From my friends' Facebook who was there watching the race:


Anton won for the second year in a row. Hayato Kawahara was second, he won the race in 2011. She had Matt Burton in 6th. Beate Gortz won the womens race for the second year in a row, she was the top female amateur in Hawaii in 2011.

Swim was cancelled, they ran it as a duathlon - 6.5K swim, 155K bike, 42.2K run - tough day, really windy on the bike, not as hot as it's been in the past.

I think you meant 6.5K run, but the format you suggested with your typo could get rid of a ton of WTC drafting and frankly the overall times would only be a touch slower for your average age grouper!

Thanks

I know Matt and even he is unsure where he finished. Blew badly towards the end of the bike.

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXhyg7q9Jz4


No question about who won from the commentators....;-)

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I heard that the first run was in the sand. On the fence about going next year for the 30th anniversary.

Why is it that often when a tri is gettting shortened to a duathlon they add MORE running to the day. I can see why they open with a run, but it would be so much nicer if they slashed the same distance off the second run....for example open with 10K of running but slash 10K off the second run. I understand that for loop courses it is not that easy, but realistically it is not that hard either. Just make the second run an out and back if it was formerly a loop. I would not be too thrilled having to run 48.5K in a single day.

Given that the majority of Japanese athletes are terrible swimmers and very good runners...I'm surprised they didn't make the first run LONGER!

After all, the only part of the Strongman race that is consistant with the IM distance is the final marathon. But then again, Strongman has been around a pretty long time before the IM distance was ever that popular.

depending on the course, it can be hard to shorten a run. The first run is to spread the field out before the bike. And even more than a swim, you can't win the race on that run, but you can really lose it?

 
Full results:
http://www.miyako-net.ne.jp/...load/TRYSEND29-2.pdf

Top 10 and Age Groups:
http://www.miyako-net.ne.jp/...wnload/seiseki29.pdf

It must have been a tough day. The completion rate was only 80.5%.

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Keren
https://www.triathlonintokyo.org/
https://quintanarootri.com/ https://en-jp.wahoofitness.com/ https://www.worldtriathlonstore.com/

2014 edition of Strongman Japan was this past weekend. Ben Williams of the USA won. Huge congrats to Ben.

Why no mention of this race in the front page weekend box?

Strongman Japan is one the classic races of the sport, but gets virtually no coverage... anywhere!

Always wanted to go race it... but living in a northern climate makes it tough to train for the early date...