July 2019

Always Up-to-date Kona 2019 Startlist

October 7, 2019

NewImage Here is the start list for Kona 2019. I will update when athletes withdraw from the race.

For details about Pro qualifying and where each athlete qualified, check out the “Kona 2019 Qualifying” page.

I provide a lot more details on the race and the participants in my free “Kona Rating Report” – you can order the Report here or by clicking “Get Kona Report” in the sidebar on the right.

Updates

On October 6th, Terenzo Bozzone withdrew from the race (see his Instagram post), citing an Achilles injury that is on the mend but just not good enough to be competitive on the run.
On September 26th, Skye Moench posted on Instagram that she’s been in a bike crash. Her injuries (among others a concussion, shattered elbow, and broken clavicle) won’t allow her to race in Kona this year.
On September 17th, Kyle Buckingham announced on Instagram that because of visa problems he won’t be able to race Kona. He has instead switched his focus to IM Italy and IM Barcelona.
In early July, Frederik van Lierde announced that he will not race Kona but is instead going to focus on 70.3 Worlds in Nice in early September and then IM Barcelona in October.

To the athletes with an injury, fingers crossed for a speedy and full recovery!

Injury List

Not all Kona preps are going according to plan, and some athletes are open about the problems they are facing in getting ready for Kona:

Mirinda Carfrae and Tim O’Donnell posted an update on their YouTube channel. The title of the episode says it all: “I broke my elbow and Tim hurt his foot“. Both are still planning to race Kona, even if Rinny thinks her swim will suffer.

Male Race Participants

Bib	Name	Nation	Age	Previous Results
M1	Patrick Lange	GER	33	3 finishes, 2 wins (2017, 2018)
M2	Bart Aernouts	BEL	35	6 finishes (7 starts)
M3	David McNamee	GBR	31	4 finishes
M4	Jan Frodeno	GER	38	4 finishes, 2 wins (2015, 2016)
M5	Sebastian Kienle	GER	35	6 finishes (7 starts), 1 win (2014)
M6	Timothy O’Donnell	USA	39	7 finishes (8 starts)
M7	Braden Currie	NZL	33	2 finishes
M8	Matthew Russell	USA	36	6 finishes (7 starts)
M9	Joe Skipper	GBR	31	3 finishes
M10	Andy Potts	USA	42	10 finishes
M11	Cameron Wurf	AUS	36	2 finishes
M12	Michael Weiss	AUT	38	6 finishes (8 starts)
M14	Ben Hoffman	USA	36	7 finishes (8 starts)
M15	Patrik Nilsson	SWE	28	1 finish (2 starts)
M16	Tim Reed	AUS	34	3 finishes (4 starts)
M17	Lionel Sanders	CAN	31	4 finishes
M18	James Cunnama	ZAF	36	5 finishes (6 starts)
M19	Andi Boecherer	GER	36	5 finishes (6 starts)
M20	Cody Beals	CAN	29	none
M21	Daniel Baekkegard	DEN	23	none
M22	Eneko Llanos	ESP	42	9 finishes (12 starts)
~~M23~~	~~Terenzo Bozzone~~	~~NZL~~	34	~~3 finishes (5 starts)~~
M24	Alistair Brownlee	GBR	31	none
M25	Daniel Fontana	ITA	43	2 finishes (5 starts)
M26	Matt Hanson	USA	34	2 finishes (3 starts)
M27	Kristian Hogenhaug	DEN	28	none
M28	Chris Leiferman	USA	33	none
M29	Mike Phillips	NZL	28	1 finish
M30	Daniil Sapunov	UKR	37	none
M31	Boris Stein	GER	34	4 finishes
M32	Jesper Svensson	SWE	29	none
M33	Matt Trautman	ZAF	34	0 finishes (1 start)
M34	Jan van Berkel	SUI	31	3 finishes (4 starts)
M35	Clemente Alonso McKernan	ESP	41	1 finish (3 starts)
M36	Josh Amberger	AUS	30	1 finish (2 starts)
M38	Will Clarke	GBR	34	2 finishes
M39	Maurice Clavel	GER	31	1 finish
M40	Mario De Elias	ARG	35	none
M41	David Dellow	AUS	40	2 finishes (3 starts)
M42	Tobias Drachler	GER	28	none
M43	Andreas Dreitz	GER	30	1 finish
M44	Marc Duelsen	GER	34	1 finish (2 starts)
M45	Nils Frommhold	GER	33	2 finishes (3 starts)
M46	Joe Gambles	AUS	37	2 finishes (4 starts)
M47	Philipp Koutny	SUI	36	1 finish
M48	Franz Loeschke	GER	30	none
M49	Lukas Kraemer	GER	35	none
M50	Kennett Peterson	USA	33	none
M51	David Plese	SLO	36	3 finishes (5 starts)
M52	Stefan Schumacher	GER	38	none
M53	Frank Silvestrin	BRA	37	none
M54	Andrew Starykowicz	USA	37	2 finishes (3 starts)
M55	TJ Tollakson	USA	39	5 finishes (7 starts)
M56	Tim Van Berkel	AUS	35	5 finishes
M57	Cyril Viennot	FRA	37	7 finishes (8 starts)

