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Ironman Austria 2013 – Analyzing Results

Race Conditions

Last year was a bit of an aberration for Austria: An adjustment of 6:58 was way slower than the course rating of 14:25. This year, everything was back to normal: An adjustment of 23:17 is a clear indication of a quick course. The bike was pretty typical (probably on a slightly short course), but the swim and run were a lot faster than last year.

Male Race Results

Andreas Raelert won the race on the run, posting the first sub-8h result of this racing year. However, with the fast course his time was still slower than his rating would have predicted. (Still, I think that this result shows he is on form for Kona without ruining his October race in the summer – and the fast run split is also very encouraging for Kona.) The performance of the day has to be Maik Twelsiek’s second place: After a strong swim and bike he posted a run PR, resulting also in an Ironman PR.

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Actual Time Expected Time
1 Andreas Raelert GER 00:44:25 04:30:40 02:40:07 07:59:51 07:53:40
2 Maik Twelsiek GER 00:45:05 04:27:11 02:54:05 08:11:36 08:18:04
3 David Plese SVN 00:49:05 04:25:49 02:59:29 08:19:13 08:07:22
4 Jarmo Hast FIN 00:45:09 04:37:08 02:53:03 08:20:32 08:21:05
5 Igor Amorelli BRA 00:44:21 04:31:19 03:01:02 08:21:37 08:17:08
6 Bart Colpaert BEL 00:42:54 04:33:34 03:04:39 08:26:17 n/a
7 Georg Swoboda AUT 00:50:43 04:24:23 03:06:42 08:27:25 08:35:27
8 Vincent Rieß AUT 00:49:15 04:44:53 02:47:49 08:27:50 n/a
9 Petr Vabrousek CZE 00:49:10 04:44:41 02:50:00 08:29:34 08:31:07
10 Thiago Vinhal BRA 00:45:08 04:48:54 02:50:22 08:30:01 08:39:27
11 Flo Kriegl AUT 00:49:08 04:39:53 02:56:36 08:30:21 08:34:43
12 Daniel Niederreiter AUT 00:47:30 04:41:34 03:00:45 08:34:27 08:35:40
13 Christian Brader GER 00:50:45 04:43:44 02:56:37 08:35:41 08:39:37
14 Gergö Molnar HUN 00:44:22 04:42:19 03:03:35 08:35:43 n/a
15 Mike Schifferle SUI 00:55:06 04:32:49 03:02:50 08:37:18 08:41:27
16 Ernst Moser AUT 00:50:39 04:43:12 03:01:46 08:40:45 08:47:11
17 Jose Luis Villanueva ESP 00:53:37 04:51:30 02:51:50 08:43:02 08:36:34
18 Andi Fuchs AUT 00:51:52 04:39:07 03:07:06 08:43:02 n/a
19 Ivan Jezko SVK 00:52:05 04:45:59 02:59:00 08:44:31 09:25:34
20 Jozef Vrabel SVK 00:49:13 04:46:25 03:08:50 08:50:03 09:29:07
21 Joseph Spindler GER 00:55:13 04:44:30 03:07:27 08:52:34 08:36:14
22 Markus Lichtenegger AUT 00:52:03 04:53:42 03:01:07 08:53:04 09:18:32
23 Andreas Wolpert GER 00:52:00 04:55:19 03:02:57 08:56:04 08:48:40
24 Gerald Ratschke AUT 00:57:12 04:52:40 03:01:31 08:56:50 n/a
25 Jürgen Babitsch AUT 00:57:43 04:51:53 03:01:56 08:56:57 n/a
26 James Brown GBR 00:55:41 04:50:17 03:06:14 08:57:30 n/a
27 Michal Kulich SVK 00:56:34 04:55:50 02:58:47 08:58:44 09:00:59
28 Ludovic Le Guellec FRA 00:52:00 04:59:23 03:18:31 09:15:55 09:27:35
29 Santi Pellejero Gacía ESP 00:42:55 05:02:38 03:22:43 09:16:30 n/a
30 Ivan Kharin RUS 01:03:00 04:52:50 03:17:27 09:20:28 10:44:16
31 Johann Lindner AUS 00:51:38 04:54:13 03:30:32 09:22:14 11:26:17
32 Alun Woodward GBR 00:45:00 04:48:38 03:43:38 09:24:30 n/a
33 Josef Krivanek CZE 00:51:48 05:01:43 03:25:57 09:25:30 09:40:10
34 Marek Parikrupa SVK 00:50:58 04:53:54 03:41:03 09:32:50 n/a
35 Hirotsugu Kuwabara JAP 00:47:16 05:29:45 03:11:50 09:36:06 09:44:25
36 Heinrich Sickl AUT 00:52:58 04:53:00 03:49:36 09:40:47 09:22:18
37 Tomas Kozel CZE 00:56:04 05:24:44 03:18:56 09:46:52 n/a
38 Kurt Debouck BEL 00:50:41 05:01:05 03:55:41 09:53:36 n/a
39 Andrej Palinsky SVK 01:04:20 05:05:34 03:38:20 09:57:34 n/a
40 Nicolai Baumann GER 00:55:03 05:13:57 04:16:09 10:31:34 n/a
41 Josep Vinolas ESP 00:47:16 04:46:25 05:24:07 11:04:00 n/a
42 Josef Svoboda CZE 01:06:13 05:34:47 04:13:54 11:04:47 n/a
43 Marek Nemcik SVK 01:03:10 05:34:09 04:28:26 11:14:36 11:25:59

Female Race Results

All of the Top 5 in the women’s race will be happy with their results. Erika Csomor finally managed to win in Austria, extend her winning steak to three and posted another sub-9h result. Asa, Eimear, Sarah and Camilla all had great races finishing with strong run times.

