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Kona 2015 Profile: Mirinda Carfrae (AUS)

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Career Highlights

  • Three-time Kona Champion (2010,13,14)
  • Kona Course Record 8:52:14 (2013) and Run Course Record 2:50:26 (2014)
  • 70.3 Champion 2007

2015 Season

  • 7th IM Melbourne 9:08:39
  • 3rd 70.3 Vineman

The last two years, Rinny’s exceptional marathon has been the deciding factor in Kona, and it was amazing to see her overcome a 14 minute deficit in 2014 with a new run course record of 2:50:26.

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“The big difference this year is the addition of athletes like Angela Naeth, Melissa Hauschildt and Heather Jackson – these three ladies have been racking up 70.3 victories for years and none of them have raced in Kona yet. They are all very strong bikers and it will be interesting to see how their presence influences the race.” In order for her superb run to matter, she has to limit the time lost on the swim and run. With everyone else working to improve their marathon time, anything over 12 minutes in T2 will be hard to make up for her this year. Rinny and her coach Siri Lindley will have to find the right balance of improving her bike without sacrificing her run strength.

After racing a big summer race last year by winning Challenge Roth, Rinny is back to the season plan she is comfortable with: Validate early (she raced Challenge Melbourne in March), then prepare for Kona in Boulder. “For me the whole year revolves around Kona. I take the full year to build up for this one race. Not many changes from other Kona build ups – continuing to be consistent in my training, it has served me well in the past. It’s the small 1% improvements that come along every so often that allow you to continue to improve. It’s always about being a better athlete than you were the year before. I think that’s realistic and would be a dream race for sure.”Having just done a few shorter races makes it hard to determine how her season went, and she herself isn’t too happy with the results: “I haven’t been able to race as well as I would have liked to. Hoping that’s being saved for one fine day in Kona Hawaii on October 10th.”

(Photo: Rinny on the Kona 2014 marathon. Credit: Jay Prasuhn)

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Ironman Hawaii 2015 (October 10th) – Predictions

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Previous Winners

Year Male Winner Time Female Winner Time
2005 Faris Al-Sultan (GER) 08:14:17 Natascha Badmann (SUI) 09:09:30
2006 Normann Stadler (GER) 08:11:56 Michellie Jones (AUS) 09:18:31
2007 Chris McCormack (AUS) 08:15:34 Chrissie Wellington (GBR) 09:08:45
2008 Craig Alexander (AUS) 08:17:45 Chrissie Wellington (GBR) 09:06:23
2009 Craig Alexander (AUS) 08:20:21 Chrissie Wellington (GBR) 08:54:02
2010 Chris McCormack (AUS) 08:10:37 Mirinda Carfrae (AUS) 08:58:36
2011 Craig Alexander (AUS) 08:03:56 Chrissie Wellington (GBR) 08:55:08
2012 Pete Jacobs (AUS) 08:18:37 Leanda Cave (GBR) 09:15:54
2013 Frederik Van Lierde (BEL) 08:12:29 Mirinda Carfrae (AUS) 08:52:14
2014 Sebastian Kienle (GER) 08:14:18 Mirinda Carfrae (AUS) 09:00:55

Last Year’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Sebastian Kienle GER 00:54:38 04:20:46 02:54:36 08:14:18
2 Ben Hoffman USA 00:51:20 04:32:20 02:51:25 08:19:23
3 Jan Frodeno GER 00:50:56 04:37:19 02:47:46 08:20:32

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Mirinda Carfrae AUS 01:00:14 05:05:48 02:50:26 09:00:55
2 Daniela Ryf SUI 00:56:55 04:54:33 03:07:00 09:02:57
3 Rachel Joyce GBR 00:56:47 04:56:49 03:06:27 09:04:23

Course Records

Leg Gender Record Athlete Date
Total overall 08:03:56 Craig Alexander 2011-10-15
Swim overall 00:46:41 Lars Jorgensen 1998-10-03
Bike overall 04:18:23 Normann Stadler 2006-10-21
Run overall 02:40:04 Mark Allen 1989-10-11
Total female 08:52:14 Mirinda Carfrae 2013-10-12
Swim female 00:48:43 Jodi Jackson 1999-10-16
Bike female 04:44:19 Karin Thuerig 2011-10-15
Run female 02:50:26 Mirinda Carfrae 2014-10-11

KPR points and Prize Money

IM Hawaii is a P-8000 race. It has a total prize purse of 650.000 US$.

