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Ironman Coeur d’Alene 2021 – Analyzing Results

IMCdALogoCourse Conditions

Ironman Coeur d’Alene hasn’t been a Pro race for some time, but it has always been a hot summer race. This year was similar, temperatures around 100°F made the run especially hard, and some athletes suffered towards the end of the marathon, most notably Lionel Sanders who is still without a slot for this year’s Kona race. Overall, the conditions were only slightly slower than what has been normal for CdA in the last years it’s been a Pro race: This year’s adjustment was 0:31 while the course rating is just slightly faster at 3:05. 

After 5 years of no Pro races, it’s no surprise that new course records were set. Most spectacular was Carrie Lester’s new overall record at 8:54:50, improving on the 2013 record by Heather Wurtele by over 20 minutes. Carrie also set a new bike course record which was held since 2011 by Julie Dibens. 2011 was also the year of the old run course record by Caitlin Snow, this was broken by Linsey Corbin. On the men’s side, Sam Long set a new overall course record (breaking the 2013 time by Ben Hoffman) and a new bike course record, erasing the mark set by Mail Twelsiek in 2011.

Kona Qualifying

IM CdA had 6 Kona Pro slots. With 17 male and 21 female Pro starters, the slots are likely to be split evenly.

With Sam Long, Carrie Lester and Linsey Corbin already qualified, this means that these athletes should be offered slots:

  • Justin Metzler, Pedro Gomes and Jason Pohl on the men’s side 
    and
  • Fenella Langridge, Haley Chura and Kelly Fillnow on the women’s side.

The final slot allocation and any declines will be handled in the next few days. I will update this post when there are any changes. 

The full list of Kona Pro Qualifiers can be found on the “Kona 2021” page.

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money
1 Sam Long USA 00:54:13 04:18:56 02:51:12 08:07:39 -14:58 US$ 15,000
2 Justin Metzler USA 00:52:03 04:29:02 02:47:58 08:13:02 -25:22 US$ 9,000
3 Pedro Gomes POR 00:52:07 04:30:50 02:49:58 08:17:05 -20:10 US$ 7,000
4 Jason Pohl CAN 00:54:16 04:34:51 02:47:45 08:20:56 -52:14 US$ 5,000
5 Matthew Russell USA 00:59:11 04:26:44 02:54:45 08:24:53 02:06 US$ 4,000
6 Cody Beals CAN 00:52:05 04:37:34 02:56:29 08:29:58 21:09 US$ 3,000
7 Karl-Johan Danielsson SWE 00:54:07 04:35:06 03:10:40 08:43:48 -07:40 US$ 2,500
8 Tim Rea AUS 00:52:08 04:35:12 03:19:58 08:51:39 07:00 US$ 2,000
9 Balazs Csoke HUN 00:49:42 04:50:16 03:10:02 08:54:41 -19:25 US$ 1,500
10 Tripp Hipple USA 00:54:12 04:28:51 03:39:44 09:07:37 31:38 US$ 1,000
11 Lionel Sanders CAN 00:52:12 04:22:19 03:53:06 09:11:10 53:54  
12 Francis Martin CAN 01:04:41 04:46:29 03:15:15 09:12:08 n/a  
13 James Lubinski USA 01:03:19 04:55:49 03:33:43 09:40:47 26:44  
14 Patrick Brady USA 01:00:31 04:44:45 05:12:28 11:02:48 1:02:14  
  Gregory Close USA 01:01:57 04:43:08   DNF    
  Eliot Scymanski USA 00:52:11     DNF    
  Trevor Delsaut FRA 00:56:50     DNF    

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money
1 Carrie Lester AUS 00:55:21 04:48:51 03:06:31 08:54:50 -10:08 US$ 15,000
2 Fenella Langridge GBR 00:52:40 04:49:06 03:13:47 08:59:49 n/a US$ 9,000
3 Linsey Corbin USA 01:02:16 05:05:00 03:02:06 09:13:20 01:41 US$ 7,000
4 Haley Chura USA 00:49:40 05:22:43 03:05:46 09:24:01 -17:00 US$ 5,000
5 Kelly Fillnow USA 01:02:24 05:10:00 03:20:35 09:37:13 -19:21 US$ 4,000
6 Rach McBride CAN 00:55:16 05:09:23 03:32:20 09:40:58 08:58 US$ 3,000
7 Renee Kiley AUS 00:58:19 05:04:59 03:33:36 09:42:27 05:29 US$ 2,500
8 Lenny Ramsey NED 01:09:23 05:19:31 03:21:06 09:55:46 19:19 US$ 2,000
9 Kathryn Morales USA 00:57:17 05:07:25 03:48:16 09:58:35 -20:20 US$ 1,500
10 Fiona Moriarty IRL 01:02:45 05:14:49 03:36:39 09:59:00 21:16 US$ 1,000
11 Ashley Paulson USA 01:11:26 05:31:00 03:13:45 10:01:21 -03:05  
12 Zuzana Trnovcova SVK 01:09:03 05:17:16 03:46:19 10:19:30 02:01  
13 Sarah Piampiano USA 01:03:03 05:13:40 03:59:40 10:22:28 1:08:44  
14 Alyssa Godesky USA 01:03:05 05:59:17 03:45:11 10:53:53 48:10  
15 Holli Finneren USA 01:18:33 05:37:57 04:03:07 11:05:52 n/a  
16 Kelly O’Mara USA 01:02:35 05:46:54 04:15:39 11:09:49 30:28  
  Lauren Brandon USA 00:49:38 05:11:43   DNF    
  Heather Jackson USA 01:00:02 05:19:16   DNF    
  Sarah Bishop USA 01:09:21 05:11:56   DNF    
  Maggie Rusch USA 00:59:59 05:37:08   DNF    
  Anne Basso FRA 01:02:33 05:42:53   DNF    
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