Articles by Tim Carlson

People come and people go, but there’s always a story within each beating heart of the folks that tackle the 320 daunting miles of the Ultraman trail.

Shanna Armstrong takes 6th Ultraman title, comes within 2:57 of 20-year-old race record; Ann Heaslett smashes run record; Alexandre Ribeiro takes 4th win.

Five-time Ultraman women’s champion Shanna Armstrong leads Kathy Winkler; Richard Roll leads Mike Le Roux, Alexandre Ribeiro on Day 1 of Ultraman

Shanna Armstrong smashes Day 2 bike record and leads Swiss Gigathlon champ Trix Zgraggen by 16:53; Ribeiro’s bike gives him with 23-minute lead over Mike LeRoux and 37 minutes over Peter Kotland.

Three-time champion Alexandre Ribeiro of Brazil should duel with 1997 champion Peter Kotland; 5-time winner Shanna Armstrong faces strong challenge by 2007 runner-up Ann Heaslett.

Michael Raelert was a dark horse who shocked the field and Julie Dibens was the favorite everyone saw coming. Some reflections by the winners and hosannas from the conquered after the fourth Ironman 70.3 World Champions were crowned.

The 70.3 Clearwater course again rewarded the strong with record times; Photo Gallery by Timothy Carlson

A dark horse and a favorite prevailed at the Ironman 70.3 World Championships in Clearwater. Photo Gallery by Timothy Carlson

Relentless northerly winds force Ironman 70.3 World Championship race officials to switch swim from ocean to inland harbor; Reed, Dibens, Bozzone, Bennetts, Zeiger confident on eve of battle in Clearwater

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

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?

WTC requires pros to pay $750 annual fee which will ensure complimentary entries to regular Ironman ($550) and Ironman 70.3 ($300) events in 2010, puts members on list for random drug testing, sets time standards for Ironman qualifying and prize money.