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AG drug testing: good idea?

WTC has taken a bold and affirmative step, and has set several industry standards with its new anti-doping program. But AGers as well as pros? That'll require uncommon smarts and agility.

by Slowman, September 10, 2009

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The best running book ever?

Christopher McDougall’s Born to Run takes a great shot at the title, with his amazing, weird, wonderful, learned, hilarious tale of a secret race and culture clash between soulful U.S. ultrarunners and the legendary Tarahumaras of Mexico.

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Old harriers never die

...they just can't sprint the last lap anymore (well, not in under 65). Here's a tale of special folks who mean a lot to this publisher.

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The cost of winning

You can't buy love. But can you buy a maillot jaune? Last year Bjarne Riis squeezed the industry, appealing to companies poised to pay for victory. Specialized anted up. How is that turning out?

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Lives well lived, lessons well learned

Steve Larsen is gone too young. Yes, he will be mourned, and remembered. But if you knew him, you knew there was more to him than stellar race results.

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Management versus peloton

Riders in the Giro d'Italia staged a protest. It's a rarity to see athlete solidarity in professional cycling; even less common in any other segment of professional endurance sports; and non-existent among professional triathletes.

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Wildflower by the numbers

Andy Potts and Virginia Berasategui smashed deep, quality fields at the 27th annual Wildflower long course triathlon. So how did those performances stack up against history?

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Wildflower odds: The late line

Although defending champs Chris McCormack and Samantha McGlone are out, they're calling this the deepest quality field in Wildflower history. That's saying a lot. Timothy Carlson sorts it out for all you tri-punters

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USAT Collegiate Nationals set for cold, windy day in Lubbock

West Point’s Ashley Morgan leads the women’s favorites and the Naval Academy’s Derek Oskutis has the best men’s career record coming into the 2009 USA Triathlon Collegiate Nationals in West Texas

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Splitsville for the Zoot family

Business is tough. The expression of that was felt last week by Zoot employees, about half of whom have lost or will lose their jobs. Sales management, customer service, finance, warehousing, will move to K2's headquarters in Seattle, Washington.

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Must house brands perform?

As we continue a close examination of 09 tri bikes and components, we'll pause for a commentary on house brands, and ask what we ought to expect from Bontrager, Devox, Body Geometry and the like.

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Book Review: Run for Life

A review of Roy Wallack's Run for Life: The Anti-Aging, Super-Fitness Plan to Keep You Running to 100. Skyhorse Publishing. 2009. USA paperback. Price $14.95.

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Still amateur hour atop the USOC?

The USOC's self-appointment as Michael Phelps' mentor and confessor—after exercising its role as judge in an affair over which it has debatable jurisdiction—demonstrates that its approach to sports governance is reminiscent of the era of the AAU and Olan Cassell.