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Ironman Canada 2014 – Preliminary Start List

This start list is based on the full start list posted on the IM Canada website and – because there was no Pro category information – some name matching. (Translation: There may be additional Pro athletes, and some of the athletes on my list may have already indicated they won’t be starting.)

I have added the current KPR points of the identified athletes in order to determine the influence that the race will have on the KPR ranking. (Canada is on of the three final races before determining the July qualifiers.)

Male Race Participants

Trevor Wurtele is back to defend his title, but he faces strong competition in Marino Vanhoenacker (looking for about 600 remaining KPR points to qualify – a fifth should be enough for him) and Matthew Russell (who should already have enough KPR points).

Bib Name Nation KPR points KPR races
  Tom Evans CAN    
  Stephen Kilshaw CAN 187 1+2
  Matt Lieto USA 35 0+1
  Maurice Maher CAN    
  Devon Palmer USA    
  Matthew Russell USA 3615 5+0 ( 230)
  Josh Seifarth CAN 1 1+0
  Nobuyuki Tanaka JPN    
  Anthony Toth CAN 8 1+1
  Marino Vanhoenacker BEL 2920 1+3 (110)
  Trevor Wurtele CAN 1965 1+3 (400)

Female Race Participants

After her exhausting race in Frankfurt (and enough KPR points) I would be surprised if Mary Beth Ellis raced in Canada. For Bree Wee qualifying is still possible, but she probably needs a win to qualify in July.

Bib Name Nation KPR points KPR races
  Anna Cleaver NZL 205 0+3 (45)
  Mary Beth Ellis USA 6210 2+3 (320)
  Christine Fletcher CAN 60 2+0
  Jennifer Lentzke CAN 145 1+3 (10)
  Jenni Plane USA 90 1+1
  Anna Russell NZL    
  Charlene Waldner CAN    
  Bree Wee USA 3250 3+2 (210)

Ironman Germany 2014 – Analyzing Results

Race Conditions

We’ve seen about the same conditions in Frankfurt as last year (adjustments of 17:55 vs. 18:27 in 2013, leading to a new course rating of 13:30) – confirming Frankfurt as one of the faster courses on the IM calendar. However, this year was especially quick on the bike (adjustment of 13:19 with a new bike rating of 8:27), and the hot conditions slowed things down on the run (adjustment o 1:33 and a new run rating of 2:10).

Male Race Results

By winning his first Ironman race, Sebastian Kienle had a great 30th birthday.

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He took control of the race with a fantastic new bike course record of 4:12 (eight minutes faster than the old record by Andreas Raelert), then also finished with his first marathon under 2:50. Frederik van Lierde ran a bit faster than Sebi, but didn’t have a chance after the bike – even if his 4:21 was the second fastest bike split. In his IM debut, Jan Frodeno had some bad luck: First he tore his wetsuit before the swim (luckily he found a replacement in time) and then had three flats and had to wait for tech support to change his rear wheel. He was cramping even before starting the run in the changing tent, then had to stop and stretch and walked most of the aid stations in the second half of the run. I have no idea how he managed to have the fastest run split of the day with a 2:43!

Ronnie Schildknecht also had a good day finishing fourth, probably not quite good enough for a July Kona slot. There were a few notable DNFs: Bas Diederen injured his foot during the swim exit, rode well but couldn’t run at all. Also, Andreas Raelert stopped after 25k on the run while running in forth position. Kona is probably not in the cards this year for these two.

