2018

Ironman Western Australia 2018 (Dec 2nd) – Entry List

November 3, 2018

Update Nov 3rd:

Added Mareen Hufe, Caroline Steffen (WPRO) and Konstantin Bachor, Terenzo Bozzone, Guy Crawford, James Cunnama, David Dellow, Patrick Dirksmeier, Lachlan Kerin, Ryan Palazzi, Jens Petersen-Bach, and Cameron Wurf (MPRO)

Kona Slots and Prize Money

IM Western Australia has 1m+1f + 2 floating Pro Kona slots. (The floating slots are proportionally assigned to the male and female Pros according to the number of Pro starters.) It has a total prize purse of 50.000 US$, paying 8 deep.

Male Race Participants

Name	Nation
Konstantin Bachor	GER
Terenzo Bozzone	NZL
Matt Burton	AUS
Guy Crawford	NZL
James Cunnama	ZAF
Felipe De Oliveira Manente	BRA
David Dellow	AUS
Patrick Dirksmeier	GER
Nathan Groch	NZL
Jarrod Harvey	AUS
Esben Hovgaard	DEN
Lachlan Kerin	AUS
Christian Kramer	GER
Luke McKenzie	AUS
Ryan Palazzi	AUS
Jens Petersen-Bach	DEN
Gerard Wild	AUS
Cameron Wurf	AUS

Female Race Participants

Name	Nation
Melanie Baumann	SUI
Christine Cross	USA
Claire Davis	AUS
Dimity-Lee Duke	AUS
Anna Eberhardt	HUN
Mareen Hufe	GER
Renee Kiley	AUS
Beth McKenzie	USA
Jessica Mitchell	AUS
Alise Selsmark	AUS
Caroline Steffen	SUI

Ironman Louisville 2018 – Analyzing Results

October 15, 2018

Course Conditions

As you can see from the results, the swim was shortened considerably because of strong currents. Officially, the swim was 0.9 miles (about 1.5k), but it must have been downstream as most times are around 12 minutes.

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money
1	Chris Leiferman	USA	00:12:55	04:34:56	02:38:54	07:34:08	n/a	US$ 8,000
2	Sam Long	USA	00:12:57	04:23:35	02:55:34	07:39:21	n/a	US$ 4,000
3	Gregory Close	USA	00:14:01	04:30:13	02:49:47	07:42:55	n/a	US$ 3,000
4	Jeremy Jurkiewicz	FRA	00:12:00	04:42:59	02:47:40	07:50:21	n/a	US$ 2,500
5	Tripp Hipple	USA	00:12:45	04:32:17	03:03:59	07:57:10	n/a	US$ 1,500
6	Jonathan Shearon	USA	00:12:40	04:34:30	03:05:35	08:01:22	n/a	US$ 1,000
7	Jose Estrangeiro	POR	00:12:12	04:50:53	03:00:17	08:13:18	n/a
8	Jonathan Fecik	USA	00:13:32	04:51:53	03:09:31	08:24:40	n/a
9	Christopher Bagg	USA	00:13:01	04:56:15	03:10:51	08:30:41	n/a
10	Guilherme Manocchio	BRA	00:12:32	04:48:44	03:24:03	08:34:32	n/a
11	Andrew Talansky	USA	00:13:28	04:41:39	03:26:19	08:37:47	n/a
12	Diego Vasquez	ECU	00:13:36	05:01:52	03:13:31	08:39:33	n/a
	Viktor Zyemtsev	UKR	00:12:43	04:37:13		DNF
	Nicholas Chase	USA	00:12:14	04:45:52		DNF
	Ivan Risti	ITA	00:12:03			DNF
	Stefan Schmid	GER	00:12:55			DNF
	Colin Laughery	USA	00:13:04			DNF
	Raymond Botelho	USA	00:13:04			DNF
	Adam Feigh	USA	00:13:22			DNF
	Adam Otstot	USA	00:13:32			DNF
	Michael Louys	BEL	00:15:02			DNF

