IM Lake Placid

Updates:

• June 25th: Added James Capparell, Colin Laughery, Brent McMahon, Yann Rocheteau, Steve Rosinski, Matthew Russell and Jimmy Sosinski

Kona Slots and Prize Money

IM Lake Placid has 2 Pro Kona slots. It has a total prize purse of 40.000 US$, paying 10 deep.

Male Race Participants

Name	Nation
Max Biessmann	USA
Cedric Boily	CAN
Raymond Botelho	USA
Scott Bradley	USA
Todd Burns	USA
James Capparell	USA
Sacha Cavelier	CAN
Nicholas Chase	USA
Balazs Csoke	HUN
Eneko Elosegui	ESP
Adam Feigh	USA
Joe Gambles	AUS
Pedro Gomes	POR
Tripp Hipple	USA
Michael Hofmann	GER
Antoine Jolicoeur Desroches	CAN
Derek Kidwell	USA
Colin Laughery	USA
Sam Long	USA
Douglas MacLean	USA
Brent McMahon	CAN
Tim Rea	AUS
Yann Rocheteau	FRA
Steve Rosinski	USA
Matthew Russell	USA
Tim Russell	USA
Jake Saunders	USA
Jimmy Sosinski	USA
Andrew Talansky	USA
Thiago Vinhal	BRA
Jesse Vondracek	USA
Andrew Yoder	USA

Course Conditions

The conditions in Lake Placid appeared to be quite slow, an adjustment of -12:18 is another four minutes slower than last year. Especially the bike (adjustment of -8:12) appears to have been challenging (wind, rain?).

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money	KPR Points
1	Heather Jackson	USA	01:00:58	05:04:44	03:08:29	09:18:49	-00:40	US$ 15,000	2000
2	Jen Annett	CAN	01:02:58	05:04:59	03:20:46	09:33:48	-07:52	US$ 7,500	1600
3	Sarah Piampiano	USA	01:04:40	05:25:23	03:07:31	09:43:24	08:48	US$ 5,000	1280
4	Jodie Robertson	USA	01:02:20	05:14:57	03:23:49	09:49:56	15:21	US$ 3,250	960
5	Lenny Ramsey	NED	01:06:27	05:35:24	03:09:16	09:57:53	n/a	US$ 2,750	720
6	Jennie Hansen	USA	01:06:21	05:33:09	03:22:45	10:08:45	07:31	US$ 2,000	540
7	Caroline St-Pierre	CAN	01:01:00	05:48:20	03:23:05	10:17:04	-01:48	US$ 1,500	405
8	Rachel Jastrebsky	USA	01:05:19	05:46:41	03:22:33	10:19:49	-05:30	US$ 1,250	305
9	Robyn Hardage	CAN	01:05:13	05:45:32	03:28:44	10:25:43	07:55	US$ 1,000	230
10	Carly Johann	USA	01:04:37	05:45:14	03:36:31	10:32:51	-20:19	US$ 750	170
11	Amy Vantassel	USA	01:07:58	06:10:05	03:30:33	10:54:31	-03:31		120
12	Caroline Martineau	CAN	01:14:07	05:52:23	03:48:42	11:02:32	-05:20		85
13	Kelly O’Mara	USA	01:04:46	05:53:54	04:16:28	11:20:50	58:15		60
14	Elizabeth Nyitray	USA	01:06:31	06:16:26	05:08:50	12:38:37	n/a		40
	Valerie Belanger	CAN	01:18:45	05:22:40		DNF
	Cindy Dubois	CAN	01:14:25			DNF

Kona Qualifying

Here are the main developments:

• Heather Jackson “validated” her Kona slot with a win.
• Jodie Robertson scored enough points to be safe for a July slot. (Sarah Piampiano was already safe before Lake Placid.)
• Jen Annett has moved into the Top 28 spots for now, but she could still fall out of the slots depending on the results of the other races in the July period. (For details, have a look at my “Kona 2018 Qualifying Before the Final July Races” analysis.)

Previous Winners

Ironman Lake Placid is one of the “single-gender” Pro races, this year it will be contested among the female Pros.