Male Race Participants

Rank Bib Name Nation Expected Time Rating Exp. Swim Exp. Bike Exp. Run Overall
1 2 Jan Frodeno GER 08:13:40 08:08:18 00:50:07 04:29:00 02:49:33 1
2 1 Sebastian Kienle GER 08:16:52 08:08:50 00:54:16 04:21:53 02:55:43 2
3 3 Frederik Van Lierde BEL 08:18:09 08:15:48 00:51:09 04:28:02 02:53:58 4
4 14 Marino Vanhoenacker BEL 08:19:04 08:19:10 00:52:45 04:25:03 02:56:16 5
5 18 Brent McMahon CAN 08:19:26 08:20:26 00:50:53 04:33:11 02:50:23 (7)
6 35 Andreas Raelert GER 08:21:18 08:20:03 00:52:42 04:32:15 02:51:20 6
7 6 Nils Frommhold GER 08:22:14 08:15:11 00:51:24 04:28:50 02:57:00 3
8 34 Andi Boecherer GER 08:23:26 08:30:03 00:50:39 04:26:24 03:01:22 18
9 5 Andy Potts USA 08:24:53 08:24:37 00:50:10 04:36:45 02:52:58 11
10 42 Jordan Rapp USA 08:27:19 08:25:35 00:55:43 04:28:27 02:58:09 16
11 20 Bas Diederen NED 08:27:27 08:23:30 00:51:32 04:35:06 02:55:49 9
12 24 Ivan Rana ESP 08:27:43 08:24:54 00:51:32 04:41:43 02:49:28 13
13 30 Clemente Alonso McKernan ESP 08:28:09 08:25:34 00:51:12 04:38:34 02:53:24 15
14 27 Michael Weiss AUT 08:28:47 08:30:23 00:58:19 04:27:54 02:57:35 20
15 10 Ronnie Schildknecht SUI 08:29:18 08:25:26 00:55:34 04:34:48 02:53:56 14
16 28 Eneko Llanos ESP 08:29:26 08:23:47 00:51:51 04:33:08 02:59:27 10
17 8 Bart Aernouts BEL 08:29:30 08:24:43 00:55:59 04:37:54 02:50:37 12
18 21 Timothy O’Donnell USA 08:29:33 08:31:54 00:50:48 04:36:11 02:57:34 25
19 4 Ben Hoffman USA 08:29:52 08:32:50 00:51:47 04:35:20 02:57:46 28
20 7 Tim Van Berkel AUS 08:30:56 08:31:26 00:52:21 04:40:12 02:53:23 24
21 32 Brad Kahlefeldt AUS 08:31:52 08:37:12 00:49:53 04:45:15 02:51:44 (39)
22 43 Christian Kramer GER 08:32:20 08:32:39 00:51:34 04:38:40 02:57:05 27
23 36 Luke McKenzie AUS 08:33:13 08:37:19 00:52:29 04:31:54 03:03:51 40
24 29 Tyler Butterfield BMU 08:33:17 08:31:10 00:52:31 04:34:34 03:01:12 23
25 23 Cameron Brown NZL 08:34:07 08:30:17 00:54:51 04:40:23 02:53:53 19
26 16 Cyril Viennot FRA 08:34:09 08:36:07 00:54:34 04:37:00 02:57:36 38
27 19 Matt Trautman ZAF 08:34:53 08:30:45 00:54:43 04:39:09 02:56:00 21
28 50 Maik Twelsiek GER 08:35:22 08:38:14 00:53:43 04:27:49 03:08:51 43
29 15 Jeff Symonds CAN 08:35:39 08:39:21 00:54:57 04:45:27 02:50:15 48
30 22 Romain Guillaume FRA 08:37:48 08:43:23 00:51:36 04:35:57 03:05:15 61
31 47 Viktor Zyemtsev USA 08:38:10 08:35:16 00:54:49 04:43:30 02:54:51 36
32 40 Igor Amorelli BRA 08:38:22 08:34:44 00:51:01 04:38:59 03:03:23 34
33 46 Terenzo Bozzone NZL 08:38:40 08:34:45 00:51:27 04:41:53 03:00:20 35
34 12 Matt Hanson USA 08:38:55 08:42:12 00:58:23 04:47:02 02:48:30 56
35 33 David McNamee GBR 08:39:18 08:39:30 00:52:02 04:45:00 02:57:16 (49)
36 31 Callum Millward NZL 08:40:04 08:40:26 00:52:20 04:44:25 02:58:19 (54)
37 37 Boris Stein GER 08:40:48 08:34:09 01:00:43 04:38:05 02:57:00 32
38 48 Kyle Buckingham ZAF 08:41:34 08:33:13 00:53:10 04:40:19 03:03:05 30
39 57 Jeremy Jurkiewicz FRA 08:42:07 08:38:59 00:51:11 04:48:22 02:57:34 46
40 56 Matt Chrabot USA 08:42:39 08:38:27 00:50:47 04:44:03 03:02:48 44
41 41 Denis Chevrot FRA 08:43:17 08:43:53 00:51:28 04:47:40 02:59:10 66
42 58 Justin Daerr USA 08:43:56 08:42:49 00:56:43 04:43:41 02:58:32 59
43 45 Pedro Gomes POR 08:44:13 08:42:19 00:54:50 04:44:18 03:00:06 57
44 52 Fraser Cartmell GBR 08:44:30 08:44:22 00:52:19 04:39:31 03:07:40 67
45 49 Jan Van Berkel SUI 08:44:33 08:48:03 00:52:13 04:39:10 03:08:09 84
46 26 Joe Skipper GBR 08:45:04 08:43:23 00:58:47 04:40:42 03:00:35 61
47 25 Guilherme Manocchio BRA 08:45:06 08:48:56 00:53:50 04:44:17 03:01:59 85
48 54 Miquel Blanchart Tinto ESP 08:45:46 08:42:51 00:53:09 04:53:26 02:54:11 60
49 17 Tim Don GBR 08:46:53 08:52:21 00:51:43 04:53:09 02:57:01 (97)
50 53 Daniel Bretscher USA 08:47:04 08:47:10 00:56:21 04:47:08 02:58:34 (80)
51 55 Luke Bell AUS 08:48:11 08:53:55 00:51:12 04:41:39 03:10:20 106
52 9 Lionel Sanders CAN 08:49:36 08:51:24 01:00:46 04:36:23 03:07:27 (96)
53 39 Fredrik Croneborg SWE 08:49:50 08:47:53 00:56:24 04:51:38 02:56:48 83
54 38 Dylan McNeice NZL 08:50:20 08:51:12 00:49:35 04:51:33 03:04:12 95
55 44 Paul Ambrose AUS 08:51:33 08:44:27 00:53:39 04:42:53 03:10:00 68

