October 2019

Ironman Malaysia 2019 – Analyzing Results

October 28, 2019

Course Conditions

The heat and humidity of Malaysia make the race quite slow and a lot of athletes commented that this year’s run was especially hard for them. The run adjustment of -7:46 is a clear indication of a tough run, but if anything even a bit easier than normal for Malaysia. The overall adjustment was -2:55 with a relatively quick bike of 4:11. The tough conditions probably contributed to the female race leader Jocelyn McCauley dropping out short of the 30k mark on the run with dehydration, needing medical attention according to the Ironman Live blog.

There are a few new course records set in today’s race: Philipp Koutny set a new record for the bike, improving Marino Vanhoenacker’s 2010 bike split of 4:21:01. Javier Gomez’ marathon of 2:54 is a new run course record – the old record dates back to 2006 (2:56:27 by Jason Shortis), indicating how hard it is to run even a sub-3 marathon (or a sub-3:20 for the female Pros). I’ve seen a few posts that claimed Javier’s overall finishing time of 8:18 as a new course record, however I still have the 2002(!) winning time of 8:10 by Bryan Rhodes as the course record (though the course might have changed since then).

Kona Qualifying

IM Malaysia offered one male and female Kona Pro slot, these go to the winners

Tessa Kortekaas
and
Javier Gomez.

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money
1	Javier Gomez	ESP	00:47:16	04:32:45	02:54:43	08:18:58	03:51	US$ 5,000
2	Philipp Koutny	SUI	00:49:26	04:20:50	03:09:49	08:24:18	-01:31	US$ 2,750
3	Thiago Vinhal	BRA	00:49:28	04:38:15	02:59:18	08:31:15	-13:16	US$ 1,750
4	Kaito Tohara	JPN	00:53:44	04:50:06	03:02:44	08:50:28	-05:33	US$ 1,250
5	Andy Potts	USA	00:49:05	04:37:26	03:29:30	09:00:29	37:37	US$ 1,000
6	Per Van Vlerken	GER	00:53:33	04:49:06	03:14:58	09:01:28	14:20	US$ 750
7	Nick Baldwin	SEY	00:53:33	04:49:05	03:20:51	09:08:33	11:40
8	Petr Soukup	CZE	00:53:32	04:51:13	03:27:04	09:15:33	n/a
9	Daniil Sapunov	UKR	00:49:00	05:05:18	03:16:39	09:17:18	35:39
10	Eneko Elosegui	ESP	00:59:12	04:48:01	03:38:24	09:30:04	02:06
11	Freddy Lampret	ZAF	00:53:42	05:07:06	03:42:46	09:49:12	-05:11
12	Balazs Csoke	HUN	00:49:33	05:17:57	03:47:01	10:00:55	46:49
13	Marek Nemcik	SVK	01:14:16	06:41:30	05:22:48	13:28:03	1:25:17
14	Josef Svoboda	CZE	01:14:20	06:53:35	05:28:23	13:46:01	1:59:39
	Romain Guillaume	FRA	00:49:33	04:46:51		DNF
	Thomas Bosch	GER	00:58:37	04:41:49		DNF
	Robert Brundish	GBR	00:53:39			DNF
	Zsombor Deak	ROM	00:58:39			DNF
	Diego Vasquez	ECU	00:59:39			DNF

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money
1	Tessa Kortekaas	NED	01:00:52	05:02:55	03:35:01	09:43:20	-13:44	US$ 5,000
2	Naomi Washizu	JPN	01:00:59	05:16:19	03:30:29	09:52:01	-02:57	US$ 2,750
3	Simona Krivankova	CZE	01:05:59	05:21:40	03:26:16	09:59:28	10:33	US$ 1,750
4	Magda Nieuwoudt	ZAF	01:00:59	05:13:34	03:43:58	10:02:44	n/a	US$ 1,250
5	Katie Kyme	AUS	01:01:02	05:44:02	03:39:31	10:29:15	n/a	US$ 1,000
	Jocelyn McCauley	USA	00:52:19	04:58:29		DNF
	Federica De Nicola	ITA	01:00:56	05:09:46		DNF
	Claire Davis	AUS	00:56:50			DNF

Challenge Anhui 2019 – Analyzing Results

October 20, 2019

Course Conditions

This was the first edition of Challenge Anhui. After a fast swim and bike the run was pretty slow. With an overall adjustment of 6:39, the finishing times are comparable to IM Australia or IM New Zealand.

