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TriTrivia for IM Brasil

Here are a few “fun questions” about the top female and male contenders for IM Brasil. Can you guess which athletes I’m referring to? (If you need some help, the full Pro startlist can be found here. The solutions are posted at the bottom.)

  1. He/she finished second at IM South Africa with a wire in the arm as a pin for a broken elbow.
  2. He/she dropped the Kona GPS tracker in a porta-loo.
  3. He/she strained a muscle on the bike portion of IM Austria, but still ran a marathon PR.
  4. He/she had a Kona meltdown of PNF proportions .. running in 8th place at 37k, eventually finishing 21st.
  5. He/she started Kona with what turned out to be a broken fibula – a DNF probably prevented more severe damage.
  6. He/she tore a ligament in the hand, requiring a three week break from swimming and missing some early 2017 races.
  7. After Kona last year, he/she added a new member to the family .. a cute puppy.

If you need some hints, check out my previews for the male and female races, the athletes that “match” the facts above are (in alphabetical order):

  1. Susie Cheetham
  2. Haley Chura
  3. Linsey Corbin
  4. Tim Don
  5. Mareen Hufe
  6. Brent McMahon
  7. Andreas Raelert

Here are the matches: 1A 2D 3G 4E 5B 6F 7C

Ironman Austria 2017 (July 2nd) – Entry List

Update May 26th: Based on the updated start list I have added Corinne Abraham, Kelly Fillnow, Camilla Lindholm, Kamila Polak on the female side and Tim Brydenbach, Nicholas Chase, Gergely Nagy, David Plese, Mike Schifferle and Cyril Viennot on the male side.

Update June 7th: Added Diana Riesler, Sara Tavecchio, Maja Urban, Anton Blokhin, Michal Ivanco, Marek Nemcik, Jens Petersen-Bach, Paul Ruttmann, Pavel Simko and Michael Weiss.

Male Race Participants

Jan Frodeno has also been announced as one of the athletes racing in Klagenfurt, however he is currently missing from the entry list.

Name Nation KPR points KPR races
Ivan Rana ESP 3710 1+2 (3445/45)
David Plese SLO 3695 3+1 (880/785)
Ruedi Wild SUI 3310 1+2 (340/540)
Cyril Viennot FRA 2420 2+1
Michael Weiss AUT 1945 2+1
Tim Brydenbach BEL 1770 2+0
Antony Costes FRA 1170 2+2 (20/500)
Trevor Delsaut FRA 1161 2+2 (170/1)
Daniel Niederreiter AUT 960 1+0
Jens Petersen-Bach DEN 960 1+0
Matt Burton AUS 640 0+2 (0/240)
Stefan Schmid GER 580 1+1
Mike Schifferle SUI 545 3+0 (20/0)
Vinicius Canhedo BRA 325 1+1
Christian Birngruber AUT 220 0+1
Markus Liebelt GER 195 0+2 (0/15)
Anton Blokhin UKR 155 1+1
Paul Ruttmann AUT 145 0+2 (0/30)
Nicholas Chase USA 85 0+2 (0/10)
Freddy Lampret ZAF 65 1+2 (25/5)
Lluis Vila aguilar ESP 65 0+1
Valentin Zasypkin RUS 45 1+1
Robin Schneider GER 35 0+1
Marek Nemcik SVK 17 3+1 (1/3)
Josef Svoboda CZE 15 1+0
Ivan Jezko SVK 12 1+1
Sebastian Pedraza ITA 7 1+1
Lukas Polan CZE 6 0+2 (0/1)
Simon Brierley SEY 5 0+1
Michal Bucek SVK 5 0+1
Michal Ivanco SVK 5 0+1
Thomas Meusburger AUT 5 0+1
Pavel Simko SVK 2 1+0
Gergely Nagy HUN 1 1+0
Michael Van Cleven BEL 0 0+0
Rob Bobbaers BEL    
Paul Reitmayr AUT    