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money
1	Jennifer Spieldenner	USA	00:12:24	05:05:40	03:16:22	08:43:22	n/a	US$ 8,000
2	Michaela Herlbauer	AUT	00:13:35	05:22:03	03:00:22	08:45:29	n/a	US$ 4,000
3	Lisa Roberts	USA	00:15:54	05:10:28	03:08:37	08:46:15	n/a	US$ 3,000
4	Lenny Ramsey	NED	00:15:51	05:17:56	03:26:01	09:11:34	n/a	US$ 2,500
5	Katie Thomas	USA	00:13:21	05:11:18	03:36:35	09:12:43	n/a	US$ 1,500
6	Melanie Baumann	SUI	00:18:00	05:23:31	03:30:36	09:24:05	n/a	US$ 1,000
7	Olga Kowalska	POL	00:15:29	05:29:23	03:39:26	09:36:48	n/a
8	Raquel Torres	DOM	00:13:20	05:48:03	03:39:02	09:51:46	n/a
9	Sheila Treleaven	CAN	00:12:36	05:53:57	04:04:16	10:28:26	n/a
10	Elizabeth Nyitray	USA	00:14:52	05:54:13	04:32:19	10:54:32	n/a
	Caroline Martineau	CAN	00:15:12	06:56:13		DNF
	Sarah Haskins	USA	00:12:21			DNF
	Jennifer Clark	USA	00:14:15			DNF
	Erin Green	USA	00:14:50			DNF
	Amy Vantassel	USA	00:15:56			DNF
	Nicole Luse	USA	00:16:06			DNF

Ironman Hawaii 2018 – Analyzing Results

January 29, 2019

Course Conditions

This year had one of the fastest conditions ever in Kona: Relatively mild temperatures and almost no wind contributed to fast times and lots of course records. This year’s adjustment of 4:19 was about 12 minutes quicker than last year, and while the swim and run were pretty much comparable to typical Kona conditions, the bike had a “crazy fast” 15:37 adjustment, much faster than the typical 3:32 bike course rating for Kona.

Even with the quick conditions, the new course records that were set today broke the old records by a country mile. We’ve seen two new overall course records by the two winners, Dani improving on her 2016 time by 20 minutes and Patrick on last year’s time by nine minutes. There were also records on the swim by Lucy Charles and agegrouper Jan Sibbersen who swam a 46:30. We’ve also seen new bike course records by Dani improving on Karin Thürig’s 2011 time of 4:44 – an improvement of 18 minutes! – and by Cam Wurf who improved his bike split from last year by almost four minutes.

Male Race Results

For a detailed look at how the men’s race unfolded, check out this post.

