Great performance for sure, but why shouldnt he KQ like most others have done?
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Re: Official Ironman Hawaii Race Day Discussion [Recoverie]
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Re: Official Ironman Hawaii Race Day Discussion [Bryan0721]
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Bryan0721 wrote:
sp1ke wrote:
Apolo Ohno's bike split 5:10And people like to complain about the WTC giving away slots to celebs.
1:00:28 swim and 5:10 bike is right up there with the top level athletes in his AG that qualified. His free slot so far is very much deserved. Good on him.
I think qualifying for Kona is a bit easier than winning a handful of Olympic medals, so I think the slot is also deserved.
Re: Official Ironman Hawaii Race Day Discussion [Trigator2]
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Trigator2 wrote:
DQ for Ryf? Don't the WTC rules require men & women's torso to be completely covered?ITU but not WTC
Genetics load the gun, lifestyle pulls the trigger.
Re: Official Ironman Hawaii Race Day Discussion [andreasjs]
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Not sure about that. Being an gold medalist Olympian has its benefits? No, that's not right, don't know. But chocolate milk is sure getting some promotion. :)
Re: Official Ironman Hawaii Race Day Discussion [Recoverie]
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"Yes, his preparation in speed skating just carried over to Kona."
You'd be surprised (apparently) what carries over from seemingly unrelated disciplines.
-bobo
"What's good for me ain't necessarily good for the weak-minded."
You'd be surprised (apparently) what carries over from seemingly unrelated disciplines.
-bobo
"What's good for me ain't necessarily good for the weak-minded."
Re: Official Ironman Hawaii Race Day Discussion [bobo]
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Right. I knew that his mental preparation that garnered him those gold medals would be put to use to prepare for triathlons and Kona. Good on him for making a good showing.
Re: Official Ironman Hawaii Race Day Discussion [Slowman]
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Has anyone else seen Andreas Raelert's splits so far on the leaderboard? Are those correct? If so, then he's on track to blow through Kienle.
Re: Official Ironman Hawaii Race Day Discussion [gantaliano]
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Ha, Welch just said Rinny is going to be like Sharknado!
Re: Official Ironman Hawaii Race Day Discussion [gantaliano]
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He only took back ~2 minutes the first 10 miles
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Re: Official Ironman Hawaii Race Day Discussion [bobo]
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I think short track speed skaters do a good bit of cycling work as cross training in the off season.
Re: Official Ironman Hawaii Race Day Discussion [gantaliano]
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last split i saw for ralert shows he maybe has blown. Right now if things are right, potts is now in 5th and still moving forward. Keinle has to literally blow for anyone to touch him. Announcers are getting all excited that freddy is gaining 11 seconds a mile, but do the math guys. Maybe at 1;11 a mile he will catch, but that means keinle is sitting down somewhere..
Re: Official Ironman Hawaii Race Day Discussion [gantaliano]
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It's less than 20s/mi....
Re: Official Ironman Hawaii Race Day Discussion [gantaliano]
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I know! But the tracker isn't showing any updates for AR anymore for me. FOr everyone else yes. AR no. :(
So scared of breaking it that you won't let it bend.
So scared of breaking it that you won't let it bend.
Re: Official Ironman Hawaii Race Day Discussion [tessartype]
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devashish_paul wrote:
Thanks! Looks like she is in contention!Optimistic, considering the depth of sub-3 talent that's over 5 minutes ahead of her...
LOL...I"m not optimistic...Mirinda is optimistic whenever she is 15-20 min down and she backs it up. I am not sure which sub 3 hour runners you are referring to in front of her...there are almost none as far as Kona goes.
Re: Official Ironman Hawaii Race Day Discussion [Birdmantris]
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Looks like Caroline is the one running fastest? From down 10.30 at start of the run to only down 6.45 now? That's more ground made up on Daniela than what Rinny has gained?
Re: Official Ironman Hawaii Race Day Discussion [GingerAvenger]
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I think Ralert must have missed a mat at 13, either that or he is sitting down..
Re: Official Ironman Hawaii Race Day Discussion [bobo]
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Yep, I'd say it worked out pretty darn well for these two examples:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Heiden
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Hughes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Heiden
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Hughes
Re: Official Ironman Hawaii Race Day Discussion [ianpeace]
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Ryf no longer with Swaziland. She's racing new dual citizenship Czechoslovakia and Switzerland.
Re: Official Ironman Hawaii Race Day Discussion [monty]
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On Geman TV they are saying he has bad stomach problems...
Re: Official Ironman Hawaii Race Day Discussion [Diabolo]
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Carfrae has outrun her at every split. But obviously Caroline is closer...
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Re: Official Ironman Hawaii Race Day Discussion [ianpeace]
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CHE - Confederatio Helvetica
Re: Official Ironman Hawaii Race Day Discussion [ianpeace]
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ianpeace wrote:
Ryf no longer with Swaziland. She's racing new dual citizenship Czechoslovakia and Switzerland. In fairness CH is Switzerland :-) Both of these races are better pretty interesting.
Re: Official Ironman Hawaii Race Day Discussion [devashish_paul]
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Haven't heard you comment on Kienle since mile 2. Still think he went out to fast?
Re: Official Ironman Hawaii Race Day Discussion [monty]
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If they don't have enough cameras I wish they would at least take the motorcycle camera off Ryf and Kienle for a few minutes and drop back to show us some of the other athletes. With Kienle's 8 min lead, he isn't going to lose it anytime soon so we aren't going to miss anything.
According to Jesse Thomas' twitter, Raelert rested at an aid station for "3ish" minutes.