Year	Male Winner	Time	Female Winner	Time
2005			Heather Fuhr (USA)	09:45:06
2006	Viktor Zyemtsev (UKR)	08:38:18
2007			Belinda Granger (AUS)	09:40:20
2008	Francisco Pontano (ARG)	08:43:32	Caitlin Snow (USA)	09:51:00
2009	Maik Twelsiek (GER)	08:36:37	Tereza Macel (CZE)	09:29:36
2010	Ben Hoffman (USA)	08:39:34	Amy Marsh (USA)	09:27:30
2011	TJ Tollakson (USA)	08:25:15	Heather Wurtele (CAN)	09:19:03
2012	Andy Potts (USA)	08:25:07	Jessie Donavan (USA)	09:47:39
2013	Andy Potts (USA)	08:43:29	Jennie Hansen (USA)	09:35:06
2014	Kyle Buckingham (ZAF)	08:38:43	Amber Ferreira (USA)	09:31:28
2016			Heather Jackson (USA)	09:09:42
2017	Brent McMahon (CAN)	08:13:53

Last Year’s TOP 3

Here are the links to last year’s race results and the 2016 race results when there was a WPRO-only race.

Male Race Results (2017)

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Brent McMahon	CAN	00:50:12	04:35:25	02:43:39	08:13:53
2	Andy Potts	USA	00:50:10	04:36:00	03:05:50	08:37:46
3	Justin Daerr	USA	00:55:54	04:50:00	02:54:46	08:45:40

Female Race Results (2016)

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Heather Jackson	USA	01:00:22	04:57:36	03:07:00	09:09:42
2	Annah Watkinson	ZAF	00:59:41	05:21:17	03:18:45	09:45:00
3	Alicia Kaye	USA	00:54:25	05:24:38	03:28:39	09:53:31

Course Records

Leg	Gender	Record	Athlete	Date
Total	overall	08:13:53	Brent McMahon	2017-07-23
Swim	overall	00:45:01	Andy Potts	2012-07-22
Bike	overall	04:33:23	Steve Larsen	2001-07-29
Run	overall	02:43:39	Brent McMahon	2017-07-23
Total	female	09:09:42	Heather Jackson	2016-07-24
Swim	female	00:50:48	Tereza Macel	2009-07-26
Bike	female	04:57:36	Heather Jackson	2016-07-24
Run	female	02:57:05	Caitlin Snow	2009-07-26

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM Lake Placid is – 02:07.

Race Adjustments for IM Lake Placid

Year	Adjustment	Swim Adj.	Bike Adj.	Run Adj.	# of Finishers	Rating	Swim Rating	Bike Rating	Run Rating
2005	-01:26	02:29	-08:54	03:46	21	-01:26	02:29	-08:54	03:46
2006	-07:39	01:06	-10:06	-05:06	29	-04:32	01:47	-09:30	-00:40
2007	-02:27	01:36	-09:51	-00:11	18	-03:51	01:43	-09:37	-00:30
2008	03:44	01:01	-02:36	01:09	38	-01:57	01:33	-07:52	-00:05
2009	-01:29	00:31	-05:59	-01:44	39	-01:51	01:21	-07:29	-00:25
2010	04:37	-02:29	-01:06	01:40	44	-00:47	00:42	-06:26	-00:04
2011	02:23	-02:22	-02:50	01:52	24	-00:20	00:16	-05:55	00:12
2012	-02:11	00:51	-04:56	-00:24	16	-00:34	00:20	-05:47	00:08
2013	-01:18	00:45	-03:27	00:50	32	-00:39	00:23	-05:32	00:13
2014	-06:04	-01:34	-02:55	02:04	24 of 29	-01:11	00:11	-05:16	00:24
2016	-05:25	-01:32	-01:41	-02:56	10 of 12	-01:34	00:02	-04:57	00:06
2017	-08:09	-02:05	-01:46	00:55	18 of 20	-02:07	-00:09	-04:41	00:10

KPR points and Prize Money

IM Lake Placid is a P-2000 race. It has a total prize purse of 40.000 US$, paying 10 deep.

Female Race Participants

The strength of the field is 14% of a typical Kona field.

