Update (July 11th): Mareen has decided to race in Switzerland and has been removed from the UK startlist. Corinne has told me that she won’t be racing either. (Both allowed me to share this information.)
Previous Winners
| Year | Male Winner | Time | Female Winner | Time |
| 2005 | Bryan Rhodes (NZL) | 08:42:11 | Rebecca Preston (AUS) | 09:37:56 |
| 2006 | Frank Heldoorn (NED) | 08:36:34 | Dede Griesbauer (USA) | 09:37:41 |
| 2007 | Scott Neyedli (GBR) | 08:35:57 | Bella Bayliss (GBR) | 09:36:13 |
| 2008 | Stephen Bayliss (GBR) | 08:53:59 | Bella Bayliss (GBR) | 09:49:07 |
| 2009 | Philip Graves (GBR) | 08:45:52 | Bella Bayliss (GBR) | 09:34:00 |
| 2010 | Fraser Cartmell (GBR) | 08:40:18 | Yvette Grice (GBR) | 10:01:03 |
| 2011 | Aaron Farlow (AUS) | 08:24:34 | Kristin Moeller (GER) | 09:19:04 |
| 2012 | Daniel Halksworth (GBR) | 08:55:11 | Eimear Mullan (IRL) | 10:08:44 |
| 2013 | Daniel Halksworth (GBR) | 08:45:48 | Lucy Gossage (GBR) | 09:29:12 |
| 2014 | Cyril Viennot (FRA) | 08:44:10 | Tamsin Lewis (GBR) | 09:52:12 |
Last Year’s TOP 3
Male Race Results
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time |
| 1 | Cyril Viennot | FRA | 00:51:15 | 04:50:48 | 02:57:35 | 08:44:10 |
| 2 | Joe Skipper | GBR | 00:51:17 | 05:04:04 | 02:48:20 | 08:48:12 |
| 3 | Kirill Kotshegarov | EST | 00:51:14 | 04:58:58 | 02:55:41 | 08:51:01 |
Female Race Results
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time |
| 1 | Tamsin Lewis | GBR | 00:55:07 | 05:33:14 | 03:18:04 | 09:52:12 |
| 2 | Katja Konschak | GER | 00:51:17 | 05:59:02 | 03:14:34 | 10:11:25 |
| 3 | Joanna Carritt | GBR | 01:00:09 | 05:42:46 | 03:33:35 | 10:21:14 |
Course Records
| Leg | Gender | Record | Athlete | Date |
| Total | overall | 08:24:34 | Aaron Farlow | 2011-07-31 |
| Swim | overall | 00:43:35 | Fraser Cartmell | 2010-08-01 |
| Bike | overall | 04:50:48 | Cyril Viennot | 2014-07-20 |
| Run | overall | 02:41:46 | Aaron Farlow | 2011-07-31 |
| Total | female | 09:19:04 | Kristin Moeller | 2011-07-31 |
| Swim | female | 00:48:19 | Amanda Stevens | 2012-07-22 |
| Bike | female | 05:22:13 | Lucy Gossage | 2013-08-04 |
| Run | female | 02:41:57 | Kristin Moeller | 2011-07-31 |
Course Rating
The Course Rating for IM UK is 00:47.
Race Adjustments for IM UK
Ironman UK was held in Sherbourn up to 2008, since 2009 it is held in its current location in Bolton.
| Year | Adjustment | Swim Adj. | Bike Adj. | Run Adj. | # of Athletes | Rating | Swim Rating | Bike Rating | Run Rating |
| 2006 | 10:29 | 04:55 | 04:38 | 06:03 | 18 | 10:29 | 04:55 | 04:38 | 06:03 |
| 2007 | 11:09 | 03:07 | -04:13 | 10:14 | 28 | 10:49 | 04:01 | 00:13 | 08:08 |
| 2008 | -02:39 | 01:12 | -14:08 | 04:12 | 21 | 06:20 | 03:05 | -04:34 | 06:50 |
| 2009 | 02:07 | -03:07 | -10:16 | 10:41 | 16 | 05:16 | 01:32 | -06:00 | 07:47 |
| 2010 | 00:57 | 04:32 | -24:08 | 09:33 | 12 | 04:24 | 02:08 | -09:37 | 08:09 |
| 2011 | 08:04 | 04:43 | -14:36 | 23:08 | 15 | 05:01 | 02:34 | -10:27 | 10:38 |
| 2012 | -07:15 | 00:00 | -10:22 | 02:14 | 8 | 03:16 | 02:12 | -10:26 | 09:26 |
| 2013 | -05:41 | 04:02 | -12:24 | 03:09 | 13 | 02:09 | 02:25 | -10:41 | 08:39 |
| 2014 | -10:08 | 01:09 | -15:16 | 01:17 | 14 | 00:47 | 02:17 | -11:11 | 07:50 |
KPR points and Prize Money
IM UK is a P-2000 race. It has a total prize purse of 75.000 US$.
