Armstrong has won two half-distance Ironman events this year, and he is suspended from World Triathlon Corporation competitions.
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Garlett will compete in a half-Ironman or other long-distance event before Kona to validate his selection.
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Providing ground conditions do not become too testing and despite slight concerns over the four-and-a-half mile distance, Forest Gunner will take his place in a race watched by an estimated global audience of 500 million TV viewers.
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Prop Paul James foraged well at a ruck to tee up the young outside-half for a smashing strike from distance, and he punished Alan Quinlan with another well-struck effort on the half hour, setting up a 6-3 half-time lead.
He half-expected to find that distance and resentment were weakening the bonds between the region's residents and their country.
Being able to lap flat out, and being forced to because of the fight with the Red Bulls, McLaren were giving fuel consumption warnings to their drivers as early as the 30th lap - just over half distance.
But Bruno Aguiar's superb free-kick from distance drew Hearts level 13 minutes before half-time.
Marcato levelled the score with another effort from distance but in half-time injury time Blair rounded off a fine first period when he picked up a loose ball in midfield to dive under the posts unchallenged.
Turkey goalscorer Boral stung the knuckles of Lehmann with a free-kick before Sabri Sarioglu fired just over from distance as the underdogs finished the first half just as they started it -- in total control.
That distance nearly doubles just half a Pluto-year later, to 50 AU in 2123.
In an entertaining first half full-back Harris twice tried his luck from distance, while Matt Phillips brought a save out of Wednesday goalkeeper Stephen Bywater with a low drive.
Hamilton was disappointed he was not able to give Massa more of a hard time before all hopes of a win -- ultimately claimed by his team-mate Heikki Kovalainen -- disappeared when his left-front tire gave out just after half distance.
Fly-half Davis put over the simple conversion to make it 7-3 but then missed with a long-distance penalty attempt.
Dundee United defender Lee Wilkie fired in a low drive from distance to cancel out the opener as half-time beckoned.
The Heat hit eight of their 16 shots from distance in the half, which Miami won 58-50.
"It's not exactly the race distance, but half an hour should be enough -- and then we'll prepare for the time attack!"
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People who lived within walking distance of shops--less than a half-mile--were 7% less likely to be obese than their counterparts who had to drive.
The cost of discounted, long-distance calls in America has plunged by more than half during the past three years alone, while the tariffs for international calls have tumbled by two-thirds.
UMass cut its deficit to at 42-36 quickly in the second half and kept the Seawolves within striking distance for the early part of the half.
City created nothing in the second half, apart from a Rolando Bianchi shot from distance, and again showed why boss Sven-Goran Eriksson remains desperate to add another striker to his squad during the January transfer window.
Using this phenomenon physicists have been able to transfer -- or in effect teleport -- the properties of one particle to another, in the case of atoms over a distance of about half a meter, in the case of photons over tens of kilometers.
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