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money
1	Patrick Lange	GER	00:50:37	04:16:04	02:41:31	07:52:39	-08:47	US$ 120,000
2	Bart Aernouts	BEL	00:54:07	04:12:25	02:45:41	07:56:41	-18:09	US$ 60,000
3	David McNamee	GBR	00:49:31	04:21:18	02:46:03	08:01:09	-20:07	US$ 40,000
4	Timothy O’Donnell	USA	00:47:45	04:18:45	02:52:33	08:03:17	-11:45	US$ 22,500
5	Braden Currie	NZL	00:49:28	04:17:17	02:53:38	08:04:41	-15:03	US$ 19,000
6	Matthew Russell	USA	00:54:02	04:12:58	02:52:56	08:04:45	-18:35	US$ 16,000
7	Joe Skipper	GBR	00:50:53	04:15:41	02:54:15	08:05:54	-13:30	US$ 14,000
8	Andy Potts	USA	00:49:33	04:18:51	02:56:27	08:09:34	-04:48	US$ 12,500
9	Cameron Wurf	AUS	00:50:51	04:09:06	03:06:18	08:10:32	-11:16	US$ 11,000
10	Michael Weiss	AUT	00:54:14	04:11:27	03:00:02	08:11:04	-07:22	US$ 10,000
11	Javier Gomez	ESP	00:47:46	04:19:44	02:59:24	08:11:41	06:42
12	Tim Van Berkel	AUS	00:50:39	04:27:47	02:50:36	08:13:47	-04:24
13	Andreas Dreitz	GER	00:50:56	04:15:17	03:02:50	08:14:02	07:54
14	Ruedi Wild	SUI	00:50:48	04:19:48	02:58:04	08:14:31	-04:48
15	Philipp Koutny	SUI	00:50:39	04:19:58	03:00:17	08:15:58	-18:07
16	Mike Phillips	NZL	00:50:45	04:25:04	02:57:35	08:17:54	-00:02
17	James Cunnama	ZAF	00:50:41	04:21:02	03:02:00	08:18:18	03:11
18	Tim Reed	AUS	00:50:45	04:19:56	03:03:47	08:19:13	-07:33
19	Maurice Clavel	GER	00:47:43	04:19:01	03:08:42	08:19:40	03:21
20	Giulio Molinari	ITA	00:47:51	04:18:38	03:10:07	08:21:52	-05:44
21	David Plese	SLO	00:54:02	04:12:27	03:11:28	08:23:33	00:30
22	Cameron Brown	NZL	00:54:16	04:28:56	02:55:34	08:25:30	-00:52
23	Kyle Buckingham	ZAF	00:50:44	04:20:17	03:10:14	08:26:01	02:03
24	Jan van Berkel	SUI	00:50:32	04:30:49	03:01:21	08:27:03	06:04
25	Ivan Rana	ESP	00:48:21	04:32:26	03:02:39	08:27:52	06:13
26	Denis Chevrot	FRA	00:47:41	04:37:58	02:59:03	08:29:56	02:23
27	Luke McKenzie	AUS	00:50:46	04:27:26	03:07:29	08:30:32	06:30
28	Lionel Sanders	CAN	00:53:59	04:16:58	03:15:26	08:30:34	18:45
29	Tyler Butterfield	BMU	00:50:42	04:31:26	03:03:58	08:30:38	-01:33
30	Igor Amorelli	BRA	00:47:54	04:18:33	03:22:48	08:34:21	06:53
31	Antony Costes	FRA	00:47:49	04:18:53	03:24:43	08:36:04	-07:55
32	Frederik Van Lierde	BEL	00:50:30	04:26:48	03:16:57	08:38:48	23:31
33	Matt Hanson	USA	00:54:26	04:29:11	03:10:34	08:39:58	20:29
34	Jens Petersen-Bach	DEN	00:54:11	04:40:51	03:00:16	08:40:08	08:44
35	Cyril Viennot	FRA	00:50:43	04:23:23	03:24:51	08:44:12	20:20
36	Tim Don	GBR	00:50:34	04:19:11	03:29:55	08:45:17	30:47
37	Romain Guillaume	FRA	00:50:38	04:27:18	03:24:16	08:48:08	17:20
38	Nick Baldwin	SEY	00:54:04	04:34:47	03:14:44	08:50:16	00:27
39	Simon Cochrane	NZL	00:52:27	04:37:17	03:16:27	08:50:54	05:54
40	Andrew Starykowicz	USA	00:49:34	04:12:18	03:44:48	08:52:41	28:14
41	Thiago Vinhal	BRA	00:50:32	04:56:53	02:59:15	08:52:56	19:07
42	Will Clarke	GBR	00:50:39	04:22:21	03:35:16	08:53:03	31:42
43	Matt Chrabot	USA	00:47:58	04:50:46	03:19:32	09:03:26	36:09
44	Callum Millward	NZL	00:50:57	04:32:08	03:37:45	09:06:25	36:11
	Josh Amberger	AUS	00:47:39	04:18:42		DNF
	Sebastian Kienle	GER	00:50:42	04:20:07		DNF
	Brent McMahon	CAN	00:50:30	04:29:49		DNF
	Ivan Tutukin	RUS	00:50:48	04:30:28		DNF
	Ronnie Schildknecht	SUI	00:54:08	04:29:05		DNF
	Kevin Collington	USA	00:48:25	05:13:00		DNF
	Patrik Nilsson	SWE	00:50:46			DNF
	Alessandro Degasperi	ITA	00:54:12			DNF
	Marc Duelsen	GER	00:54:13			DNF

Female Race Results

For a detailed look at how the women’s race unfolded, check out this post.