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money
1	Levi Maxwell	AUS	00:48:11	04:30:36	02:45:33	08:08:41	-41:10	EUR 6,000
2	Steven McKenna	AUS	00:45:47	04:32:36	02:53:47	08:17:27	n/a	EUR 3,900
3	Thomas Davis	GBR	00:43:38	04:29:01	03:00:26	08:17:55	n/a	EUR 2,750
4	Erik-Simon Strijk	NED	00:48:14	04:35:22	03:06:17	08:35:53	-03:16	EUR 1,900
5	Courtney Ogden	AUS	00:48:10	04:45:37	03:08:42	08:48:01	09:23	EUR 1,500
6	Matthew Slee	AUS	00:48:08	04:42:03	03:12:49	08:49:16	n/a	EUR 1,200
7	Christian Altstadt	GER	00:48:12	04:41:59	04:02:15	09:38:34	1:05:07	EUR 1,000
8	Jesse Vondracek	USA	00:48:06	04:39:02	04:52:44	10:24:53	1:36:29	EUR 800
	Simon Billeau	FRA	00:53:34	04:41:53		DNF

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money
1	Meredith Hill	AUS	00:53:09	04:56:54	03:17:28	09:14:06	-13:34	EUR 6,000
2	Lisa Roberts	USA	00:58:04	05:05:46	03:14:41	09:24:00	06:39	EUR 3,900
3	Joanna Ryter	SUI	01:01:51	05:14:38	03:23:43	09:44:51	24:07	EUR 2,750
4	Kierra Sansome	AUS	00:56:07	05:35:44	03:33:02	10:11:12	-24:26	EUR 1,900

Ironman Florida 2019 (Nov 2nd) – Seedings

November 1, 2019

IMFlorida Likely DNS after Pro meeting (marked with a “?” in the list): Victor Del Corral, Philip Graves, Peru Alfaro, Max Biessmann, Andreas Borch, Alessandro Degasperi, Alan Dempsey, Patrick Brady, Ivan Dominguez, Lewis Elliot, Peter Kotland, Franz Loeschke, James Lubinski, Gustavo Rodriguez

Previous Winners

Year	Male Winner	Time	Female Winner	Time
2005	Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL)	08:28:26	Bella Bayliss (GBR)	09:33:09
2006	Jan Raphael (GER)	08:22:44	Bella Bayliss (GBR)	09:28:28
2007	Stephan Vuckovic (GER)	08:21:29	Nina Kraft (GER)	09:05:35
2008	Tom Evans (CAN)	08:07:59	Bella Bayliss (GBR)	09:07:48
2009	Kirill Kotshegarov (EST)	08:24:29	Sofie Goos (BEL)	09:08:38
2010	James Cunnama (ZAF)	08:15:59	Jessica Jacobs (USA)	09:07:49
2011	Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI)	07:59:42	Jessica Jacobs (USA)	08:55:10
2012	Andrew Starykowicz (USA)	08:06:17	Yvonne Van Vlerken (NED)	08:51:35
2013	Victor Del Corral (ESP)	07:53:12	Yvonne Van Vlerken (NED)	08:43:07
2014	Lionel Sanders (CAN)	06:58:46	Yvonne Van Vlerken (NED)	08:01:47

The last IM Florida that was a Pro race has been in 2014 which was also the year that the swim had to be canceled.

