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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.

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 chance to share some thoughts.

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 prognostication dead wrong.

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 die.

On Doping

We're at the beginning of what may be another momentous news week in the Armstrong doping affair, this publisher of this online magazine expresses his views on doping.

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 to fight doping?

As the Crow Flies — a classic

The black and white photographs of Paul K. Robbins are a match for the athletic excellence of Craig Alexander; Crowie’s understated prose about his 2011 year gives a great look inside the heart and mind of a legend.

To pick a domestique or not

Endless discussions about domestiques were going on prior to the Olympic Games. With the benefit of perfect hindsight Sal Farruggia looks closer if the selectors had success with their discretionary decisions.