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money
1	Daniela Ryf	SUI	00:57:27	04:26:07	02:57:05	08:26:18	-17:26	US$ 120,000
2	Lucy Charles	GBR	00:48:14	04:38:10	03:05:50	08:36:34	-25:35	US$ 60,000
3	Anne Haug	GER	00:54:21	04:47:45	02:55:20	08:41:58	-30:22	US$ 40,000
4	Sarah True	USA	00:52:06	04:49:19	02:57:38	08:43:43	-19:47	US$ 22,500
5	Mirinda Carfrae	AUS	00:58:18	04:46:05	03:01:41	08:50:45	-10:54	US$ 19,000
6	Sarah Crowley	AUS	00:54:19	04:43:09	03:10:29	08:52:30	-18:51	US$ 16,000
7	Kaisa Sali	FIN	00:58:23	04:44:31	03:06:04	08:54:28	-06:45	US$ 14,000
8	Angela Naeth	CAN	00:58:28	04:42:25	03:11:11	08:57:36	-35:49	US$ 12,500
9	Corinne Abraham	GBR	00:58:44	04:38:16	03:16:26	08:57:55	-12:46	US$ 11,000
10	Linsey Corbin	USA	00:58:24	04:48:29	03:07:15	08:58:58	-13:13	US$ 10,000
11	Sarah Piampiano	USA	01:05:04	04:52:01	02:59:26	09:01:57	-15:56
12	Liz Blatchford	AUS	00:52:09	04:53:32	03:15:17	09:06:20	-05:09
13	Mareen Hufe	GER	00:58:34	04:43:50	03:18:40	09:06:35	-11:50
14	Heather Jackson	USA	00:58:18	04:44:45	03:21:56	09:09:16	06:32
15	Maja Stage Nielsen	DEN	00:58:26	04:59:54	03:06:59	09:10:23	-13:15
16	Helle Frederiksen	DEN	00:52:02	04:54:05	03:21:00	09:11:52	08:27
17	Laura Siddall	GBR	00:58:39	04:54:41	03:14:12	09:12:09	01:29
18	Teresa Adam	NZL	00:52:00	04:52:24	03:22:13	09:12:53	06:15
19	Asa Lundstroem	SWE	01:04:46	04:50:57	03:15:31	09:16:31	-03:59
20	Jodie Robertson	USA	01:05:45	04:58:21	03:06:34	09:16:36	-04:50
21	Tine Deckers	BEL	00:58:29	04:49:22	03:24:27	09:17:23	-03:51
22	Beth McKenzie	USA	01:04:07	05:04:10	03:04:48	09:18:09	-01:35
23	Melanie Burke	NZL	01:14:02	04:45:28	03:20:15	09:25:02	-12:08
24	Gurutze Frades Larralde	ESP	01:05:03	05:08:41	03:07:16	09:26:19	-06:27
25	Jen Annett	CAN	00:58:47	04:51:37	03:31:59	09:27:06	04:23
26	Susie Cheetham	GBR	00:58:19	04:50:39	03:34:05	09:27:57	20:05
27	Michelle Vesterby	DEN	00:54:18	04:56:44	03:31:56	09:27:57	13:00
28	Rachel McBride	CAN	00:54:05	04:48:15	03:46:31	09:34:09	03:55
29	Lisa Huetthaler	AUT	00:58:33	04:44:59	03:58:25	09:46:50	39:47
30	Jocelyn McCauley	USA	00:54:12	04:53:01	03:56:29	09:49:08	28:35
31	Manon Genet	FRA	00:58:28	04:51:37	03:59:12	09:54:25	25:09
32	Katja Konschak	GER	00:54:40	05:20:15	04:33:56	10:55:27	1:19:10
	Carrie Lester	AUS	00:56:45	04:46:02		DNF
	Kirsty Jahn	CAN	00:58:21	04:53:31		DNF
	Emma Pallant	GBR	00:58:24	04:53:54		DNF
	Lesley Smith	USA	00:58:30	05:07:10		DNF
	Lauren Brandon	USA	00:51:06	05:17:07		DNF
	Meredith Kessler	USA	00:54:13			DNF
	Sara Svensk	SWE	00:58:27			DNF

Kona Kings & Queens: Patrick Lange

October 10, 2018

This is an excerpt from my “Kona 2018 Rating Report“. You can download your copy here.

Patrick’s Kona marathons have been incredible: Two sub-2:40s saw him finish in third and first place, both times running through the field in a methodical, controlled fashion. He started with a solid pace and then seemed to get faster and faster the more athletes he was able to overtake. (Technically, he slowed down in the second half of the run, but by a lot less than his competition.) Both years he was able to finish on an adrenaline high, picking up a few crucial spots around the Energy Lab. Last year, he took the lead just three miles before the finish.

Patrick usually loses around ten minutes on the bike which would make it hard for him to defend his title. In his summer IM in Frankfurt he was able to work with a strong rider such as Frodo for the full bike leg, but probably Frodo was looking for a run duel and Patrick wasn’t quite able to match Frodo’s run pace. You can be sure however that he’ll be preparing with the goal of setting a new run course record in October. If he finds the right balance, he can limit the time lost on the bike without sacrificing too much of his run strength, and he’ll be a lot closer to the front of the race at the start of the run. It would be awesome to see the race come down to the last few miles between two or more strong runners!

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Photo: Patrick on the bike at IM Frankfurt. Credit: James Mitchell

Kona Kings & Queens: Daniela Ryf

October 10, 2018

This is an excerpt from my “Kona 2018 Rating Report“. You can download your copy here.

Daniela is the dominant female Ironman athlete for the last years, winning Kona from 2015 to 2017. This year she can become the first athlete to win four in a row since Paula Newby-Fraser (1991 to 1994).

Each season her performances before Kona are scrutinized for potential signs that she “used to be better/faster/stronger”. After a long break at the start of the year, her wins at 70.3 Rapperswil, the European Championships and at 70.3 Gdynia with an almost-record-breaking time show that she’s racing maybe even better than ever before. Her Frankfurt race would have seen her finish seventh in a competitive men’s field! She also won 70.3 Championships with a strong run performance, and if her preparation for Kona does not run into major problems, only Madame Pele can keep Daniela from winning her fourth Kona title.

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Photo: Dani riding 25 minutes faster than any other female at IM Frankfurt. Credit: James Mitchell

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