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Alibabwa

Aug 5, 12 18:58

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I was in Penticton training this weekend and saw the racers on the course both yesterday and today. Does anyone know where I can find race coverage or updates? I don't know anyone in the race but would love to see how people did.

Usually someone is posting details here but either there isn't anything this year or I am useless at searching.

Thanks!


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Aug 5, 12 20:20

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Alibabwa wrote:
I was in Penticton training this weekend and saw the racers on the course both yesterday and today. Does anyone know where I can find race coverage or updates? I don't know anyone in the race but would love to see how people did.

Usually someone is posting details here but either there isn't anything this year or I am useless at searching.

Thanks!
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That person usually posting here is me and I have learned that it is pretty much a waste of time......

But if you want to know,check out the results here.. www.ultramancanada.com

or you can go here www.facebook.com/?ref=tn_tnmn#!/groups/ultraman/

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Alibabwa

Aug 5, 12 20:43

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Re: Ultraman Canada - where do I get results? [Ultra-tri-guy] [In reply to] Quote | Reply
Thanks! Somehow I couldn't find the results the first time I searched the Ultraman website.

I was surprised there wasn't any news from you this year. I read your posts on ultramnan but don't normally comment as I don't know much about the race or competitors.


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Aug 5, 12 20:50

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Re: Ultraman Canada - where do I get results? [Alibabwa] [In reply to] Quote | Reply
If you are still going to be around tomorrow afternoon and want to get a tough but beautiful ride in you can ride the Ultraman run course backwards for about 15k until the pavement runs out and watch the runners come through.If you want to see more of them and the course then drive it until you start to see the runners.......and then at the finish in Summerland there is a beer garden!!!!!!!

Looks like it has been a great race this year and Stephens record breaking 7:47 ride today was amazing.Tomorrow we will see if he knows how to run.....


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Crmurphy

Aug 5, 12 21:14

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Re: Ultraman Canada - where do I get results? [Ultra-tri-guy] [In reply to] Quote | Reply
I like to follow your Ultraman posts as well and hope to some day to the race!

Don't stop doing what you're doing.
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"Chrissie wins because she trains really f'ing hard and races really f'ing hard and was blessed with a huge f'ing motor" Jordan Rapp


Alibabwa

Aug 5, 12 21:21

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We returned home today so sadly will miss it. We did cheer on what felt like the bulk of the athletes (at least 20) on our drive home.

Just checked yesterday's results, 2:51:29 for the 10km swim? That's nuts!


cliffk110

Aug 6, 12 5:56

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Ultraman Canada Day 1 Race Report

This morning the south Okanagan Valley greeted the 31 athletes starting the 12
th edition of Ultraman Canada with a nice north wind to help sail the swimmers south in Skaha Lake. The first athlete to complete the 10km swim was Chad Hon of Mobile, Alabama with a time of 2:51:29. Hon was followed out of the water by David Craig of Wellington, NZ and Stephen Stafford of Fayetteville, AR in the times of 3:01:42 and 3:01:46 respectively. The final swimmer of the day was Penticton’s own, Terry Craig in a time of 4:43:06.
In the women’s division, Alice Robb of Perth, Australia exited the swim first in a time of 3:23:45. She was followed by Canadian Katherine Calder-Becker of Montreal in a time of 3:27:16. Consuela Lively of Winter Park, FL rounded out the top three women with a time 3:42:47. All swimmers were able to complete the distance in less than 5 hours, nearly an hour faster than last year’s final athlete.
After the swim, the athletes mounted their bikes to take on the 145.3 course over the Richter Pass and finishing in Okanagan Falls. As the day heated up to the mid 30’sC (mid 90’sF) so did the action. Stephen Stafford, 31, moved from third place after the swim to first overall for the day with a blistering bike time of 3:58:58, a new course record. His total time for the Day 1 distances was 7:00:44, third fastest ever. Chad Hon, 42, finished with a bike split of 4:26:18 making his total time of 7:17:47 the fourth fastest time ever for Day 1. The third overall finisher, David Craig, 45, finished the bike in a time of 4:34:05 for an overall time of 7:35:47. Penticton’s own, Bruce Schoenne and Terry Craig finished the day with overall times of 10:08:27 and 11:13:37 respectively.
Cranking like a woman possessed on the bike, Consuela Lively, 41, was able to move from third female to first overall woman with a bike split of 4:56:55 to bring her Day 1 total time of 8:39:42. Katherine Calder-Becker, 48, maintained her second place position with a bike split of 5:16:17 for a total time of 8:43:33, less than five minutes behind Lively going into Day 2.
Rehydration, recovery and rest are the menu for the athletes this evening as they prepare to tackle tomorrow’s 273.5km bike ride. They will start tomorrow at 7:00am from Skaha Marina, travel through the South Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys and finish at the Princeton Arena


Ultraman Canada Day 2 Race Report

On a sweltering day in the Okanagan and Similkameen valleys, the action was also quite hot. Yesterday’s first place finisher, Stephen Stafford of Fayetteville, AR blazed through the 275.8km course in a record smashing time of 7:47:33 over 19 minutes faster than the previous record. James Player of Roseville,CA and Chad Hon of Mobile, AL also burnt up the course with times of 8:20:43 and 8:20:46 respectively. Those times were the fourth and fifth fastest times ever on the Day 2 bike course. Hon retains his second place overall standings and Player has moved from 10
th to 4th place overall. The top three men overall are Stafford (14:48:17), Hon (15:38:33) and David Craig of Wellington, NZ (16:09:23) who was able to maintain his third place overall with a bike time of 8:33:36.

While there is quite a time difference between the top 3 male athletes, the women have been pushing each other with blistering times. Alice Robb was on fire and rode a 9:33:06 today for the fourth fastest time by a female ever on this course. She was followed closely by Consuela Lively who rode a time of 9:35:18 to remain in first place overall in the women’s division. Ingrid Hillhouse had the third fastest ride of the day with a 9:39:04 clocking. Katherine Calder-Becker rounded out the top 4 with a time of 9:47:15 to maintain her second place overall position. That means that going into tomorrow’s 84.3km run, there are only 17 minutes separating the top 3 women.

The two athletes from Penticton, Terry Craig and Bruce Schoenne were able to complete today’s 275.8km course in 11:52:58 and 11:21:10 respectively. That means that all 31 athletes were able to complete today’s distances and will be able to start tomorrow’s run on the Princeton-Summerland Highway as official athletes. The run begins on the Princeton-Summerland Hwy at 7:00am and the first finishers are expected to arrive in Summerland at Memorial Park after 1:00pm. Feel free to join us and cheer on these incredible men and women.