Race

Course Conditions

This year’s race in Port Macquarie had pretty slow conditions, especially on the run. A low adjustment of -2:35 (mainly caused by a -1:16 run) leads to a new course rating of 4:15. After a few year’s of smaller fields (9 athletes in 2012 and 8 in 2013), this year had a larger field with 16 Pros.

Male Race Results

Paul Ambrose took the lead in the second half of the bike, building a lead of almost 7 minutes into T2. Luke Bell was working hard to close the gap and whittled it down to about a minute with 5k to go. Paul was then able to find another gear and won by just over two minutes while Luke Bell had to settle for second. Brian Fuller finished third, resulting in an all-Australian podium.

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to expected	Prize Money
1	Paul Ambrose	AUS	00:47:34	04:39:24	03:05:22	08:35:53	-12:50	US$ 10000
2	Luke Bell	AUS	00:44:58	04:49:01	03:01:01	08:38:34	-14:46	US$ 5000
3	Brian Fuller	AUS	00:48:28	04:49:53	03:08:30	08:49:39	-14:36	US$ 3250
4	Luke Martin	AUS	00:50:30	04:54:20	03:08:13	08:56:19	00:32	US$ 2500
5	Nick Baldwin	SEY	00:48:24	04:46:59	03:21:11	08:59:44	06:07	US$ 1750
6	Carl Read	NZL	00:50:28	05:07:47	02:58:47	09:02:08	04:31	US$ 1250
7	Petr Vabrousek	CZE	00:52:43	05:01:17	03:18:07	09:16:07	14:01	US$ 750
8	Dan McGuigan	AUS	00:58:38	04:51:16	03:23:50	09:18:50	-40:59	US$ 500
9	Pete Jacobs	AUS	00:44:59	04:57:28	03:53:06	09:38:34	49:52
10	Graham O’Grady	NZL	00:44:56	04:59:05	03:51:24	09:38:34	08:22
11	Matt Randall	NZL	00:55:20	04:59:21	03:54:28	09:52:35	00:28
12	Josef Svoboda	CZE	01:09:27	06:07:50	04:16:34	11:42:28	-15:48
	Matt Burton	AUS	00:52:37	04:56:32		DNF
	Peter Robertson	AUS	00:48:27	05:05:48		DNF
	Lachlan Kerin	AUS	00:48:21			DNF

Both Luke Bell (3.665) and Paul Ambrose (2.875) will some more Kona points for a safe July slot. However, Pete Jacobs validated his Automatic Qualifier slot with a 9th place finish in 9:38. He was in the lead until 120k on the bike, but said on Twitter after the race that he ran out of gas at that point. 

Female Race Results

Lisa Marangon was leading the race into T2, but had to end her race early in the run. At that point, Jessica Fleming took the lead, but she was run down by Michelle Bremer who won the race with the fastest marathon. Jessica finished second, while Michelle Gailey took the third place in her come-back race.

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to expected	Prize Money
1	Michelle Bremer	NZL	00:53:13	05:18:15	03:23:17	09:38:24	-07:28	US$ 10000
2	Jessica Fleming	AUS	00:56:26	05:11:50	03:30:35	09:42:18	-10:34	US$ 5000
3	Michelle Gailey	AUS	00:52:54	05:24:59	03:28:56	09:50:51	00:01	US$ 3250
4	Marie Sorrell	NZL	00:55:52	05:24:53	03:32:24	09:57:06	n/a	US$ 2500
5	Caroline Gregory	USA	00:53:15	05:44:45	03:35:35	10:16:56	-03:13	US$ 1750
6	Michelle Wu	AUS	00:53:18	05:54:08	03:31:52	10:24:49	19:30	US$ 1250
	Lisa Marangon	AUS	00:51:59	05:13:34		DNF
	Christie Sym	AUS	00:53:01	05:16:57		DNF
	Marina Jurjevic	AUS	01:00:14			DNF

At this point, it seems unlikely that any of the female Pro athletes from IM Australia will be able to get a Kona slot.

