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Ironman Australia 2014 – Analyzing Results

Race Conditions

Conditions in Australia were similar to last year: an adjustment of 12:47, mainly because of a pretty fast run (8:31).

Male Race Results

The main story in the men’s field has to be Luke Bell’s DNF. He was leading the field by a large margin after the bike, but had to call it a day even before the 20k mark. He wasn’t completely recovered from a knee injury earlier in the year and tweeted his analysis that „3 wks of running just not enough“. If his knee is basically okay and just needs a bit more time, my guess is that he’ll race a September Ironman (defend his title in Mont Tremblant?) or start to rack up points for Kona 2015 with a late season Ironman.

After Luke was out of the race, Elliot Holtham quickly took the place in the spotlight: He passed Paul Ambrose and while never moving far ahead just had the better run, winning his first Ironman and gaining a good position to qualify for Kona. Paul Ambrose finished second, with Nick Baldwin taking the last spot on the podium.

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to expected
1 Elliot Holtham CAN 00:49:26 04:49:09 02:53:28 08:35:18 -16:58
2 Paul Ambrose GBR 00:46:29 04:46:28 03:01:37 08:37:47 -06:14
3 Nick Baldwin SEY 00:50:10 04:50:54 02:56:22 08:41:19 -00:17
4 Denis Chevrot FRA 00:44:25 05:05:54 02:50:45 08:44:43 18:11
5 Jason Shortis AUS 00:50:23 05:04:33 02:48:54 08:47:53 08:09
6 Luke Whitmore AUS 00:50:28 05:01:19 03:03:36 08:58:51 08:52
7 Darren Jenkins AUS 00:59:12 05:01:15 02:58:23 09:02:31 n/a
8 Jon Woods NZL 00:53:15 05:15:36 03:13:43 09:26:18 -08:31
9 Luke Bell AUS 00:44:24 04:37:31 DNF
10 Matty White AUS 00:50:13 DNF

Female Race Results

After the swim and bike, Lisa Marangon had built a solid lead with a race best bike. However, once Melissa Hauschildt had put on her running shoes it was clear that if her first ever marathon went well, she’d be able to take the win. Mel passed Lisa around the 24k mark, then built and held a small lead. It’ll be interesting to see what she can do once she has some more IM-specific training under her belt – and what that will mean for her 70.3 speed. Lisa Marangon took the 2nd place and is now on the qualifying bubble for Kona. Melanie Burke took the last spot on the podium with the best women’s run of 3:09.

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to expected
1 Melissa Hauschildt AUS 00:50:46 05:19:57 03:13:57 09:28:43 n/a
2 Lisa Marangon AUS 00:49:49 05:12:19 03:23:53 09:30:50 -10:57
3 Melanie Burke NZL 00:58:08 05:21:39 03:09:19 09:32:53 -10:39
4 Dimity-Lee Duke AUS 00:57:22 05:28:30 03:14:03 09:43:38 -46:33
5 Hillary Biscay USA 00:49:23 05:39:41 03:22:12 09:55:43 -00:43
6 Megumi Shigaki JPN 00:56:27 05:51:25 03:32:45 10:24:57 -26:39
7 Tamsyn Hayes NZL 00:55:24 05:25:49 04:04:31 10:29:59 34:35

70.3 St.George 2014 (May 3rd) – Participants

Ironman Australia is the full distance Ironman race in early May (see my pre-race post), but it’s field is clearly overshadowed by the 70.3 in St. George on the same weekend: A lot of North American Pros interested in racing Kona and the 70.3 worlds in Mont Tremblant seem to be racing. A lot of Pros are trying to get the last few points required to get into safe territory (e.g. Angela Naeth), or to get a solid base for summer races (e.g. Heather Wurtele). It promises to be an exciting race!

I’m not usually posting for 70.3s – that’s why I can’t offer 70.3 ratings or predictions. However, St. George will probably be an important race for the KPR. Let me know if you would like to see more posts on 70.3 races!

