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Messick on Kona, Vegas, Lottery

 He's only been on the job four months, but Andrew Messick is stamping his imprimatur on triathlon's marquis brand. Here he chats with us about Kona, Las Vegas, the pros, Tampa, and the new way the lottery works.
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Random AG Nick Warren

 Nick Warren is another age grouper we recently met in a random manner. Like many others, he is very focused on family and job and works out when he finds time - but his day job is quite unique.
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Introducing Greg Billington

 Greg Billington recently recorded a 4th place at the U23 World Championships in Beijing, China and the Wake Forest University grad has some other fine results on his resume. Sal Farruggia had a few words with him.
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Middaugh’s take on Kapalua

 If Josiah Middaugh had not flatted and carried his bike some of the last mile at Ogden, he might have won XTERRA USA Nationals. His take on the strong men's field at Kapalua.
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The creative Cody Westheimer

 Cody Westheimer is an age grouper who got to the Ironman World Championships with a lottery slot and his video diary of his day in Kona touched many of us. We had a few words with this very creative man.
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Random AG Bob Schloegel

 We are starting a new interview series on slowtwitch where we chat with random age groupers and Bob Schloegel from Kansas City is our very first guest along those lines. Bob races in M45-49 and actually happens to be quite fast.
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A chat with Nicolas Hemet

 French age grouper Nicolas Hemet went 9:03:11 in Kona and was 45th overall, but in the strong M30-34 age group that meant 8th place. But Nicolas still seems to be in a content place.
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Andreas Böcherer on Kona

 European 70.3 Champion Andreas Böcherer came to Kona to get a feel for this famous event and returned to Europe with a very fine 8th place. He had a few words with slowtwitch about his experience there.
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Armstrong on XTERRA

 Approaching XTERRA Worlds in Maui, Lance Armstrong reflects on the motivation behind his return to tri, the mechanics of his triathlon ability, and the part he's playing in bicycle safety and advocacy.
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Good times for Sam Gyde in Kona

 Belgian age grouper Sam Gyde has been racing Ironman events since 2007 and went sub-9 for the first time in Florida in 2010. In Kona this year he won his age group in 8:50:09 but surprisingly that might not be his trip highlight.
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Pete Jacobs breaks through

 The 29-year-old Australian was an up-and-coming talent and actually had some fine results. Then he broke into the orbit of the greats with a 2nd at the 2011 Ford Ironman World Championships in Kona.
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Mary Beth Ellis – Iron comet

 With three Ironman wins and two race records this summer, Ellis has shown that her two Ironman 70.3 World Championship silver medals were just the beginning of her stardom.