Race Conditions
Conditions in Los Cabos seemed to be pretty hard. The swim had an adjustment of -2:29 (as far as I know it was a non-wetsuit swim in the ocean), the bike’s adjustment was -2:26 (apparently quite hilly), and the run was a little quicker, leading to an overall adjustment (and as this was the first race on this course) of -3:09.
Male Race Results
Timo Bracht redeemed himself after his DNF in Western Australia. He took control of the race on the bike, quickly shook off Maik Twelsiek after T2 and was never really in danger. Maik was in 2nd place for a long time, before being overtaken by the best runners, Trevor Delsaut and Joszef Major, and also IM-rookie Jeff Symonds.
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Actual Time | Expected Time |
| 1 | Timo Bracht | GER | 00:53:23 | 04:37:34 | 02:51:39 | 08:26:48 | 08:23:58 |
| 2 | Trevor Delsaut | FRA | 00:57:43 | 04:42:25 | 02:48:02 | 08:33:26 | 09:01:39 |
| 3 | Jozsef Major | HUN | 00:58:42 | 04:41:03 | 02:48:30 | 08:33:57 | 08:49:53 |
| 4 | Jeff Symonds | CAN | 00:53:28 | 04:44:57 | 02:54:20 | 08:37:09 | n/a |
| 5 | Maik Twelsiek | GER | 00:49:35 | 04:41:15 | 03:02:27 | 08:37:43 | 08:44:30 |
| 6 | Daniel Fontana | ITA | 00:51:41 | 04:46:19 | 02:57:06 | 08:39:24 | 08:33:18 |
| 7 | Thomas Gerlach | USA | 00:58:30 | 04:41:51 | 03:03:02 | 08:47:46 | 09:00:10 |
| 8 | Matthew Russell | USA | 01:03:02 | 04:48:51 | 02:53:41 | 08:49:57 | 09:02:30 |
| 9 | Brett Carter | AUS | 00:49:30 | 04:54:55 | 03:04:29 | 08:52:35 | n/a |
| 10 | Andres Castillo | COL | 00:49:25 | 04:51:33 | 03:11:45 | 08:57:10 | 09:07:22 |
| 11 | Axel Zeebroek | BEL | 00:49:33 | 04:44:56 | 03:22:37 | 09:01:18 | 08:51:55 |
| 12 | Bruno Clerbout | BEL | 00:51:42 | 05:11:45 | 02:55:03 | 09:02:50 | 09:01:11 |
| 13 | Andrey Lyatskiy | RUS | 00:49:47 | 05:03:30 | 03:08:33 | 09:06:13 | 09:04:33 |
| 14 | Rinalds Sluckis | LAT | 00:57:49 | 04:59:06 | 03:19:57 | 09:21:11 | n/a |
| 15 | Evgeniy Nikitin | RUS | 00:53:21 | 05:31:30 | 02:57:41 | 09:27:10 | 10:21:00 |
| 16 | Ivan Tejero Vazquez | ESP | 00:51:44 | 05:18:08 | 03:19:52 | 09:34:27 | 10:06:15 |
| 17 | Douglas Maclean | USA | 01:04:00 | 05:12:10 | 03:16:23 | 09:37:26 | 09:47:45 |
| 18 | Adam O’Meara | CAN | 00:58:32 | 05:26:08 | 03:14:03 | 09:44:11 | 09:27:35 |
| 19 | Johann Lindner | AUS | 01:00:08 | 05:14:24 | 05:41:54 | 12:01:25 | n/a |
Female Race Results
The main excitement in the women’s race stemmed from the fact that Erika Csomor’s time chip wasn’t working properly, so the first time she showed up was late in the run when it IMLive had her “in the top 3 and making a push towards the front”. She overtook Michelle Vesterby (who also had some chip issues) around the 40k mark and won by less than a minute. Lisa Ribes had a fantastic run and rounds out the top 3. Long-time leader Mareen Hufe from Germany dropped to fourth – still a very solid performance from her. My pre-race favorite Ashley Clifford wasn’t quite able to repeat her fantastic run from Florida and finished in 9th. Hillary Biscay was the last of the Pro women – she must have had a shocker bike ride.
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Actual Time | Expected Time |
| 1 | Erika Csomor | HUN | 09:35:34 | 09:34:13 | |||
| 2 | Michelle Vesterby | DEN | 00:55:12 | 05:22:36 | 03:14:18 | 09:36:31 | 09:34:20 |
| 3 | Lisa Ribes | USA | 01:04:23 | 05:21:41 | 03:07:15 | 09:38:35 | 10:00:43 |
| 4 | Mareen Hufe | GER | 01:04:03 | 05:09:23 | 03:21:52 | 09:40:50 | 09:46:15 |
| 5 | Kathleen Calkins | USA | 01:02:01 | 05:22:17 | 03:17:31 | 09:46:55 | 09:36:36 |
| 6 | Sofie Goos | BEL | 00:56:43 | 05:26:22 | 03:20:11 | 09:48:20 | 09:48:15 |
| 7 | Katy Blakemore | USA | 00:56:08 | 05:32:57 | 03:17:17 | 09:50:29 | n/a |
| 8 | April Lea Gellatly | USA | 00:56:39 | 05:26:08 | 03:24:21 | 09:52:36 | 10:19:29 |
| 9 | Ashley Clifford | USA | 00:56:24 | 05:38:10 | 03:16:09 | 09:55:50 | 09:27:45 |
| 10 | Christine Anderson | USA | 00:56:34 | 05:34:19 | 03:22:13 | 09:57:29 | n/a |
| 11 | Beth Walsh | USA | 01:04:04 | 05:40:28 | 03:10:21 | 09:59:14 | 09:48:14 |
| 12 | Yvette Grice | GBR | 00:56:42 | 05:35:04 | 03:27:55 | 10:04:30 | 10:11:49 |
| 13 | Anne Basso | FRA | 01:02:00 | 05:23:13 | 03:51:11 | 10:21:14 | 10:18:25 |
| 14 | Jessica Smith | USA | 00:56:28 | 05:29:34 | 03:54:03 | 10:24:32 | 10:00:11 |
| 15 | Trish Deim | USA | 01:10:05 | 05:33:41 | 03:40:44 | 10:29:25 | 10:27:22 |
| 16 | Jacqui Gordon | USA | 01:03:55 | 05:49:33 | 03:36:13 | 10:34:31 | 10:12:25 |
| 17 | Hillary Biscay | USA | 00:56:40 | 05:57:57 | 03:35:15 | 10:38:13 | 10:15:32 |