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to expected
1 Sebastian Kienle GER 00:49:40 04:12:13 02:49:35 07:55:14 -12:19
2 Frederik Van Lierde BEL 00:45:44 04:21:33 02:49:14 08:00:25 -07:20
3 Jan Frodeno GER 00:45:39 04:33:34 02:43:14 08:07:05 n/a
4 Ronnie Schildknecht SUI 00:49:54 04:29:56 02:49:10 08:12:54 -14:02
5 Alessandro Degasperi ITA 00:49:30 04:29:51 02:56:59 08:20:39 n/a
6 David Plese SLO 00:49:33 04:29:56 02:57:01 08:21:04 -04:08
7 Marc Duelsen GER 00:49:40 04:33:36 03:01:21 08:28:30 -02:07
8 Miquel Blanchart ESP 00:49:08 04:46:47 02:52:33 08:32:49 08:35
9 Jan Raphael GER 00:49:25 04:36:11 03:08:02 08:38:08 15:19
10 Ivan Alvarez Gomez ESP 00:54:22 04:48:04 02:51:17 08:38:40 -19:01
11 Mark Oude Bennink NED 00:47:23 04:37:42 03:15:44 08:46:17 n/a
12 Hannes Cool BEL 00:49:38 04:40:57 03:09:43 08:46:41 -13:32
13 Ivan Jezko SVK 00:56:36 04:46:57 03:06:33 08:56:46 -21:10
14 Damien With FRA 00:50:45 04:45:38 03:21:44 09:03:23 n/a
15 Brendan Naef CAN 00:54:35 04:48:48 03:18:50 09:07:36 -25:33
16 Ludovic Le Guellec FRA 00:59:43 05:07:55 02:55:06 09:07:54 -43:10
17 Yeun Sik Ham KOR 01:05:21 04:51:37 03:06:35 09:09:03 -24:55
18 Michael Louys BEL 00:59:51 04:47:00 03:26:45 09:18:05 n/a
19 Alfred Rahm GER 01:02:47 04:53:47 03:18:01 09:20:00 -06:56
20 Lukas Polan CZE 01:00:57 04:51:53 03:23:47 09:21:48 01:51
21 Kurt Debouck BEL 00:55:21 04:57:02 04:33:32 10:32:27 19:20
22 Marek Nemcik SVK 01:08:49 05:36:29 05:28:16 12:21:46 48:40
Bas Diederen NED 00:45:49 04:30:27 DNF
Evert Scheltinga NED 00:47:24 04:32:19 DNF
Andreas Raelert GER 00:45:51 04:33:56 DNF
Martijn Dekker NED 00:45:46 04:39:44 DNF
Jens Kaiser GER 00:53:42 04:44:42 DNF
Carlos Lopez Diaz ESP 00:45:42 04:56:17 DNF
Hendrik-Jan Verhaegen BEL 00:53:47 04:55:43 DNF
Clemente Alonso-McKernan ESP 00:45:41 DNF
Denis Chevrot FRA 00:47:17 DNF
Johann Ackermann GER 00:47:34 DNF

Female Race Results

While none of the women broke three hours on the run, the race changed a lot on the run. After the bike Jodie Swallow, Camilla Pedersen and Mary Beth Ellis were at the front, but fell back on the run or even DNF’d (Camilla with hip issues). There was a lot of talk after the race that a lot of the Pro women were caught in groups of strong AG men. (Gina Crawford described her frustration in her Frankfurt race report.) While there is personal responsibility by each athlete, this situation could have been avoided by not starting the Pro women together with the fastest age groupers. After Brasil and Frankfurt it seems obvious that there should be separate starts for Pro men, Pro women and age groupers, with as large a gap as possible between these three groups.

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Jodie held the lead until about the half way on the run, then faded to 7th place. Corinne Abraham had the strongest bike/run combo and took her second Regional Championship after Melbourne 2013 and a long, frustrating injury. Elizabeth Lyles finished second, running down Gina Crawford who finished third.

Kristin Möller had the best run split, but as for Ronnie on the men’s side, the points for fourth place are probably not enough for her to qualify. Amy Marsh in 5th and Natascha Badmann in 6th (posting a 4:44 and new bike course record!) raced well, but started with probably too few points to get a July slot for Kona. Jodie in 7th and Mary Beth in 8th already had a lot of Kona points and should now be safe for a Kona slot. Eva Wutti was also fighting for a good place, she was near the front of the race and apparently collapsed exhausted just a kilometer before the finish.

