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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 opportunity.
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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 it's still about self-discovery.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?