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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.

Bontrager RXL Hilo 2012

The new Hilo is a completely different shoe than the old. Almost everything they could change or update they did. I like it when a company learns from its shortcomings and Bontrager did.

The Uber Training Bike

We detail a very unique bike, made specifically for training in any condition or location. Is it a triathlon bike? A cyclocross bike? An ITU bike? The answer is – maybe.

Dye, Haskins win Toyota U.S. Open

Cameron Dye and Sarah Haskins won both today’s Toyota U.S. Open in Dallas and the overall 2012 Toyota Cup Challenge Series points titles today, taking a total of $75,000 apiece in race and series prizes.

No longer a long shot

Leanda Cave has won 3 World Championships, but last year her 3rd place finish at Kona and her IM Arizona win in 8:49 gave her the belief she belongs among the favorites in search of the sport’s most coveted prize.

Headset How-To – Part 1

By popular demand, we continue our How-To series, this time on headsets. While often overlooked or thought of as black magic, we attempt to debunk this rather simple piece of equipment.

Hanging out with Beth Walsh

A few days ago rookie Pro Beth Walsh from Southern California grabbed the title at the 2012 Superfrog Triathlon, but while she certainly enjoyed the win, it wasn’t the highlight of her season. We had a few words with Beth.

What We Have Noticed: Kona 2012

In this special Kona edition of What We Have Noticed we look at the Kona Baby t-shirts, the 2012 Underpants Run, Nootca goggles, TRX and Yoga at the Cytomax house, and a musical evening with Paula Fuga.

2012 Superfrog Triathlon

The Superfrog Triathlon is the longest continuously running half Ironman distance event and here is a photo gallery by Timothy Carlson.

Armstrong, Walsh take Superfrog

The 34th Superfrog Triathlon attracted 800 entries to the Coronado peninsula south of the Navy SEALS training center and Lance Armstrong and Beth Walsh grabbed the wins at this long running Half Ironman event.

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?

Up close with Chris Boardman

Chris Boardman is well known for his Tour de France prologue wins and the Hour record, but he retired relatively young. He is smart and outspoken when it comes to cycling technology and is passionate about triathlon.

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.

Dye, Kaye win LA Triathlon

A race best bike split of 53:38 helped Cameron Dye to grab the win at the 2012 Herbalife LA Triathlon. Alicia Kaye also dominated the bike segment with a 58:26 effort and then ran to the title in the women’s race.

Thomas, Hoogland in Poconos

Jesse Thomas showed supremacy on the bike before closing it out with a fine run to take the win at the Ironman 70.3 Pocono Mountains. Tenille Hoogland took the women’s title with a similar effort.

Kriat, Hauschildt rule Augusta

Maxim Kriat had to hold off a hard charging Nick Waninger to win Ironman 70.3 Augusta. Melissa Hauschildt pulled away from defending champion Emma-Kate Lidbury during the run to grab the women’s title.

Tim Johnson’s Cannondale

While in Las Vegas we took a closer look at the Cannondale SuperX Disc race bike of American Tim Johnson of the Cannondale / Cyclocrossworld.com team.

Billington tops Formula 1 revival

Greg Billington of Colorado Springs ran away from Clark Ellice of New Zealand on the final 2-mile run leg to win $2,500 at the Formula 1 sprint triathlon revival Saturday in Coronado, California.

Norden takes Yokohama WTS

Lisa Norden must have felt a sense of déjà vu when she had to sprint with Anne Haug for the title of the ITU Yokohama WTS race, but here the fast Swede took the win – unlike in London where the photo finish went in favor of Nicola Spirig.