Monty, I see the results on sportstats from Oceanside 2006 when you won (not sure it will copy and paste that well, Kevin Purcell (RIP) no longer with us:

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MARK MONTGOMERY
M50-54 Bib: 1245
VALYERMO, CA | USA
00:26:36
00:26:36
02:33:35
03:03:45
01:39:36
04:45:19
04:45:18
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DH

DEAN HARPER
M50-54 Bib: 1291
WALNUT CREEK, CA | USA
00:26:33
00:26:33
02:41:09
03:13:17
01:35:41
04:51:20
04:51:18
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RA

ROBERT ADAMS
M50-54 Bib: 1250
BOISE, ID | USA
00:33:21
00:33:21
02:38:26
03:17:01
01:34:41
04:53:31
04:53:28
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KP

KEVIN PURCELL
M50-54 Bib: 1239
SAN DIEGO, CA | USA
00:30:30
00:30:30
02:35:06
03:11:53
01:39:10
04:53:39
04:5

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Pink? Maybe. Maybe not. You decide.

Also available here to watch, apparently: https://proseries.ironman.com/

Tough break for Race Ranger. Firmware issue caught onsite in Oceanside. I would think it'd be more important at an IM race with a 12m draft zone. I would guess more people break the 12m than ride safely off of it but I could be wrong. & I think some people like a Dubrick type could benefit from making sure they're riding the legal limit in the front pack. I guess we'll see how this affects the stronger bikers. It might allow them to bridge more quickly but it might also allow them to bring more riders up with them.

OK we got a not terrible new countdown to kick things off. Decent intro as well.


Oh fuck me no way I can handle 40m leading into this.

Monty's point about the weather and temps will be interesting. If the temps are that cool/cold getting onto the bike may require some clothing options.

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Brooks Doughtie, M.S.
Exercise Physiology
-USAT Level II

LOLOLOL I already thought I was bad at predictions, but this is just nuts

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"FTP is a bit 2015, don't you think?" - Gustav Iden

Zero sub 1:10 predictions proved correct.
Sanders ran 1:10:40, Long >1:12 and Geens 1:11:42. Way back Weaver might run just under 1:10 (who is a 2:13 marathon runner but he's in #42 (of 69 starters) 26 minutes down)) Edit: Weaver runs 1:10:01.

I enjoyed watching the race very much. He did exactly what he planned for and I’m really happy for him.

I don’t troll. He IS 2024 Oceanside 70.3 Champion. Hope he does well for the rest of the season.

You got that right!!! He’s a different animal this year. He got his confidence back, swims better so his competitors better watch out. No more fooling around for him.

Was looking at the results. 41st place was 30 minutes off of the winner. But did have a fast enough time to fall in the top 3 OA amateurs. However 53rd through 59th all had finish times of slower than 4:30. 44-58 minutes back. That puts most of them behind at least 20 amateurs.

I know some time this will happen when guys are trying to hang on in the first couple of legs and blow up in the run. But some underwhelming swim and bike splits from some of these guys.

As for amatuers, watch out if drake deuel figures out how to swim

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Matt

Post race article is up!

Well written, and I like the snappy style. What happened to Lange and Jewett though?

Agree with your observations, except this one thing:

Ironman must increase the prize purse, because “So many good professional athletes did not make any money today.”

Well, these professionals were there voluntarily. Oceanside was famous for having a big and relatively deep field and paying pathetic money well before they signed up. Yet pros cling to it. It’s a free market. Ironman should probably decrease the prize purse 😉

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"FTP is a bit 2015, don't you think?" - Gustav Iden

Broken clock right twice a day. I'm glad I don't have to feel disappointed for believing the impossible dream once again.

Lol

You are awesome buddy

Yeah. He’s got the Haleakala climb I believe. And was an accomplished rower in college.

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Matt

Didn’t Lange go off course, like Emma PB?

Skipper seemed to have suddenly lost over 2 minutes between 26 miles and 42 miles on the bike. Maybe that was just Long and Sanders getting on the front and drilling it (with Sperl Laundry and Riele hanging on like grim death).

Great, so wanted to watch Oceanside (in Australia so couldn't watch live as in the middle of the night for us, and then had to drive my son to his cycling race in the morning), now in the afternoon want to watch it but it's not available on demand is that correct? Well done Ironman I guess.

'Fraid not. Outside+ (subscription required) gives you rewind/ start from zero/rewatch but the rest (eg Outside live in NA, or the IM app everywhere else) disables that. The +30s and -30s buttons were there (live) but without function. Live or nothing.
Given that (I assume) IM will broadcast all the IM Series in this way, for you a sub might be worth it for a 4 months (another 13? races (Texas to Tallinn) before Nice). I'm assuming IMWCs and Taupo will be streamed in a way which will allow review; maybe that's naive.

Yeah I know there's some joking in here but I don't think it's out of line to ask if IM can do more for their pros. 8 deeps & 7.5k >>> 1k isn't very much for a major race. The Pro Series is great but it only exists because PTO forced their hand. It still mostly benefits top triathletes who were already making a living in the sport. I'm really just asking them to move the money around. Some of the $100k races will be a lot weaker than this one. I think IM could even do what PTO does & pay a good chunk of the field a small amount for showing up. Places 15-25 get $500 or something like that. I think some of the non-Pro Series $40k range races could also be broken up into multiple $15k-20k races to help developing pros set up their race calendars. Some critiqued the size of this field/back of pack pros (don't think there was any real impact on the race) but a lot of the smaller 70.3 pro races were gutted for the Pro Series. Races like Oregon/Gulf Coast/Michigan/Maryland/etc aren't on the calendar. If you're a North American pro you have limited options.

I was doing the math

If I bought the subscription and had access to the 30s fast forward, and I started watching 15 min late so I could press fast forward at every ad, would it be worth it ? Then I realized I would have to start watching 3 hours later because I would have caught up to the front of the race within one hour. I would have had to leave my finger on the button.

IM thought it needed to surpass a no sound, in the dark broadcast. They managed to be more annoying with their ads.

So, I came 700th this time around, one more to go.

(Yes, of course, it was 700th out of 731).

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"FTP is a bit 2015, don't you think?" - Gustav Iden