Female Race Participants

Rank Bib Name Nation Expected Time Rating Exp. Swim Exp. Bike Exp. Run Overall
1 101 Mirinda Carfrae AUS 09:03:59 08:57:08 00:59:03 05:05:00 02:54:57 1
2 105 Rachel Joyce GBR 09:07:22 09:07:58 00:55:27 04:59:17 03:07:38 3
3 102 Daniela Ryf SUI 09:08:15 09:03:14 00:56:26 04:56:39 03:10:09 2
4 104 Caroline Steffen SUI 09:13:04 09:11:03 00:56:07 05:00:03 03:11:54 4
5 103 Jodie Swallow GBR 09:15:50 09:14:13 00:52:58 05:03:07 03:14:45 5
6 109 Meredith Kessler USA 09:17:45 09:20:23 00:53:50 05:02:51 03:16:04 14
7 119 Eva Wutti AUT 09:19:14 09:16:23 01:01:18 05:03:36 03:09:21 8
8 115 Liz Blatchford AUS 09:20:28 09:17:07 00:55:07 05:09:55 03:10:26 10
9 106 Julia Gajer GER 09:20:33 09:15:15 00:58:08 05:09:20 03:08:06 7
10 110 Leanda Cave GBR 09:21:20 09:21:41 00:54:41 05:06:29 03:15:09 15
11 107 Mary Beth Ellis USA 09:21:45 09:17:03 00:54:47 05:02:36 03:19:23 9
12 112 Angela Naeth CAN 09:22:52 09:26:31 01:02:54 04:59:52 03:15:05 21
13 111 Melissa Hauschildt AUS 09:23:11 09:32:28 00:59:54 05:06:06 03:12:11 (31)
14 108 Gina Crawford NZL 09:24:58 09:23:49 00:55:48 05:12:36 03:11:34 18
15 117 Lucy Gossage GBR 09:25:35 09:18:15 01:02:49 05:07:00 03:10:46 11
16 122 Michelle Vesterby DEN 09:25:48 09:23:14 00:55:41 05:06:09 03:18:58 16
17 114 Elizabeth Lyles USA 09:26:39 09:28:00 01:00:49 05:12:52 03:07:59 22
18 118 Camilla Pedersen DEN 09:29:07 09:24:46 00:55:42 05:08:08 03:20:17 20
19 121 Susie Cheetham GBR 09:30:02 09:30:41 01:01:25 05:13:18 03:10:18 (28)
20 140 Caitlin Snow USA 09:30:20 09:32:40 00:59:44 05:20:00 03:05:36 31
21 120 Diana Riesler GER 09:30:54 09:32:41 01:02:27 05:02:37 03:20:50 32
22 131 Kelly Williamson USA 09:31:36 09:29:00 00:57:15 05:27:15 03:02:07 23
23 136 Tine Deckers BEL 09:31:38 09:29:01 01:03:09 05:05:49 03:17:40 24
24 125 Heather Jackson USA 09:32:25 09:34:28 01:03:14 05:06:06 03:18:05 38
25 116 Heather Wurtele CAN 09:33:09 09:30:01 00:59:04 05:07:32 03:21:32 25
26 130 Annabel Luxford AUS 09:33:50 09:39:48 00:56:25 05:02:53 03:29:32 (46)
27 126 Britta Martin NZL 09:34:14 09:30:53 01:03:41 05:13:34 03:12:00 28
28 124 Beth Gerdes USA 09:34:41 09:42:34 01:05:42 05:18:29 03:05:31 50
29 123 Amanda Stevens USA 09:35:11 09:33:26 00:54:28 05:12:19 03:23:24 35
30 141 Sofie Goos BEL 09:35:29 09:35:53 01:00:56 05:11:14 03:18:20 40
31 139 Sarah Piampiano USA 09:37:34 09:43:05 01:06:13 05:10:39 03:15:41 52
32 128 Mareen Hufe GER 09:37:35 09:36:01 01:04:26 05:05:06 03:23:03 41
33 127 Ruth Brennan Morrey USA 09:37:58 09:38:19 01:10:01 05:17:22 03:05:34 (46)
34 137 Asa Lundstroem SWE 09:38:18 09:34:18 01:05:20 05:09:58 03:18:01 37
35 129 Haley Chura USA 09:38:20 09:37:19 00:53:04 05:18:09 03:22:08 44
36 132 Dede Griesbauer USA 09:41:42 09:55:09 00:56:51 05:11:43 03:28:08 79
37 133 Astrid Stienen GER 09:41:59 09:40:27 01:03:47 05:09:29 03:23:43 48
38 113 Ariane Monticeli BRA 09:44:24 09:49:02 01:07:20 05:22:42 03:09:23 62
39 142 Laurel Wassner USA 09:50:30 09:48:21 00:58:46 05:29:16 03:17:29 61
40 134 Dimity-Lee Duke AUS 09:51:34 09:50:56 01:06:49 05:19:53 03:19:52 69
41 138 Shiao-yu Li TWN 10:05:50 10:02:37 01:13:44 05:29:24 03:17:41 95

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Ironman Barcelona 2015 (Oct 4th) – Predictions

