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December 2012

Long Distance Trivia Question 2

In order to give you something different than Christmas presents to think about, I’ll post a few trivia questions over the last days of the year. I’m not offering any prices, but feel free to post your guesses as comments or tweets to @ThRadde. The answers to all questions can be found by searching through the posts on this site, smart googling or in my upcoming 2012 Rating Report. If you want to be notified as soon as it is released, please subscribe to my email-list by using the form in the right hand side column.

Here’s question number two:

Which official Ironman races had such a small number of finishers so that not all price-money spots were filled?

A little hint:  Although it was close, this only applies to the female side.

Long Distance Trivia Questions 1

In order to give you something different than Christmas presents to think about, I’ll post a few trivia questions over the last days of the year. I’m not offering any prices, but feel free to post your guesses as comments or tweets to @ThRadde. The answers to all questions can be found by searching through the posts on this site, smart googling or in my upcoming 2012 Rating Report. If you want to be notified as soon as it is released, please subscribe to my email-list by using the form in the right hand side column.

Here’s the first question:

The fastest long distance times this year are by Craig Alexander (7:57:44 in Melbourne) and Caroline Steffen (8:34:51, also in Melbourne).  Who posted the second fastest Ironman-distance times between January and December 2012? The full answer should contain the athlete’s name, finishing time and the location of the race.

  1. Men
  2. Women

Ironman Western Australia 2012 – Analyzing Results

Western Australia closed the books on the 2012 Ironman races. Race conditions were quote good (adjustment of 15:53 leading to a new course rating of 12:44), even if the day started with a relatively slow swim in choppy conditions and ended with a hot run.

Male Race Results

Jimmy Johnsen from Denmark was the athlete who played his cards best: He was close to the front all day, then took the lead for good after 30k on the run and posted the best marathon time:

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Actual Time Expected Time
1 Jimmy Johnsen DNK 00:51:51 04:38:38 02:54:42 08:29:06 08:27:31
2 Horst Reichel GER 00:48:50 04:39:52 03:01:50 08:34:49 08:53:31
3 Matty White AUS 00:51:49 04:38:29 03:03:57 08:38:05 08:35:42
4 Jason Shortis AUS 00:53:56 04:42:11 02:58:19 08:38:30 08:43:05
5 Petr Vabrousek CZE 00:54:02 04:42:10 03:01:37 08:41:47 08:39:28
6 Johan Borg AUS 00:57:08 04:38:53 03:03:45 08:43:55 09:15:38
7 Ben Cotter CAN 01:00:59 04:35:45 03:07:52 08:48:45 09:08:24
8 Simon Billeau FRA 00:54:03 04:34:30 03:18:55 08:51:18 08:42:21
9 Adam Gordon NZL 00:53:55 04:47:35 03:09:05 08:54:33 n/a
10 Karol Dzalaj SVK 00:54:05 04:36:03 03:20:35 08:55:11 09:10:39
11 Simon Cochrane NZL 00:53:39 04:51:52 03:08:54 08:58:27 08:56:06
12 Joshua Rix AUS 00:51:41 04:38:30 03:25:09 09:00:27 08:53:24
13 Mitchell Anderson AUS 00:53:53 04:30:40 03:38:28 09:07:13 08:35:52
14 Hirotsugu Kuwabara JAP 00:53:52 05:02:54 03:26:12 09:27:52 10:07:21
15 Jon Woods NZL 00:57:12 04:56:19 03:52:27 09:50:18 n/a
16 Kodo Hiramatsu JPN 00:53:59 05:30:23 03:23:56 09:54:28 n/a
17 Yu Shinozaki JPN 00:57:14 04:59:38 05:19:23 11:24:18 09:48:19

Race favorite Timo Bracht is not listed, details are still a bit sketchy, here is what I was able to find: He had two flats on the bike, then took a new wheel from a tech support station and was apparently disqualified for outside assistance. 

Female Race Results

As on the men’s side, pre-race favorite Rebekah Keat wasn’t able to win the race, but at least she finished a respectable second after Britta Martin, who also used the race-best marathon to win the race:

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Actual Time Expected Time
1 Britta Martin NZL 01:02:13 05:00:11 03:06:10 09:13:00 09:24:34
2 Rebekah Keat AUS 00:53:58 05:03:44 03:11:57 09:14:39 09:09:06
3 Rebecca Hoschke AUS 01:02:44 05:03:28 03:09:26 09:19:48 09:35:47
4 Bree Wee USA 00:54:04 04:58:59 03:26:59 09:24:40 09:37:11
5 Mirjam Weerd NLD 00:54:02 05:02:14 03:24:12 09:25:48 09:24:08
6 Nicole Ward AUS 00:54:03 05:22:03 03:23:13 09:43:29 09:44:44
7 Megumi Shigaki JPN 00:58:17 05:22:02 03:33:57 09:58:58 11:39:57
8 Joanna Carritt GBR 01:08:44 05:11:48 03:43:41 10:09:14 10:03:56
9 Dana Wagner GER 01:04:18 05:26:39 05:42:42 12:20:42 09:43:06

Ironman Western Australia 2012 – Predictions

With Ironman western Australia, we have the last official Ironman for 2012. As usual, it is a bit difficult to get a current start list, but I have tried my best to assemble a list form the official website (where at least there is a decent start list not sorted by name) and some additional information. For example, I have added Timo Bracht after his participation was announced on firstoffthebike.com. 