Female Race Participants

Name Nation KPR points KPR races
Michelle Vesterby DEN 6725 2+0
Diana Riesler GER 2785 1+1
Corinne Abraham GBR 2675 2+1
Kelly Fillnow USA 2170 3+1 (305/180)
Alexandra Tondeur BEL 2140 2+1
Bianca Steurer AUT 685 1+1
Kamila Polak AUT 320 0+2 (0/140)
Eva Wutti AUT 220 0+1
Rahel Bellinga NED 125 1+1
Annabel Diawuoh GER 120 1+0
Olga Kowalska POL 115 0+1
Julia Montgomery SWE 0 0+0
Franziska Bossow GER    
Camilla Lindholm SWE    
Sara Tavecchio      
Maja Urban      

Ironman Boulder 2017 (June 11th) – Seedings

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Previous Winners

After the initial race of 2014, IM Boulder was no longer a Pro race. The race continued as an agegroup-only race in 2015 and 2016. This year a Pro division is added back again.

Year Male Winner Time Female Winner Time
2014 Justin Daerr (USA) 08:20:26 Danielle Mack (USA) 09:19:54

TOP 3 from Last Race

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Justin Daerr USA 00:53:21 04:24:54 02:56:41 08:20:26
2 Richie Cunningham AUS 00:50:28 04:24:47 03:09:56 08:30:38
3 Scott Defilippis USA 00:57:27 04:47:48 03:02:48 08:54:19

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Danielle Mack USA 01:03:53 04:52:56 03:16:42 09:19:54
2 Laura Bennett USA 00:54:02 04:59:29 03:44:31 09:43:59
3 Christine Hammond USA 00:55:38 05:09:33 03:41:44 09:53:04

Course Records

Leg Gender Record Athlete Date
Total overall 08:20:26 Justin Daerr 2014-08-03
Swim overall 00:50:28 Richie Cunningham 2014-08-03
Bike overall 04:24:47 Richie Cunningham 2014-08-03
Run overall 02:56:41 Justin Daerr 2014-08-03
Total female 09:19:54 Danielle Mack 2014-08-03
Swim female 00:54:02 Laura Bennett 2014-08-03
Bike female 04:52:56 Danielle Mack 2014-08-03
Run female 03:16:42 Danielle Mack 2014-08-03

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM Boulder is – 01:54.

Race Adjustments for IM Boulder

Year Adjustment Swim Adj. Bike Adj. Run Adj. # of Finishers Rating Swim Rating Bike Rating Run Rating
2014 -01:54 -00:35 17:17 -08:46 13 of 16 -01:54 -00:35 17:17 -08:46

KPR points and Prize Money

IM Boulder is a P-2000 race. It has a total prize purse of 80.000 US$.

Male Race Participants

The strength of the field is 10% of a typical Kona field.

Rank Bib Name Nation Expected Time Rating Exp. Swim Exp. Bike Exp. T2 Exp. Run Consistency Overall
1 2 Timothy O’Donnell USA 08:20:30 08:23:27 00:48:51 04:21:40 05:15:31 03:04:59 15% +52% -34% (14) 13
2 4 Tyler Butterfield BMU 08:27:04 08:31:23 00:50:06 04:23:05 05:18:11 03:08:53 37% +32% -30% (14) 35
3 7 Leon Griffin AUS 08:27:10 08:41:14 00:49:55 04:26:22 05:21:17 03:05:53 5% +56% -39% (8) 75
4 3 Tim Don GBR 08:29:17 08:32:43 00:49:11 04:29:22 05:23:34 03:05:43 64% +0% -36% (4) (41)
5 6 Matt Chrabot USA 08:31:54 08:44:38 00:49:48 04:28:37 05:23:25 03:08:29 8% +34% -58% (5) (84)
6 1 Justin Daerr USA 08:36:37 08:42:47 00:53:53 04:31:59 05:30:52 03:05:45 71% +7% -22% (30) 78
7 8 Jozsef Major HUN 08:48:50 08:53:16 01:01:01 04:34:09 05:40:10 03:08:40 61% +24% -16% (32) 109
8 17 Tripp Hipple USA 08:53:52 09:05:23 00:55:25 04:35:20 05:35:45 03:18:07 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (158)
9 19 Sam Long USA 08:55:18 09:06:51 00:57:05 04:30:05 05:32:11 03:23:07 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (161)
10 5 Patrick Evoe USA 08:58:49 09:00:50 00:57:20 04:34:14 05:36:34 03:22:15 77% +4% -20% (25) 143
11 14 Christopher Bagg USA 09:02:59 09:28:59 00:55:33 04:39:56 05:40:29 03:22:30 5% +21% -74% (14) (226)
12 10 Mike Schifferle SUI 09:05:39 09:04:05 01:02:14 04:39:33 05:46:47 03:18:52 86% +12% -2% (62) 154
13 12 Steven Zawaski USA 09:05:49 09:42:34 00:59:02 04:44:38 05:48:40 03:17:09 46% +0% -54% (2) (250)
14 13 Jarrod Shoemaker USA 09:09:10 09:19:27 00:49:02 04:57:02 05:51:04 03:18:06 45% +55% -0% (2) (197)
15 18 Colin Laughery USA 09:13:26 09:18:33 00:58:27 04:43:19 05:46:46 03:26:40 76% +24% -0% (6) 194
16 9 Bryan Rhodes NZL 09:20:09 09:23:44 00:49:02 04:47:54 05:41:56 03:38:13 12% +3% -85% (29) 203
17 16 Ivan Dominguez USA 10:15:34 10:28:51 00:56:39 05:00:26 06:02:05 04:13:29 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (293)
18 15 Max Biessmann USA 10:16:34 10:29:52 00:53:51 04:48:33 05:47:24 04:29:10 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (294)
11 Robert Wade IRL n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (1 IM Pro race) (n/a)
20 Patrick Mckeon USA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
21 Kennett Peterson USA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)