Female Race Participants

Bib	Name	Nation	Age	Previous Results
F1	Daniela Ryf	SUI	32	5 finishes, 4 wins (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)
F2	Lucy Charles-Barclay	GBR	26	2 finishes
F3	Anne Haug	GER	36	1 finish
F4	Mirinda Carfrae	AUS	38	8 finishes (9 starts), 3 wins (2010, 2013, 2014)
F5	Sarah True	USA	37	1 finish
F6	Sarah Crowley	AUS	36	3 finishes
F7	Kaisa Sali	FIN	38	3 finishes
F8	Corinne Abraham	GBR	41	3 finishes
F9	Linsey Corbin	USA	38	11 finishes (12 starts)
F11	Heather Jackson	USA	35	4 finishes
F12	Carrie Lester	AUS	37	3 finishes (4 starts)
F14	Nikki Bartlett	GBR	32	0 finishes (1 start)
F15	Emma Bilham	SUI	32	none
F16	Lauren Brandon	USA	34	1 finish (2 starts)
F17	Susie Cheetham	GBR	33	3 finishes (4 starts)
F18	Mareen Hufe	GER	41	4 finishes (5 starts)
F19	Sue Huse	CAN	45	none
F20	Jocelyn McCauley	USA	31	2 finishes
F21	Laura Philipp	GER	32	none
F22	Sarah Piampiano	USA	39	4 finishes (5 starts)
F23	Daniela Bleymehl	GER	31	1 finish
F24	Laura Siddall	GBR	39	2 finishes
F25	Jennifer Spieldenner	USA	33	none
F26	Caroline Steffen	SUI	41	6 finishes
F27	Svenja Thoes	GER	28	none
F28	Jen Annett	CAN	34	1 finish
F29	Nina Derron	SUI	26	none
F30	Gurutze Frades Larralde	ESP	38	3 finishes
F31	Meredith Kessler	USA	41	4 finishes (7 starts)
F32	Martina Kunz	SUI	35	none
F33	Kristin Liepold	GER	35	4 finishes
F34	Danielle Mack	USA	32	none
F35	Kimberley Morrison	GBR	31	none
F36	Camilla Pedersen	DEN	36	2 finishes (3 starts)
F37	Barbara Riveros	CHI	32	none
F38	Jeanni Seymour	ZAF	27	none
F39	Imogen Simmonds	SUI	26	none
F40	Lesley Smith	USA	36	0 finishes (1 start)
F41	Maja Stage Nielsen	DEN	31	2 finishes
F42	Bianca Steurer	AUT	33	1 finish
F43	Els Visser	NED	29	none
F44	Annah Watkinson	ZAF	38	none
F45	Kelsey Withrow	USA	37	none

Ironman Canada (Whistler) 2019 – Analyzing Results

July 29, 2019

Course Conditions

The final Ironman in Whistler was once again relatively slow, an adjustment of -2:00 is pretty much in line with the course rating of -4:53.

Kona Qualifying

There were two female Kona Pros slots at IM Canada. These go to

Jen Annett
and
Kelsey Withrow.

Winner Heather Wurtele declined her slot.

