December 2013

Ironman Western Australia 2013 – Analyzing Results

December 8, 2013

Race Conditions

Conditions in Western Australia seemed to have been pretty good: An adjustment of 16:28 was the fastest race since the record-breaking year of 2007. The conditions of both the bike and the run were fast, resulting in almost a new women’s course record.

Male Race Results

Pre-race favorite Andreas Raelert had another frustrating DNF (apparently the same problems as in Hawaii), while home-boy Luke Bell also didn’t finish. After being sick in Kona, David Dellow had a was just a little bit off. But you have to have a solid day to win an Ironman, as there are always a few athletes with a fantastic day. This time, it was Jeremy Jurkiewicz: He is usually a stellar runner (again posting the fastest run-split), but this time he was already leading after T2!

WAWinner

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to expected
1	Jeremy Jurkiewicz	FRA	00:47:03	04:29:17	02:48:18	08:08:16	-11:13
2	Markus Thomschke	GER	00:53:17	04:27:16	02:51:23	08:16:01	-25:32
3	David Dellow	AUS	00:48:16	04:32:34	02:54:26	08:19:10	08:17
4	Todd Israel	AUS	00:49:43	04:36:07	02:52:18	08:22:39	-24:18
5	Matty White	AUS	00:53:13	04:27:14	03:01:46	08:25:29	-15:27
6	Matt Burton	AUS	00:54:16	04:25:25	03:01:57	08:25:42	n/a
7	Alex Reithmeier	AUS	00:48:19	04:36:35	03:05:59	08:34:53	n/a
8	Guy Crawford	NZL	00:48:14	04:32:03	03:12:42	08:36:31	-21:45
9	Benjamin Williams	USA	00:53:33	04:48:43	02:55:26	08:41:19	n/a
10	Joshua Rix	AUS	00:49:49	04:33:39	03:15:05	08:42:43	-06:54
11	Eduardo Sturla	ARG	00:54:23	04:41:30	03:06:56	08:47:00	15:22
12	Jimmy Johnsen	DEN	00:49:57	04:52:36	03:08:43	08:55:34	29:14
13	Timothy Molesworth	AUS	01:11:23	04:58:14	02:59:09	09:14:30	n/a
14	Johan Borg	AUS	00:53:15	04:39:28	03:54:37	09:31:15	37:27

Female Race Results

The run carried the day on the women’s side as well: Elizabeth Lyles ran through the field, and posted a sub-9h result to win the race in front of German Mareen Hufe (leading into T2) and Lisa Marangon who was leading the race in the early parts of the bike:

WAWomen

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to expected
1	Elizabeth Lyles	USA	00:57:11	04:58:21	03:00:37	08:59:44	-18:56
2	Mareen Hufe	GER	00:59:49	04:47:53	03:16:24	09:08:00	-12:27
3	Lisa Marangon	AUS	00:54:10	04:56:20	03:24:29	09:19:29	-36:54
4	Michelle Bremer	NZL	00:59:41	04:58:20	03:24:00	09:25:58	00:25
5	Melanie Burke	NZL	01:05:08	04:59:29	03:17:43	09:27:08	-27:38
6	Erin Furness	NZL	00:59:52	05:10:48	03:17:57	09:33:20	-33:47
7	Michelle Duffield	AUS	00:59:53	05:16:52	03:21:45	09:43:12	n/a
8	Dimity-Lee Duke	AUS	01:05:03	05:20:32	03:41:20	10:11:21	n/a

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Ironman Cozumel 2013 – Analyzing Results

February 26, 2017

Race Conditions

The main influence on the Cozumel times was the swim: The course was changed to be safer after high waves in the days before the race, however that also meant that the course was shortened to 3.1k (1.9 miles). Of course, this resulted in pretty quick times (adjustment of 13:45). But even though the swim was shorter, the bike and run times were pretty normal. (My interpretation is that the swim must still have been pretty taxing.) This is quite different from what I’ve seen in Melbourne swim (where the swim was significantly shortened to 1.5k), and at first I thought that I’d include the Cozumel times in my ratings. But a closer analysis showed some weird effects: For example, Rachel’s winning time would have been a better performance than her 2nd place in Kona. So I’ve decided to list the Cozumel results, but not include them in my ratings.