Last Race’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Lionel Sanders	CAN		04:12:46	02:44:12	06:58:46
2	Tom Lowe	GBR		04:25:07	02:50:35	07:17:53
3	Maxim Kriat	UKR		04:33:28	02:48:52	07:24:50

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Yvonne Van Vlerken	NED		04:55:57	03:03:06	08:01:47
2	Camilla Lindholm Borg	SWE		05:14:05	03:20:03	08:36:28
3	Ashley Clifford	USA		05:24:11	03:09:51	08:36:55

Course Records

Leg	Gender	Record	Athlete	Date
Total	overall	07:53:12	Victor Del Corral	2013-11-02
Swim	overall	00:44:36	John Flanagan	2011-11-05
Bike	overall	04:02:17	Andrew Starykowicz	2013-11-02
Run	overall	02:37:29	Victor Del Corral	2013-11-02
Total	female	08:43:07	Yvonne Van Vlerken	2013-11-02
Swim	female	00:50:26	Tereza Macel	2007-11-03
Bike	female	04:35:49	Yvonne Van Vlerken	2013-11-02
Run	female	02:53:26	Jessica Jacobs	2011-11-05

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM Florida is 22:13.

Race Adjustments for IM Florida

Year	Adjustment	Swim Adj.	Bike Adj.	Run Adj.	# of Finishers	Rating	Swim Rating	Bike Rating	Run Rating
2005	13:46	00:11	14:10	-00:35	48	13:46	00:11	14:10	-00:35
2006	15:58	-01:35	11:45	05:48	63	14:52	-00:42	12:57	02:38
2007	26:44	01:19	19:24	06:02	78	18:49	-00:02	15:06	03:46
2008	28:18	01:01	20:36	06:41	55	21:12	00:14	16:29	04:30
2009	21:54	-00:57	19:00	03:52	35 of 43	21:20	00:00	16:59	04:22
2010	17:37	00:33	13:55	03:10	40	20:43	00:05	16:28	04:10
2011	23:29	00:29	18:35	04:25	34	21:07	00:09	16:46	04:12
2012	18:51	-03:02	22:52	-00:59	48	20:50	-00:15	17:31	03:34
2013	33:24	-01:15	27:12	07:26	63 of 81	22:13	-00:21	18:36	04:00

Kona slots and Prize Money

IM Florida has 2 Pro Kona slot(s). It has a total prize purse of 50.000 US$, paying 10 deep.

Male Race Participants

The strength of the field is 17% of a typical Kona field.