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to expected
1 Corinne Abraham GBR 00:54:23 04:49:06 03:04:38 08:52:40 -23:08
2 Elizabeth Lyles USA 00:53:40 04:56:53 03:01:14 08:56:36 -18:09
3 Gina Crawford NZL 00:49:21 04:56:01 03:07:37 08:58:06 -09:00
4 Kristin Moeller GER 01:00:37 04:56:01 03:00:38 09:02:17 -16:37
5 Amy Marsh USA 00:49:43 04:55:11 03:15:56 09:06:33 -07:50
6 Natascha Badmann SUI 00:59:25 04:44:25 03:19:14 09:08:13 -06:25
7 Jodie Swallow GBR 00:47:22 04:54:38 03:22:27 09:08:44 07:29
8 Mary Beth Ellis USA 00:47:27 04:55:31 03:22:43 09:10:08 11:44
9 Katja Konschak GER 00:49:28 05:13:56 03:12:33 09:20:48 -21:49
10 Natascha Schmitt GER 00:51:51 05:15:25 03:09:39 09:21:56 -02:56
11 Verena Walter GER 00:56:39 04:59:15 03:26:57 09:27:59 n/a
12 Astrid Ganzow GER 00:55:47 04:55:44 03:32:53 09:29:04 -12:05
13 Katharina Grohmann GER 01:10:14 05:06:26 03:28:43 09:50:31 -03:09
14 Line Margareta Foss NOR 01:20:30 04:57:16 03:38:21 10:02:52 -06:11
15 Nicole Woysch GER 00:55:26 05:07:25 04:11:17 10:19:14 18:20
16 Yasuko Miyazaki JPN 00:59:41 05:42:42 03:37:34 10:25:13 06:08
17 Sonja Tajsich GER 00:56:45 04:48:20 04:46:11 10:36:12 1:29:42
Camilla Pedersen DEN 00:51:26 04:52:14 DNF
Eva Wutti AUT 00:52:52 04:50:57 DNF
Mareen Hufe GER 00:55:54 04:59:58 DNF
Jenny Schulz GER 01:03:02 05:09:53 DNF
Lucie Reed CZE 00:49:23 DNF
Stefanie Adam BEL 00:55:27 DNF
Helena Herrero Gomez ESP 01:00:53 DNF

Photo Credits: Michael Rauschendorfer (via tri-mag Twitter stream) and Siri Lindley (via Twitter)

Ironman Switzerland 2014 – Preliminary Startlist

Male Race Participants

Bib Name Nation KPR points KPR races
1 Pete Jacobs AUS 990 1+2
2 Jan Van Berkel SUI 1215 1+3 (180)
3 Georg Potrebitsch GER 70 1+1
4 Mathias Hecht SUI 85 0+1
5 Boris Stein GER 1500 1+3 (180)
6 Mike Schifferle SUI 544 3+1
7 Stephen Bayliss GBR 1690 2+1
8 Michael Goehner GER 1590 2+2
9 Sergio Marques POR    
10 David Plese SLO 1655 2+1
11 Filip Ospaly CZE 2420 1+2
12 Joe Skipper GBR 170 1+0
15 Reto Stutz SUI    
16 Dominic Rohan-gates GBR    
17 Remmert Wielinga NED 40 1+0
18 David Jilek CZE 9 1+2
19 Tomas Mika CZE    
20 Darby Thomas FIN 1350 3+0
21 Gabriele Mazzetta ITA 1 0+1
22 Marek Nemcik SVK 12 2+1
23 Eduardo Crooke Gonzalez ESP    
24 Ludovic Le Guellec FRA 181 3+2 (1)
25 Roland Schlappal AUT 1 0+1
26 Mauro Baertsch SUI 21 0+2
27 Josef Svoboda CZE 415 3+0
28 Stefan Eichheimer GER    
29 Daniel Niederreiter AUT    
30 Daniel Mueller GER 1 0+1

Female Race Participants

Bib Name Nation KPR points KPR races
51 Celine Schaerer SUI 1680 1+3 (135)
52 Erika Csomor HUN 2460 2+1
53 Regula Rohrbach SUI 1600 1+0
54 Sonja Tajsich GER 430 1+1
55 Evi Neuscheler GER 400 0+1
56 Carolin Lehrieder GER 85 0+1
60 Nicole Klingler GER 105 0+2
61 Vanessa Pereira POR    
62 Saleta Castro ESP 1930 4+0
63 Megumi Shigaki JPN 1820 2+1
64 Nicole Woysch GER 225 0+3 (45)
65 Katharina Grohmann GER 770 2+0
66 Michaela Rudolf AUT 265 1+1
67 Sabrina Mohn SUI 175 0+2
68 Monique Grossrieder SUI 535 2+1