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money
1	Heather Wurtele	CAN	00:53:18	05:01:47	03:21:24	09:20:41	-12:23	US$ 15,000
2	Jen Annett	CAN	00:58:24	05:12:57	03:12:47	09:27:43	01:47	US$ 7,500
3	Kelsey Withrow	USA	00:53:12	05:18:11	03:22:06	09:38:28	-09:39	US$ 5,000
4	Dede Griesbauer	USA	00:54:11	05:01:28	03:46:04	09:46:32	-01:33	US$ 3,250
5	Jodie Robertson	USA	00:58:11	05:15:40	03:26:05	09:47:58	21:06	US$ 2,750
6	Naomi Washizu	JPN	00:58:26	05:31:10	03:20:04	09:53:58	n/a	US$ 2,000
7	Natasha Van der Merwe	USA	01:03:45	05:22:24	03:26:01	09:57:25	-02:27	US$ 1,500
8	Erin Green	USA	01:02:20	05:35:49	03:23:12	10:08:52	01:57	US$ 1,250
9	Kaitlin Allen	USA	01:06:59	05:39:01	03:26:55	10:16:44	n/a	US$ 1,000
10	Melanie McQuaid	CAN	00:54:28	05:26:38	03:53:03	10:18:49	19:50	US$ 750
11	Caroline Livesey	GBR	00:56:00	05:34:19	03:51:40	10:26:37	27:59
12	Sarah Graves	USA	01:04:42	05:38:20	03:39:59	10:30:44	04:29
13	Laura Nadeau	GUM	01:12:50	05:32:48	03:42:52	10:34:35	n/a
14	Zuzana Trnovcova	SVK	01:03:50	05:30:13	03:56:24	10:37:39	26:15
15	Ashley Paulson	USA	01:14:10	06:09:21	03:20:07	10:49:22	44:29
	Angela Naeth	CAN	01:03:47			DNF

Ironman Lake Placid 2019 – Analyzing Results

May 19, 2021

IMLakePlacid This is a preliminary analysis that will be updated once I have the full results and splits.

Course Conditions

IM Lake Placid is a pretty slow course and this year it was probably even harder. An adjustment of -20:33 is the slowest we have ever seen on this course. This was mainly due to an extremely slow run, the run adjustment of -10:09 is reflected by the fastest run that was only 2:56:30 by Joe Gambles. The performance of the day was Matt Russell’s 4:27:27 bike split: It was more than ten minutes quicker than any other finisher’s bike split and broke one of the longest standing course records, Steve Larson’s 4:33 from 2001.

Kona Qualifying

IM Lake Placid 2019 has two Kona slots, these go to

Joe Gambles
and
Mark Duelsen.

(Winner Matt Russell already secured his Kona slot at IM Frankfurt.)

Official slot allocation (and a rolldown in case one of those two declines his slot) will be on Monday.

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money
1	Matthew Russell	USA	00:56:42	04:27:27	02:58:56	08:27:57	-17:29	US$ 15,000
2	Joe Gambles	AUS	00:53:10	04:38:19	02:56:30	08:33:26	-10:50	US$ 7,500
3	Marc Duelsen	GER	00:56:41	04:35:56	02:59:21	08:37:01	-11:59	US$ 5,000
4	Brent McMahon	CAN	00:49:58	04:41:10	03:02:48	08:38:14	03:09	US$ 3,250
5	James Capparell	USA	00:49:52	04:46:50	02:58:54	08:41:04	-37:01	US$ 2,750
6	Tim Rea	AUS	00:53:02	04:36:14	03:07:32	08:42:18	n/a	US$ 2,000
7	Tripp Hipple	USA	00:53:55	04:38:33	03:05:50	08:44:08	-23:04	US$ 1,500
8	Pedro Gomes	POR	00:56:30	04:54:58	02:57:38	08:54:19	-14:27	US$ 1,250
9	Jesse Vondracek	USA	00:53:07	04:48:19	03:20:05	09:06:53	-12:00	US$ 1,000
10	Brad Williams	USA	00:57:28	04:55:30	03:15:00	09:14:02	-42:31	US$ 750
11	Balazs Csoke	HUN	00:49:53	05:13:23	03:20:43	09:29:44	-03:03
12	Jimmy Sosinski	USA	01:12:02	05:00:32	03:16:06	09:34:09	n/a
13	Colin Laughery	USA	00:58:52	05:10:32	03:17:57	09:35:20	05:56
14	Todd Burns	USA	00:57:26	05:14:30	03:32:00	09:52:29	n/a
15	Douglas MacLean	USA	01:02:36	05:24:04	03:22:09	10:01:01	21:33
16	Lewis Elliot	USA	00:57:23	05:03:26	03:58:06	10:05:47	17:11
17	Steve Rosinski	USA	01:01:34	05:09:58	03:56:50	10:16:58	16:34
18	Andrew Talansky	USA	00:56:41	04:41:10	04:36:18	10:20:20	1:04:29
19	Jake Saunders	USA	01:01:34	05:03:42	04:32:04	10:45:42	n/a
20	Sacha Cavelier	CAN	01:02:27	05:23:40	04:18:13	10:55:55	16:47
21	Max Biessmann	USA	00:53:02	05:14:10	04:43:38	10:56:44	35:00
22	Yann Rocheteau	FRA	01:03:26	05:18:21	04:58:23	11:27:00	1:33:00
	Sam Long	USA	00:57:18	04:32:03		DNF
	Igor Amorelli	BRA	00:49:56	04:39:31		DNF
	Derek Kidwell	USA	00:53:14	05:01:11		DNF
	Gregory Close	USA	01:01:00	04:55:55		DNF
	Scott Bradley	USA	01:04:05	04:53:34		DNF
	Thiago Vinhal	BRA	00:53:06	07:08:43		DNF
	Adam Feigh	USA	00:59:34	10:36:38		DNF
	Michael Hoffman	USA	00:52:48			DNF