#	Bib	Name	Nat	Expected	Rating	ESwim	EBike	ET2	ERun	Consistency	Overall
1	1	Heather Jackson	USA	09:07:52	09:06:45	00:57:41	05:01:19	06:04:00	03:03:52	77% +16% -7% (8)	5
2	3	Jodie Robertson	USA	09:21:18	09:21:08	01:00:20	05:06:33	06:11:52	03:09:26	40% +16% -43% (5)	20
3	2	Sarah Piampiano	USA	09:24:45	09:21:18	01:02:18	05:11:12	06:18:31	03:06:14	80% +7% -14% (22)	21
4	7	Jen Annett	CAN	09:26:01	09:34:16	01:01:20	05:02:04	06:08:24	03:17:37	47% +47% -6% (8)	43
5	6	Angela Naeth *	CAN	09:35:59	09:51:46	00:59:06	05:04:34	06:08:40	03:27:19	9% +16% -75% (7)	76
6	9	Jennie Hansen	USA	09:40:29	09:47:22	01:03:28	05:20:54	06:29:22	03:11:07	56% +0% -44% (12)	65
7	14	Darbi Roberts	USA	09:41:53	09:49:33	00:54:24	05:22:36	06:22:00	03:19:53	26% +19% -55% (11)	71
8	8	Amber Ferreira	USA	09:43:23	09:59:31	00:56:13	05:20:50	06:22:03	03:21:20	31% +11% -58% (19)	87
9	10	Nicole Valentine	USA	09:58:41	10:03:37	01:01:23	05:34:16	06:40:39	03:18:02	67% +33% -0% (6)	96
10	4	Kelsey Withrow	USA	10:00:01	10:12:43	00:51:41	05:38:28	06:35:09	03:24:52	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(116)
11	11	Ashley Paulson	USA	10:04:17	10:08:27	01:12:36	05:36:45	06:54:20	03:09:57	66% +12% -23% (10)	102
12	12	Robyn Hardage	CAN	10:06:29	10:09:34	01:02:33	05:31:57	06:39:29	03:27:00	100% +0% -0% (3)	106
13	18	Caroline St-Pierre	CAN	10:10:12	10:10:51	00:56:50	05:44:56	06:46:45	03:23:27	83% +0% -17% (5)	109
14	20	Amanda Wendorff	USA	10:12:03	10:19:23	00:59:46	05:18:35	06:23:22	03:48:41	59% +0% -41% (5)	124
15	23	Kelly O’Mara	USA	10:12:30	10:31:43	00:58:25	05:40:36	06:44:01	03:28:29	48% +0% -52% (2)	(140)
16	15	Maggie Rusch	USA	10:13:49	10:22:21	01:03:50	05:33:20	06:42:10	03:31:39	67% +9% -24% (7)	127
17	25	Rachel Jastrebsky	USA	10:14:29	10:17:19	01:01:15	05:34:56	06:41:11	03:33:18	41% +32% -27% (7)	(122)
18	21	Caroline Martineau	CAN	10:33:13	10:59:18	01:03:40	05:41:43	06:50:22	03:42:51	46% +12% -43% (10)	156
19	17	Carly Johann	USA	10:44:28	10:58:06	01:01:05	05:33:52	06:39:57	04:04:31	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(156)
20	24	Amy Vantassel	USA	10:47:53	10:56:03	01:05:05	06:07:48	07:17:53	03:30:00	51% +0% -49% (4)	(154)
	5	Sarah True	USA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	16	Lenny Ramsey	NED	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	19	Valerie Belanger	CAN	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	22	Elizabeth Nyitray	USA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	26	Cindy Dubois	CAN	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)

Note: Athletes with a ‘*’ are also registered for another race within 8 days.

Winning Odds

Female Race Participants

• Heather Jackson: 72% (1-1)
• Jodie Robertson: 11% (8-1)
• Sarah Piampiano: 9% (10-1)
• Jen Annett: 5% (18-1)

Kona Qualifying Situation

Here’s what position the athletes looking for a Kona slot will need to finish at:

• Just Finish: Heather Jackson
• Top 10: Jodie Robertson
• Top 3: Sarah True
• 2nd: Jen Annett
• Win: Kelsey Withrow

Sarah Piampiano is already safe for a slot.

Update June 21st: 

• Added Ashley Paulson and Jodie Robertson.
• Natasha Van der Merwe is no longer on the latest entry list.

Lake Placid is a WPRO-only race this year.

Female Participants

Name	Nation	KPR points	KPR races
Heather Jackson	USA	6975	1+2 (5835/500)
Linsey Corbin	USA	5625	2+2 (1900/400)
Sarah Piampiano	USA	5070	3+1 (720/750)
Jodie Robertson	USA	3980	1+2 (3400/180)
Meredith Kessler	USA	3205	1+2 (1670/750)
Jen Annett	CAN	3140	2+2 (1280/125)
Kelsey Withrow	USA	2560	1+2 (1280/640)
Ashley Paulson	USA	1045	3+1 (305/30)
Robyn Hardage	CAN	760	3+0 (60/0)
Darbi Roberts	USA	685	1+0
Lenny Ramsey	NED	475	0+2 (0/195)
Maggie Rusch	USA	450	1+1
Carly Johann	USA	415	0+2 (0/135)
Natasha Van der Merwe	USA	315	1+2 (230/10)
Caroline St-Pierre	CAN	305	1+0
Amber Ferreira	USA	300	1+1
Elizabeth Nyitray	USA	245	0+2 (0/65)
Amy Vantassel	USA	175	1+2 (40/50)
Kelly O’Mara	USA	45	0+1