#	Bib	Name	Nat	Expected	Rating	ESwim	EBike	ET2	ERun	Consistency	Overall
1	3	Ben Hoffman	USA	07:49:25	08:10:08	00:49:08	04:12:22	05:06:29	02:42:56	55% +25% -20% (22)	4
2	37	Franz Loeschke ?	GER	07:50:55	08:26:48	00:48:11	04:18:05	05:11:15	02:39:40	24% +35% -41% (3)	(34)
3	4	Joe Skipper	GBR	07:56:19	08:16:34	00:51:55	04:13:24	05:10:19	02:46:00	64% +6% -30% (26)	12
4	6	Brent McMahon	CAN	07:56:40	08:16:16	00:48:19	04:17:44	05:11:02	02:45:38	56% +0% -44% (15)	10
5	1	Andrew Starykowicz	USA	07:59:27	08:27:17	00:49:05	04:00:31	04:54:36	03:04:51	30% +40% -30% (13)	36
6	7	Ruedi Wild	SUI	08:02:06	08:22:31	00:49:07	04:18:49	05:12:56	02:49:10	67% +5% -28% (9)	23
7	10	~~Matthew Russell~~	~~USA~~	~~08:03:12~~	~~08:24:18~~	~~00:54:22~~	~~04:13:34~~	~~05:12:56~~	~~02:50:16~~	~~62% +23% -15% (54)~~	28
8	44	Jesper Svensson	SWE	08:04:17	08:30:08	00:46:50	04:16:26	05:08:16	02:56:01	56% +0% -44% (5)	48
9	21	Denis Chevrot	FRA	08:05:01	08:27:42	00:48:25	04:21:49	05:15:13	02:49:48	85% +1% -13% (19)	39
10	25	Alessandro Degasperi ?	ITA	08:08:08	08:33:11	00:51:11	04:24:17	05:20:28	02:47:40	55% +0% -45% (19)	58
11	12	Peru Alfaro San Ildefonso ?	ESP	08:10:57	08:41:31	00:47:57	04:27:25	05:20:22	02:50:35	53% +0% -47% (7)	85
12	11	Sam Proctor	GBR	08:12:56	08:43:11	00:49:31	04:25:32	05:20:03	02:52:53	100% +0% -0% (2)	(92)
13	32	Tripp Hipple	USA	08:13:11	08:45:47	00:52:26	04:17:56	05:15:22	02:57:49	40% +49% -11% (7)	103
14	2	Victor Del Corral ?	ESP	08:13:41	08:35:54	00:55:55	04:21:54	05:22:49	02:50:52	41% +0% -59% (24)	67
15	5	Johann Ackermann	GER	08:13:50	08:40:04	00:48:34	04:19:12	05:12:46	03:01:04	65% +0% -35% (12)	(78)
16	42	Gustavo Rodriguez Iglesias ?	ESP	08:14:33	08:43:22	00:53:35	04:21:23	05:19:59	02:54:34	73% +17% -10% (8)	92
17	20	Tyler Butterfield	BMU	08:16:11	08:40:17	00:50:01	04:20:51	05:15:52	03:00:19	62% +11% -27% (19)	79
18	31	Pedro Gomes	POR	08:18:24	08:51:16	00:52:26	04:29:30	05:26:55	02:51:29	46% +9% -45% (38)	120
19	39	Justin Metzler	USA	08:20:43	09:14:55	00:49:40	04:26:17	05:20:57	02:59:46	27% +29% -44% (3)	(202)
20	15	Cedric Boily	CAN	08:21:00	08:55:40	00:52:30	04:25:30	05:22:59	02:58:01	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(134)
21	9	Philip Graves ?	GBR	08:24:00	08:56:02	00:49:36	04:17:40	05:12:16	03:11:44	20% +20% -60% (14)	136
22	24	Scott Defilippis	USA	08:24:49	08:58:22	00:55:43	04:33:29	05:34:11	02:50:38	49% +24% -27% (27)	148
23	19	David Breuer	GER	08:25:20	08:55:08	00:49:58	04:24:42	05:19:40	03:05:40	100% +0% -0% (2)	(133)
24	45	Raul Tejada	GTM	08:27:25	08:52:02	00:54:14	04:32:46	05:31:59	02:55:26	100% +0% -0% (3)	122
25	22	Karl-Johan Danielsson	SWE	08:28:12	09:00:34	00:51:17	04:21:56	05:18:14	03:09:58	44% +26% -30% (20)	156
26	35	Bjoern Laibacher	GER	08:34:01	09:09:35	00:54:50	04:29:39	05:29:29	03:04:32	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(183)
27	29	Clay Emge	USA	08:35:01	09:02:33	00:54:09	04:33:59	05:33:08	03:01:53	93% +0% -7% (5)	163
28	18	Patrick Brady ?	USA	08:35:36	09:06:37	00:59:15	04:31:53	05:36:08	02:59:28	6% +44% -49% (7)	176
29	47	Brad Williams	USA	08:37:12	09:10:11	00:55:00	04:32:38	05:32:38	03:04:34	29% +61% -9% (5)	185
30	46	Hans Christian Tungesvik	NOR	08:39:53	09:10:17	00:55:42	04:34:36	05:35:17	03:04:36	100% +0% -0% (2)	(186)
31	16	Andreas Borch ?	DEN	08:40:24	09:08:40	00:50:38	04:34:19	05:29:57	03:10:27	41% +0% -58% (12)	181
32	41	Jason Pohl	CAN	08:47:56	09:13:15	00:59:35	04:43:44	05:48:19	02:59:37	82% +0% -18% (5)	195
33	36	Colin Laughery	USA	08:49:08	09:19:00	00:57:06	04:38:12	05:40:17	03:08:51	66% +10% -24% (14)	210
34	38	James Lubinski ?	USA	08:52:46	09:25:46	01:03:59	04:40:46	05:49:45	03:03:01	61% +14% -25% (25)	223
35	30	Jonathan Fecik	USA	08:54:04	09:37:22	00:57:32	04:36:52	05:39:23	03:14:41	24% +28% -48% (8)	242
36	43	Matthew Shanks	USA	08:55:59	09:31:23	00:57:48	04:45:50	05:48:38	03:07:21	44% +31% -26% (9)	(235)
37	17	Raymond Botelho	USA	09:02:06	09:38:13	00:56:31	04:32:29	05:33:59	03:28:07	22% +6% -72% (19)	245
38	33	Derek Kidwell	USA	09:03:20	09:46:45	00:52:15	04:24:46	05:22:01	03:41:19	29% +0% -71% (2)	(253)
39	28	Lewis Elliot ?	USA	09:19:21	09:41:07	00:54:45	04:38:46	05:38:31	03:40:50	60% +1% -38% (19)	249
40	13	Alexander Berggren	SWE	09:19:56	10:07:49	00:47:39	04:50:23	05:43:02	03:36:54	46% +54% -0% (2)	(264)
41	34	Peter Kotland ?	CZE	09:23:21	09:57:05	00:59:51	04:49:09	05:53:59	03:29:22	73% +6% -21% (30)	261
42	14	Max Biessmann ?	USA	09:41:51	10:19:21	00:51:24	04:41:37	05:38:01	04:03:50	13% +0% -87% (3)	268
43	27	Ivan Dominguez ?	USA	09:48:09	10:41:29	00:55:33	04:54:04	05:54:37	03:53:32	13% +0% -87% (3)	(272)
	8	Taylor Reid	CAN	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	23	Michiel De Wilde	BEL	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	26	Alan Dempsey ?	CAN	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	40	Yorlliry Moreno	VEN	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(n/a)

