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Ironman Chattanooga 2014 – Analyzing Results

Race Conditions

Conditions in Chattanooga were really fast (adjustment of 29:36, even quicker than Florida). This was especially true for the swim which was aided by a strong current in the river (adjustment of 15:45) which lead to new IM swim records by Barrett Brandon and Anna Cleaver – improving the old IM records from IM New York.

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to expected
1 Matt Hanson USA 00:40:49 04:40:10 02:47:40 08:12:32 -18:58
2 Daniel Bretscher USA 00:40:53 04:39:44 02:53:55 08:19:05 -08:01
3 Trevor Wurtele CAN 00:40:33 04:37:52 02:59:00 08:22:00 -07:58
4 Barrett Brandon USA 00:38:06 04:42:40 02:58:22 08:24:19 n/a
5 Eric Limkemann USA 00:38:10 04:34:16 03:09:08 08:25:50 n/a
6 Swen Sundberg GER 00:40:39 04:39:56 03:03:04 08:28:39 04:36
7 Chad Holderbaum USA 00:40:58 04:39:43 03:05:37 08:30:47 -21:58
8 Per Bittner GER 00:40:22 04:45:11 03:00:50 08:30:59 05:31
9 Andrew Drobeck USA 00:49:40 04:45:34 02:54:12 08:34:08 -11:05
10 Adam Otstot USA 00:42:50 04:55:40 02:56:09 08:39:32 n/a
11 Jim Lamastra USA 00:40:31 04:40:01 03:14:49 08:39:53 -43:18
12 Jim Lubinski USA 00:48:32 04:48:13 02:59:44 08:41:34 -42:19
13 Matthew Curbeau USA 00:43:19 04:46:42 03:07:42 08:42:43 -51:03
14 AJ Baucco USA 00:40:28 04:40:12 03:22:34 08:47:56 00:36
15 Patrick Evoe USA 00:43:57 04:45:15 03:15:50 08:49:45 20:45
16 Derek Garcia USA 00:40:50 04:39:37 03:25:33 08:50:00 03:18
17 Gergö Molnar HUN 00:40:50 04:47:04 03:18:13 08:51:23 05:38
18 Douglas MacLean USA 00:43:18 04:52:37 03:13:25 08:54:45 -08:21
19 Tom Wood USA 00:41:01 05:11:47 03:09:23 09:07:19 -14:33
20 Steve Rosinski USA 00:44:14 04:56:00 03:26:55 09:11:58 n/a
21 Jonathan Fecik USA 00:44:23 04:51:24 03:34:03 09:15:17 n/a
22 Matt Shanks USA 00:46:27 05:08:05 03:16:23 09:15:54 n/a
23 Aubrey Aldy USA 00:47:08 05:13:00 03:11:34 09:16:28 -18:56
24 Peter Kotland CZE 00:43:36 04:56:59 03:34:40 09:24:19 -15:59
25 Matt Ison USA 00:47:13 05:18:40 03:15:40 09:26:13 n/a
26 Devon Palmer USA 00:40:35 04:46:04 03:55:58 09:27:31 19:04
27 Ryan Borger USA 00:43:43 05:11:06 03:41:56 09:43:20 -19:52
28 Jeff Paul USA 00:51:30 05:07:38 04:15:52 10:21:50 51:53
29 Darrel Williams USA 00:54:43 05:22:24 05:08:39 11:32:08 n/a
30 Chris Boudreaux USA 00:40:47 04:39:49 08:46:01 14:11:20 1:39:05
31 Andrew Fast USA 00:44:42 04:52:15 08:29:31 14:11:20 n/a
Trevor Delsaut FRA 00:40:43 04:39:31 DNF
Rene Vallant AUT 00:43:54 04:45:06 DNF
Kyle Pawlaczyk USA 00:43:25 04:46:56 DNF
Pedro Gomes POR 00:40:43 04:51:51 DNF
Karol Kristov EST 00:40:27 05:25:40 DNF
Jonathan Shearon USA 00:40:31 DNF
Nicholas Brodnicki USA 00:43:18 DNF
Robbie Wade IRL 00:44:24 DNF

A big shoutout to Ray Botelho who was able to predict his QT2 teammates much better than I was able to do.