Female Race Participants

The strength of the field is 9% of a typical Kona field.

Rank Bib Name Nation Expected Time Rating Exp. Swim Exp. Bike Exp. T2 Exp. Run Consistency Overall
1 28 Rachel Joyce GBR 09:05:36 09:03:58 00:53:30 04:50:15 05:48:45 03:16:51 68% +32% -0% (17) (3)
2 27 Heather Jackson USA 09:12:57 09:12:39 01:00:17 04:49:44 05:55:01 03:17:56 59% +29% -13% (6) 4
3 26 Danielle Mack USA 09:33:01 09:50:28 01:03:57 05:03:56 06:12:52 03:20:09 40% +15% -45% (9) 61
4 29 Kelly Williamson USA 09:34:49 09:33:55 00:55:40 05:19:54 06:20:34 03:14:15 87% +7% -6% (14) 34
5 36 Darbi Roberts USA 09:47:59 09:54:59 00:55:42 05:10:15 06:10:57 03:37:02 50% +0% -50% (8) 68
6 30 Uli Bromme USA 09:50:42 09:48:11 01:04:55 05:00:46 06:10:41 03:40:01 35% +38% -27% (14) (55)
7 34 Mackenzie Madison USA 09:53:59 10:03:03 01:01:38 05:06:53 06:13:30 03:40:29 35% +7% -58% (13) 78
8 37 Maggie Rusch USA 10:10:24 10:30:30 01:03:15 05:14:26 06:22:41 03:47:43 31% +20% -49% (5) (132)
9 35 Ashley Paulson USA 10:12:14 10:20:16 01:14:59 05:23:18 06:43:17 03:28:57 69% +0% -31% (4) 112
10 32 Kate Bruck USA 10:25:37 10:33:25 01:05:21 05:30:06 06:40:27 03:45:10 60% +0% -40% (4) 138
11 31 Sarah Bay USA 10:32:41 10:46:21 01:10:07 05:23:11 06:38:18 03:54:23 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (146)
12 39 Amy Vantassel USA 10:52:58 11:13:43 01:12:39 05:43:45 07:01:24 03:51:34 47% +0% -53% (2) (151)
33 Kimberly Goodell USA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
38 Carla Schubiger SUI n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

  • Timothy O’Donnell: 37% (2-1)
  • Tyler Butterfield: 21% (4-1)
  • Tim Don: 12% (7-1)
  • Leon Griffin: 11% (8-1)
  • Justin Daerr: 11% (8-1)
  • Matt Chrabot: 6% (16-1)

Female Race Participants

Statistically, Rachel Joyce may be the clear favorite, but this does not take into account that IM Boulder will be her first IM after having baby Archie. (Her last IM before was her second place finish at IM Hawaii 2015.) Even with Rachel’s results in her prep 70.3s, Heather Jackson must be considered the “real” favorite for this race.