Male Race Participants
| Rank | Bib | Name | Nation | Expected Time | Rating | Exp. Swim | Exp. Bike | Exp. Run | Overall |
| 1 | 11 | David Dellow | AUS | 08:28:00 | 08:36:46 | 00:44:56 | 04:48:08 | 02:49:56 | (39) |
| 2 | 8 | Denis Chevrot | FRA | 08:32:09 | 08:38:58 | 00:45:10 | 04:55:46 | 02:46:13 | 46 |
| 3 | 6 | David McNamee | GBR | 08:33:12 | 08:44:16 | 00:46:12 | 04:53:41 | 02:48:18 | (63) |
| 4 | 10 | Victor Del Corral | ESP | 08:35:10 | 08:33:24 | 00:53:09 | 04:53:22 | 02:43:38 | 31 |
| 5 | 4 | Joe Skipper | GBR | 08:35:22 | 08:43:20 | 00:50:45 | 04:51:20 | 02:48:17 | 59 |
| 6 | 2 | Fraser Cartmell | GBR | 08:39:24 | 08:47:19 | 00:46:11 | 04:48:36 | 02:59:37 | 77 |
| 7 | 1 | Stephen Bayliss | GBR | 08:42:29 | 09:04:29 | 00:45:29 | 04:55:59 | 02:56:01 | (147) |
| 9 | 13 | Yu Shinozaki | JPN | 09:18:58 | 10:07:41 | 00:54:01 | 04:59:49 | 03:20:07 | 400 |
| 10 | 5 | Oliver Simon | GBR | 09:20:04 | 09:31:44 | 00:46:44 | 05:04:20 | 03:24:00 | 268 |
| 7 | Simon Brierley | SEY | n/a | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | (n/a) | |
| 9 | Sam Clark | n/a | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | (n/a) | ||
| 12 | Dominic Rohan-Gates | GBR | n/a | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | (n/a) | |
| 14 | Brad Williams | USA | n/a | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | (n/a) |
Female Race Participants
| Rank | Bib | Name | Nation | Expected Time | Rating | Exp. Swim | Exp. Bike | Exp. Run | Overall |
| 1 | 19 | Lucy Gossage | GBR | 09:20:51 | 09:19:24 | 00:54:57 | 05:19:12 | 03:01:42 | 11 |
| 4 | 37 | Michelle Vesterby | DEN | 09:26:44 | 09:30:27 | 00:49:45 | 05:20:58 | 03:11:00 | 27 |
| 6 | 36 | Keiko Tanaka | JPN | 09:56:12 | 10:06:13 | 00:53:04 | 05:41:16 | 03:16:52 | 104 |
| 7 | 32 | Shiao-yu Li | TWN | 09:57:26 | 10:00:55 | 01:04:40 | 05:38:10 | 03:09:36 | 89 |
| 8 | 27 | Eleanor Haresign | GBR | 10:00:47 | 10:04:43 | 00:56:58 | 05:34:42 | 03:24:07 | 101 |
| 9 | 33 | Caroline Livesey | GBR | 10:01:22 | 10:08:22 | 00:58:30 | 05:38:35 | 03:19:17 | (110) |
| 10 | 22 | Joanna Carritt | GBR | 10:05:11 | 10:13:55 | 00:59:14 | 05:38:46 | 03:22:11 | 118 |
| 11 | 30 | Anne Jensen | DNK | 10:16:26 | 10:23:30 | 01:05:47 | 05:32:22 | 03:33:17 | (144) |
| 12 | 20 | Amy Forshaw | GBR | 10:19:01 | 10:30:08 | 01:00:21 | 05:52:05 | 03:21:35 | 156 |
| 13 | 24 | Jana Candrova | CZE | 10:27:48 | 10:31:44 | 01:01:42 | 05:49:36 | 03:31:29 | 157 |
| 14 | 28 | Alice Hector | GBR | 10:40:36 | 10:57:41 | 00:53:27 | 06:07:11 | 03:34:58 | (170) |
| 31 | Kathryn King | GBR | n/a | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | (n/a) | |
| 34 | Suzie Richards | GBR | n/a | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | (n/a) |
KPR Situation
Male Race Participants
After his second place in Texas, Joe Skipper is almost assured his Kona slot with 4.015 points, but he’ll want to show that he is the best British athlete on the start list.
Behind him, there are quite a few athletes that are looking for some more points to reach my projected cutoff of 3.800 points. Most of them still have an “open points slot” and can just add their UK points to their total, for the others I’m showing the “base points” before removing their weakest result:
- Victor Del Corral (3.020, base 2.900; needs 4th or better)
- Denis Chevrot (2.820; needs 4th or better)
- David McNamee (2.695; probably needs 3rd or better)
- Will Clarke (2.405; needs 3rd or better)
- Fraser Cartmell (1.945; needs a win)
Female Race Participants
Lucy Gossage is racing for the win, with 5.425 points she is already well clear of my cutoff projection of 5.100. Diana Riesler is also safe (6.270) but she has told me that she won’t be racing. There are others that need more points:
Corinne Abraham (4.725; needs 6th or better – unclear if she’ll race, she was taken off the Switzerland list and posted on her blog that she’ll be racing Maastricht)Mareen Hufe (4.490, base 3.975; needs 3rd or better – also on the Switzerland list)- Michelle Vesterby (3.575; needs 2nd or better)
- Shia-Yu Li (3.560, base 2.600; probably too far back even with a win)
Winning Odds
Male Race Participants
Based on previous results, this looks to be a close race between Denis Chevrot and David Dellow, but David has just had a DNF in Frankfurt. If I had to pick a favorite it would be Joe Skipper who had fantastic race in Texas and is anxious to show he can ride sub-5 in Bolton and win his home IM:
- Denis Chevrot: 26% (3-1)
- David Dellow: 24% (3-1)
- Fraser Cartmell: 15% (6-1)
- Victor Del Corral: 13% (6-1)
- Joe Skipper: 12% (7-1)
- Stephen Bayliss: 6% (15-1)
Female Race Participants
Lucy Gossage is the clear favorite for the women, and another British win looks very likely. Diana Riesler won’t start, and Corinne Abraham and Mareen Hufe are also on the list for Switzerland:
- Lucy Gossage: 44% (1-1)
Diana Riesler: 30% (2-1)Corinne Abraham: 15% (6-1)- Michelle Vesterby: 8% (11-1)
Mareen Hufe: 2% (48-1)