Ironman Hamburg 2019 – Analyzing Results

July 29, 2019

Course Conditions

Another set of course changes (different swim layout compared to 2017, another new bike course and a slightly tweaked run course) makes it hard to compare this year’s results to other IM Hamburg data and determine course records. The non-wetsuit swim was quite slow and the bike course was made relatively hard with side winds, helping to break apart larger groups in the second loop. After last year’s fast marathon times the run course was lengthened and maybe a bit long this year, resulting in slow run times.

All of this and the high temperatures contributed to a high DNF rate – only half of the 26 MPROs who started the race were able to finish.

Kona Qualifying

IM Hamburg had one slot each for the men and women. They go to

Kristian Hoegenhaug
and
Martina Kunz.

The slot rolled down quite far on the female side: Susie Cheetham (winner), Sarah Piampiao (second) and Caroline Steffen (fourth) were already qualified, and third-place finisher Julia Gajer declined her slot.

Male Race Results

With the fastest bike and run splits, Kristian Hoegenhaug was able to erase his swim deficit. It was a surprise to see him outrun more experienced athletes such as Ruedi Wild who finished second and Andreas Raelert (who DNF’d shortly after the half-marathon mark).

Kristian Bike

Photo: Kristian pushing hard on the bike.

Ruedi Run

Photo: Ruedi on the run.

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money
1	Kristian Hoegenhaug	DEN	00:52:03	04:17:29	02:54:03	08:11:26	-09:18	US$ 15,000
2	Ruedi Wild	SUI	00:50:13	04:24:16	02:55:37	08:16:34	02:32	US$ 7,500
3	Paul Schuster	GER	00:50:05	04:25:32	03:02:37	08:24:25	-00:39	US$ 5,000
4	Arnaud Guilloux	FRA	00:52:07	04:34:20	02:55:05	08:29:14	-22:37	US$ 3,250
5	Philipp Mock	GER	01:00:51	04:29:13	02:56:54	08:35:11	-15:38	US$ 2,750
6	David Breuer	GER	00:52:06	04:30:32	03:06:47	08:36:08	-02:11	US$ 2,000
7	Benjamin Dicke	GER	01:03:09	04:31:28	03:01:48	08:43:56	04:43	US$ 1,500
8	Thomas Bosch	GER	01:01:49	04:41:32	03:04:44	08:55:53	-01:04	US$ 1,250
9	Sebastian Guhr	GER	01:09:13	04:44:54	03:15:40	09:16:58	-14:48	US$ 1,000
10	Grigorii Navrotskii	RUS	00:54:59	05:04:36	03:16:47	09:23:04	14:16	US$ 750
11	Philipp Fahrenholz	GER	00:58:55	04:51:16	03:27:33	09:24:28	02:40
12	Stefan Overmars	NED	00:58:47	04:44:47	03:46:55	09:38:45	37:06
13	Lukas Polan	CZE	01:03:17	05:28:31	03:26:08	10:06:50	09:17
	Andreas Raelert	GER	00:50:10	04:23:04		DNF
	Horst Reichel	GER	00:50:02	04:28:07		DNF
	Matt Trautman	ZAF	00:56:27	04:29:32		DNF
	Marc Unger	GER	00:58:15	04:31:36		DNF
	Stefan Schumacher	GER	01:01:54	04:33:33		DNF
	Christian Jais	GER	01:04:06	04:45:27		DNF
	Steeve Brugiere	FRA	01:11:03	05:01:30		DNF
	Michael Raelert	GER	00:50:00			DNF
	Ivan Tutukin	RUS	00:51:56			DNF
	Will Clarke	GBR	00:53:19			DNF
	Andreas Borch	DEN	00:55:32			DNF
	Imanol Sagarzazu	ESP	01:04:17			DNF
	Lukas Pietrek	GER	01:12:53			DNF

Female Race Results

In the female race, Susie Cheetham built a lead on the bike and was able to also have a strong run. In the end, she was able to manage the gap to Sarah Piampiano who had the marathon performance of the day – her 2:56 was just two minutes slower than the fastest run on the male side.