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Previous Winners

Year Male Winner Time Female Winner Time
2014 Clemente Alonso McKernan (ESP) 08:04:13 Eva Wutti (AUT) 08:49:21

Last Year’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Clemente Alonso McKernan ESP 00:49:22 04:25:31 02:46:14 08:04:13
2 Miquel Blanchart Tinto ESP 00:49:36 04:25:41 02:46:37 08:04:38
3 Konstantin Bachor GER 00:49:40 04:19:40 02:57:49 08:09:42

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Eva Wutti AUT 01:00:42 04:41:30 03:04:02 08:49:21
2 Camilla Pedersen DEN 00:53:35 04:49:13 03:13:02 08:58:46
3 Susie Cheetham GBR 00:58:43 04:52:10 03:09:19 09:03:32

Course Records

Leg Gender Record Athlete Date
Total overall 08:04:13 Clemente Alonso McKernan 2014-10-05
Swim overall 00:49:22 Clemente Alonso McKernan 2014-10-05
Bike overall 04:19:40 Konstantin Bachor 2014-10-05
Run overall 02:46:14 Clemente Alonso McKernan 2014-10-05
Total female 08:49:21 Eva Wutti 2014-10-05
Swim female 00:53:35 Camilla Pedersen 2014-10-05
Bike female 04:41:30 Eva Wutti 2014-10-05
Run female 03:04:02 Eva Wutti 2014-10-05

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM Barcelona is 18:42.

Race Adjustments for IM Barcelona

Year Adjustment Swim Adj. Bike Adj. Run Adj. # of Athletes Rating Swim Rating Bike Rating Run Rating
2014 18:42 -02:16 17:59 04:19 41 18:42 -02:16 17:59 04:19

KPR points and Prize Money

IM Barcelona is a P-2000 race. It has a total prize purse of 50.000 US$.