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to expected
1 Angela Naeth CAN 00:45:11 04:50:03 03:15:15 08:54:55 -35:09
2 Ruth Brennan Morrey USA 00:47:48 05:13:43 03:02:55 09:09:39 n/a
3 Jennie Hansen USA 00:47:38 05:11:37 03:07:26 09:12:37 -03:40
4 Laurel Wassner USA 00:41:46 05:15:28 03:11:01 09:14:10 -24:20
5 Anna Cleaver NZL 00:39:56 05:07:22 03:31:52 09:24:12 -36:19
6 Malaika Homo USA 00:41:40 05:20:23 03:26:56 09:33:54 00:48
7 Kaitlin Anelauskas USA 00:41:39 05:37:01 03:09:17 09:33:56 n/a
8 Kathryn Thomas USA 00:41:38 05:26:14 03:29:49 09:44:15 -29:16
9 Christine Hammond USA 00:41:38 05:24:01 03:33:25 09:44:19 07:08
10 Whitney Garcia USA 00:44:25 05:28:46 03:27:40 09:47:04 10:07
11 Heather Leiggi USA 00:45:34 05:35:22 03:24:06 09:50:39 -16:17
12 Cindy Lewis CAN 00:46:02 05:29:46 03:33:54 09:55:48 00:53
13 Janet Edwards USA 00:58:05 05:25:06 04:00:00 10:29:26 n/a
Rebeccah Wassner USA 00:41:43 05:16:23 DNF
Anne Basso FRA 00:44:29 05:30:16 DNF
Brooke Brown CAN 00:47:55 05:28:10 DNF
Shannon Florea USA 00:45:26 05:38:46 DNF
Hannah Lawrence NZL 00:45:32 05:41:36 DNF
Nina Kraft GER 00:41:52 DNF

Ironman Mallorca 2014 – Analyzing Results

Race Conditions

The first race in Mallorca was fast, an adjustment of 16:23 (pretty even across the three legs) is comparable to courses such as Frankfurt, Texas or Melbourne.

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to expected
1 Tim Don GBR 00:45:25 04:51:21 02:52:07 08:34:02 n/a
2 Miguel Fidalgo ESP 00:45:36 04:58:45 02:49:01 08:38:08 n/a
3 Mike Aigroz SUI 00:45:31 04:51:06 02:59:26 08:40:29 -04:37
4 Miquel Blanchart ESP 00:45:37 05:03:31 02:47:30 08:41:20 02:32
5 Carlos Lopez Diaz ESP 00:45:26 04:55:51 02:58:46 08:45:09 -41:54
6 Alejandro Santamaria ESP 00:51:53 04:54:39 02:58:17 08:49:34 -04:17
7 Patrick Jaberg SUI 00:51:49 04:54:11 02:59:21 08:50:46 -07:28
8 Manuel Kueng SUI 00:44:46 04:48:20 03:14:24 08:52:38 -04:32
9 Tomas Mika CZE 00:51:56 05:06:37 02:52:38 08:56:33 -14:10
10 Timo Bracht GER 00:48:06 04:52:37 03:12:59 08:58:37 51:32
11 Samuel Huerzeler SUI 00:50:14 04:58:59 03:03:14 09:00:10 -13:12
12 Niels Brandt-Joergensen DEN 00:54:37 05:00:16 03:00:06 09:01:25 n/a
13 Mike Schifferle SUI 00:56:24 05:00:23 02:59:28 09:02:48 09:22
14 Matthias Knossalla GER 01:01:29 04:52:55 03:06:52 09:06:50 n/a
15 Dominik Berger AUT 00:48:06 04:55:04 03:18:48 09:07:30 15:55
16 Daniel Niederreiter AUT 00:49:57 05:00:13 03:17:06 09:11:42 18:12
17 Marcel Bischof GER 00:52:59 05:04:39 03:12:14 09:15:10 01:41
18 DJ Snyder USA 00:52:19 05:21:49 02:56:36 09:15:59 n/a
19 Bekim Christensen DEN 01:01:13 04:57:17 03:12:53 09:16:49 n/a
20 Gerald Ratschke AUT 00:59:13 05:03:13 03:14:38 09:23:22 -13:00
21 Alberto Codinach ESP 00:52:21 05:21:53 03:05:28 09:24:56 -45:44
22 Michael Louys BEL 00:57:52 05:06:29 03:24:16 09:34:52 -08:24
23 Armin Atzlinger AUT 00:52:06 05:16:30 03:28:33 09:43:11 n/a
24 Vincent Depuiset FRA 01:05:14 05:17:37 03:17:05 09:46:23 -22:25
25 Nis Lind DEN 00:56:10 05:14:14 03:43:57 10:01:57 07:55
26 Ludovic Le Guellec FRA 00:59:22 05:09:35 04:12:55 10:28:04 26:16
27 Teemu Kyllonen FIN 01:01:16 05:24:12 04:14:12 10:49:01 40:23
28 Ignacio Rubio Gomez ESP 00:50:09 05:36:41 04:44:42 11:19:38 -02:55
29 Nick Dunn GBR 00:57:47 06:05:51 04:24:28 11:43:01 n/a
Edo Van der Meer NED 00:45:28 04:50:48 DNF
Fabio Carvalho BRA 00:45:39 04:50:49 DNF
Bert Jammaer BEL 00:45:31 05:00:19 DNF
Domenico Passuello ITA 00:51:40 04:54:23 DNF
Karl-Johan Danielsson SWE 00:45:30 05:02:43 DNF
Pontus Lindberg SWE 00:48:38 05:01:12 DNF
Jens Frommhold GER 00:54:59 05:02:12 DNF
Jacob Frandsen DEN 00:52:23 05:11:57 DNF
Richard Calle ESP 00:50:04 05:15:45 DNF
Niclas Bock GER 00:48:06 05:19:29 DNF
Alfred Rahm GER 01:00:10 05:14:59 DNF
Christoph Schlagbauer AUT 01:00:37 DNF

