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IM Mont Tremblant 2013 – Analyzing Results

Race Conditions

This was the second time that an Ironman race was held in Mont Tremblant. The course is neither fast nor slow (course rating of 6:55), and the adjustments were pretty similar to what we’ve seen last year.

Male Race Results

There was quite some drama in the excellent online coverage of the race: After posting his “normal” quick swim and bike and leading the race, Luke Bell was cramping on the run, but even with three stretching breaks he ran a 2:57 marathon. Behind him, there were a lot of changes on the run (unfortunately out of view of the camera that of course followed the race leader) with Brandon Marsh finally moving into the 2nd spot by just 34 seconds in front of Bert Jammaer. (It would have been great to have a Tour de France kind of coverage of the race – tons of cameras, frequent splits etc. – but that is way beyond what can reasonably be expected at this point.)

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to expected
1 Luke Bell AUS 00:47:50 04:36:36 02:57:08 08:26:06 -18:52
2 Brandon Marsh USA 00:47:45 04:41:04 02:56:24 08:31:01 -22:15
3 Bert Jammaer BEL 00:48:07 04:40:31 02:58:08 08:31:35 -14:04
4 Daniel Halksworth GBR 00:47:51 04:41:23 03:00:47 08:34:58 -11:37
5 Romain Guillaume FRA 00:48:03 04:36:52 03:06:14 08:35:59 -27:57
6 Stefan Schmid GER 00:54:41 04:44:07 02:52:20 08:36:32 -07:44
7 Paul Ambrose GBR 00:47:59 04:36:21 03:14:21 08:43:47 -02:33
8 Dominik Berger AUT 00:48:04 04:38:16 03:13:05 08:44:24 -15:19
9 Bryan Rhodes NZL 00:48:05 04:40:17 03:12:44 08:46:13 -29:50
10 Sean Bechtel CAN 00:47:57 04:41:40 03:12:03 08:47:24 n/a
11 Paul Amey GBR 00:52:18 04:58:26 02:55:56 08:51:31 14:24
12 Swen Sundberg GER 00:55:06 04:47:15 03:04:38 08:52:59 01:59
13 Mike Schifferle SUI 01:00:49 04:45:04 03:04:10 08:56:01 -04:19
14 Jozsef Major HUN 00:59:39 04:38:35 03:14:48 08:59:14 15:35
15 Simon Cochrane NZL 00:54:58 04:57:07 03:04:16 09:01:20 -07:45
16 Jerome Bresson CAN 00:59:36 04:50:39 03:37:46 09:33:23 -23:31
17 Brendan Naef CAN 00:59:10 05:15:54 03:15:24 09:36:28 -04:28
18 Greg Kopecky USA 00:58:17 05:16:44 03:33:19 09:54:15 n/a
19 Adam Jones CAN 01:05:20 05:19:34 03:30:17 10:01:04 n/a

Female Race Results

On the women’s side, Mary Beth Ellis did a “Kona simulation ride” (she rode 5:08 in Kona last year). After that, she was able to cruise to the win with an “easy” marathon. (I’m not sure if something like an “easy marathon” exists, but if it does, Mary Beth had one.) Behind her, there was another camera-worthy fight for 2nd and 3rd place. Rebekah Keat, Anja Beranek and Liz Blatchford switched places a few times and finally finished all with 49 seconds.

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to expected
1 Mary Beth Ellis USA 00:51:43 04:58:18 03:12:47 09:07:56 -05:01
2 Rebekah Keat AUS 00:55:18 05:07:25 03:08:32 09:16:55 -04:53
3 Anja Beranek GER 00:53:20 05:00:30 03:18:14 09:17:26 00:02
4 Liz Blatchford GBR 00:49:43 05:11:38 03:10:19 09:17:44 -00:25
5 Kim Schwabenbauer USA 01:02:10 05:11:20 03:03:45 09:23:02 -15:25
6 Jennie Hansen USA 01:02:14 05:11:53 03:04:34 09:24:46 -11:37
7 Erika Csomor HUN 01:00:40 05:12:18 03:09:28 09:27:51 01:46
8 Haley Chura USA 00:49:22 05:17:29 03:17:52 09:30:06 -08:11
9 Jackie Arendt USA 00:56:14 05:22:05 03:13:53 09:38:09 -14:10
10 Sarah Piampiano USA 01:01:55 05:15:17 03:19:05 09:41:58 -02:45
11 Bree Wee USA 00:57:35 05:16:59 03:23:55 09:44:08 -01:35
12 Olesya Prystayko UKR 01:01:54 05:36:37 03:32:46 10:17:19 10:58
13 Jacqui Gordon USA 01:00:45 05:30:43 03:40:28 10:18:14 09:32
14 Nina Pekerman ISR 01:02:16 05:35:38 03:34:18 10:19:24 11:06
15 Annie Gervais CAN 01:02:14 05:33:31 03:37:42 10:20:25 -17:07
16 Amanda Kourtz USA 01:15:53 05:19:04 04:09:05 10:51:24 n/a
17 Marie Danais CAN 00:57:34 05:47:42 04:04:39 10:56:32 23:49