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

Ben Hoffman: 43% (1-1)
Franz Loeschke: 20% (4-1)
Joe Skipper: 10% (9-1)
Andrew Starykowicz: 10% (9-1)
Matthew Russell: 7% (13-1)
Brent McMahon: 6% (17-1)
Denis Chevrot: 2% (52-1)

Ironman Hawaii 2019 – Analyzing Results

October 13, 2019

Course Conditions

Last year’s conditions were super-fast – this year’s results indicate that times were slower by maybe two minutes (2018 adjustment 4:18 vs. 2:13 for this year). The bike was about five minutes slower than last year, but a bike adjustment of 6:39 is still one the fastest ever in Kona. (Cameron Wurf is a good example of this difference: Last year he rode a 4:09, this year a 4:14, still the 9th -fastest ever in Kona.) The slightly slower bike was balanced with a run that was about three and a half minutes faster than last year.

We’ve seen Jan Frodeno break the men’s course record from last year: His 7:51:13 was 1:26 faster than last year’s winning time. Anne Haug’s 2:51:07 marathon is the third-fastest ever in Kona, but still 41 seconds slower than Rinny’s 2014 course record.

Kona Qualifying

Kona offers Automatic Qualifier slots for the podium finishers:

Women: Anne Haug, Lucy Charles, Sarah Crowley
Men: Jan Frodeno, Tim O’Donnell, Sebastian Kienle

These slots still have to be validated with an Ironman finish before August 2020.