Male Participants

Bib Name Nation IM Rating KPR Points
1 Brent McMahon CAN unrated 471
2 Kevin Collington USA unrated 2.050
3 Andy Potts USA 8:30:47 3.325
4 Sebastian Kienle GER 8:24:13 10.020
5 Terenzo Bozzone NZL 8:34:43 6.565
6 Matty Reed USA 9:00:34 0
7 Ben Hoffman USA 8:35:06 2.635
8 Joe Gambles AUS 8:37:00 4.145
9 Bevan Docherty NZL 8:37:40 920
10 Marino Vanhoenacker BEL 8:24:57 1.670
11 Jan Frodeno DEU unrated 2.250
12 James Cunnama ZAF 8:39:12 7.395
13 Maik Twelsiek GER 8:40:09 3.600
14 TJ Tollakson USA 8:44:14 450
15 Timo Bracht GER 8:22:39 3.445
16 Paul Matthews AUS 8:18:02 4.150
17 Michael Weiss AUT 8:27:26 4.455
18 Jordan Rapp USA 8:29:37 1.630
19 Tim Don GBR unrated 2.000
20 Clayton Fettell AUS 8:41:46 640
21 Trevor Wurtele CAN 8:57:20 1.725
22 Martin Jensen DEN 8:33:33 2.000
23 Timothy Reed AUS unrated 0
24 Matt Chrabot USA 9:15:32 2.318
25 Trevor Delsaut FRA 9:02:30 0
26 Joe Umphenour USA 8:54:39 278
27 Kyle Hughes USA unrated 0
28 Frederic Bouchard CAN 10:05:20 45
29 Jared Milam USA 9:12:49 245
30 Patrick Wheeler USA 9:20:24 6
31 Mark Bowstead NZL unrated 365
32 John Polson AUS unrated 960
33 Steve Rosinski USA unrated 0
34 Patrick Lange DEU unrated 400
35 Tim Pierce CAN unrated 0
36 Jesse Vondracek USA 9:34:23 0
37 Todd Teren USA unrated 1
38 Jonathan Tryoen FRA unrated 13
39 Antony Costes FRA unrated 0
40 Jim Lubinski USA 9:41:29 132
41 Douglas MacLean USA 9:22:49 90
42 Andrew Yoder USA unrated 10
43 Lionel Sanders CAN unrated 545
44 Drew Scott USA unrated 15
45 Derek Garcia USA 9:06:07 485
46 Randy Arriola USA unrated 5
47 Thomas Gerlach USA 9:00:19 320
48 David Kahn USA unrated 125
49 Boris Stein GER 9:04:12 820
50 Robert Wade IRL unrated 222
51 Brian Fleischmann USA unrated 0
52 Keith Butsko USA unrated 4
53 Dantley Young USA 10:13:11 5
54 Yvan Jarrige FRA unrated 560
55 Jacob Rhyner USA unrated 240
56 Michael Davidson ZAF 9:06:15 290
57 Steven Zawaski USA unrated 13

Female Participants

Bib Name Nation IM Rating KPR Points
65 Meredith Kessler USA 9:26:13 8.390
66 Heather Wurtele CAN 9:35:37 2.665
67 Jodie Swallow GBR 9:20:25 2.465
68 Rachel Joyce GBR 9:12:35 9.200
69 Mary Beth Ellis USA 9:17:47 3.900
70 Linsey Corbin USA 9:24:24 5.100
71 Angela Naeth CAN unrated 3.890
72 Emma kate Lidbury GBR unrated 0
73 Rebekah Keat AUS 9:26:17 3.955
74 Julie Dibens GBR 9:19:02 435
75 Melanie Mcquaid CAN unrated 1.405
76 Amy Marsh USA 9:33:40 1.870
77 Sarah Haskins USA unrated 0
78 Sarah Piampiano USA 9:47:06 2.080
79 Margie Shapiro USA unrated 0
80 Lisa Mensink CAN unrated 665
81 Amanda Stevens USA 9:43:43 4.995
82 Olesya Prystayko UKR 10:11:22 215
83 Lisa Ribes USA 9:41:36 0
84 Jessica Chong USA unrated 225
85 Karen Thibodeau CAN 10:10:05 525
86 Sara Gross CAN 10:07:21 240
87 Kara Lapoint USA unrated 0
88 Stephanie Jones USA 9:59:36 0
89 Kaitlin Anelauskas USA unrated 180
90 Sarah Jarvis USA unrated 0
91 Sarah Graves USA unrated 30
92 Moka Best USA unrated 0
93 Kristyn Tobey BMU 10:36:39 31
94 Mackenzie Madison USA 9:49:19 0
95 Erin Green USA unrated 140
96 Erika Erickson USA unrated 255
97 Corrie Kristick USA unrated 210
98 Miranda Tomenson CAN 10:18:37 320
99 Jennifer Spieldenner USA unrated 280
100 Ruth Brennan Morrey USA unrated 1.320
101 Kelsey Withrow USA unrated 0
102 Laurel Wassner USA 10:11:34 385

Challenge Taiwan 2014 – Analyzing Results

Race Conditions

Conditions in Taiwan were pretty quick this year: The adjustment of 20:06 was about as fast as IM Melbourne, mainly on the strength of a relatively fast bike.

Male Race Results

As usual, Dylan McNeice stormed ahead on the swim and bike. The race got exciting on the run, when Fredrik Croneborg and Jason Shortis almost caught him towards the end: The Top 3 were within less than two minutes.

