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WaPo columnist anti-cyclist rant

Many of you know about, and maybe have read, Courtland Milloy's anti-cycling rant in the Washington Post. What bothers me most about these all-to-frequent rants is probably not what you think.

A look at the battle for Frankfurt

This weekend the eyes of the world will be on Frankfurt, Germany where the Ironman European Championships take place. It is about pride, money and Kona points, but who will be victorious?

The Other Triathlon

We've been a tale of two sports: Draft legal, and the sport the rest of us do. Are you still anti-draft, like that Japanese soldier who still thinks WWII is going on? Time to take another look.

70.3 St. Croix is calling

Devashish Paul has added more details and information to his guide of racing and logistics for the Ironman 70.3 St Croix triathlon. Are you ready?

Penticton race for sale or not?

The Penticton race society just published on its website, "Is Challenge Penticton Canada for sale? Absolutely not." It just wants someone to take on the risk and the debt, not the ownership.

Stakeholders

I’m going to tell you today, now, here, what others won’t. Triathlon as an industry, company by company, has been flat or declining in the U.S. for the past 2 years, maybe 3 years.

The longer, the harder, the better

Erik Seedhouse joined the elite 2nd Battalion Parachute Regiment, earned a PhD in space medicine and wrote a gripping memoir about his successes, failures and survival in some very tough ultradistance events.

Embrace The Struggle

This week the final roster for the Sochi Winter Olympics Games was officially announced. For everyone involved, it was a life-changing experience. But the most fascinating stories of the Games are often never told: the stories of not making the Olympic team.

Farewell Inside Triathlon

The Competitor Group announced today that Inside Triathlon magazine will no longer be published and will focus these resources instead to the sister publication Triathlete and the corresponding digital outlet.

From Victim to Villain in a flash

In Chattanooga, TN a cyclist was harassed by folks in a pickup truck and then hunted down again by them in a different vehicle. They even used pepper spray but now the cyclist is accused of being the aggressor.

2013 Tri Talk of the Year

Some of Timothy Carlson's favorite rants, soliloquies, meditations and one liners to be found in blogs, newspapers, magazines and online comments directed at triathlon in 2013.

Ironman and the Philippines

I got a voice message from WTC's CEO, Andrew Messick, and it was not business as usual. It was about typhoon Haiyan, and in this case the heart was riding shotgun and EBITDA took a back seat.