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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 for air.
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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.
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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
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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?
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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.
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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 they're faster.
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LA Triathlon Odds

 Now that the ITU World Championship series is over, several European and Australian stars have come to fight it out with Life Time Fitness series stars in Los Angeles
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2009 IMH Men’s Odds

 Picking Ironman Hawaii odds is a risky business. What if you miss a 1996 Luc van Lierde? Or the Faris Al-Sultan in 2005? Or Scott Molina in 1988? Timothy Carlson takes on the unforgiving task.
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2009 IMH Women’s Odds

 Can anyone beat Chrissie Wellington? The odds say no. But the deepest field in years may yield a challenger who is unafraid to take on the new Queen of Kona.
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Gold Coast Men’s Odds

 Who could bet against young Alistair Brownlee, who has a shockingly perfect World Championship Series record? Well, some daring punters (bettors) might look at the crack in his invulnerability revealed with a loss to Javier Gomez at Europeans.
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Gold Coast Elite Women Odds

 Setting triathlon championship odds is a thankless task which invariably holds the prognosticator’s shortcomings up for ridicule. But Slowtwitch senior correspondent Timothy Carlson is once again up for his stint in the post race hall of shame.