Race Conditions
This year’s IM Canada was pretty fast, an adjustment of 7:20 was quite a bit faster than the new course rating of 3:46. It was the last time the race was held as an “official” Ironman, next year it will be held as a Challenge race on more or less the same course. It’ll be interesting to see if the Challenge brand manages to reverse the decline of the (professional) race, the depth of the field has declined quite a bit from the largest number of (pre-rated) professional athletes from 53 in 2008 down to this year’s 14 athletes.
Male Results
The strongest run put Matthew Russell into first place:
Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Actual Time Expected Time 1 Matthew Russell USA 01:03:04 04:48:41 02:53:34 08:48:30 08:58:19 2 Olly Piggin CAN 00:56:51 04:48:43 03:05:25 08:54:17 09:17:25 3 Christian Brader GER 00:57:29 04:48:19 03:09:52 08:58:59 08:53:24 4 Anthony Toth CAN 00:57:23 04:55:37 03:04:25 09:02:07 09:28:59 5 Shanon Stallard NZL 00:57:14 04:56:01 03:05:53 09:03:53 n/a 6 Matthew Sheeks USA 01:03:10 05:00:44 03:02:01 09:09:40 09:12:14 7 Nathan Killam CAN 00:57:05 05:05:21 03:10:09 09:17:00 n/a 8 Scott Tremblay CAN 01:03:07 05:07:00 03:08:23 09:22:06 09:11:00 9 Kyle Marcotte CAN 00:57:16 04:56:45 03:29:24 09:27:32 09:17:53 10 Luke Way CAN 01:01:12 05:00:11 03:25:35 09:30:44 09:40:43 11 Ryan Borger USA 00:57:36 05:19:35 03:40:00 10:01:18 n/a 12 Christopher Bagg USA 00:54:17 04:49:29 04:14:59 10:01:48 09:10:05 13 JC Ramirez USA 01:02:58 05:19:47 05:05:42 11:33:38 n/a 14 Elliot Holtham CAN 00:54:16 04:48:10 05:56:03 11:41:36 n/a
Female Results
Similarly, Gillian Clayton used the best run split to win the race:
Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Actual Time Expected Time 1 Gillian Clayton CAN 01:08:32 05:16:51 03:17:08 09:46:07 10:28:14 2 Karen Thibodeau CAN 00:55:41 05:30:09 03:21:43 09:50:52 n/a 3 Janelle Morrison CAN 01:06:46 05:16:47 03:25:57 09:53:20 09:49:25 4 Paolina Allan CAN 01:03:12 05:22:03 03:35:04 10:04:07 10:01:18 5 Alexis Smith USA 00:57:11 05:32:14 03:33:25 10:06:34 n/a 6 Stephanie Ossenbrink CAN 00:57:14 05:09:30 04:05:20 10:15:48 10:19:56 7 Trish Deim USA 01:10:02 05:19:23 03:47:48 10:21:48 10:29:40 8 Monica Dalidowicz CAN 01:02:59 05:29:26 03:47:15 10:24:07 n/a