Challenge Roth 2014 – Preliminary Startlist

Male Race Participants

Bib Name Nation
1 Dirk Bockel LUX
2 James Cunnama ZAF
3 Timo Bracht GER
4 Markus Fachbach GER
5 Luke McKenzie AUS
6 Pete Jacobs AUS
7 Eneko Llanos ESP
8 Roeland Smits NED
9 Nils Frommhold GER
11 Andrej Vistica CRO
12 Sylvain Sudrie FRA
13 Fabian Conrad GER
17 Per Bittner GER
18 Swen Sundberg GER
19 Dirk Wijnalda NED
20 Ritchie Nicholls GBR
21 Sebastian Bleisteiner GER
22 Joseph Spindler GER
23 Joel Jameson GBR
24 Thomas Naasz NED
26 Andreas Niedrig GER
28 Michael Wetzel GER
30 Manuel Wyss SUI
31 Nis Lind DEN
32 Arland Macasieb PHI
42 Bart Candel NED
43 Michael Rünz GER
44 Harri Sokk EST
Joe Gambles AUS

Female Race Participants

Bib Name Nation
51 Caroline Steffen SUI
52 Yvonne Van Vlerken NED
53 Julia Gajer GER
54 Mirinda Carfrae AUS
55 Anja Beranek GER
56 Yvette Grice GBR
57 Daniela Saemmler GER
58 Rebekah Keat AUS
59 Michelle Vesterby DEN
60 Rachel Joyce GBR
61 Diana Riesler GER
62 Heleen Bij De Vaate NED
63 Joyce Wolfe IRL
64 Simone Maier GER
65 Tracy Douglas AUS
66 Ana Casares ESP
67 Lina-kristin Schink GER
68 Ann Ciaverella USA
69 Sirlet Viilas EST

Ironman Coeur d’Alene 2014 – Analyzing Results

Race Conditions

Conditions in Coeur d’Alene were pretty fast for the course: An adjustment of 8:04 is the fastest I’ve seen here (new course rating of 1:56). Conditions were slow as normal on the swim and bike, the changes in the bike course don’t seem to have changed times too much. This year however, the run times were pretty quick (adjustment of 6:53 with a new run rating of 2:20). 

Male Race Results

Andy Potts delivered his usual strong summer Ironman, and his win was never in doubt. Victor Zyemtsev – always strong in CdA – was second with a good run, and defending champion Ben Hoffmann took third with a 2:43 marathon after an uncharacteristically slow bike. 

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to expected
1 Andy Potts USA 00:47:57 04:42:35 02:51:53 08:25:44 02:37
2 Victor Zyemtsev USA 00:53:01 04:46:24 02:46:03 08:28:32 -05:07
3 Ben Hoffman USA 00:53:05 04:48:58 02:43:59 08:29:12 01:23
4 Maik Twelsiek GER 00:53:03 04:35:14 03:02:29 08:34:19 01:52
5 Matt Hanson USA 01:00:31 04:53:54 02:42:07 08:39:22 -06:42
6 Matthew Russell USA 01:00:29 04:43:06 02:55:36 08:42:28 -02:38
7 Derek Garcia USA 00:55:34 04:51:30 03:07:53 08:57:57 -00:08
8 Patrick Wheeler USA 00:59:06 05:05:12 02:59:13 09:09:14 -02:59
9 Nathan Birdsall USA 01:09:45 04:59:15 03:16:25 09:28:42 -37:02
10 Rick Floyd USA 01:03:19 05:20:01 03:04:39 09:32:59 n/a
11 Christopher Bagg USA 00:56:40 04:56:06 05:26:21 11:22:47 1:54:58
  Brent Mcburney USA 01:03:36  05:29:04   DNF  

Female Race Results

Heather Wurtele took control of the race with the fastest bike split, and ended the day with a strong 3:09 marathon – winning by more than 15 minutes. Kelly Williamson never really got going on the day, still finishing second and making sure to get enough KPR points. Jessica Smith took third – she was the one with the best performance compared to her expected time. 

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to expected
1 Heather Wurtele CAN 00:59:14 05:22:19 03:09:10 09:34:32 07:13
2 Kelly Williamson USA 00:58:30 05:37:52 03:09:47 09:50:07 31:50
3 Jessica Smith USA 00:59:12 05:29:38 03:26:14 09:58:42 -00:52
4 Olesya Prystayko UKR 01:05:06 05:34:43 03:24:49 10:07:59 06:43
5 Jennie Hansen USA 01:05:18 05:54:07 03:08:17 10:12:09 42:41
6 Ali Black USA 01:07:11 05:36:13 03:41:13 10:28:45 n/a
7 Cathleen Knutson USA 01:06:37 05:49:12 03:30:49 10:30:43 n/a
  Stephanie Jones USA 01:05:07     DNF  
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