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Actual Time Expected Time
1 Erika Csomor HUN 00:51:57 04:58:03 03:04:04 08:59:31 09:06:12
2 Asa Lundström SWE 00:51:49 05:00:15 03:07:14 09:04:42 09:27:09
3 Eimear Mullan IRL 00:53:43 05:02:42 03:03:53 09:05:46 09:36:20
4 Sarah Piampiano USA 00:53:58 05:05:49 03:02:12 09:07:30 09:28:01
5 Camilla Lindholm SWE 00:59:13 05:07:12 03:04:08 09:16:18 09:36:26
6 Simone Helfenschneider-Ofner AUT 00:57:53 05:07:54 03:08:20 09:19:36 09:12:23
7 Keiko Tanaka JAP 00:49:12 05:13:59 03:16:06 09:24:39 n/a
8 Elisabeth Gruber AUT 00:56:06 05:10:38 03:14:03 09:26:15 n/a
9 Michaela Rudolf AUT 00:57:50 04:58:15 03:29:02 09:30:37 09:27:43
10 Hillary Biscay USA 00:49:11 05:18:29 03:20:16 09:36:03 09:43:39
11 Emi Sakai JPN 00:59:48 05:09:20 03:27:48 09:42:41 09:54:17
12 Karin Gerber SWI 01:03:03 05:05:41 03:30:00 09:46:18 09:40:56
13 Jana Candrova CZE 00:56:50 00:00:00 03:25:14 09:49:30 09:54:59
14 Simona Vykoukalova CZE 00:58:40 05:27:30 03:26:38 10:01:07 10:20:18
15 Conny Dauben GER 00:58:56 05:26:14 03:37:52 10:09:15 10:34:57
16 Nicole Woysch GER 00:51:45 05:20:15 03:58:47 10:19:39 09:49:15
17 Jennifer Lentzke CAN 01:03:27 05:28:59 03:39:10 10:20:33 10:18:56

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IM France 2013 – Analyzing Results

Race Conditions

With both Frederik and Mary Beth posting new course records (and Bart Aernouts posting one of the fastest IM marathon times ever), it appears that the conditions were pretty good. However, this is not backed up by the data: An overall adjustment of 6:05 is pretty much in line with the new course rating of 5:44. Digging a bit further, the run was pretty quick. As we’ve had some other years with fast run times and IM France is an established race, I assume that the fast runs were aided by good conditions and were not caused by a short course. My summary of my analysis: The conditions themselves were not fast, but they aided quick times.

Male Race Results

Frederik and Bart both broke the old course record while posting very fast marathon times:

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Actual Time Expected Time
1 Frederik Van Lierde BEL 00:48:00 04:33:29 02:42:07 08:08:59 08:22:16
2 Bart Aernouts BEL 00:51:32 04:38:29 02:37:01 08:12:28 08:20:50
3 Clemente Alonso-McKernan ESP 00:47:59 04:52:38 02:48:52 08:35:52 08:24:07
4 Bruno Clerbout BEL 00:51:22 04:57:51 02:48:37 08:43:17 08:52:23
5 Jose Jeuland FRA 00:51:29 04:57:57 02:57:35 08:52:35 09:07:51
6 Olivier Marceau SUI 00:51:37 04:57:45 03:01:37 08:56:36 08:58:55
7 Reto Stutz SUI 00:57:04 04:44:18 03:11:10 09:00:13 n/a
8 Mike Schifferle SUI 01:00:14 04:58:25 02:56:02 09:03:06 08:58:32
9 Michael Wetzel GER 00:55:31 05:00:02 03:05:21 09:07:04 09:02:15
10 Olivier Cardoen BEL 00:55:26 04:58:23 03:18:05 09:18:41 09:06:48
11 Luca De Paolis ITA 01:00:09 05:02:25 03:17:57 09:26:45 09:45:43
12 Pierre Dorez FRA 00:54:52 05:12:58 03:18:25 09:33:44 09:41:31
13 Ivan Jezko SVK 00:59:52 05:03:36 03:34:08 09:44:28 n/a
14 Remmert Wielinga NED 01:33:55 04:39:14 03:58:11 10:21:45 n/a
15 Teemu Kyllonen FIN 01:00:47 05:23:31 04:01:54 10:38:28 09:25:35