Previous Winners

Year	Male Winner	Time	Female Winner	Time
2005	Chris McCormack (AUS)	08:25:44	Lisa Bentley (CAN)	09:13:20
2006	Chris McCormack (AUS)	08:20:42	Lisa Bentley (CAN)	09:19:44
2007	Patrick Vernay (NCL)	08:21:49	Rebekah Keat (AUS)	09:12:59
2008	Patrick Vernay (NCL)	08:31:32	Chrissie Wellington (GBR)	09:03:54
2009	Patrick Vernay (NCL)	08:24:53	Chrissie Wellington (GBR)	08:57:10
2010	Patrick Vernay (NCL)	08:23:54	Carrie Lester (AUS)	09:23:46
2011	Pete Jacobs (AUS)	08:29:28	Caroline Steffen (SUI)	09:29:54
2012	Paul Ambrose (GBR)	08:17:38	Michelle Gailey (AUS)	09:34:57
2013	Luke Bell (AUS)	08:30:23	Rebecca Hoschke (AUS)	09:34:55
2014	Elliot Holtham (CAN)	08:35:18	Melissa Hauschildt (AUS)	09:28:43

Last Year’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Elliot Holtham	CAN	00:49:26	04:49:09	02:53:28	08:35:18
2	Paul Ambrose	GBR	00:46:29	04:46:28	03:01:37	08:37:47
3	Nick Baldwin	SEY	00:50:10	04:50:54	02:56:22	08:41:19

Last year’s winner Elliot Hotham is not back to defend his title. He said that he „got so burnt out chasing points and racing Kona“ – even after winning in Australia he had to race until the end of August to collect the required points for a slot. He took a lot off time off after Kona but is now already trying to figure out how to return to Kona in 2016.

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Melissa Hauschildt	AUS	00:50:46	05:19:57	03:13:57	09:28:43
2	Lisa Marangon	AUS	00:49:49	05:12:19	03:23:53	09:30:50
3	Melanie Burke	NZL	00:58:08	05:21:39	03:09:19	09:32:53

Course Records

Leg	Gender	Record	Athlete	Date
Total	overall	08:17:38	Paul Ambrose	2012-04-29
Swim	overall	00:44:24	Luke Bell	2014-05-04
Bike	overall	04:31:25	Paul Ambrose	2012-04-29
Run	overall	02:47:20	Tim Van Berkel	2012-04-29
Total	female	08:57:10	Chrissie Wellington	2009-04-05
Swim	female	00:48:42	Melissa Ashton	2006-05-11
Bike	female	05:00:57	Carrie Lester	2010-03-28
Run	female	03:01:06	Lisa Bentley	2006-05-11

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM Australia is 05:01.

Race Adjustments for IM Australia

Year	Adjustment	Swim Adj.	Bike Adj.	Run Adj.	# of Athletes	Rating	Swim Rating	Bike Rating	Run Rating
2006	01:43	02:10	-07:45	00:29	16	01:43	02:10	-07:45	00:29
2007	04:09	01:53	-05:32	01:03	24	02:56	02:01	-06:38	00:46
2008	-00:09	-00:01	-03:18	00:46	20	01:54	01:21	-05:31	00:46
2009	02:03	-00:18	-04:25	02:34	24	01:57	00:56	-05:15	01:13
2010	07:37	04:52	03:16	00:04	14	03:05	01:43	-03:33	00:59
2011	01:59	02:13	-02:32	01:44	13	02:54	01:48	-03:23	01:07
2012	05:09	02:20	01:15	04:04	9	03:13	01:53	-02:43	01:32
2013	11:54	01:34	-03:27	07:58	8	04:18	01:50	-02:48	02:20
2014	10:40	03:32	-02:43	08:29	13	05:01	02:02	-02:48	03:01

KPR points and Prize Money

IM Australia is a P-2000 race. It has a total prize purse of 50.000 US$.