  • Rachel Joyce: 71% (1-1)
  • Heather Jackson: 23% (3-1)
  • Danielle Mack: 3% (35-1)
  • Kelly Williamson: 2% (44-1)

Ironman Lanzarote 2017 – Analyzing Results

Update May 21: Added a few DNFs after updated data was available in the Athlete Tracker.

Race Conditions

The conditions for this year’s race were typical for IM Lanzarote: Nothing special for the swim and run (almost no adjustments) but a very slow bike (adjustment of -19:11) and a slow race overall (adjustment of -23:51), even for the “slow standard” of Lanzarote.

Still, there were two new course records: Lucy Charles posted new swim and bike course records. She improved her own swim course record from last year by five seconds, and also Tara Norton’s bike course record (5:26:23 from 2010) to 5:23:29.

Male Race Results

Romain Guillaume quickly took the lead after the swim, after 90k he was joined by his BMC Etixx teammate Bart Aernouts. Bart stepped up his bike performance and posted the best split. When his teammate struggled on the run, he took control of the race and won by nine minutes. BartRun

Photo: A focused Bart at the start of the run. (Credit: Ingo Kutsche, used with permission)

Second place went to Alessandro Degasperi who lost some time on the bike but then posted the fastest run split. Defending champion Jesse Thomas couldn’t make up any time to the leader on the run, but a solid overall race saw him finish in third.  Fourth place went to the relatively unknown Peru Alfaro who had taken a two and a half year break from Ironman racing, Romain Guillaume struggled on the run but held on to fifth place.

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money KPR Points
1 Bart Aernouts BEL 00:50:34 04:48:23 02:48:28 08:34:13 -12:03 US$ 5,000 2000
2 Alessandro Degasperi ITA 00:50:33 04:59:18 02:47:39 08:43:22 -09:53 US$ 2,750 1600
3 Jesse Thomas USA 00:50:34 04:55:54 02:55:25 08:49:02 03:01 US$ 1,750 1280
4 Peru Alfaro ESP 00:47:03 05:02:28 02:55:29 08:52:31 -04:10 US$ 1,250 960
5 Romain Guillaume FRA 00:48:29 04:50:54 03:11:16 08:57:01 -06:21 US$ 1,000 720
6 Samuel Huerzeler SUI 00:52:08 05:05:06 02:53:53 08:59:07 -25:35 US$ 750 540
7 Timothy Van Houtem BEL 00:57:11 04:59:53 02:55:58 09:01:13 n/a 405
8 Cedric Lassonde FRA 00:53:29 05:08:09 03:05:18 09:14:49 -12:12 305
9 Guillaume Lecallier FRA 00:55:38 05:07:06 03:06:06 09:15:45 n/a 230
10 Trevor Delsaut FRA 00:50:32 05:09:17 03:11:52 09:19:16 11:01 170
11 Nicholas Ward Munoz GBR 00:53:32 05:21:48 03:00:34 09:23:44 05:52 120
12 Andrey Lyatskiy RUS 00:52:14 05:24:33 03:00:05 09:24:17 -00:29 85
13 Karl-Johan Danielsson SWE 00:50:29 05:19:35 03:12:56 09:29:50 11:30 60
14 Philipp Mock GER 00:57:02 05:01:56 03:23:38 09:32:13 n/a 40
15 Xavier Torrades ESP 00:50:31 05:27:44 03:10:20 09:35:10 04:56 30
16 Mike Schifferle SUI 00:59:28 05:18:17 03:14:09 09:43:24 14:44 20
17 Georgy Kaurov RUS 00:46:58 05:30:14 03:35:38 09:59:07 09:06 15
18 Marcus Hultgren SWE 00:55:50 05:22:56 03:45:42 10:13:20 25:26 10
19 Mads Bang Jensen DEN 00:55:31 05:32:38 03:47:50 10:23:56 n/a 8
20 Dominique Wymmersch Gallego ESP 00:58:11 05:33:54 03:51:45 10:35:19 n/a 5
21 Youri Severin NED 00:49:03 05:27:58 04:17:04 10:42:00 1:06:09 3
22 Ivan Tejero Vazquez ESP 00:50:34 05:33:05 04:18:00 10:50:07 26:37 3
23 Stephen Bayliss GBR 00:47:04 05:14:17 04:44:39 10:52:57 1:20:48 3
Konstantin Bachor GER 00:50:28 05:11:19 DNF
Frederic Schaffner FRA 00:55:36 05:48:57 DNF
Carlos Lopez Diaz ESP 00:46:58 DNF
Malte Bruns GER 00:52:09 DNF
Cyril Viennot FRA 00:52:16 DNF
Daniel Herlbauer AUT 00:53:31 DNF
Gergely Nagy HUN 00:53:42 DNF
Erik Holmberg SWE 00:53:45 DNF
Victor Del Corral ESP 00:55:37 DNF
Victor Rodriguez ESP 00:55:41 DNF
Stephen Donnelly IRL 00:55:42 DNF
Josep Vinolas ESP 00:55:43 DNF
Alain Djouad-Guibert MOR 01:04:49 DNF