Female Race Results

Mary Beth also improved the course record and continued her streak of being unbeaten in an IM outside of Kona. Even though breaking the course record, she was still racing a bit slower than her rating would have indicated. Part of this can be explained by a crash on the bike and a flat tire, but it also seems that she did not have to spend all her matches in qualifying and has some left for the big race in Kona:

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Actual Time Expected Time
1 Mary Beth Ellis USA 00:51:22 05:11:40 03:04:06 09:12:54 09:09:06
2 Jeanne Collonge FRA 00:55:40 05:17:38 03:00:51 09:20:51 09:55:57
3 Delphine Pelletier FRA 00:55:33 05:19:43 03:00:42 09:22:37 n/a
4 Lisa Ribes USA 01:03:37 05:23:56 03:02:08 09:36:43 09:40:42
5 Lucie Reed CZE 00:51:29 05:33:45 03:26:40 09:57:44 09:28:44

IM France was paying eight deep, but only had five ladies starting and finishing which is a bit of surprise with the fields in Austria and Frankfurt being much larger.

IM Couer d’Alene 2013 – Analyzing Results

Race Conditions

The conditions in CdA were pretty normal: Relatively slow swim (in a cold mountain lake), and average bike and run times. The adjustment was 1:06, leading to a new course rating of 2:41.

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Actual Time Expected Time
1 Ben Hoffman USA 00:50:24 04:30:47 02:52:54 08:17:31 08:37:46
2 Victor Zyemtsev USA 00:51:31 04:40:58 02:50:01 08:26:01 08:43:15
3 TJ Tollakson USA 00:51:29 04:34:14 03:02:41 08:32:09 08:39:07
4 Matthew Russell USA 01:00:27 04:39:34 02:56:46 08:40:25 08:56:40
5 Chris McDonald AUS 00:53:07 04:56:24 02:49:09 08:42:10 08:46:56
6 Jozsef Major HUN 00:58:35 04:44:16 03:08:54 08:57:37 08:44:04
7 Thomas Gerlach USA 00:58:04 04:47:31 03:10:35 09:00:02 08:53:56
8 Jim Lubinski USA 01:00:33 04:58:25 02:58:33 09:00:47 10:16:02
9 Adam O’Meara CAN 00:58:30 05:01:23 02:59:14 09:04:33 09:26:14
10 Ben Cotter CAN 00:59:09 04:53:34 03:11:58 09:08:50 09:12:33
11 Chris Legh AUS 00:55:01 04:52:40 03:22:24 09:14:49 09:26:50
12 Derek Garcia USA 00:56:01 04:55:31 03:24:25 09:19:24 09:05:48
13 Jared Woodford USA 00:54:17 05:16:42 03:24:59 09:39:55 10:50:35
14 Vinny Johnson USA 00:54:25 05:27:52 03:15:18 09:43:46 n/a
15 Jerome Bresson CAN 01:00:28 04:59:25 03:40:17 09:44:09 10:03:25
16 Bryan Rhodes NZL 00:49:47 05:17:30 03:35:21 09:46:15 09:10:39
17 Nathan Birdsall USA 01:08:25 04:54:30 03:51:05 09:57:27 n/a
18 Sergio Quezada MEX 00:54:58 05:25:45 03:41:49 10:07:20 10:04:34
19 Lewis Elliot USA 00:56:07 05:00:45 05:31:55 11:33:06 09:33:10

Female Race Results

Heather Wurtele battled the demons of her DQ from last year all day when her bike broke down and she continued on another competitor’s bike (which was way too small for her). She had a flat and was stopped by a non-race-related emergency, but held on to win in convincing fashion and in a new course record time (beating the old course record from Julie Dibens). Cait Snow again posted the fastest run time and agin managed to run herself into second place:

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Actual Time Expected Time
1 Heather Wurtele CAN 00:55:40 05:07:03 03:09:01 09:16:02 09:30:53
2 Caitlin Snow USA 00:57:53 05:20:31 03:05:21 09:28:36 09:33:03
3 Uli Bromme USA 01:02:58 05:11:40 03:14:05 09:33:02 10:03:38
4 Ashley Clifford USA 00:55:04 05:31:22 03:05:59 09:37:34 09:40:07
5 Candice Hammond NZL 01:02:28 05:17:04 03:20:07 09:43:44 09:41:42
6 Kathleen Calkins USA 00:57:59 05:22:13 03:21:17 09:45:44 09:35:45
7 Bree Wee USA 00:55:36 05:19:35 03:33:43 09:53:35 09:45:51
8 Olesya Prystayko UKR 00:59:08 05:27:42 03:27:55 09:58:50 10:16:45
9 Christine Anderson USA 00:55:38 05:30:47 03:36:05 10:06:51 09:52:38
10 Trish Deim USA 01:05:49 05:24:48 03:34:05 10:09:48 10:22:30
11 April Gellatly USA 00:56:32 05:35:57 03:52:41 10:30:45 10:09:07
12 Natasha Van der Merwe USA 01:06:41 05:38:14 03:42:14 10:33:05 10:43:01
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