Male Race Participants

Rank	Bib	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Rating	Exp. Swim	Exp. Bike	Exp. Run	Overall
1	1	Pete Jacobs	AUS	08:24:07	08:53:49	00:45:14	04:39:42	02:54:10	102
2	4	Peter Robertson	AUS	08:33:11	08:48:32	00:45:11	04:43:47	02:59:13	(81)
3	2	Paul Ambrose	GBR	08:36:11	08:46:15	00:46:54	04:41:04	03:03:12	64
4	3	Luke Bell	AUS	08:36:40	08:53:31	00:45:45	04:41:43	03:04:12	100
5	7	Matt Burton	AUS	08:46:19	09:01:52	00:51:12	04:43:04	03:07:03	137
6	5	Nick Baldwin	SEY	08:48:29	08:56:20	00:51:28	04:50:59	03:01:02	118
7	9	Carl Read	NZL	08:51:53	09:00:23	00:50:08	04:58:59	02:57:47	133
8	12	Simon Billeau	FRA	08:53:08	08:55:43	00:52:20	04:45:14	03:10:34	116
9	16	Luke Martin	AUS	08:53:34	09:03:56	00:49:45	04:57:28	03:01:21	(149)
10	6	Petr Vabrousek	CZE	08:54:46	08:59:27	00:53:24	04:55:05	03:01:16	129
11	13	Brian Fuller	AUS	08:58:56	09:12:37	00:50:32	04:51:14	03:12:10	186
12	14	Darren Jenkins	AUS	09:10:36	09:18:23	01:01:59	05:02:02	03:01:36	209
13	8	Graham O’Grady	NZL	09:27:47	09:44:38	00:43:49	04:51:04	03:47:55	(319)
14	15	Lachlan Kerin	AUS	09:41:06	09:58:20	00:48:22	05:04:31	03:43:13	(369)
15	18	Matt Randall	NZL	09:49:39	10:13:12	01:01:15	05:03:03	03:40:22	(411)
16	17	Dan McGuigan	AUS	09:57:32	10:15:15	00:59:59	05:01:14	03:51:19	(417)
17	11	Daniel Brown	AUS	10:45:15	11:04:23	01:01:54	05:38:51	03:59:31	(476)
18	10	Josef Svoboda	CZE	11:52:39	12:12:15	01:10:21	06:12:10	04:25:09	484

Female Race Participants

Rank	Bib	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Rating	Exp. Swim	Exp. Bike	Exp. Run	Overall
1	21	Lisa Marangon	AUS	09:36:01	09:56:22	00:51:09	05:11:42	03:28:09	81
2	22	Melanie Burke	NZL	09:41:52	09:49:29	01:02:22	05:17:43	03:16:47	62
3	24	Michelle Gailey	AUS	09:41:55	09:53:53	00:51:25	05:33:12	03:12:18	75
4	23	Michelle Bremer	NZL	09:42:05	09:48:56	00:56:04	05:17:56	03:23:04	59
5	25	Jessica Fleming	AUS	09:50:22	10:07:57	00:58:41	05:20:15	03:26:27	(104)
6	28	Christie Sym	AUS	09:55:26	10:08:54	00:56:30	05:23:04	03:30:52	(108)
7	27	Michelle Duffield	AUS	10:01:23	10:08:09	00:58:47	05:30:52	03:26:43	105
8	26	Michelle Wu	AUS	10:02:43	10:20:35	00:57:15	05:48:45	03:11:43	(137)
9	29	Caroline Gregory	USA	10:08:31	10:29:36	00:53:25	05:45:55	03:24:12	154
10	31	Marina Jurjevic	AUS	10:10:02	10:28:07	01:01:59	05:16:13	03:46:50	(152)
	30	Marie Sorrell	NZL	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	(n/a)

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

There is a very interesting mix of athletes in this field. Pete Jacobs is the biggest name on paper, but he hasn’t had a good race since he won in Kona 2012. Hopefully, he was able to have a decent preparation for this race – then he would have to be considered the favorite. Peter Robertson and Luke Bell have both started in Melbourne but didn’t have the results they were looking for (Peter DNF’d probably hoping for a better day in Port Macquarie, Luke had 4h marathon and finished 15th). Paul Ambrose (winner in 2012 and second finisher last year) is hard to predict. Nick Baldwin has just finished 6th at IM Taiwan and is probably still be a bit tired.

• Peter Robertson: 34% (2-1)
• Paul Ambrose: 19% (4-1)
• Luke Bell: 17% (5-1)
• Pete Jacobs: 13% (7-1)
• Nick Baldwin: 6% (17-1)
• Matt Burton: 4% (22-1)
• Carl Read: 4% (27-1)
• Petr Vabrousek: 2% (40-1)

Female Race Participants

Lisa Marangon is always close to the front – last year she finished second to Mel Hauschildt and has to be considered the front runner for this year. But she faces strong competition in Melanie Burke (recently third at IM New Zealand), Michelle Gailey (coming back after injuries and a 2014 scare with skin cancer) and Michelle Bremer (athlete with the best rating).

• Lisa Marangon: 53% (1-1)
• Melanie Burke: 16% (5-1)
• Michelle Gailey: 15% (6-1)
• Michelle Bremer: 12% (7-1)
• Jessica Fleming: 3% (32-1)

Course Conditions

This was the first time for a full-distance Ironman-branded race in Taiwan. The typically hot conditions and the hilly bike course did not allow for fast times, a race adjustment of 8:37 is similar to Switzerland or Mont Tremblant.