IM Copenhagen 2013 – Analyzing Results

Race Conditions

Even if it was the first time a WTC race, the race was organized by Challenge on pretty much the same course. It was always a very fast course (course rating of 22:11), and this year was similar with an adjustment of 24:54. Both the bike (15:01) and the run (8:11) were fast.

Male Race Results

Jens Petersen-Bach had to uncork a pretty special 2:45 marathon to run down Iron-Rookie Henrik Hyldelund:

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to expected
1 Jens Petersen-Bach DEN 00:49:46 04:33:51 02:45:15 08:12:41 -01:01
2 Henrik Hyldelund DEN 00:47:19 04:23:58 02:57:52 08:13:39 n/a
3 Esben Hovgaard DEN 00:51:46 04:31:49 02:49:17 08:16:38 -13:18
4 Nick Baldwin SEY 00:52:46 04:31:05 02:49:57 08:18:08 -12:24
5 Keegan Williams NZL 00:49:50 04:33:51 02:57:50 08:25:32 -10:27
6 Dejan Patrcevic CRO 00:52:52 04:38:03 02:51:42 08:26:33 00:33
7 Jens Groenbek DEN 00:52:52 04:31:03 03:00:07 08:27:40 -04:33
8 Jacob Frandsen DEN 00:52:54 04:28:23 03:11:03 08:35:58 04:39
9 Egoitz Zalakain ESP 00:53:12 04:40:36 03:05:32 08:43:55 -07:47
10 Anders Wagner DEN 01:01:27 04:42:26 02:55:03 08:44:01 n/a
11 Michal Kulich SVK 01:01:28 04:50:37 02:57:59 08:55:16 -03:52
12 Stefan Eichheimer GER 00:56:44 04:41:54 03:11:36 08:55:38 n/a
13 Andreas Helbo Beck DEN 00:49:48 04:38:00 03:26:18 08:58:30 n/a
14 Chris Goodfellow GBR 00:52:59 04:39:52 03:21:56 08:59:10 03:23
15 Steven Janse BEL 00:58:33 04:48:29 03:10:18 09:03:29 -05:50
16 Axel Reiser NZL 00:51:42 04:51:33 03:19:00 09:07:04 13:11
17 Kasper Ougaard DEN 01:00:55 04:43:04 03:30:45 09:19:43 n/a
18 Nis Lind DEN 00:58:34 04:57:24 03:19:01 09:20:20 n/a
19 Christof Schmidt GER 00:52:59 04:38:53 03:43:17 09:20:48 10:45
20 Ludovic Le Guellec FRA 01:00:52 05:07:05 03:24:11 09:37:01 04:52

Female Race Results

On the female side, Eva Wutti posted one of the fastest IM times ever, and certainly the fastest debut:

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to expected
1 Eva Wutti AUT 00:52:55 04:39:58 03:00:51 08:37:36 n/a
2 Daniela Saemmler GER 00:53:02 04:57:42 03:08:14 09:02:51 -03:19
3 Lucie Reed CZE 00:49:45 05:00:16 03:10:07 09:04:08 -10:58
4 Camilla Lindholm SWE 01:07:29 05:03:09 03:03:42 09:19:02 -08:25
5 Tamsyn Hayes NZL 00:57:16 05:04:32 03:23:38 09:29:44 -19:24
6 Julia Grant NZL 00:56:37 05:11:35 03:19:01 09:33:42 05:58
7 Tine Holst DEN 01:03:26 05:06:16 03:24:52 09:39:36 -07:50
8 Kerstin Kiis DEN 01:00:57 05:12:39 03:27:05 09:45:29 n/a
9 Steffi Steinberg GER 01:07:19 05:21:39 03:26:19 10:00:15 n/a
10 Lionele Baroux FRA 01:04:00 05:26:43 03:47:47 10:27:32 n/a

