frustrated by the lack of quality athletes toeing the starting lines of many of its events. The new proposed framework attempts to address this.

Hy-Vee Men's Odds

Can Simon Whitfield repeat? Will Jan Frodeno put down his Olympic sprint hammer? Will Bevan Docherty break out of his runner-up rut? Can Courtney Atkinson ride his hot streak?

Hy-Vee Women's Odds

If you took an Emma to win, that would be a crafty bet; but this oddsmaker fool had to pick one and it’s Snowy. Daniela, Barbara, Andrea, Helen, two Sarahs and Laura will hotly dispute.

Open Water Secrets Revealed

Ask longtime top triathletes, 8 of 10 will tell you the low hanging improvement fruit is to be plucked in the swim. This Saturday, SoCal-based Slowtwitchers have a chance to improve their open water ...

2010 Wildflower Odds

Timothy Carlson sez: Michael Raelert slight edge over Eneko Llanos, Rasmus Henning; Julie Dibens over Virginia Berasategui, Samantha McGlone, Lesley Paterson at Wildflower long course.

2010 Collegiate Nationals preview

Timothy Carlson's thoughts about the USAT Collegiate Nationals - CU’s Jessica Broderick over West Point’s Ashley Morgan and CU’s Cedric Wane over UC Berkeley’s Kenneth Rakestraw at Lubbock, ...

California 70.3 at Oceanside odds

Rohto Ironman 70.3 at Oceanside always has cold water and hot fields because it’s the start of the season and it’s held in tri-industry haven Southern California. Timothy Carlson sets the odds ...

Apology not accepted

Tony Kornheiser of ESPN recently made some statements which had cyclists extremely upset and asking for the "head" of Kornheiser. After Lance Armstrong appeared on the Kornheiser radio show, the man ...

Politics on Slowtwitch

Triathlon in general and Slowtwitch in particular are, thankfully, Islands of Détente. What should you expect to read on Slowtwitch, and, how politics-free will our words here be?

Abu Dhabi Odds: The Men

With $250,000 prize money on the line , the inaugural Abu Dhabi International Triathlon has attracted as great pre-Kona field. Here’s a guide to the men’s contenders.

Abu Dhabi Odds: The Women

Best women’s long course field outside Kona; Julie Dibens should pick up the big check with absence of injured Chrissie Wellington but Sam McGlone, Yvonne Van Vlerken, Rebekah Keat and Cat ...

Ironman's pivot point

Now that World Triathlon Corporation is poised to launch its own print publication, it's about to make its biggest statement to date about its posture toward the future.

NYC tri v NYC club: a cautionary tale

Little known fact: The most commonly engaged-in vocation among triathletes is Lawyer. Here is a cautionary tale, when lawyering is eschewed in favor of overlawyering.

UCI: Go to your room!

The UCI is frequently accused of incompetence, a charge (sometimes valid, sometimes not) leveled against all governing bodies. Now UCI has done far worse: It's guilty of bad manners.

The Air In There

These days we are confronted by all kinds of charges in our life, including having to pay for air at a gas station. But now it seems that some bike shops have stepped up to the plate to also charge ...

The best, brightest and bravest of 2009

Chrissie Wellington's record-smashing and Alistair Brownlee's perfection gave 2009 some of its bright shining greatness. But there were clearly more amazing triathlon items in 2009.

Ironman's burden

In the sport of triathlon there's no brand like Ironman. Here, iron is wealthier than gold. Funny how much love Ironman doesn't get from the very entities that ought to love it the most.

Clearwater Odds: The Men

Timothy Carlson sticks his neck out to predict what will happen in the men's race at at Ironman 70.3 World Championships in Clearwater, Florida this weekend. Will he be correct with his call?

Clearwater Odds: The Women

Gazing into a crystal ball in an attempt to pick the women's winner of this highly competitive Ironman 70.3 World Championship at Clearwater is a futile task. But here we go again

Party in the penalty tent

One good thing about how the race in Kona was called this year: It gave a lot of pro athletes a chance to catch up socially with their competitors. Some did a lot of socializing.

The Women of Kona

No, this isn't the Slowtwitch swimsuit edition. It's an analysis of how the women's race has changed at the Hawaiian Ironman; where today's best women are slower than those of yesteryear, and where ...

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