Previous Year’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Timo Bracht GER 00:49:43 04:30:17 02:48:42 08:12:39
2 Clayton Fettell AUS 00:45:11 04:25:25 03:04:40 08:19:02
3 Jason Shortis AUS 00:53:05 04:40:01 02:49:58 08:27:31

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Michelle Bremer NZL 00:58:16 05:00:37 03:22:22 09:25:38
2 Michelle Gailey AUS 00:53:16 05:21:26 03:08:31 09:28:07
3 Carrie Lester AUS 00:58:15 05:04:42 03:25:26 09:32:44

Course Records

Leg Gender Record Athlete Date
Total overall 08:03:55 Jason Shortis 2006-12-03
Swim overall 00:44:42 Pete Jacobs 2007-12-01
Bike overall 04:18:07 Mitchell Anderson 2006-12-03
Run overall 02:43:48 Robert Thomas 2007-12-01
Total female 08:59:24 Gina Ferguson 2008-12-07
Swim female 00:48:25 Tereza Macel 2007-12-01
Bike female 04:50:49 Lisbeth Kristensen 2006-12-03
Run female 03:05:04 Charlotte Paul 2007-12-01

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM Western Australia is 12:17.

Race Adjustments for IM Western Australia

Year Adjustment # of Athletes Rating
2005 01:54 21 01:54
2006 14:18 26 08:06
2007 24:35 40 13:36
2008 17:25 30 14:33
2009 16:30 20 14:56
2010 07:00 21 13:37
2011 04:18 25 12:17

KPR points and Price Money

IM Western Australia has 2000 KPR points for the winner. It has a total price purse of 25k$.

Male Race Participants

Rank Name Nation Expected Time Rating Rank
1 Timo Bracht GER 08:09:56 08:21:20 7
2 Jimmy Johnsen DNK 08:31:00 08:42:54 57
3 Matty White AUS 08:39:15 08:51:20 107
4 Mitchell Anderson AUS 08:39:24 08:51:30 108
5 Petr Vabrousek CZE 08:43:01 08:55:12 130
6 Daniel Niederreiter AUT 08:43:58 08:56:10 133
7 Simon Billeau FRA 08:45:56 08:58:11 144
8 Jason Shortis AUS 08:46:40 08:58:56 147
9 Mike Schifferle SUI 08:52:33 09:04:57 190
10 Todd Israel AUS 08:52:39 09:05:03 193
11 Joshua Rix AUS 08:57:04 09:09:34 233
12 Simon Cochrane NZL 08:59:47 09:12:21 243
13 Paul Hawkins GBR 09:08:02 09:20:48 309
14 Ben Cotter CAN 09:12:10 09:25:01 339
15 Karol Dzalaj SVK 09:14:26 09:27:20 360
16 Daniel Mueller GER 09:16:34 09:29:31 374
17 Johan Borg AUS 09:19:27 09:32:28 394
18 Yu Shinozaki JPN 09:52:22 10:06:09 621
19 Hirotsugu Kuwabara JAP 10:11:31 10:25:45 716
20 Brett Carter AUS n/a unrated n/a
21 Jon Woods   n/a unrated n/a

Female Race Participants

Rank Name Nation Expected Time Rating Rank
1 Rebekah Keat AUS 09:12:52 09:25:44 13
2 Britta Martin NZL 09:28:26 09:41:40 47
3 Belinda Harper NZL 09:36:19 09:49:44 73
4 Rebecca Hoschke AUS 09:39:44 09:53:14 85
5 Bree Wee USA 09:41:08 09:54:40 87
6 Heidi Sessner GER 09:43:35 09:57:10 98
7 Renee Lane AUS 09:45:45 09:59:23 103
8 Dana Wagner GER 09:47:06 10:00:46 106
9 Nicole Ward AUS 09:48:45 10:02:27 113
10 Joanna Carritt GBR 10:08:05 10:22:14 187
11 Megumi Shigaki JPN 11:44:46 12:01:10 293

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

  • Timo Bracht: 73% (1-3)
  • Matty White: 8% (12-1)
  • Jimmy Johnsen: 6% (15-1)
  • Jason Shortis: 5% (20-1)
  • Joshua Rix: 4% (25-1)
  • Mitchell Anderson: 2% (41-1)

Female Race Participants

  • Rebekah Keat: 51% (1-1)
  • Britta Martin: 24% (3-1)
  • Belinda Harper: 16% (5-1)
  • Heidi Sessner: 4% (22-1)
  • Bree Wee: 3% (32-1)
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