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to expected
1 Eimear Mullan IRL 00:55:13 05:13:01 03:10:26 09:24:17 -17:15
2 Dede Griesbauer USA 00:50:10 05:11:15 03:19:40 09:27:09 -21:05
3 Astrid Ganzow GER 00:55:14 05:12:17 03:17:18 09:31:10 -19:24
4 Mette Pettersen Moe NOR 00:49:52 05:13:04 03:30:07 09:38:58 n/a
5 Kamila Polak AUT 00:55:49 05:21:43 03:20:35 09:44:33 n/a
6 Maria Lemeseva RUS 01:05:30 05:15:32 03:18:36 09:45:56 -17:18
7 Tine Holst DEN 01:00:19 05:17:01 03:23:49 09:47:03 -18:06
8 Anna Halasz HUN 01:04:16 05:16:50 03:23:09 09:49:24 -43:45
9 Bianca Steurer AUT 00:57:27 05:33:39 03:17:39 09:54:46 n/a
10 Linda Schuecker GER 00:59:53 05:25:37 03:36:52 10:08:15 -00:22
11 Helena Herrero Gomez ESP 00:55:47 05:42:01 03:25:31 10:10:14 -14:06
12 Karina Ottosen DEN 00:55:57 05:33:03 03:35:40 10:10:17 05:20
13 Jenny Schulz GER 01:01:42 05:22:17 03:39:46 10:11:37 n/a
14 Kristina Wiegand GER 00:59:32 05:25:48 03:56:09 10:27:11 -12:14
15 Conny Dauben GER 01:04:27 05:36:50 04:14:52 11:04:00 16:50
Nina Kuhn GER 00:56:59 05:04:52 DNF
Natascha Schmitt GER 00:52:17 05:31:55 DNF

Ironman Malaysia 2014 – Analyzing Results

Race Conditions

As expected, conditions were pretty slow with an adjustment of -5:03, almost comparable to Kona. The run course was especially slow (adjustment of -12:53), I’ve only seen two slower runs so far, in Korea 2007 and MetaMan 2013.

