Race Conditions
Conditions in Coeur d’Alene were pretty fast for the course: An adjustment of 8:04 is the fastest I’ve seen here (new course rating of 1:56). Conditions were slow as normal on the swim and bike, the changes in the bike course don’t seem to have changed times too much. This year however, the run times were pretty quick (adjustment of 6:53 with a new run rating of 2:20).
Male Race Results
Andy Potts delivered his usual strong summer Ironman, and his win was never in doubt. Victor Zyemtsev – always strong in CdA – was second with a good run, and defending champion Ben Hoffmann took third with a 2:43 marathon after an uncharacteristically slow bike.
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | Diff to expected |
| 1 | Andy Potts | USA | 00:47:57 | 04:42:35 | 02:51:53 | 08:25:44 | 02:37 |
| 2 | Victor Zyemtsev | USA | 00:53:01 | 04:46:24 | 02:46:03 | 08:28:32 | -05:07 |
| 3 | Ben Hoffman | USA | 00:53:05 | 04:48:58 | 02:43:59 | 08:29:12 | 01:23 |
| 4 | Maik Twelsiek | GER | 00:53:03 | 04:35:14 | 03:02:29 | 08:34:19 | 01:52 |
| 5 | Matt Hanson | USA | 01:00:31 | 04:53:54 | 02:42:07 | 08:39:22 | -06:42 |
| 6 | Matthew Russell | USA | 01:00:29 | 04:43:06 | 02:55:36 | 08:42:28 | -02:38 |
| 7 | Derek Garcia | USA | 00:55:34 | 04:51:30 | 03:07:53 | 08:57:57 | -00:08 |
| 8 | Patrick Wheeler | USA | 00:59:06 | 05:05:12 | 02:59:13 | 09:09:14 | -02:59 |
| 9 | Nathan Birdsall | USA | 01:09:45 | 04:59:15 | 03:16:25 | 09:28:42 | -37:02 |
| 10 | Rick Floyd | USA | 01:03:19 | 05:20:01 | 03:04:39 | 09:32:59 | n/a |
| 11 | Christopher Bagg | USA | 00:56:40 | 04:56:06 | 05:26:21 | 11:22:47 | 1:54:58 |
| Brent Mcburney | USA | 01:03:36 | 05:29:04 | DNF |
Female Race Results
Heather Wurtele took control of the race with the fastest bike split, and ended the day with a strong 3:09 marathon – winning by more than 15 minutes. Kelly Williamson never really got going on the day, still finishing second and making sure to get enough KPR points. Jessica Smith took third – she was the one with the best performance compared to her expected time.
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | Diff to expected |
| 1 | Heather Wurtele | CAN | 00:59:14 | 05:22:19 | 03:09:10 | 09:34:32 | 07:13 |
| 2 | Kelly Williamson | USA | 00:58:30 | 05:37:52 | 03:09:47 | 09:50:07 | 31:50 |
| 3 | Jessica Smith | USA | 00:59:12 | 05:29:38 | 03:26:14 | 09:58:42 | -00:52 |
| 4 | Olesya Prystayko | UKR | 01:05:06 | 05:34:43 | 03:24:49 | 10:07:59 | 06:43 |
| 5 | Jennie Hansen | USA | 01:05:18 | 05:54:07 | 03:08:17 | 10:12:09 | 42:41 |
| 6 | Ali Black | USA | 01:07:11 | 05:36:13 | 03:41:13 | 10:28:45 | n/a |
| 7 | Cathleen Knutson | USA | 01:06:37 | 05:49:12 | 03:30:49 | 10:30:43 | n/a |
| Stephanie Jones | USA | 01:05:07 | DNF |
Just an FYI – Jennie Hansen had a mechanical problem with her bike during IM Coeur D’Alene. Her front brake was rubbing for the first 35 miles; despite numerous stops and attempts to fix it (by her as well as tech support people), they couldn’t get it to stop rubbing. She lost a total of about 30 minutes on that. At mile 35 she took the front brake off completely, rode the fastest bike splits after that. This is the reason for her slower than expected bike split and lower than expected placement.
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