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And the Best Endurance Sports Blog of 2009 is...

What another incredible list of great endurance sports blogs this year.

As always thanks to everyone who voted, and especially thanks to all the bloggers that worked so hard this year to keep us fascinated, entertained, enthralled, amused and educated.

We're so happy and proud to recognize all of the hard work and effort that went into these Best Blogs this year.

So THANK YOU ALL!

So now there is noting left to do but announce the winners.

Over 3500 votes have been cast this year. (a new record)

The ribbons and prizes are waiting for the winners.

Go ahead and drink tonight...it means you excercise more

Who would have thought that drinking, and not the non alcoholic stuff, makes you a better amatuer athlete?

But the scientist can't be wrong...can they?

A recent study found that drinkers are much more likely to exercise.

"A survey of more than 200,000 Americans found that moderate and heavy drinkers were 10 percent more likely to engage in vigorous exercise than abstainers.

Four great triathlon debates that we can hopefully resolve in 2010

People can we all finally come together in 2010 ?

For way too long we have been been unable to agree on anything, so let's out our differences aside and agree on four simple triathlon dilemmas in 2010.

So here’s a short list of these, some new and some that seem to rage on year after year with no particular resolution one way or the other. I’d love to know what you think about these simple, but for any triathlete all too serious, problems because we've been completely on the fence for way too long.

Teri Hatcher the new and famous 45-year-old face of triathlon

When a typical amatuer athlete gets bitten by the triathlon bug the world's press doesn't notice, but when Teri Hatcher falls for the sport the cameras start to click.

In the upcoming February issue of Prevention Magazine Hatcher talks about turning 45-years-old, and how her new love for triathlon and the training  that goes with it helps her stay young and fit.

"I wasn't panicked about [turning 45] – it just seemed like a milestone," the Desperate Housewives star said. "The older you get, the more you become aware of the things you can't change and the things you can change."

Zen and the Art of Triathlon Podcast: Sufferfest

Click HERE to listen

The interviews continue, this time with the creator of the awesome Sufferfest cycling training videos, David McQuillen.

I have been using the videos to train for an 85 mile mountain bike race in January, and they rock!  Each is a full hour of proper warm up, cool down, and tons of hammering in between.  You really feel like you're in the middle of the action because the footage is from other bikes or pace motorcycles.

Universal Sports dedicates New Year's day to Kona Ironman Championship broadcast marathon

If you love Ford Ironman World Championship from Kona, Hawaii, you'll love the fact that on New Years day (January 1st of 2010) Universal Sports plans to air the 2001 to 2009 Ironman World Championships from Kona, Hawaii in a row as part of a marathon Ironman broadcast.

Why and how Lance Armstrong almost didn't comeback in 09

Apparently it was a few simple words quoted back at Lance Armstrong from close friend Johan Bruynee that kept the seven time Tour de France champ on the bike this year.

The moment was just after Armstrong had broken his collarbone in the Vuelta Castilla y León. He was sitting by the side of the road (see video below) and on his way to foreign hospital when it almost all came to a sudden end.

"I had the first major crash of my career. Sitting on the side of the road in Spain, headed to an anonymous hospital, I didn’t enjoy that, and I wanted to never come back," Armstrong said.

So what where the words that Bruynee used to get Armstrong back in the game?

Caster Semenya to sue IAAF and ASA for well over $100 million

You don't have to be able to read the tea leaves to see this lawsuit coming from 800 meters away.

It seems that this summer's biggest running controversy is moving from the track to the courts.

Five rules to triathlon training without getting a divorce

Everybody has heard the horror stories of triathletes who have a triathlon training schedule that squeezes swimming, cycling, running and gym visits into a week with a full time career and the usual demanding rigors of daily life.

And everybody has also heard of those same triathletes who one day wake up and find that this same triathlon training schedule has left them with no family, very few friends, and a suffering career, albeit very nicely shaved and muscular calves.

Santa says, 'Happy swim, bike, and run Holidays!'

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During the Holidays endurance athletes certainly know all about Schweddy Balls

We’ve got some great stuff lined up for 2010, and we’re thrilled at the prospect of another year of endurance sports reporting. So on behalf of the EverymanTri.com team, here in Colorado and around the world, we wish you all a very HAPPY HOLIDAYS.

All-Women's 'SheROX' triathlon series expands nationally

December 22, 2009 -- (Philadelphia, PA) -- The SheROX Triathlon Series, the fast growing all-women's sprint distance triathlon series, returns in 2010 with an expanded schedule. The 2010 SheROX Series will include stops in Philadelphia, Miami, Tempe, AZ, Rock Hill, SC, and Boulder, CO. Additional cities will be announced in the coming weeks. The schedule to date is as follows: Miami, FL -- April 25, Tempe, AZ- May 8, Boulder, CO -- July 18, Philadelphia, PA - August 1 and Rock Hill, SC -- October 9.

Video: So what is it like to be Lance Armstrong at a book signing?

As you probably know Lance Armstrong has a new book out (Comeback 2.0), and he's been busy making the rounds at national bookstores promoting (and of course signing) the book.

So what's it like to be the 7-time Tour de France winner for an hour at a book signing?

You can live the Armstrong book signing life in this video in just over one minute.

The least and most genuine sports videos of 2009

In many ways these videos are very similar...they both feature interesting people, places, and sports accomplishments.

But mainly they both include famous sports personalities such as Olympic athletes Shawn Johnson and Apolo Ohno in the first video, and of course 7-time Tour de France champ Lance Armstrong in the the second video.

So which one is the least (and which one is most) genuine sports video of 2009?

In this first video gymnast Shawn Johnson appears to back flip over a speeding bobsled. Does she flip over (or next to the bobsled)?

Hard to tell.

And the 2009 Top Ten Best Endurance Sports Blogs are...

Four years...that's how long we've been lucky enough to help our readers select the annual 10 Best Blog Awards.

And 2009 has by far been the hardest year to narrow all of your submissions to the year's Top Ten.

But our crack team has been working hard. Some of this year's Top Ten have been selected before, but many are brand new to this award.

So without further delay (and in no particular order) here are they year's best sports endurance blogs.

Now it is your turn to vote!

Who has the best abs in the sports biz 2009? Answer: The Triathlete

Two weeks ago we asked:

"OK, when compared to some of the classic sporting debates like which sport has the fittest, or strongest, or fastest athletes this one is pretty low on the totem pole.

But just like the other sporting debates it can be a lot of fun to compare and contrast the differences. And with the latest internet polling technology you can actually have your opinion heard, and see the results immediately.

So today let's start with the women.

The question is a simple one.

Who has the best abs in the sports biz?"

You voted and the results are now official.