Susie Run

Photo: Susie on the run in front of the beautiful Alster lake in Hamburg.

Photo: Sarah getting splits to the lead at the end of the first bike lap from husband Michael.

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money
1	Susie Cheetham	GBR	01:00:58	04:46:57	03:03:56	08:58:02	-09:58	US$ 15,000
2	Sarah Piampiano	USA	01:06:27	04:50:54	02:56:21	09:00:42	-09:53	US$ 7,500
3	Julia Gajer	GER	00:56:57	04:53:30	03:12:31	09:09:39	-08:54	US$ 5,000
4	Caroline Steffen	SUI	00:56:56	04:56:16	03:19:35	09:19:28	15:44	US$ 3,250
5	Martina Kunz	SUI	01:06:26	04:53:54	03:21:09	09:29:03	-11:26	US$ 2,750
6	Katharina Grohmann	GER	01:11:52	05:00:56	03:27:18	09:48:23	07:04	US$ 2,000
7	Gabriella Zelinka	HUN	01:00:59	05:14:28	03:52:05	10:14:28	47:25	US$ 1,500
8	Janien Lubben	NED	01:16:07	05:14:50	03:52:28	10:31:47	n/a	US$ 1,250
	Shannon Chapman	AUS	01:19:25	05:39:20		DNF

Ironman Chattanooga 2019 (Sept 29th) – Entry List

September 9, 2019

Updates:

September 9th: Added Rodrigo Romero Garcia de la Cadena (MPRO), Jessica Jones and Rachel McBride are no longer on the latest entry list.
September 2nd: Added Melanie McQuaid, Maddy Pesch, Amy Vantassel, Michelle Vesterby (WPRO), and Eliot Scymanski, Andrew Talansky (MPRO).
August 25th: Added Zuzana Trnovcova (WPRO) and Clay Emge, Marcus Hultgren, Antoine Jolicoeur Desroches, Sam Long (MPRO). Ginger Howell is no longer on the latest entry list.
Aug 7th: Added Kaitlin Allen, Palmira Alvarez, Robyn Hardage, Lisa Roberts (WPRO) and Vinicius Canhedo, Sean Daugherty, Pedro Gomes, Matthew Russell (MPRO). Tim Don is no longer on the latest entry list.

Kona Slots and Prize Money

IM Chattanooga has 1m+1f Pro Kona slots. It has a total prize purse of 40.000 US$, paying 6 deep.

Male Race Participants

Name	Nation
Romain Babin	CHI
Blake Becker	USA
Vinicius Canhedo	BRA
Nicholas Chase	USA
Sean Daugherty	USA
Ivan Dominguez	USA
~~Tim Don~~	~~GBR~~
Eneko Elosegui	ESP
Clay Emge	USA
Jonathan Fecik	USA
Adam Feigh	USA
Rodrigo Romero Garcia de la Cadena	MEX
Pedro Gomes	POR
Benson Hall	USA
Marcus Hultgren	SWE
Antoine Jolicoeur Desroches	CAN
Peter Kotland	CZE
Kirill Kotshegarov	EST
Colin Laughery	USA
Sam Long	USA
James Lubinski	USA
Matthew Russell	USA
Eliot Scymanski	USA
Andrew Talansky	USA

Female Race Participants

Name	Nation
Kaitlin Allen	USA
Palmira Alvarez	MEX
Melanie Baumann	SUI
Katy Cargiulo	USA
Kelly Fillnow	USA
Robyn Hardage	CAN
~~Ginger Howell~~	~~USA~~
~~Jessica Jones~~	~~USA~~
Jennifer Lentzke	CAN
Kristin Louderback	USA
~~Rachel McBride~~	~~CAN~~
Melanie McQuaid	CAN
Katie Morales	USA
Angela Naeth	CAN
Maddy Pesch	USA
Lenny Ramsey	NED
Lisa Roberts	USA
Zuzana Trnovcova	SVK
Amy Vantassel	USA
Michelle Vesterby	DEN