Male Race Results

2019 Kona Frodo

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money
1	Jan Frodeno	GER	00:47:31	04:16:02	02:42:43	07:51:13	-05:27	US$ 120,000
2	Timothy O’Donnell	USA	00:47:38	04:18:11	02:49:45	07:59:41	-14:44	US$ 60,000
3	Sebastian Kienle	GER	00:52:17	04:15:04	02:49:56	08:02:04	02:54	US$ 40,000
4	Ben Hoffman	USA	00:51:01	04:24:01	02:43:08	08:02:52	-08:39	US$ 22,500
5	Cameron Wurf	AUS	00:52:25	04:14:44	02:55:03	08:06:41	-08:38	US$ 19,000
6	Joe Skipper	GBR	00:52:28	04:16:18	02:53:30	08:07:46	-09:42	US$ 16,000
7	Braden Currie	NZL	00:47:41	04:30:30	02:46:25	08:08:48	-05:06	US$ 14,000
8	Philipp Koutny	SUI	00:52:20	04:15:14	02:57:50	08:10:29	-16:10	US$ 12,500
9	Bart Aernouts	BEL	00:57:03	04:19:47	02:51:08	08:12:27	-02:03	US$ 11,000
10	Chris Leiferman	USA	00:52:29	04:24:20	02:52:19	08:13:37	-00:16	US$ 10,000
11	Jan van Berkel	SUI	00:50:53	04:32:09	02:47:36	08:15:19	-06:30
12	Tim Reed	AUS	00:51:02	04:25:53	02:55:51	08:17:37	-05:49
13	Michael Weiss	AUT	00:57:05	04:21:37	02:54:34	08:18:02	01:05
14	Andy Potts	USA	00:50:57	04:24:16	02:58:58	08:19:30	01:20
15	Daniel Baekkegard	DEN	00:47:35	04:37:18	02:49:50	08:19:38	06:40
16	Tim Van Berkel	AUS	00:51:44	04:31:01	02:52:37	08:20:16	00:22
17	Matthew Russell	USA	00:52:23	04:17:25	03:07:22	08:22:18	-00:06
18	Kristian Hogenhaug	DEN	00:52:21	04:15:21	03:10:28	08:23:36	02:28
19	Cyril Viennot	FRA	00:52:18	04:29:08	02:57:48	08:23:53	-04:42
20	Nils Frommhold	GER	00:50:47	04:24:29	03:05:10	08:24:56	14:56
21	Alistair Brownlee	GBR	00:47:33	04:19:58	03:13:00	08:25:03	n/a
22	Lionel Sanders	CAN	00:52:22	04:15:22	03:13:42	08:25:54	11:21
23	Marc Duelsen	GER	00:52:21	04:28:26	03:01:14	08:26:35	01:20
24	Daniil Sapunov	UKR	00:50:55	04:33:57	02:58:07	08:28:22	-10:49
25	Will Clarke	GBR	00:52:20	04:30:29	03:01:13	08:29:00	-00:31
26	David Plese	SLO	00:52:28	04:31:56	02:59:56	08:30:03	06:57
27	Mario De Elias	ARG	00:56:59	04:36:06	02:53:11	08:30:59	-14:28
28	Matt Trautman	ZAF	00:52:14	04:25:06	03:11:25	08:33:05	10:43
29	Eneko Llanos	ESP	00:51:03	04:40:18	02:56:21	08:33:29	13:12
30	Frank Silvestrin	BRA	00:50:55	04:41:52	02:59:04	08:37:06	-05:14
31	Tobias Drachler	GER	00:52:08	04:41:40	03:01:59	08:40:44	17:27
32	James Cunnama	ZAF	00:52:12	04:27:59	03:16:19	08:41:19	21:42
33	Josh Amberger	AUS	00:47:28	04:27:16	03:25:25	08:44:29	19:57
34	Clemente Alonso McKernan	ESP	00:51:41	04:43:10	03:03:54	08:45:40	25:32
35	Daniel Fontana	ITA	00:51:01	04:41:59	03:13:17	08:51:17	17:40
36	Joe Gambles	AUS	00:51:47	04:31:01	03:26:18	08:54:14	34:01
37	Jesper Svensson	SWE	00:47:42	04:27:33	03:41:22	09:00:53	44:52
38	Maurice Clavel	GER	00:47:40	04:38:33	03:28:39	09:01:05	43:56
39	Mike Phillips	NZL	00:50:55	04:33:55	03:36:02	09:05:29	48:14
40	Stefan Schumacher	GER	01:04:31	04:30:16	03:26:58	09:08:54	36:13
41	Lukas Kraemer	GER	00:57:50	04:48:40	03:54:52	09:47:15	1:18:37
	Boris Stein	GER	00:54:15	04:13:18		DNF
	Patrik Nilsson	SWE	00:50:49	04:25:51		DNF
	Matt Hanson	USA	00:52:23	04:38:34		DNF
	Patrick Lange	GER	00:47:40			DNF
	Andi Boecherer	GER	00:50:52			DNF
	David McNamee	GBR	00:50:59			DNF
	TJ Tollakson	USA	00:51:44			DNF
	Cody Beals	CAN	00:52:16			DNF
	Franz Loeschke	GER	00:52:19			DNF
	Andreas Dreitz	GER	00:54:26			DNF
	Kennett Peterson	USA	00:57:07			DNF

