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Ironman 70.3 World's Australia Race Day thread
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devashish_paul
Sep 3, 16 13:25
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Looks like Lionel and Kienle are lucking out in the sense that the water looks calm and pros are wearing wetsuits. Sunny day. I wonder how windy the bike will get! Pro men started at 4:15 EDT and pro women at 4:20 EDT
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devashish_paul
Sep 3, 16 13:26
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Aussie boy Josh Amberger leading the swim!
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SBRcanuck
Sep 3, 16 13:28
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You can't win the race in the swim, but you can lose it.........

Sorry, I couldn't resist.... :)
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sciguy
Sep 3, 16 13:29
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Hopefully Sebastian and Lionel were not one of those 10 or so men who were no where near the start line when they were let go. That had to be a huge Oh S#it for those who missed the start.
Genetics load the gun, lifestyle pulls the trigger.
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devashish_paul
Sep 3, 16 13:31
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sciguy wrote:
Hopefully Sebastian and Lionel were not one of those 10 or so men who were no where near the start line when they were let go. That had to be a huge Oh S#it for those who missed the start.

I missed the start. What the heck happened?
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stevej
Sep 3, 16 13:32
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There were 10 or so men still swimming to the start line when they sounded the horn. It looked like quite the swim from the beach to the start (not exactly short).
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devashish_paul
Sep 3, 16 13:34
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stevej wrote:
There were 10 or so men still swimming to the start line when they sounded the horn. It looked like quite the swim from the beach to the start (not exactly short).

OK I missed that...it was "in water start?"

What do you guys think about Holly Lawrence. She's had a few fast runs too?
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sciguy
Sep 3, 16 13:36
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stevej wrote:
There were 10 or so men still swimming to the start line when they sounded the horn. It looked like quite the swim from the beach to the start (not exactly short).

On the other hand, the gals were all nicely ready on the line well before their start.
Genetics load the gun, lifestyle pulls the trigger.
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devashish_paul
Sep 3, 16 13:38
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Looks like 21:50 or so for Amberger...the rest around 40 seconds later
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devashish_paul
Sep 3, 16 13:40
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Crowie on the bike in 2nd place....woohoo!!!
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MI_Mumps
Sep 3, 16 13:40
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"the lifeless, the ageless, Craig Alexander"

1 for 2 isn't bad...
Aaron Bales
Lansing Triathlon Team
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stevej
Sep 3, 16 13:41
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Interesting that he put socks on.

And he mounted too early. Probably a penalty
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devashish_paul
Sep 3, 16 13:43
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stevej wrote:
Interesting that he put socks on.

And he mounted too early. Probably a penalty

The funny thing is it is impossible to not figure out the mount line for everyone but the first guy out of the water....after 1st there is always someone who is mounting at the line.
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MI_Mumps
Sep 3, 16 13:43
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His responsibility to know, but that big red line at the end of transition is pretty crappy (especially for a former ITU guy like Heyburgs).
Aaron Bales
Lansing Triathlon Team
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kileyay
Sep 3, 16 13:45
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devashish_paul wrote:
stevej wrote:
There were 10 or so men still swimming to the start line when they sounded the horn. It looked like quite the swim from the beach to the start (not exactly short).

OK I missed that...it was "in water start?"

What do you guys think about Holly Lawrence. She's had a few fast runs too?

I think she has recently made a highly interesting coaching change...I wouldn't be surprised to see her kill it in light of that fact.
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devashish_paul
Sep 3, 16 13:46
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Where is Kienle?...McMahon and Don in lead pack

I guess no GPS tracking of the pros?
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devashish_paul
Sep 3, 16 13:51
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Sanders only 3 min back and he'd only <1 min back of Kienle at T2.

Edit: Sorry, Sanders almost 4 min back. Kienle just over 2 min back
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JeanT
Sep 3, 16 13:52
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Displayed in a graphical chart : https://ironstats.org/...-half-MPRO-live.html
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stevej
Sep 3, 16 13:53
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Yes in the water start.

Anyone see sanders periscope? Huge huge group heading up the hill out of T2. All "drafting".
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devashish_paul
Sep 3, 16 14:00
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What periscope was that?
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devashish_paul
Sep 3, 16 14:02
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Glad to see that any moto benefit is going to Josh Amberger. Hard to tell from the camera angle, but it may be close, but at least the moto is not pulling the main pack. Kienle and Sanders don't have to worry about the main pack being pulled by the camera moto
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kileyay
Sep 3, 16 14:07
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Josh Amberger does this every 70.3 Worlds...he guns it on the bike at significantly higher watts than he can realistically maintain. And then he just crumbles. Maybe he will prove me wrong today, but I doubt it.
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devashish_paul
Sep 3, 16 14:09
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PubliusValerius wrote:
Josh Amberger does this every 70.3 Worlds...he guns it on the bike at significantly higher watts than he can realistically maintain. And then he just crumbles. Maybe he will prove me wrong today, but I doubt it.

I think he realizes that he's not the fastest runner, so his best placement is to go hard and benefit as much as he can from being race leader....coverage as well as any benefit from camera. Someone has to get the benefit however marginal, so good for him
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TulkasTri
Sep 3, 16 14:11
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What next? He'll come here and do an AMA?
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Helliquin
Sep 3, 16 14:11
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An Aussie here just waking up to check it out.

Where are you guys getting the live feed from?
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