Male Race Results

Ex-Pro bike racer Domenico Passuello exited the swim two minutes after early leaders Rod DeKanel, Fredrik Croneborg and Cam Brown. He quickly rode up to them, then built an eight minute lead into T2. After a solid 2:55 marathon he continued his winning streak (he won 70.3 Putrajaya a week ago), but still needs another 1.100 points for a Kona slot.

The race best marathon (2:49) allowed Fredrik Croneborg to finish second – again coming up just short of a win (he was also second at IM Malaysia), but he is now safe for a Kona slot. Third place went to Patrick Evoe who had to play catch up all day after a slower than normal swim.

Cam Brown said after the race that he had „nothing in the tank“, he still finished fourth and now also has a safe Kona slot.

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to expected	Prize Money
1	Domenico Passuello	ITA	00:52:25	04:32:16	02:55:52	08:25:54	-17:42	US$ 5000
2	Fredrik Croneborg	SWE	00:50:35	04:42:57	02:49:48	08:28:37	-07:02	US$ 2750
3	Patrick Evoe	USA	00:55:41	04:42:27	02:57:06	08:40:58	-07:24	US$ 1750
4	Cameron Brown	NZL	00:50:56	04:42:29	03:04:22	08:43:13	24:11	US$ 1250
5	Patrick Jaberg	SUI	00:52:21	04:40:53	03:05:47	08:44:46	-07:33	US$ 1000
6	Nick Baldwin	SEY	00:52:24	04:53:01	02:54:32	08:45:59	04:01	US$ 750
7	Mauro Baertsch	SUI	00:52:41	04:47:51	02:59:18	08:46:33	-11:42
8	Karol Dzalaj	SVK	00:52:13	04:45:35	03:01:12	08:46:40	-08:16
9	Mike Schifferle	SUI	00:58:23	04:37:51	03:04:12	08:50:43	-04:43
10	Samuel Huerzeler	SUI	00:52:05	04:56:15	03:05:16	09:00:29	04:32
11	Deak Zsombor	ROM	00:58:18	05:03:50	03:14:21	09:22:39	-07:19
12	Henrik Oftedal	NOR	00:57:53	05:01:04	03:26:00	09:31:35	21:56
13	Rod De Kanel	FRA	00:50:35	05:06:02	04:07:20	10:12:45	n/a
14	Daniel Brown	AUS	01:02:00	05:26:48	03:59:06	10:34:43	n/a
	Josef Svoboda	CZE	01:14:27			DNF

Female Race Results

It was almost six years ago that Dede Griesbauer won IM Brasil in 2009. She went through a long period of dealing with injuries sustained after crashing at IM Germany 2011. At 44 years of age, she is now back on full form: She finished second at IM Mallorca and also won her first 70.3 at Taiwan at the end of 2014. She’s had another great race in Taiwan: Close to the front at after the swim, then quickly building a lead on the bike, and finishing off her race with a 3:17 marathon to win by more than ten minutes.

Second place went to Dimitry-Lee Duke who had the strongest marathon. Kim Schwabenbauer took third spot, posting a new swim PR just over an hour, had a solid bike, but then didn’t quite have the run she was probably hoping for.

Because there are fewer WPRO slots for Kona, they need more points and none of the Taiwan athletes has enough points for a safe slots.

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to expected	Prize Money
1	Dede Griesbauer	USA	00:51:10	05:05:19	03:17:16	09:20:23	-24:38	US$ 5000
2	Dimity-Lee Duke	AUS	00:58:08	05:16:14	03:10:17	09:31:31	-08:11	US$ 2750
3	Kim Schwabenbauer	USA	01:00:08	05:15:41	03:15:53	09:38:35	10:45	US$ 1750
4	Shiao-yu Li	TWN	01:07:10	05:22:36	03:14:57	09:50:52	07:30	US$ 1250
5	Keiko Tanaka	JPN	00:54:39	05:21:01	03:34:05	09:55:41	14:28	US$ 1000
6	Eva Potuckova	CZE	00:51:18	05:27:31	03:32:42	09:57:47	n/a	US$ 750
7	Alena Stevens	SVK	01:01:01	05:31:40	03:38:23	10:18:01	n/a
8	Angela Kuehnlein	GER	01:01:03	05:30:53	03:42:52	10:21:28	00:33
9	Maki Nishiuchi	JPN	00:54:38	05:39:58	03:42:54	10:24:44	13:39
10	Samantha Morrison	USA	00:51:06	05:40:57	05:57:17	12:37:04	n/a
	Camilla Lindholm	SWE	01:10:54	05:27:09		DNF
	Caroline Gregory	USA	00:57:14	05:45:33		DNF

Photo Credit: Finisher Pix Twitter account (@FinisherPix)

This is the first race on this course. The „predicted“ times are therefore only based on the athletes previous results and do not take potential course conditions into account.

