All right - the winners seem set already but you just never know. I don't like how Reif looks.

That's bad news for Diamondback. They needed a big day. Doesn't make the bike look too good.

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She's got a lot of cushion. I wanted Rinny to win but now her battle is for 3rd

Sweet, much better picture.

Ah i see it now. Just so you know, the word you'd use in that instance is discalculia, not dyslexia ;)

Looks like Sanders is picking it up again. Looks like he had a bad patch.

Agreed, that is stupid. With the GPS trackers this should be easy to generate.

Nope. Blame your dyslexia. Chrissie went 8:54 in 2009. Rinny has both the course record of 8:52 and the run course record of 2:50, both set in 2013.

Well those were all on the old course, not this new shorter swim one. So all records now have to have an * next to them. This is exactly why I did not want them to shorten the swim, it trickles down to the actual finish times too..

 
Pro Men - Thru Run Split 4 - Palani uphill - 2.84->10.20 mi

1 6:22:27 Jan Frodeno 17:31 6:10
2 6:22:30 0:03 Sebastian Kienle 17:33 6:11
3 6:25:25 2:59 Andi Boecherer 18:05 6:23
4 6:25:51 3:25 Ben Hoffman 18:37 6:34
5 6:26:43 4:17 Tim O'Donnell 18:16 6:26
6 6:28:42 6:16 Boris Stein 18:53 6:39
7 6:32:24 9:58 Andy Potts 18:18 6:27
8 6:32:49 10:23 Lionel Sanders 18:33 6:32
9 6:32:58 10:32 Patrick Lange 17:15 6:05
10 6:33:03 10:37 Luke McKenzie 21:33 7:35
11 6:33:08 10:42 Frederik Van Lierde 18:04 6:22
12 6:34:04 11:38 Eneko Llanos 20:01 7:03
13 6:34:59 12:33 Marko Albert 19:58 7:02
14 6:35:38 13:12 Brent McMahon 18:10 6:24
15 6:35:43 13:17 Terenzo Bozzone 20:13 7:08
16 6:35:47 13:21 Bart Aernouts 18:05 6:22
17 6:36:10 13:44 Ivan Rana 18:34 6:33
18 6:37:10 14:43 James Cunnama 18:39 6:34
19 6:37:42 15:16 Matt Russell 18:46 6:37
20 6:37:46 15:19 Jesse Thomas 18:33 6:32
21 6:37:46 15:20 Cyril Viennot 18:31 6:32
22 6:37:52 15:25 David Plese 19:46 6:58
23 6:38:30 16:04 Ruedi Wild 19:19 6:48
24 6:38:33 16:07 Kyle Buckingham 19:07 6:44
25 6:39:45 17:19 David Dellow 18:46 6:37
26 6:40:12 17:46 Ronnie Schildknecht 19:01 6:42
27 6:41:26 19:00 Kirill Kotsegarov 19:14 6:47
28 6:41:27 19:01 Denis Chevrot 19:08 6:45
29 6:41:32 19:06 Christian Kramer 20:02 7:03
30 6:42:15 19:48 Jordan Rapp 20:12 7:07

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Suppose that Ryf goes a 8:50. Would that be a non-asterisked performance?

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Take a short break from ST and read my blog:
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So if the swim was "LONG" and the swim is now accurate, then would that not mean that a record set now would be "THE RECORD" Saying the swim is "short" is not an accurate statement if the old one was long.

Everyone remember Patric Lange? I do and now he is running into contention with the fastest pace. Didn't he run 2;41 on a hot day all alone? Hell, Germans could get the top 4 spots if this keeps up..

They used to have a Leaderboard option in the Athlete Tracker, that would return athletes in order of their place. Seems to be gone, so no way to know current place as of latest run mats. Pretty sorry. But, at least they have estimated finish time, thank goodness for that.

Pro Men - Thru Run Split 5 - Hina Lani outbound heading to Energy Lab - 3.64->13.84 mi

1 6:45:06 Jan Frodeno 22:39 6:14
2 6:46:35 1:30 Sebastian Kienle 24:06 6:38

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If the swim is accurate now then any records set as of this year are the record and any records before that should have the asterisks next to them as LONG!

Is anyone else just getting a big kurze pause on the German feed?

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Take a short break from ST and read my blog:
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So if the swim was "LONG" and the swim is now accurate, then would that not mean that a record set now would be "THE RECORD" Saying the swim is "short" is not an accurate statement if the old one was long. //

I dont know if it was long or not, but I do know the course record. Even if it was a few meters long, dont think it was a good idea to change it after 35 years of being the same exact swim. It is not like ironman is some certified distance that everyone can relate to, it is not the marathon or 10k. It is just what most RD's cars odometers get while driving, or some point they got on a gps for the swim. It has never been exact in any form or function, so I just didn't see the need to fuck with the tradition of the Kona swim, thats all.

Would be nice to have any idea on how the women's marathon is going. All we know is the first mile times... the women's run is probably the most interesting aspect right now. Is Ryf's pace fading?

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I got that earlier and switched back to the IM feed.

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Yes. Switched back to Ironman site

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Frodo is beast, if he can hold this pace-or even slow reasonably

Excuse my ignorance. Who is Bryan McCrystal of Ireland M35-39 biking a 4:29 after a :59 swim?!?!

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German coverage is back. They switched broadcast stations.

From the footage I saw the bike looked like it was getting blown around a lot more than the others. I would have been thinking, "Get me off this thing!!!!"

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