Male Race Participants

Rank Bib Name Nation Expected Time Rating Exp. Swim Exp. Bike Exp. Run Overall
1 37 Tim Brydenbach BEL 08:20:20 08:48:42 00:48:59 04:31:39 02:54:41 (85)
2 6 Per Bittner GER 08:21:29 08:41:33 00:51:58 04:26:18 02:58:13 55
3 2 Horst Reichel GER 08:21:58 09:05:12 00:50:51 04:27:12 02:58:54 158
4 60 David Plese SLO 08:24:17 08:39:59 00:55:18 04:27:24 02:56:34 50
5 20 Michael Ruenz GER 08:28:29 09:03:04 00:55:28 04:33:19 02:54:42 145
6 3 Ritchie Nicholls GBR 08:28:39 08:53:11 00:52:45 04:41:12 02:49:42 (99)
7 12 Anton Blokhin UKR 08:29:08 08:53:31 00:51:15 04:33:01 02:59:52 101
8 92 Chris McDonald AUS 08:30:01 08:45:19 00:55:48 04:28:21 03:00:51 71
9 10 Marek Jaskolka POL 08:30:47 08:44:39 00:51:20 04:38:08 02:56:20 69
10 63 Mauro Baertsch SUI 08:31:22 09:01:07 00:56:04 04:31:47 02:58:31 135
11 23 Matic Modic SLO 08:32:29 09:04:49 00:56:33 04:31:37 02:59:19 156
12 5 Stephen Bayliss GBR 08:33:07 08:50:51 00:50:18 04:33:53 03:03:57 92
13 4 Sergio Marques POR 08:33:52 08:55:24 00:57:12 04:39:27 02:52:13 115
14 1 Sylvain Sudrie FRA 08:33:55 09:03:03 00:51:58 04:32:58 03:03:59 (145)
15 62 Dirk Wijnalda NED 08:35:13 09:03:00 00:59:36 04:34:41 02:55:56 144
16 69 Bertrand Billard FRA 08:37:13 09:02:55 00:51:29 04:27:09 03:13:35 143
17 65 Sylvain Rota FRA 08:38:25 08:59:35 00:54:58 04:31:01 03:07:26 (129)
18 99 Andreas Niedrig GER 08:38:28 09:06:55 00:49:42 04:23:12 03:20:34 162
19 7 Georg Swoboda AUT 08:39:18 09:03:28 00:58:27 04:23:30 03:12:21 151
20 8 Harry Wiltshire GBR 08:39:19 09:01:52 00:50:08 04:35:29 03:08:43 138
21 100 Xavier Torrades ESP 08:40:53 09:10:25 00:49:30 04:42:25 03:03:58 (180)
22 98 Petr Vabrousek CZE 08:43:15 09:00:20 00:58:14 04:37:10 03:02:51 130
23 21 Vincent Riess AUT 08:45:03 09:18:18 00:57:21 04:47:36 02:55:06 (215)
24 13 Sebastian Bleisteiner GER 08:45:04 09:05:19 00:54:30 04:39:38 03:05:56 159
25 34 Jose Luis Villanueva ESP 08:46:47 09:03:27 01:01:16 04:42:16 02:58:15 (150)
26 41 Hannes Cool BEL 08:49:33 09:13:42 00:54:18 04:39:21 03:10:54 192
27 68 Herve Banti MCO 08:51:08 09:20:14 00:53:54 04:33:01 03:19:13 (218)
28 24 Bryan McCrystal IRL 08:51:28 09:21:36 01:07:35 04:28:49 03:10:04 (226)
29 46 Martin Droell GER 08:55:51 09:31:54 01:00:50 04:42:04 03:07:57 (268)
30 44 Roman Deisenhofer GER 09:00:01 09:26:16 00:55:13 04:32:19 03:27:28 (242)
31 15 Denis Sketako SLO 09:00:58 09:31:39 01:04:00 04:37:02 03:14:57 (267)
32 58 Josep Vinolas ESP 09:02:53 09:48:52 00:55:03 04:36:02 03:26:47 (327)
33 35 Antonio Cardona ESP 09:04:24 09:35:16 00:58:52 04:43:53 03:16:39 (286)
34 51 Enric Gussinyer ESP 09:04:53 09:28:33 00:53:23 04:38:36 03:27:54 247
35 43 Luca De Paolis ITA 09:05:19 09:41:45 01:03:55 04:45:37 03:10:47 305
36 32 Michael Louys BEL 09:05:43 09:31:06 01:04:09 04:44:35 03:11:59 264
37 16 Oliver Simon GBR 09:07:16 09:29:45 00:51:44 04:41:11 03:29:20 255
38 25 Urs Mueller SWI 09:07:47 09:33:14 00:58:55 04:43:32 03:20:20 (274)
39 53 Allan Hovda NOR 09:09:59 09:41:11 01:09:32 04:49:16 03:06:11 (304)
40 18 Craig Twigg GBR 09:10:33 09:53:29 00:55:30 04:32:57 03:37:07 347
41 27 Ivan Jezko SVK 09:16:17 09:47:17 01:02:17 04:46:32 03:22:28 322
42 47 Rafael Espinar Puig ESP 09:22:19 09:42:24 01:07:28 05:01:24 03:08:27 307
43 29 David Jilek CZE 09:23:57 09:47:14 01:01:58 04:48:13 03:28:46 321
44 40 Emanuele Ciotti ITA 09:25:06 09:57:09 00:56:37 04:52:48 03:30:41 (359)
45 59 Lukas Polan CZE 09:26:07 09:58:47 01:05:54 04:52:13 03:23:00 361
46 45 Vincent Depuiset FRA 09:28:56 09:54:46 01:10:29 04:55:20 03:18:07 351
47 28 Ivan Kharin RUS 09:30:59 10:00:02 01:07:19 04:57:07 03:21:32 366
48 31 Ludovic Le Guellec FRA 09:36:26 10:16:36 01:04:26 05:04:14 03:22:46 419
49 33 Magnus Magnoy SWE 09:37:27 10:10:12 00:00:00 00:00:00 00:00:00 (399)
50 36 Fabio Carvalho BRA 09:40:31 10:10:41 00:49:33 05:04:48 03:41:10 399
51 30 Roman Krutina CZE 09:43:29 10:16:34 00:59:33 04:55:33 03:43:23 (419)
52 22 Gilian Oriet SUI 09:46:44 10:26:12 01:01:50 04:48:17 03:51:37 (451)
53 14 Remmert Wielinga NED 09:46:50 10:36:58 01:15:19 04:46:44 03:39:47 (465)
54 50 Gili Oriol ESP 10:13:09 10:47:55 00:59:18 05:12:51 03:56:00 (475)
55 55 Michal Jalovecky CZE 10:18:23 10:52:18 01:04:21 05:37:59 03:31:02 (477)
56 70 Ruedi Wild SUI 10:20:47 10:56:00 00:52:06 04:35:56 04:47:45 (477)
57 9 Valentin Zasypkin RUS 10:25:25 11:25:05 01:12:37 05:17:15 03:50:32 484
58 38 Simon Brierley SEY 10:25:49 11:01:18 01:03:48 05:25:03 03:51:57 (478)
59 64 Marek Nemcik SVK 11:19:57 12:03:27 01:14:23 05:28:35 04:31:58 486
11 Albert Molins ESP n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated (n/a)
19 Frederic Schaffner FRA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated (n/a)
26 Xavier Nunez ESP n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated (n/a)
39 Javier Castro romero ESP n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated (n/a)
48 Matteo Fontana ITA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated (n/a)
49 Jens Frommhold GER n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated (n/a)
52 Benoit Bigot FRA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated (n/a)
54 Mikita Hryhoryeu POL n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated (n/a)
56 David Rovira doñate ESP n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated (n/a)
57 Lluis Vila aguilar ESP n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated (n/a)
61 Mikolaj Luft POL n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated (n/a)
67 Philip Mosley GBR 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 71 Yvonne Van Vlerken NED 09:00:07 09:15:13 01:00:49 04:45:01 03:09:17 6
2 83 Elisabeth Gruber AUT 09:15:41 09:40:23 01:03:50 04:56:15 03:10:36 46
3 72 Natascha Badmann SUI 09:17:09 09:33:12 01:04:24 04:48:11 03:19:34 33
4 74 Eimear Mullan IRL 09:19:50 10:04:46 01:01:55 05:02:04 03:10:51 (101)
5 85 Camilla Lindholm SWE 09:20:02 09:49:46 01:10:48 04:50:49 03:13:25 67
6 78 Martina Dogana ITA 09:25:08 09:46:48 00:59:44 05:07:28 03:12:56 57
7 80 Evi Neuscheler GER 09:25:59 09:54:16 01:05:53 04:51:17 03:23:49 76
8 89 Natascha Schmitt GER 09:33:58 10:11:32 00:56:45 05:13:45 03:18:28 117
9 94 Verena Walter GER 09:43:34 10:06:41 01:02:17 05:05:57 03:30:20 107
10 88 Lina-Kristin Schink GER 09:49:30 10:13:36 01:14:05 05:07:39 03:22:46 123
11 81 Svetlana Blazevic SRB 09:50:19 10:13:53 00:55:17 05:12:54 03:37:07 125
12 76 Jacqui Gordon USA 09:57:24 10:15:42 01:03:58 05:11:02 03:37:24 130
13 79 Nicole Woysch GER 10:02:28 10:47:51 01:01:23 05:11:35 03:44:30 (179)
14 82 Anna Rovira Garrido ESP 10:04:07 10:48:08 01:13:39 05:11:58 03:33:30 (180)
15 95 Vanessa Pereira POR 10:11:11 10:37:43 01:06:06 05:23:37 03:36:27 172
16 93 Michelle Vella Wood MLT 12:57:22 13:41:27 01:04:33 05:51:06 05:56:42 (187)
77 Kendra Goffredo USA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated (n/a)
84 Kaisa Lehtonen FIN n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated (n/a)
87 Michaela Renner-Schneck GER n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated (n/a)
96 Elise Maury FRA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated (n/a)
97 Vanessa Raw GBR n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated (n/a)