Female Race Results

2019 Kona Anne

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money
1	Anne Haug	GER	00:54:09	04:50:17	02:51:07	08:40:10	-14:43	US$ 120,000
2	Lucy Charles-Barclay	GBR	00:49:02	04:47:20	03:05:59	08:46:44	-09:21	US$ 60,000
3	Sarah Crowley	AUS	00:54:05	04:50:13	02:59:20	08:48:13	-12:51	US$ 40,000
4	Laura Philipp	GER	00:59:03	04:45:04	03:02:11	08:51:42	02:22	US$ 22,500
5	Heather Jackson	USA	00:59:12	04:46:45	03:04:17	08:54:44	-09:25	US$ 19,000
6	Kaisa Sali	FIN	00:59:14	04:53:53	02:57:18	08:55:33	-05:02	US$ 16,000
7	Corinne Abraham	GBR	01:02:46	04:51:15	02:59:28	08:58:38	-11:38	US$ 14,000
8	Carrie Lester	AUS	00:54:15	04:50:01	03:09:37	08:58:40	-07:23	US$ 12,500
9	Daniela Bleymehl	GER	00:59:06	04:45:08	03:19:32	09:08:30	-01:35	US$ 11,000
10	Linsey Corbin	USA	00:59:09	05:00:25	03:03:50	09:09:06	-00:45	US$ 10,000
11	Maja Stage Nielsen	DEN	00:59:04	05:00:47	03:05:47	09:10:28	-11:02
12	Imogen Simmonds	SUI	00:54:10	04:53:25	03:21:00	09:13:20	04:56
13	Daniela Ryf	SUI	00:54:20	04:54:19	03:20:36	09:14:26	30:17
14	Sarah Piampiano	USA	01:04:36	04:57:04	03:08:54	09:16:29	02:00
15	Gurutze Frades Larralde	ESP	01:04:38	05:08:07	02:58:45	09:16:50	-12:11
16	Els Visser	NED	01:02:44	04:51:43	03:19:42	09:18:42	-12:49
17	Kristin Liepold	GER	01:15:24	05:02:21	03:00:24	09:23:13	-07:01
18	Annah Watkinson	ZAF	00:59:14	05:05:19	03:16:09	09:26:03	-02:33
19	Susie Cheetham	GBR	00:59:02	05:00:17	03:22:41	09:27:21	16:41
20	Svenja Thoes	GER	00:59:07	05:02:16	03:23:49	09:30:50	22:55
21	Mareen Hufe	GER	00:59:12	05:03:28	03:22:52	09:30:51	08:17
22	Lesley Smith	USA	00:59:03	05:14:16	03:11:40	09:31:40	10:12
23	Nikki Bartlett	GBR	00:59:14	04:58:09	03:31:24	09:34:04	06:02
24	Caroline Steffen	SUI	00:59:01	05:08:44	03:23:53	09:37:11	22:51
25	Laura Siddall	GBR	01:04:34	05:04:43	03:28:20	09:42:52	27:57
26	Kimberley Morrison	GBR	00:58:58	04:54:22	03:45:23	09:44:19	22:58
27	Nina Derron	SUI	00:59:05	05:11:48	03:30:52	09:46:27	16:16
28	Jeanni Seymour	ZAF	00:54:07	05:08:17	03:37:55	09:46:54	38:48
29	Martina Kunz	SUI	01:09:17	05:08:43	03:24:20	09:48:17	06:29
30	Bianca Steurer	AUT	01:04:32	05:19:49	03:35:43	10:06:31	36:02
31	Lauren Brandon	USA	00:49:08	05:11:20	04:10:13	10:16:10	50:28
32	Danielle Mack	USA	01:08:16	05:33:15	03:35:16	10:22:35	41:57
33	Meredith Kessler	USA	00:54:21	05:28:47	04:57:36	11:27:45	1:05:40
34	Jennifer Spieldenner	USA	00:54:00	05:22:41	05:03:36	11:28:22	n/a
35	Sue Huse	CAN	01:51:02	05:39:16	04:11:50	11:52:45	1:53:55
	Jen Annett	CAN	01:02:49	05:12:03		DNF
	Camilla Pedersen	DEN	00:54:13	05:23:58		DNF
	Jocelyn McCauley	USA	00:54:02			DNF
	Sarah True	USA	00:54:03			DNF
	Kelsey Withrow	USA	00:54:17			DNF
	Mirinda Carfrae	AUS	00:59:10			DNF
	Emma Bilham	SUI	01:01:17			DNF

