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Tom D's swim 1:10:04, T1 9:43

bjorn's in the lead! sweet!

i'm not sure why i'm so passionate about it, but i'm definitely rooting for mr. andersson, gordo, and the baron to do especially well.

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"The bicycle riders drank much wine, and were burned and browned by the sun. They did not take the race seriously except among themselves." -- Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises

the ubber biker is 7' down

off the web updates:

"Bjorn Andersson (who was very strong here last year!) is leading now 3:45 ahead of Bryan Rhodes who in turn is 4:32 ahead of Cameron Brown.

Brent Foster is fourth from Pete Jacobs and Courtney Ogden (AUS).

Down seven minutes is a group with Normann Stadler, Brent Sheldrake and Wayne Shackleton."

ahahah! I had predicted a 1h10' swim for Tom (see IMNZ prediction thread)...of course I said 3' for T1 but didn't expect T1 to be changed and soooooo long...

go Tom.

Just think Francois you could be passing a stone in NZ right now :)

guess what...I am...
good thing I didn't go I guess...
will be IMFrance instead

Yeah ... he could repeat DeBoom's famous words, "Is this what a hernia feels like?", then he could go back to moaning and passing out.

Is a 1:10 swim good for Tom?

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Thanks for posting this. I'm watching it on a 6ft X 5 ft screen (via an LCD projector). AWESOME.

** Okay, maybe I spoke too soon. It's like I'm sitting on a park bench watching grass grow. Hey wow, someone just walked past with a stroller. Hey, a guy with a backpack. Heh Heh ;-)

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No fair! six foot screen! I am crouched in the local library of my small town watching a 4 inch!! jerky image with no sound because the library has broadband and I don't and they won't let me turn the sound on.

Jim

"** Okay, maybe I spoke too soon. It's like I'm sitting on a park bench watching grass grow. Hey wow, someone just walked past with a stroller. Hey, a guy with a backpack. Heh Heh ;-)"

I almost spit my coffee out.

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Her is th IMNZ update:

Five is Fifth

Bryan Rhodes is in fifth place, now 10:48 off the lead, with Pete Jacobs down 10:50 while Brent Foster si at 12:03 off the lead...
03:00





The top five are...

Bjorn Andersson has established a 6:49 lead to Normann Stadler, who has ridden into second place now, with 7:40 off the lead to Cameron Brown and then Kieran Doe who is now 7:43 off the lead.

The fifth place male is not yet in sight.
02:57

Jim

Mustn't forget the ladies:

Women at 70 kms

Jo Lawn continues to lead with two minutes lead on Andrea Fisher, 3:49 to Lynley Allison and 5:44 to Karen Holloway.

Sione Jongstra is 7:30 off the lead...
02:55

Bjorn is 5:30 up on Cam Brown, with Norman Stadler 10 secs down on Cam, at 116 km point on the bike. GO BJORN.

Back to Jim as I'm off to bed early for my 200k bike tomorrow morning. Good Night America!

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Maybe pinch of salt time, but Welchy says Bjorn has a 9:16 minute leadon Norm, yes NINE minutes at approaching the 4 hour , and 11+ to the Cam at the 125k point. That Volvo engine is cranking the 56 ring with a whole shitload of watts. I'd like to see a printout of that wattage!

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I'd like to see that wattage too. And so much for spinning- I've counted his cadence from the feed at about 70-74rpms. Guess we'll see a small study of cadence on the bike vs. running performance here soon.

I hope he rips this race to shreds. I love a guy who bikes a position and a cadence that everyone says is too low for Ironman and then makes it work. Hopefully he runs well.

Holy shit, Bjorn is cranking it?

Is it just me, or do 90% of the folks riding by the static camera have really upright positions. They look like they're leaning on a bar.

Just an observation.

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Normann Stadler is confirmed out of the race.

His problem is not mechanical and it appears the German cycling ace has fallen ill on course...and withdrawn.

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"...having missed the start this morning had ridden hard to get back into the second place..." He missed the start of the race?

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apparently he missed the swim start and had to battle though the age groupers - how's about Bjorns lead into T2...can he hold of Cam?

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....Cameron has made up 45 seconds on the first kilometer but is still well behind.

Kieran Doe 3rd, Bryan Rhodes 4th.

is it me or are many times slow on the bike?

apparently only 2 or 3 riders below 5h...Anderson in 4h33' and the rest is nearly 30' back...
Mr A is riding well, but it seems other times are slower than usual (unless it's bloody windy)

apparently a strong headwind on the way back..

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