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

  • Horst Reichel: 25% (3-1)
  • Per Bittner: 19% (4-1)
  • Mauro Baertsch: 13% (7-1)
  • David Plese: 9% (10-1)
  • Anton Blokhin: 6% (15-1)
  • Matic Modic: 5% (20-1)
  • Michael Ruenz: 4% (24-1)
  • Chris McDonald: 4% (24-1)
  • Stephen Bayliss: 4% (25-1)
  • Sergio Marques: 3% (33-1)
  • Tim Brydenbach: 3% (35-1)
  • Andreas Niedrig: 2% (52-1)

Female Race Participants

  • Yvonne Van Vlerken: 61% (1-1)
  • Camilla Lindholm: 12% (7-1)
  • Natascha Badmann: 9% (11-1)
  • Eimear Mullan: 9% (11-1)
  • Elisabeth Gruber: 8% (11-1)

Ironman Chattanooga 2015 – Analyzing Results

Race Conditions

The main feature of the course in Chattanooga is the very fast swim. While it was maybe five minutes slower than last year, it was still about 10 minutes quicker than a typical IM swim. In Chattanooga’s second year, we saw a new male bike and course record by winner Krill Kotshegarov and new female run course record by Lisa Ribes. 

Male Race Results

The male race saw the top three finishers enter the finish chute together – the race was decided in a three-way sprint between Krill Kotshegarov, Matt Chrabot and Stefan Schmidt, all of them finishing within 8 seconds!

This close finish lead to a short discussion on Twitter about the closest races – here’s the consensus:

  • 1-2: 1 second between Pauli Kiuru and Ken Glah at Ironman New Zealand 1990
  • 1-3: 8 seconds between Krill Kotshegarov, Matt Chrabot and Stefan Schmidt at IM Chattanooga 2015,
    was 41 seconds between Chuckie Veylupek, Shingo Tani and Bryan Rhodes at IM Canada 1999
  • 1-4: 73 seconds between Jozsef Major, TJ Tollakson, Jordan Rapp and James Bonney at IM Arizona April 2008
    (closely missing the old 1-3 record as the difference at Arizona was 45 seconds) 
Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to expected Prize Money
1 Kirill Kotshegarov EST 00:44:51 04:27:37 02:50:53 08:08:32 -21:41 US$ 20000
2 Matt Chrabot USA 00:40:56 04:31:19 02:51:05 08:08:34 -20:03 US$ 10000
3 Stefan Schmid GER 00:44:25 04:27:31 02:51:05 08:08:40 -22:03 US$ 6500
4 Eric Limkemann USA 00:40:52 04:29:51 02:57:41 08:12:59 -19:17 US$ 4000
5 Esben Hovgaard DEN 00:44:54 04:31:57 02:54:03 08:15:56 -20:11 US$ 3000
6 Trevor Wurtele CAN 00:44:38 04:31:48 02:56:29 08:18:06 -17:49 US$ 2000
7 Matthew Russell USA 00:48:55 04:33:42 02:51:45 08:20:37 -17:03 US$ 1500
8 Darby Thomas FIN 00:49:09 04:34:24 02:53:32 08:21:44 -13:38 US$ 1250
9 TJ Tollakson USA 00:42:46 04:29:39 03:04:24 08:21:48 -03:01 US$ 1000
10 Thomas Gerlach USA 00:44:40 04:32:04 03:00:33 08:21:54 -23:28 US$ 750
11 Karl-Johan Danielsson SWE 00:44:16 04:27:48 03:09:03 08:26:42 -24:39  
12 Scott Defilippis USA 00:48:03 04:46:33 02:49:08 08:28:50 -26:45  
13 Ben Collins USA 00:42:25 04:38:24 03:03:05 08:29:51 n/a  
14 Balazs Csoke HUN 00:40:48 04:45:37 03:06:29 08:38:00 -08:47  
15 Mike Schifferle SUI 00:49:16 04:38:28 03:02:22 08:38:20 -09:12  
16 Raymond Botelho USA 00:45:14 04:35:42 03:20:04 08:47:08 -28:03  
17 Todd Israel AUS 00:44:19 04:53:22 03:05:11 08:48:40 08:23  
18 Matthew Curbeau USA 00:46:28 04:39:11 03:16:37 08:49:08 -10:15  
19 Jozsef Major HUN 00:49:00 04:38:47 03:15:41 08:49:24 11:45  
20 Greg Close USA 00:49:04 04:50:32 03:04:56 08:49:43 -09:47  
21 Chad Holderbaum USA 00:44:51 04:43:41 03:16:14 08:50:00 -04:46  
22 Nathan Buttrick USA 00:49:17 04:43:14 03:16:19 08:54:32 -04:21  
23 Douglas MacLean USA 00:48:05 05:00:39 03:00:15 08:54:59 -11:52  
24 Michael Starkey USA 00:49:53 04:52:54 03:07:06 08:55:16 -19:03  
25 Colin Laughery USA 00:48:56 04:53:17 03:08:53 08:57:17 n/a  
26 Scott Bradley USA 00:51:52 04:47:36 03:17:52 09:02:31 -14:14  
27 Ryan Rau USA 00:49:12 04:58:52 03:18:13 09:12:56 13:40  
28 Patrick Schuster USA 00:51:35 04:54:21 03:22:35 09:14:27 -09:20  
29 James Lubinski USA 00:55:40 04:50:24 03:22:43 09:15:02 05:07  
30 Peter Kotland CZE 00:49:18 04:53:04 03:30:18 09:18:38 -20:25  
31 Travis Hawkins USA 00:51:10 05:01:44 03:25:47 09:25:10 04:41  
32 Steve Rosinski USA 00:49:07 04:49:42 03:42:42 09:26:39 11:30  
33 Adam O’Meara CAN 00:44:23 05:03:44 03:47:53 09:42:42 33:24  
34 James Minnema USA 00:51:55 05:05:58 03:37:36 09:43:15 -26:45  
35 Jonathan Fecik USA 00:46:27 04:40:36 04:19:45 09:52:03 34:09  
36 Karl Bordine USA 00:49:11 04:42:26 04:21:04 09:58:48 n/a  
  Jonathan Shearon USA 00:45:11 04:35:51   DNF  
  Trevor Delsaut FRA 00:44:48 04:43:17   DNF  
  Raul Furtado BRA 00:46:31 04:41:53   DNF  
  Mike Hermanson USA 00:45:11 04:43:27   DNF  
  Alberto Casadei ITA 00:40:58 04:58:50   DNF  
  Elmar Heger GER 00:45:15 04:57:55   DNF  
  Bryan Rhodes NZL 00:42:21 05:00:57   DNF  
  Patrick Brady USA 00:57:45 05:14:29   DNF  
  James Lamastra USA 00:44:43     DNF  