Female Race Results

The female race was dominated by super swimmer Lucy Charles. It wasn’t a surprise she was leading after the swim (posting a new swim course record), but then she continued to extend her lead on the bike – also posting a new bike course record. Her lead in T2 was close to 20 minutes, leaving just a little bit of hope for the chasers. However, she was able to have a solid run as well and won the race with a comfortable margin of nine minutes.

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Photo: Lucy on one of the picturesque spots of the Lanzarote bike course. (Credit: Ingo Kutsche, used with permission)

The only athlete able to take a serious chunk out of Lucy’s lead was Corinne Abraham who posted the fastest marathon to finish second. In T2 Lucy Gossage seemed to be in the best position to challenge Lucy for the win, but she had indicated before the race she hadn’t done her usual training and it showed a bit with a 3:13 run, she was still able to finish third – giving Great Britain a podium sweep. Solid bike rides allowed Jeanne Collonge to finish in fourth place and Saleta Castro in fifth.

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money KPR Points
1 Lucy Charles GBR 00:47:06 05:23:29 03:18:34 09:35:39 -34:58 US$ 5,000 2000
2 Corinne Abraham GBR 00:57:13 05:37:17 03:03:53 09:44:29 -04:41 US$ 2,750 1600
3 Lucy Gossage GBR 01:00:40 05:29:44 03:13:05 09:50:22 08:23 US$ 1,750 1280
4 Jeanne Collonge FRA 00:58:12 05:31:42 03:26:31 10:04:46 -05:57 US$ 1,250 960
5 Saleta Castro Nogueira ESP 00:55:40 05:47:28 03:21:01 10:11:45 -09:45 US$ 1,000 720
6 Kate Comber GBR 00:52:25 05:52:13 03:29:23 10:22:34 -00:24 US$ 750 540
7 Pia Englyst DEN 01:05:07 06:11:04 03:26:46 10:52:15 n/a 405
8 Kelly Fillnow USA 01:06:28 06:11:41 03:28:43 10:56:27 36:25 305
9 Lina-Kristin Schink GER 01:10:25 06:19:00 03:28:52 11:07:33 28:53 230
10 Patricia Bueno Perez ESP 01:00:58 06:37:27 03:48:59 11:38:08 n/a 170
11 Annabel Diawuoh GER 01:24:41 06:46:18 04:06:23 12:24:59 n/a 120
Tine Holst DEN 01:03:05 05:37:25 DNF
Alexandra Tondeur BEL 00:57:55 DNF
Camille Deligny FRA 01:00:12 DNF

Kona Qualifying Implications

Here’s the notable changes in Kona Qualifying on the male side (projected July cutoff 3.500 points):

  • Safe for a July slot: Bart Aernouts (5.825)
  • On the Bubble (might be enough, but maybe not): Jesse Thomas (3.420)
  • Close (but more points needed): Romain Guillaume (2.390), Alessandro Degasperi (2.050)

On the female side (projected cutoff 4.300 points):

  • Safe for a July slot: Lucy Gossage (4.725, but she indicated she’s not interested in racing Kona this year)
  • Close (but more points needed): Jeanne Collonge (3.910)

Lucy Charles (2.115) and Corinne Abraham (2.675) haven’t scored many points before, they still need a lot of points to be able to qualify.

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