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[reply]I hope the Hoyts are already out of the water and were just missed by Huddle, that would suck if they didn't make it.[/reply]

There isn't any reason they shouldn't be allowed to continue. They aren't racing for Kona spots or a win. Why shouldn't they get the emotional nod to go on for their LAST Ironman together?

They don't have a swim time posted yet...

Doesn't look good...

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Badmann losing time to Jones. 13min back.

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are you joking? there actually IS a reason -- they missed the cut-off. why not just let anyone mop or bop draft as well? they aren't racing for kona slots or a win either.

Or is Hektor the first one?

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MJ 13" ahead of Natashca at mile 35!! Wow....

heartbreaking seeing these last swimmers being told they can't continue - i dont envy the organisers who have to break the news - just heartbreaking :o(

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I hated every minute of training, but I said, ''Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.''
- Muhammad Ali

Dick Hoyt would school Chuck Norris in the octagon!

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What if the Hokey Pokey is what it is all about?

No, she was 14:30 behind out of T1, so is making time on the bike. She was 11 minutes down out of the water so the ITU specialist was faster through transition.

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Looks like Dick's still in the water!

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OK - I was just looking at the swim times. Thanks.

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Yeah, looks like they've missed the cutoff.

Damn.

No worries, I only remember as I thought she was slow in transition.

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I don't get... cut-off for what?

They are already in Kona, what else is there? Christ, Frank Farrar got a spot to Kona after not making the cut-off.

Damn.

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Yup, so sad. He/they are such an icon and inspiration. Tough as nails guy. Someone mentioned earlier that it would be cool to have some else take Rick Hoyt around in Kona (if anyone else COULD). I'd have trouble pushing him for marathon, but possibly. NO WAY I could bike with him behind (or swim for that matter).

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Each leg has a cut-off time. Swim IIRC is 2:20.

This from Slowdef:

Faris has been averageing 300 watts throughout this ride, and has recently spiked it up to 315 at times. He's leading this pack. In the pack is Cam Brown who's keeping pace but only producing about 225 watts on average to keep pace. Luke Bell is also in this group and is up to 280 watts, on average, but just produced at 346-watt spike. Clearly, Brown has figured out a way to ride very economically. Is it his Scott Plasma? Is it a very tight position that punches a small hole in the wind? Perhaps the SRM data is one indicator of why this Kiwi runs so fast off the bike.


Seems Cam's aero position is WAY better than Faris'.

Discuss.

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Al-Sultan's style looks very heavy to me. It is early in the race for him to be slugging the bike so hard.

It hurts to see Dick Hoyt miss the cut-off. I wish he had made it. They are reporting he will miss the swim cut-off.

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Seeing Dick Hoyt I wonder if there may be a better vessel for Ricky to ride in that produces less drag for Dick when he swims. I wonder if Ricky may be faster in something like a carbon-fiber racing canoe that is more streamlined.

Stadler with 5:00 minutes. Incredible. He needs 10....

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I just saw that too...if those power reading are right, that's an incredible stat!

This is great guys! Knock on wood, everything is working. Keep it coming.

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I'll be watching this later today in fullscreen mode on my TV in my living room that's connected to my HTPC. It's awesome!

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I noticed that much lower wattage on the power website. That is a huge power difference! It seems like faris has a pretty good position, but who knows.