Female Race Results

Carrie Lester was leading from pretty early on the bike, she won the race by more than 30 minutes and almost broke Angela Naeth’s course record from last year. Behind her was a close group of three athletes within a few strides for a long time. Eventually Lisa Roberts had the strongest marathon for second place, while Kim Schwabenbauer finished third. Bree Wee was fighting for a podium spot for the longest time, she finished fifth after being overtaken by Biance Steurer close to the finish. 

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to expected Prize Money
1 Carrie Lester AUS 00:44:35 05:01:16 03:05:05 08:56:00 -23:48 US$ 20000
2 Lisa Roberts USA 00:51:50 05:10:29 03:01:04 09:08:46 -09:16 US$ 10000
3 Kim Schwabenbauer USA 00:48:50 05:11:55 03:08:28 09:14:11 -10:26 US$ 6500
4 Bianca Steurer AUT 00:47:03 05:15:29 03:10:05 09:18:17 -24:35 US$ 4000
5 Bree Wee USA 00:45:45 05:07:01 03:20:04 09:19:41 -09:02 US$ 3000
6 Kristin Moeller GER 00:52:02 05:22:41 03:01:15 09:21:37 03:32 US$ 2000
7 Kelly Fillnow USA 00:51:47 05:11:38 03:14:55 09:23:09 -28:52 US$ 1500
8 Kirsty Jahn CAN 00:49:47 05:19:55 03:09:25 09:24:40 n/a US$ 1250
9 Karina Ottosen DEN 00:48:48 05:12:06 03:22:22 09:28:02 -28:46 US$ 1000
10 Sofie Goos BEL 00:48:50 05:12:42 03:25:17 09:31:52 12:38 US$ 750
11 Tamara Kozulina UKR 00:51:43 05:18:53 03:22:34 09:38:51 08:03  
12 Maggie Rusch USA 00:50:24 05:19:40 03:25:53 09:41:22 -23:46  
13 Tami Ritchie USA 00:44:37 05:36:13 03:17:03 09:43:50 -32:19  
14 Christina Jackson USA 00:42:56 05:12:42 03:44:44 09:45:40 05:46  
15 Kate Bruck USA 00:51:38 05:28:22 03:23:42 09:51:31 -16:35  
16 Alyssa Godesky USA 00:48:53 05:31:28 03:26:43 09:52:41 -10:12  
17 Amy Javens USA 00:57:05 05:15:12 03:36:56 09:54:59 -08:04  
18 Katy Blakemore USA 00:44:27 05:36:06 03:30:12 09:56:18 34:10  
19 Beth Shutt USA 00:50:06 05:10:41 03:50:16 09:56:48 19:38  
20 Sarah Graves USA 00:57:35 05:33:04 03:24:52 10:02:07 13:09  
21 Neilia Bliss USA 00:51:52 05:31:15 03:36:34 10:06:38 n/a  
22 Christine Avelar USA 00:45:42 05:29:29 03:56:48 10:19:34 n/a  
23 Erin Furness NZL 00:51:45 05:35:39 03:47:42 10:21:00 23:47  
24 Erin Spitler USA 00:51:45 05:21:25 04:04:41 10:22:47 21:48  
25 Richele Frank CAN 00:59:43 05:23:04 03:51:38 10:23:38 n/a  
26 Ali Black USA 00:51:54 05:27:41 04:08:28 10:34:25 16:59  
27 Katy Carguilo USA 00:49:56 06:02:59 03:35:42 10:36:52 n/a  
28 Kaitlin Anelauskas USA 00:47:01 05:48:28 03:57:16 10:41:10 1:05:20  
29 Maria Lopez USA 00:59:15 05:41:59 04:22:10 11:09:52 n/a  
  Anna Cleaver NZL 00:42:49 05:10:46   DNF  
  Mackenzie Madison USA 00:49:02 05:12:51   DNF  
  Darbi Roberts USA 00:44:28 05:27:29   DNF  
  April Gellatly USA 00:45:43 05:26:34   DNF  
  Caroline Gregory USA 00:46:59 05:33:02   DNF  
  Carla Moreno BRA 00:45:19 05:38:14   DNF  
  Kathryn Thomas USA 00:44:29 05:42:55   DNF  
  Heather Leiggi USA 00:51:47     DNF  