KPR points and Prize Money

IM Taiwan is a P-2000 race. It has a total prize purse of 25.000 US$.

Male Race Participants

Rank	Bib	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Rating	Exp. Swim	Exp. Bike	Exp. Run	Overall
1	1	Cameron Brown	NZL	08:31:17	08:27:23	00:51:05	04:42:22	02:52:50	17
2	2	Fredrik Croneborg	SWE	08:45:42	08:49:01	00:51:56	04:52:19	02:56:26	83
3	13	Domenico Passuello	ITA	08:52:22	09:07:46	00:55:31	04:44:55	03:06:56	159
4	4	Nick Baldwin	SEY	08:54:57	09:06:26	00:53:51	04:48:34	03:07:31	152
5	5	Patrick Evoe	USA	08:57:36	08:56:41	00:56:12	04:48:34	03:07:50	116
6	11	Patrick Jaberg	SUI	09:02:26	09:06:05	00:53:35	04:53:45	03:10:06	151
7	3	Karol Dzalaj	SVK	09:04:28	09:08:46	00:53:56	04:48:53	03:16:40	168
8	6	Mauro Baertsch	SUI	09:05:38	09:17:38	00:53:52	05:02:12	03:04:33	(205)
9	14	Mike Schifferle	SUI	09:05:44	09:03:54	01:00:51	04:51:49	03:08:04	146
10	10	Samuel Huerzeler	SUI	09:09:41	09:10:01	00:53:54	05:03:34	03:07:13	176
11	15	Yu Shinozaki	JPN	09:12:44	09:55:36	00:56:20	04:47:47	03:23:37	359
12	12	Henrik Oftedal	NOR	09:19:58	09:24:21	01:02:01	04:53:47	03:19:10	(241)
13	9	Eneko Elosegui	ESP	09:22:57	09:33:49	00:57:56	04:52:36	03:27:25	272
14	17	Deak Zsombor	ROM	09:44:44	09:56:30	00:57:57	05:25:11	03:16:37	(366)
15	16	Josef Svoboda	CZE	11:59:20	12:05:00	01:13:22	06:10:20	04:30:38	484
	7	Daniel Brown	AUS	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	(n/a)
	8	Rod De Kanel	FRA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	(n/a)

Female Race Participants

Rank	Bib	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Rating	Exp. Swim	Exp. Bike	Exp. Run	Overall
1	21	Kim Schwabenbauer	USA	09:39:59	09:42:16	01:02:52	05:16:42	03:15:25	46
2	23	Dimity-Lee Duke	AUS	09:44:38	09:54:42	01:02:38	05:18:04	03:18:55	76
3	25	Dede Griesbauer	USA	09:46:55	09:59:54	00:53:03	05:15:32	03:33:21	87
4	22	Camilla Lindholm	SWE	09:50:57	09:55:10	01:09:14	05:16:23	03:20:20	77
5	24	Keiko Tanaka	JPN	09:53:23	10:02:36	00:55:17	05:30:04	03:23:02	93
6	26	Shiao-yu Li	TWN	09:53:36	09:58:44	01:06:52	05:22:19	03:19:25	86
7	28	Caroline Gregory	USA	10:14:13	10:23:22	00:55:47	05:44:42	03:28:44	145
8	31	Maki Nishiuchi	JPN	10:18:52	10:21:03	00:54:02	05:32:04	03:47:46	139
9	29	Angela Kuehnlein	GER	10:37:09	10:56:27	01:03:20	05:34:41	03:54:07	(169)
	27	Sandra Fantini	FRA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	(n/a)
	30	Samantha Morrison	USA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	(n/a)
	32	Eva Potuckova	CZE	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	(n/a)
	33	Alena Stevens	SVK	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	(n/a)

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

• Cameron Brown: 70% (1-1)
• Fredrik Croneborg: 18% (5-1)
• Domenico Passuello: 5% (20-1)
• Nick Baldwin: 3% (30-1)
• Patrick Evoe: 2% (41-1)

Female Race Participants

• Kim Schwabenbauer: 33% (2-1)
• Dede Griesbauer: 30% (2-1)
• Dimity-Lee Duke: 13% (6-1)
• Camilla Lindholm: 9% (10-1)
• Shiao-yu Li: 8% (12-1)
• Keiko Tanaka: 7% (13-1)