August 2011

Race Conditions

Conditions on race day in Regensburg were similar to Frankfurt – cold, with some rain. Compared to last year (when it was quite hot), the times were a little bit faster (adjustment of 11:27 this year vs. 6:31 last year), resulting in a new course rating of 8:59.

Male Results

Race favorite Andreas Raelert injured his foot a few days before the race, so he just raced to validate his Kona slot. This allowed Markus Fachbach to win his first IM in front of a number of veteran athletes:

Rank	Name	Nation	Actual Time	Expected Time
1	Markus Fachbach	GER	08:29:16	08:36:58
2	Stefan Riesen	SWI	08:36:54	08:36:47
3	Frank Vytrisal	GER	08:37:12	08:47:17
4	Horst Reichel	GER	08:42:07	09:30:45
5	Lothar Leder	GER	08:45:30	08:52:48
6	Rene Vallant	AUT	08:56:50	09:22:59
7	Christian Brader	GER	09:06:09	08:48:43
8	Mario De Elias	ARG	09:06:20	n/a
9	Daniel Mueller	GER	09:07:39	09:31:02
10	Matjaz Kovac	SVN	09:09:08	09:39:46
11	Heinrich Sickl	AUT	09:25:50	09:33:57
12	Brian Hadley	USA	09:45:23	08:57:10
13	Andreas Raelert	GER	10:21:05	08:03:57

Female Results

On the female side, the favorite Mary Beth Ellis won convincingly:

Rank	Name	Nation	Actual Time	Expected Time
1	Mary Beth Ellis	USA	09:18:55	08:55:04
2	Annett Kamenz	CAN	09:28:23	10:07:12
3	Nicole Leder	GER	09:30:27	09:36:03
4	Heidi Jesberger	GER	09:32:42	10:01:08
5	Katja Rabe	GER	09:44:45	09:51:30
6	Ute Streiter	GER	10:20:34	10:17:25
7	Ariane Monticeli	BRA	11:03:14	09:48:17
8	Olja Bregar	SLO	13:46:56	10:21:04

She couldn’t quite match her blazing fast time from Austria four weeks ago, but is the newest member of the women’s TOP 10 in fourth place.

Race Conditions

IM UK has gone through quite a few course changes and we’ve seen some pretty wild swings in the race adjustments. This year was no different, the race was still in the same location as last year but apparently the course was made a little bit easier. The race adjustment was 10:23 bringing the course rating to 1:30.

Male Results

Some of the pre-race favorites did not show up, so Aaron Farlow managed to win this race:

Rank	Name	Nation	Actual Time	Expected Time
1	Aaron Farlow	GBR	08:24:34	08:35:51
2	Romain Guillaume	FRA	08:41:25	09:07:14
3	Nick Saunders	GBR	08:51:31	08:47:05
4	Domenico Passuello	ITA	08:51:52	08:58:06
5	Oliver Simon		08:54:28	n/a
6	Gregorio Morales	ESP	09:01:44	08:58:48
7	Paul Hawkins	GBR	09:03:41	09:31:53
8	Toby Radcliffe	GBR	09:04:24	09:13:46
9	Juha Laitinen	FIN	09:39:00	09:49:54

Female Results

Defending champion Yvette Grice had a pretty good race but was beat by two up-and-coming German athletes:

Rank	Name	Nation	Actual Time	Expected Time
1	Kristin Moeller	GER	09:19:04	09:31:58
2	Diana Riesler	GER	09:25:41	09:29:01
3	Yvette Grice	GBR	09:37:32	10:14:31
4	Joanna Carritt	GBR	09:59:21	10:21:17
5	Nicole Klingler	GER	10:09:58	09:44:07
6	Monika Stadlmann	AUT	10:37:06	10:15:07
7	Conny Dauben	GER	10:41:39	10:39:22