Ironman Mallorca 2015 – Analyzing Results

Race Conditions

Compared to last year times were a little bit faster, especially on the bike – a new course rating of 5:22 comes mainly from a bike adjustment of 4:33. While the women’s course record was missed by less than a minute, Timo Bracht posted new bike and overall course records.

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to expected Prize Money
1 Timo Bracht GER 00:49:57 04:32:16 02:50:59 08:17:22 02:07 US$ 10000
2 James Cunnama ZAF 00:49:54 04:34:14 02:50:52 08:19:36 -08:33 US$ 5000
3 Alessandro Degasperi ITA 00:51:43 04:37:40 02:49:41 08:23:56 04:39 US$ 3250
4 Ouilleres Gwenael FRA 00:51:46 04:44:47 02:49:57 08:31:22 -14:34 US$ 2500
5 Ritchie Nicholls GBR 00:51:49 04:47:49 02:48:18 08:32:47 -06:20 US$ 1750
6 Chris McDonald AUS 00:54:52 04:37:27 02:58:43 08:35:57 -01:59 US$ 1250
7 Christian Brader GER 00:59:03 04:41:26 02:58:22 08:44:08 -02:34 US$ 750
8 Carlos Lopez Diaz ESP 00:48:19 04:38:21 03:13:40 08:45:35 -03:04 US$ 500
9 Flo Kriegl AUT 00:55:44 04:47:15 03:12:50 09:00:59 07:35  
10 Antonio Cardona ESP 00:57:09 04:50:25 03:16:16 09:10:15 n/a  
11 Frederic Limousin FRA 00:55:17 04:52:36 03:18:13 09:13:07 n/a  
12 Thomas Bosch GER 01:00:14 04:56:29 03:13:26 09:17:13 n/a  
13 Francisco Alvarez ESP 00:48:41 04:47:32 03:35:44 09:17:27 n/a  
14 Lukas Polan CZE 01:03:30 04:58:50 03:14:32 09:23:06 -27:18  
15 Rafael Espinar Puig ESP 01:07:37 05:06:44 03:04:14 09:27:44 -00:48  
16 Ivan Kharin RUS 01:03:11 05:06:50 03:18:40 09:35:05 -19:04  
17 Alfred Rahm GER 01:05:32 05:04:10 03:25:52 09:43:55 10:20  
18 Rene Vallant AUT 00:59:35 04:53:12 03:44:55 09:45:22 29:22  
19 Valentin Zasypkin RUS 01:19:47 05:31:15 04:33:19 11:29:31 41:36  
  Harry Wiltshire GBR 00:48:42 04:40:01   DNF  
  Michael Van Cleven BEL 00:54:57 04:36:50   DNF  
  Martin Droell GER 00:55:05 04:52:39   DNF  
  Johann Ackermann GER 00:48:41     DNF  
  Miguel Fidalgo ESP 00:48:44     DNF  
  Mathias Hecht SUI 00:48:55     DNF  
  Horst Reichel GER 00:49:52     DNF  
  Kevin Rundstadler FRA 00:51:24     DNF  
  Andreas Linden SWE 00:59:38     DNF  
  Teemu Kyllonen FIN 01:05:07     DNF  
  Andreas Thissen GER 01:22:04     DNF  

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to expected Prize Money
1 Daniela Saemmler GER 00:57:29 05:06:28 03:14:44 09:24:48 -02:03 US$ 10000
2 Emma Kate Lidbury GBR 00:55:11 05:09:30 03:21:11 09:31:49 n/a US$ 5000
3 Alexandra Tondeur BEL 00:58:47 05:14:35 03:14:17 09:34:32 n/a US$ 3250
4 Katharina Grohmann GER 01:08:03 05:11:36 03:12:26 09:37:07 -17:56 US$ 2500
5 Corina Hengartner SWI 01:02:53 05:11:42 03:20:08 09:40:01 -40:02 US$ 1750
6 Kamila Polak AUT 01:00:41 05:13:31 03:25:35 09:45:52 07:45 US$ 1250
7 Nina Kuhn GER 01:02:06 05:26:08 03:33:46 10:07:44 n/a US$ 750
  Natascha Schmitt GER 00:55:18 05:22:35   DNF  
  Eimear Mullan IRL 01:01:16     DNF  
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