Haven't you heard? People don't like Starky.

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Yes you're right.

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I want Starky to go 4:09 on the bike today. I want to hear him talk SMACK all year.

Rinny 5:50 down out of the water.

Wish Matt wouldn't step over Welshy when he's speaking. You'd swear this is his first commentating rodeo.

Linsey Corbin is way back as well. Would really like to see her have a good race at Kona.

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He would have had it on in the swim with the top off and rolled down. Then out of the water and pull up the top and put it on your arms.

MBE is killing it. I'd love to see her as champ

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I was hoping someone could clarify for me who is sponsoring the bike coverage. It hasn't been very clear. <g>

Yep, me too. Just saw Corbin's swim split...14 minutes down on Amanda Stevens. Ouch. That has to be demoralizing to come out of T1 that far down.

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Starky looks like a bullet train

Wish Matt wouldn't step over Welshy when he's speaking. You'd swear this is his first commentating rodeo. //

I was thinking the same thing, he has interrupted welchie a couple of times to talk about the women. And the last time he cut off gomez. I mean, you are not going to have gomez there for very long, let the guy talk…
Looks like starky is going to go for it alone for now. wish the camera would get back so we can see what is gelling behind him…Going to be a very boring race if all they do is stick on starky..

Some company that starts with an 'S'. Schwin perhaps.

If Frodo keeps him in his sights and finished in second off the bike, I say he will win by 10 minutes.

Matt Lieto obviously doesn't He can't stop talking about what a terrible strategy it is for Starky to hammer the bike.

Which is a ridiculous statement, because if Starky plays it conservative on the bike, he finishes 20+ minutes behind the winner.

Didn't the graphic show Blue? I'm confused.

Yip, that was his brothers strategy for years and it nearly paid off

 
Through 7 miles on the bike;;;





1 1:09:34 31 Andrew Starykowicz USA
2 1:09:36 0:03 17 Igor Amorelli BRA
3 1:09:38 0:04 9 Jan Frodeno DEU
4 1:09:46 0:13 15 Andy Potts USA
5 1:09:49 0:16 12 Pete Jacobs AUS
6 1:09:51 0:18 46 Romain Guillaume FRA
7 1:09:53 0:20 40 Filip Ospaly CZE
8 1:09:54 0:21 48 Bevan Docherty NZL
9 1:09:54 0:21 1 Frederik Van Lierde BEL
10 1:09:55 0:22 6 Tim O'Donnell USA
11 1:09:57 0:24 41 Ben Hoffman USA
12 1:09:58 0:25 43 Nils Frommhold DEU
13 1:10:00 0:27 21 Daniel Halksworth GBR
14 1:10:02 0:29 47 Marko Albert EST
15 1:10:03 0:30 35 Christian Kramer DEU
16 1:10:04 0:31 32 Harry Wiltshire GBR
17 1:10:05 0:31 30 Paul Matthews AUS
18 1:10:06 0:32 50 Tim Reed AUS
19 1:10:07 0:33 36 Jeremy Jurkiewicz FRA
20 1:10:08 0:35 54 Andreas Raelert DEU
21 1:10:10 0:36 49 Daniel Fontana ITA
22 1:10:11 0:38 20 Tim Van Berkel AUS
23 1:10:17 0:44 34 Richie Cunningham AUS
24 1:10:18 0:45 10 Terenzo Bozzone NZL
25 1:10:20 0:47 11 Craig Alexander AUS
26 1:10:22 0:48 7 Ivan Rana ESP

Athlete tracking not working for me. Anybody else having trouble?

were do we find swim splits
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Womens at 5;

Your first 24 women through 5 miles:
1 1:10:17 125 Jodie Swallow GBR
2 1:10:21 0:04 117 Mary Beth Ellis USA
3 1:10:27 0:10 103 Meredith Kessler USA
4 1:11:06 0:49 124 Amanda Stevens USA
5 1:11:07 0:50 104 Liz Blatchford AUS
6 1:11:34 1:17 106 Gina Crawford NZL
7 1:12:36 2:19 112 Daniela Ryf SWZ
8 1:12:38 2:21 111 Leanda Cave GBR
9 1:12:41 2:24 105 Caroline Steffen CHE
10 1:12:44 2:27 102 Rachel Joyce GBR
11 1:12:48 2:31 121 Michelle Vesterby DNK
12 1:13:45 3:28 134 Bree Wee USA
13 1:13:59 3:42 131 Simone Braendli CHE
14 1:15:54 5:37 138 Katja Konschak DEU
15 1:16:27 6:10 101 Mirinda Carfrae AUS
16 1:16:30 6:13 136 Heather Wurtele CAN
17 1:16:34 6:17 110 Liz Lyles USA
18 1:16:37 6:20 116 Catriona Morrison GBR
19 1:16:51 6:34 128 Julia Gajer DEU
20 1:17:05 6:49 109 Caitlin Snow USA
21 1:17:12 6:55 137 Kelly Williamson USA
22 1:17:19 7:02 113 Amber Ferreira USA
23 1:18:00 7:43 115 Sara Gross CAN
24 1:18:27 8:11 132 Jackie Arendt USA

Why did they get rid of a perfectly fine athlete tracker for a 'leaderboard' that puts athletes in random order within their category?

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Blue is sponsoring the course itself. Specialized is sponsoring the coverage of the bike race.

At least that's my understanding.

Guesses as to the first five off the bike?

I think Starky's going to do his best to put himself in the mix for a win. He came out of the water with the front group. He pounds the bike. The other athletes have to decide how much they're willing to let him go.

Odds are that the rest of the runners in the pack aren't too concerned about Starky's gap. They learned that last year. But, Starky's run has improved. If they let him go, it might be a great strategy for him.

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