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to expected
1 Patrik Nilsson SWE 00:49:49 04:40:31 03:05:37 08:41:53 -1:01:56
2 Fredrik Croneborg SWE 00:53:34 04:49:56 03:10:00 08:58:45 -01:16
3 Karol Dzalaj SVK 00:56:05 04:47:03 03:26:21 09:15:00 -06:01
4 Dylan McNeice NZL 00:46:19 04:53:19 03:41:05 09:26:28 22:19
5 Tohara Kaito JAP 00:56:12 05:19:57 03:11:33 09:33:27 00:11
6 Markus Mlinar AUT 00:57:57 05:06:07 03:38:54 09:48:23 n/a
7 Jon Woods NZL 00:57:59 05:11:29 03:43:07 09:58:05 -07:47
8 Zsombor Deak ROM 01:00:05 05:25:45 03:29:24 10:00:38 n/a
9 Timothy Beardall AUS 01:06:30 04:27:10 04:29:33 10:10:39 04:17
10 Daiki Masuda JPN 00:57:32 05:34:10 04:00:39 10:40:07 53:25
11 Yu Shinozaki JPN 00:59:59 05:31:26 04:08:18 10:48:07 57:10
12 Michal Kulich SVK 01:05:20 05:28:20 04:08:57 10:50:23 1:05:32
13 Josef Svoboda CZE 01:13:07 06:18:45 04:44:00 12:27:18 -00:22
Luke Bell AUS 00:49:55 04:53:23 DNF
Brian Fuller AUS 00:53:56 05:02:42 DNF
Carl Read NZL 00:56:00 05:01:02 DNF
Cameron Brown NZL 00:53:45 05:11:18 DNF
Benjamin Sanson FRA 00:47:27 DNF

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to expected
1 Diana Riesler GER 00:59:11 04:58:44 03:23:11 09:26:38 -22:29
2 Keiko Tanaka JPN 00:56:51 05:28:43 03:29:23 10:00:13 -19:22
3 Dimity-Lee Duke AUS 01:04:11 05:25:17 03:26:33 10:02:03 -31:50
4 Shiao-yu Li TWN 01:09:19 05:24:07 03:31:11 10:10:37 -09:50
5 Beth Gerdes USA 01:03:41 05:34:57 03:30:33 10:15:19 07:18
6 Michelle Duffield AUS 01:04:08 05:34:45 03:42:19 10:27:13 09:22
7 Maki Nishiuchi JPN 00:56:51 05:28:45 04:00:18 10:31:42 00:04
8 Kristy Hallett AUS 01:08:03 05:39:55 04:17:12 11:13:01 27:39
Rebecca Preston AUS 00:59:12 05:12:39 DNF

Kona 2014 Resources

Thanks to the support of VeloDynamics, I will again be able to offer my “Live Predictions” during the race at http://kona.trirating.com – combining the actual splits as the race progresses with my predictions to give you much better insight into how the race will likely turn out. All of this on one easy to use page with all the useful information. Please check it out!

Here is a list of my resources for Kona 2014:

Here are some more articles and interviews that I found interesting:

  • Interview by Tawnee Prazak on EndurancePlanet with Craig Alexander, Terenzo Bozzone and Pro race previews with Hillary Biscay and Chris McCormack
  • Interview on IMTalk with Andy Starykowicz, they also have “Kona Super Specials” with loads of interviews
  • John Levison on tri247.com about “Pro Men: How to win Kona” and a similar post for the women)
  • The guys on firstoffthebike.com have a number of articles focused on the Kona field (e.g. The Kona Book, or the Women Contenders)
  • Timothy Carlson has posted detailed looks at the Kona fields for years on slowtwitch, check out his Men’s Preview and Women’s Preview
  • Bob Babbit has a lot of recent interviews with Kona contenders at Babbitville (plus he will be doing his “Breakfast with Bob” interviews in the week before Kona)
  • Cupacakes with Cal is a series of interviews with the big names in Triathlon by Pro triathlete Callum Millward – a mixture of good fun and great content
  • For the German language speakers: tri2b.com has a lot of interviews (e.g. Jan Frodeno, Julia Gajer) on their YouTube channel and tri-mag some more with Sebi Kienle, Andi Raelert, Caroline Steffen and other close to the race

I’ll update this list as soon as my friends and I release more information over the next days!

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