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to expected
1 Dylan McNeice NZL 00:46:11 04:29:02 03:03:40 08:23:44 -04:54
2 Fredrik Croneborg SWE 00:52:26 04:31:33 02:56:09 08:24:22 -07:49
3 Jason Shortis AUS 00:55:37 04:26:56 02:57:39 08:25:32 -08:54
4 Till Schramm GER 00:55:28 04:27:01 03:06:10 08:33:24 -20:57
5 Nick Baldwin SEY 00:55:02 04:27:32 03:11:12 08:38:56 06:05
6 Eneko Elosegui ESP 00:55:29 04:27:06 03:24:28 08:51:41 -21:31
7 Petr Vabrousek CZE 00:55:34 04:42:19 03:11:29 08:55:03 17:24
8 Mao Yung Yang TWN 00:52:28 04:53:10 03:23:50 09:16:07 n/a
9 Eric Watson AUS 00:49:38 04:51:41 03:39:27 09:27:48 n/a
10 Brad Wauer AUS 00:52:31 04:49:21 04:05:16 09:52:24 n/a
11 Guy Crawford NZL 00:49:53 04:53:34 DNF
12 Matt Burton AUS 00:55:30 DNF
13 Andrej Vistica CRO 00:55:43 04:41:49 DNF

Female Race Results

Britta Martin had a good day, being „in the green“ for all three legs, and finished almost 30 minutes ahead of Iron-rookie Jessica Fleming. Belinda Granger ended her IM career with finish #50 and the last spot on the podium.

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to expected
1 Britta Martin NZL 00:58:21 04:54:37 03:04:16 09:02:23 -17:19
2 Jessica Fleming AUS 01:02:28 04:57:36 03:26:30 09:31:25 n/a
3 Belinda Granger AUS 00:55:29 05:04:46 03:40:11 09:45:06 26:04
4 Kathrin Walther GER 01:02:25 05:20:16 03:45:04 10:13:16 -08:36
5 Stef Puszka AUS 01:04:13 05:29:50 03:33:37 10:13:42 n/a
6 Hillary Biscay USA 00:53:23 05:49:29 04:13:06 11:11:23 1:26:22
7 Jodie Scott AUS 00:57:41 05:38:01 05:05:18 11:50:09 1:35:17
8 Kate Bevilaqua AUS 00:54:23 04:58:45 DNF
9 Yasuko Miyazaki JPN 01:03:08 DNF

IM Texas 2014 – Unofficial Startlist

Note: The official start list is now out, and I have put up my predictions post: Ironman Texas 2014 (May 17th) – Predictions.

Update Apr 20th: I was pointed to a list of starters on the Ironman Texas website that also contains the Pros. (Thanks, Brenda!) I expect to see a few changes until the final Pro list is released, but it is a good starting point. I’ve added some additional information and updates from other sources.

I’ve asked around to figure out which Pros will be starting at IM Texas in mid-May. There isn’t an official start list yet as the Pro registration deadline is late April. Thanks to all those who responded, here is my „unofficial list“. (Please note that this information is not always „first hand“ so there may be some changes to the list.)

Any additional information is appreciated!

Male Participants

 

  • Paul Amey
  • Blake Becker
  • Chris Bodreaux (not on official list)
  • Nathan Buttrick
  • Balazs Csokes (not on official list)
  • James Cunnama
  • Matthew Curbeau
  • Justin Daerr
  • Bas Diederen
  • Ed Donner
  • Andy Gardner
  • Chris Gebhardt
  • Thomas Gerlach
  • Matt Hanson
  • Chris Hauth
  • Chad Holderbaum
  • Pete Jacobs
  • Jose Jeuland
  • Peter Kotland
  • Mark Livesey
  • Jim Lubinski (not on official list)
  • Douglas MacLean
  • Jozsef Major
  • Brandon Marsh
  • Chris McDonald  (not on official list)
  • Diego Montecelli
  • Jordan Rapp
  • Matthew Russell
  • Sean Sullivan
  • Swen Sundberg
  • Robert Wade

 

Female Participants

 

  • Rahel Bellinga
  • Jocelyn Cornman
  • Amber Ferreira
  • Julia Gajer (not on official list)
  • April Gellatly
  • Jennie Hansen
  • Christina Jackson
  • Rachel Jastrebsky
  • Amy Javens
  • Heather Jorris
  • Heather Leiggi
  • Cindy Lewis
  • Lindsay Ludlow
  • Jessica Meyers
  • Sarah Piampiano
  • Olesya Prystayko
  • Tami Ritchie
  • Suzy Serpico
  • Beth Shutt
  • Bree Wee
  • Kristina Wiegand
  • Kelly Williamson
  • Eva Wutti

Not racing

These are athletes that have been named to race Texas, but have confirmed on Twitter that they actually won’t:

  • Kim Schwabenbauer (on the list, but not starting)
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