Kona 2019 Kings & Queens: Patrick Lange

October 12, 2019

Kona Kings & Queens is a collaboration project with sports photographer James Mitchell to highlight some of the Pros racing in Kona. James supplies his awesome pictures (for more check his Instagram account), I add some data and commentary.

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Patrick Lange is the Kona winner of the last two years. He holds both the run course record and the overall course record. So obviously he’s the favorite to win Kona 2019 as well?

As the saying goes, you’re only as good as your last race. Applying this yardstick, others are the Kona frontrunners. Patrick’s season started well with a win against a solid field at 70.3 Vietnam in May, but his performance in Frankfurt was a disappointment. He was riding in a bigger bike group that lost seven minutes in the first 100k to Frodo and Sebi, then suffered a flat that he had to fix in the middle of downtown Frankfurt with thousands of spectators around him. He went on to finish the race in 11th place – after all he needed a full Ironman to validate his Kona slot. Even if he wasn’t in a position to play a big role at 70.3 Worlds, his result was another disappointment: A solid swim was followed by losing a lot of time on the bike, and even a good 1:11 run only resulted in a 23rd place for him. These results certainly put a big question mark on his chances for another Kona title this year.

Then again, this story isn’t really new and pretty much a copy of his last two seasons, both of which ended with Kona wins and new course records. When he raced Ironman Frankfurt in 2017 and 2018 and wasn’t able to seriously contend for the win, finishing 6th and 3rd about ten minutes behind the winner. “The start of the season 2018 didn’t go well, but I was quickly able to identify why I hadn’t been able to win. I learned a lot and was able to make the appropriate changes. It was too bad that I had been written off, but it helped to take a bit of the pressure off for Hawaii”.

Of course the conditions and how the races developed played into his hands, but winning Kona two times in a row takes a lot more than a bit of luck. Patrick has posted the fastest run splits in Kona for the last three years, starting with his run course record of 2:39:45 in 2016. In all likelihood he will also be one of the fastest runners in 2019. In order for him to be able to run himself into another win (or at least a podium), coming off the bike he can only afford to be just a few minutes behind stronger bikers that will be able to run in the 2:45 to 2:50 range. As in the last years, this will put the pressure on him in the swim and especially on the bike, and other athletes will expect him to put in the effort needed to keep the bike leaders in view. For quite some time he has said that “I’m only seen as a runner, but I feel I’m under-rated on the bike. Because I was further behind than expected after the swim last year, I had to take some extra risks at the start of the bike. If I had stuck to my original plan, it would have cost me the title. The decision to take the risk and to go with the stronger bike riders showed to me how much I have improved and that I have been able to absorb the hard session in the mountains. The run might have looked under control from the outside, but I struggled a lot with the heat. To be honest, the first part of the run was tough: My competition started to attack from the first kilometers and I decided to let them go. This was a decisive moment – after 8k I found back into the race and was able to catch up to the others again. From then on, my head was back in the game as well.”

It’s clear that once again he plans to use his heat camp in Texas to get into his best physical shape possible but also the right frame of mind. Last year “in Texas I was able to completely focus on my training for the first time since Kona 2017. I almost didn’t have any contact with the outside world, only my coach, my family and my training partners. That’s what flipped the switch.”

Following his performance in the swim and bike will probably require a bit more digging through the tracker data as the race goes on. If he’s not on point on race day, we might only see him for short glimpses in the live coverage. But if he manages to get things right again, he’ll get a lot of camera time in the second half of the run.

This is an excerpt from my “Kona 2019 Rating Report”. You can download your copy here.