Kona Qualifying

There’s a couple of athletes looking for a Kona slot:

• Heather Jackson just needs a finish.
• Linsey Corbin and Sarah Piampiano are already safe.
• Jodie Robertson should be fine with a sixth place.
• Meredith Kessler needs at least a third place. (However, she might skip Lake Placid and race an August Ironman, most likely IM Mont Tremblant.)
• Jen Annett already has four races, she’ll need at least a second place.
• Kelsey Withrow must win to get enough points for a slot.

Race Conditions

The course in Lake Placid is one of the slower ones on the circuit, and this year’s edition was particularly slow. Even though we have seen some fast times and great relative results, most athletes were slower than expected, leading to an adjustment of -8:09 (one of the slowest ever in Lake Placid) and a new course rating of -0:09. This makes Brent McMahon’s winning time of 8:13 (normalized 8:06:25) almost an equal performance to Tim Don’s 7:40 from Brazil (normalized 8:02:16) or Ben Hoffman’s 7:58 form South Africa (normalized 8:06:04).

Brent also posted new run and overall course records, beating Simon Lessing’s times from 2004 by three minutes on the run and by ten minutes overall!

Male Race Results

For most of the bike, Brent McMahon, Andy Potts and TJ Tollakson switched the lead of the race. But as soon as the run started, Brent built a big gap, eventually winning by more than 20 minutes over Andy Potts who ran a 3:05 marathon for a second place finish. TJ Tollakson wanted to make it to Kona and needed a second place, after the race he said his knee wasn’t quite ready for that and he dropped after ten miles. With the second best run (and the only one in addition to Brent who ran sub-3!) Justin Daerr finished in third.

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money	KPR Points
1	Brent McMahon	CAN	00:50:12	04:35:25	02:43:39	08:13:53	-09:41	US$ 15,000	2000
2	Andy Potts	USA	00:50:10	04:36:00	03:05:50	08:37:46	12:31	US$ 7,500	1600
3	Justin Daerr	USA	00:55:54	04:50:00	02:54:46	08:45:40	-05:04	US$ 5,000	1280
4	Greg Close	USA	00:59:54	04:51:57	03:00:35	08:57:09	-21:54	US$ 3,250	960
5	Lucas Pozzetta	USA	00:51:08	04:58:23	03:06:36	09:02:55	n/a	US$ 2,750	720
6	Paul Ambrose	AUS	00:55:46	04:51:40	03:13:08	09:05:54	10:48	US$ 2,000	540
7	Daniel Clarke	CAN	00:59:57	04:55:44	03:07:19	09:07:54	n/a	US$ 1,500	405
8	Colin Laughery	USA	00:55:50	04:59:02	03:08:10	09:09:34	-08:26	US$ 1,250	305
9	Chad Holderbaum	USA	00:58:52	04:55:02	03:13:27	09:12:55	-01:13	US$ 1,000	230
10	James Capparell	USA	00:50:00	05:02:09	03:19:07	09:16:31	08:50	US$ 750	170
11	James Lubinski	USA	01:06:43	04:55:37	03:08:56	09:16:54	-11:28		120
12	Douglas MacLean	USA	00:59:54	05:07:49	03:08:59	09:23:25	-02:45		85
13	Scott Cooper	CAN	01:03:18	05:08:47	03:08:44	09:29:37	n/a		60
14	Scott Bradley	USA	01:05:19	04:59:59	03:27:36	09:38:39	07:59		40
15	Jonathan Fecik	USA	00:57:57	05:05:12	03:31:05	09:39:26	-22:34		30
16	Timothy Clarke	USA	01:00:02	05:13:54	03:29:22	09:49:31	13:26		20
17	Sacha Cavelier	CAN	01:01:37	05:18:40	03:54:07	10:21:03	-26:02		15
18	Matt Shanks	USA	00:59:55	04:59:24	07:00:38	13:05:11	1:18:15		10
	TJ Tollakson	USA	00:50:05	04:36:01		DNF
	Bryan Rhodes	NZL	00:50:12	04:58:23		DNF

Kona Qualifying Implications

With TJ being forced to drop out of the race, only Brent McMahon secured a Kona slot. Andy Potts was already safe before the race.