IM Sweden 2013 – Analyzing Results

Race Conditions

Last year, the first edition of the Kalmar race as an Ironman saw the fastest adjustment I ever calculated for a race (28:44). This year, the numbers were a bit more normal (adjustment of 12:40), pretty much comparable to what we saw this year for IM Germany. The swim and run were similar to last year, and the main difference was the bike adjustment – either the conditions were very favorable last year or this year’s course was more accurate.

Male Race Results

Pedro Gomes had a great race and performed better than his ratings in all disciplines:

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to expected
1 Pedro Gomes POR 00:48:31 04:33:42 02:54:08 08:19:30 -16:37
2 David Plese SVN 00:53:56 04:35:49 02:48:40 08:22:01 -06:01
3 Anton Blokhin UKR 00:48:36 04:39:39 02:54:28 08:26:09 -08:00
4 Jarmo Hast FIN 00:50:03 04:51:24 02:50:43 08:35:40 04:36
5 Christophe Bastie FRA 00:53:35 04:36:11 03:04:00 08:37:12 -01:10
6 David Naesvik SWE 00:54:25 04:35:31 03:05:20 08:38:38 -16:22
7 Andrey Lyatskiy RUS 00:48:39 04:49:09 02:59:39 08:41:11 -08:29
8 Pontus Lindberg SWE 00:51:23 04:45:14 03:03:22 08:43:24 n/a
9 Manuel Wyss SWI 00:53:08 04:55:26 02:57:50 08:50:15 -34:17
10 Greg Close USA 00:58:22 04:52:28 03:01:31 08:56:39 -02:24
11 Steven Osborne GBR 00:58:10 05:01:07 02:54:38 08:58:16 -38:37
12 Harri Sokk EST 01:01:17 04:40:13 03:11:09 08:58:30 n/a
13 Karl-Johan Danielsson SWE 00:48:38 04:34:57 03:33:12 09:00:14 25:10
14 Ivan Alvarez Gomez ESP 00:58:18 04:57:52 03:05:00 09:05:17 -02:28
15 Fredrik Carlen SWE 00:53:30 04:50:40 03:18:00 09:05:39 -03:59
16 Morten Truelsen DEN 01:02:05 04:48:58 03:15:33 09:10:27 n/a
17 Josef Krivanek CZE 00:57:37 04:58:08 03:30:22 09:30:09 -17:35
18 Jojje Borssen SWE 01:02:24 04:57:36 03:37:38 09:42:25 n/a
19 Andrej Palinsky SVK 01:12:53 05:02:48 03:47:27 10:09:54 -33:07
20 Marek Nemcik SVK 01:15:58 05:42:29 05:16:50 12:25:03 49:08

Female Race Results

On the female side, Jodie Swallow managed to break her string of 2nd place finishes by biking a bit slower than she did in South Africa and Germany and then holding strong on the run (posting the best splits in each of the legs, and even leading the men’s race after the swim):

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to expected
1 Jodie Swallow GBR 00:48:30 04:55:39 03:06:41 08:54:01 -11:28
2 Eva Nystroem SWE 01:02:27 04:59:15 03:13:01 09:17:56 -05:51
3 Britta Martin NZL 00:58:13 05:07:15 03:12:57 09:22:18 -02:34
4 Louise Rundqvist SWE 01:05:59 05:18:25 03:20:41 09:48:39 n/a
5 Jana Candrova CZE 01:06:06 05:27:22 03:28:32 10:06:06 -00:09
6 Maria Lemeseva RUS 01:08:57 05:27:03 03:26:47 10:07:14 15:21
7 Helene Pallesen DEN 01:12:04 05:32:29 03:18:54 10:07:32 05:20
8 Simona Vykoukalova CZE 01:07:52 05:31:24 03:26:28 10:10:25 -06:55
9 Emma Graaf SWE 00:58:08 05:27:08 03:43:41 10:14:13 n/a
10 Conny Dauben GER 01:10:03 05:24:32 04:01:27 10:41:08 -00:12
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