Male Race Results

Tyler Butterfield and Eneko Llanos had good races after Kona, pretty much making sure that they re-qualify for Kona:

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to expected
1	Michael Weiss	AUT	00:36:54	04:22:20	02:51:34	07:55:23	-22:07
2	Tyler Butterfield	BMU	00:34:12	04:35:14	02:49:48	08:02:42	-15:37
3	Eneko Llanos	ESP	00:34:19	04:34:40	02:52:38	08:05:21	-02:43
4	Marek Jaskolka	POL	00:34:14	04:46:16	02:49:52	08:13:29	-20:50
5	Nils Frommhold	GER	00:32:53	05:11:36	03:07:38	08:20:16	22:12
6	Justin Daerr	USA				08:27:11	-06:34
7	Peru Alfaro	ESP		05:15:27	03:12:22	08:29:04	n/a
8	Fabio Carvalho	BRA	00:34:11	04:59:53	02:53:11	08:31:12	-34:16
9	Anton Blokhin	UKR	00:34:15	04:40:21	03:15:50	08:34:06	03:54
10	Todd Skipworth	AUS	00:32:49	05:13:29	03:21:57	08:36:58	-02:22
11	Bruno Clerbout	BEL	00:36:54	04:56:54	03:03:35	08:40:58	-02:14
12	AJ Baucco	USA	00:36:48	04:57:03	03:05:48	08:43:06	-02:06
13	Thiago Vinhal	BRA	00:34:22	04:58:47	03:05:55	08:43:51	-02:32
14	Olivier Cardoen	BEL	00:37:36	04:45:47	03:24:24	08:51:36	-13:03
15	Andres Castillo	COL	00:34:03	04:59:38	03:21:27	08:58:45	08:16
16	Allan Villanueva	MEX		05:05:48	03:10:21	08:59:22	-05:32
17	Aubrey Aldy	USA		05:11:23	03:19:55	09:18:53	-22:33
18	Ezequiel Morales	ARG	00:37:53	05:01:59	03:32:12	09:20:06	39:28
19	Sergio Quezada	MEX	00:34:22	04:59:04	03:44:16	09:22:52	-29:23
20	Jozef Vrabel	SVK	00:38:01	05:17:27	03:39:09	09:39:29	12:21
21	Reinaldo Oliveira	BRA	00:40:36	05:14:21	03:38:46	09:40:23	-27:05
22	Ivan Tejero Vazquez	ESP	00:34:17	04:53:52	04:14:36	09:47:28	11:05
23	Peter Kotland	USA	00:38:07	05:06:32	04:09:18	09:58:46	14:53

Female Race Results

Rachel Joyce closed the year with another win, while Jessie Donavan ran through most of the field for second. Amanda Stevens was close to the for most of the day and held on to the final osmium spot:

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to expected
1	Rachel Joyce	GBR	00:36:59	05:03:41	03:07:10	08:52:28	-07:11
2	Jessie Donavan	USA	00:44:46	05:00:35	03:12:02	09:01:12	-17:48
3	Amanda Stevens	USA	00:34:17	05:06:18	03:21:47	09:06:40	-16:18
4	Celine Schaerer	SUI	00:34:18	05:17:21	03:16:33	09:12:40	08:48
5	Bree Wee	USA	00:38:15	05:13:45	03:19:55	09:16:26	-18:22
6	Ashley Clifford	USA	00:37:11	05:23:46	03:13:44	09:19:15	-03:41
7	Saleta Castro	ESP		05:21:06	03:14:32	09:19:32	-38:55
8	Jackie Arendt	USA	00:37:22	05:14:21	03:31:13	09:27:05	-10:14
9	Monique Grossrieder	SUI		05:16:35	03:24:17	09:29:57	-28:21
10	Malaika Homo	USA	00:38:07	05:14:09	03:37:07	09:33:57	-05:17
11	Amy Javens	USA	00:49:21	05:10:09	03:31:49	09:36:08	n/a
12	Astrid Ganzow	GER		05:09:09	03:47:59	09:44:03	n/a
13	Anne Basso	FRA		05:25:56	03:36:33	09:47:10	-08:25
14	Jocelyn Cornman	USA	00:42:42	05:40:09	03:21:55	09:49:51	n/a
15	Kristina Wiegand	GER	00:44:09	05:39:41	03:24:53	09:53:39	-33:07
16	Tami Ritchie	USA	00:37:01	05:35:40	03:57:58	10:16:04	-10:40
17	Jennifer Lentzke	CAN	00:49:14	05:29:30	03:55:51	10:20:09	-37:57
18	Steffi Steinberg	GER	00:50:06	06:01:13	03:51:22	10:46:49	38:25