Race Conditions
Challenge Penticton is held on the same course as the old Ironman Canada (before that moved to Whistler). Nonetheless, the results have been a bit quicker for the Challenge race – I’m not sure why. The race adjustment of 14:16 is consistent with what we’ve seen last year (course rating of 14:07) while for IM Canada the course rating was between 4 and 6 minutes. As usual, the lake swim was pretty slow (-4:48, about as slow as the swim in Kona) while the bike and run were faster.
Male Race Results
Jeff Symonds defended his title from last year without too much drama: His bike was good enough to be in the lead, so a 2:50 marathon (slow for him) was enough to win by more than 20 minutes. Chris Bagg and Simon Cochrane completed the podium.
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | Diff to expected |
| 1 | Jeff Symonds | CAN | 00:53:39 | 04:39:28 | 02:50:36 | 08:26:58 | 04:40 |
| 2 | Christopher Bagg | USA | 00:58:59 | 04:42:47 | 03:01:42 | 08:47:01 | -35:59 |
| 3 | Simon Cochrane | NZL | 00:56:57 | 04:52:49 | 02:57:00 | 08:50:05 | -05:52 |
| 4 | Andrew Russell | CAN | 00:53:41 | 04:50:28 | 03:04:53 | 08:52:11 | 00:57 |
| 5 | Sean Bechtel | CAN | 00:53:40 | 04:47:05 | 03:11:18 | 08:55:30 | 06:14 |
| 6 | Nathan Champness | CAN | 01:01:15 | 04:38:01 | 03:16:03 | 08:59:31 | -22:45 |
| 7 | Scott Defilippis | USA | 01:01:16 | 05:02:04 | 03:00:23 | 09:07:26 | 17:21 |
| 8 | Nathan Killam | CAN | 01:01:11 | 04:53:05 | 03:10:25 | 09:08:16 | -08:48 |
| 9 | Douglas MacLean | USA | 01:02:07 | 05:01:35 | 03:02:46 | 09:11:24 | 04:34 |
| 10 | Adam O’Meara | CAN | 00:59:11 | 05:03:35 | 03:12:28 | 09:21:43 | 11:08 |
| 11 | Chris Young | CAN | 01:10:17 | 04:55:54 | 03:29:24 | 09:39:37 | -44:01 |
| 12 | Matt Lawrence | 01:01:14 | 04:51:36 | 03:48:07 | 09:45:05 | n/a | |
| 13 | Matthew Sheeks | USA | 01:11:23 | 05:06:07 | 03:30:19 | 09:51:56 | 55:07 |
| 14 | Elmar Heger | GER | 00:59:14 | 05:01:36 | 04:08:01 | 10:13:59 | -11:25 |
| Josh Seifarth | CAN | 00:53:32 | 05:10:34 | DNF | |||
| Rick Floyd | USA | 00:59:09 | 05:30:15 | DNF |
Female Race Results
After having to DNF in Boulder, Carrie Lester managed to win in Penticton – similar to Jeff with the best run time and by more than 20 minutes! Mackenzie Madison and Jen Annett finished second and third.
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | Diff to expected |
| 1 | Carrie Lester | AUS | 00:59:52 | 05:09:31 | 03:13:59 | 09:27:24 | -01:40 |
| 2 | Mackenzie Madison | USA | 01:02:10 | 05:16:24 | 03:24:55 | 09:47:49 | 12:15 |
| 3 | Jen Annett | CAN | 01:11:11 | 05:10:00 | 03:23:53 | 09:48:58 | -21:39 |
| 4 | Christine Fletcher | CAN | 01:02:15 | 05:21:16 | 03:24:51 | 09:52:40 | -10:02 |
| 5 | Jennifer Luebke | USA | 01:01:14 | 05:20:49 | 03:32:26 | 09:58:51 | -27:25 |
| 6 | Trish Deim | USA | 01:11:34 | 05:22:48 | 03:28:28 | 10:06:57 | -02:38 |
| 7 | Natasha Van der Merwe | USA | 01:02:09 | 05:24:07 | 03:40:55 | 10:11:10 | -04:46 |
| 8 | Alyssa Godesky | USA | 01:06:35 | 05:32:45 | 03:37:51 | 10:21:50 | -06:48 |
| 9 | Cathleen Knutson | USA | 01:15:21 | 05:31:37 | 03:36:15 | 10:27:17 | -09:10 |
| 10 | Jana Candrova | CZE | 01:15:40 | 05:49:36 | 03:49:46 | 10:59:33 | 52:54 |
| Karen Thibodeau | CAN | 00:59:03 | DNF |