Sorry for being a berk, but who is that who just passed Steffen? Leanda? She can't have served her penalty yet then..

The ITU lady... I'd hit it

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no just more wind

Hillary Biscay ‏@hillarybiscay
@rappstar @17:15 here at top of Kawaihae/turn to Hawi.

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Craig Alexander is now in trouble - he's 6:20 behind at 78 miles.


and that's from the live feed, so you know its accurate. and that chocolate milk is good.

So she's hitting it hard before she serves her 4 minutes. Should work out very nicely for Steffen. Ker-ching!

There's no doubt, Macca coincidentally pulling out when he's down and getting beaten will give Crowie's camp plenty to go on about!

I can't see Macca coming out and saying "I didn't feel great, I couldn't keep up and I knew I couldn't win so I quit"...

Obviously there's more important things going on today than Macca DNFing but I'm still eager to hear his story...

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www.eddyroche.com

So today is the day that all of us that train hard but can't make it to Kona yet get drunk and watch this race? I need a few more drinks to make a bold statement like this.

Yuuuuuup

Welchy is on his game. Wealth of ITU knowledge.

I'm on my 3rd beer. After 5, I'd probably hit Welch.

Thank you. Didn't think pink was needed.

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And back to the race...

Loving the airtime for Jacobs' bike. That Boardman Air/TT is a damn sexy bit of kit.

My question for the day is just how far up the standings Viktor Zyemtsev is going to run himself. He's usually got a really strong marathon and it'd be great to see him do well at Kona.

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...and then overtrain tomorrow

Love to see Mirinda only 8 min back so far..... gravy! Yeah, 4th beer and more to come.

I'm on the trainer right now doing a slow spin while I'm watching Kona and your comment almost made me fall off my bike.

looks like the women's race will come down to Ellis and Rinny on the run, and whether Rinny can run her down. Ellis will outrun Steffen

um, quoted for posterity?

Now Mirinda is 10:50 back.

Mary=Beth gets the win me thinks.

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"Suck it up, Buttercup"
(me, to myself, every day)

Damn. Too bad. Pushing too hard heh.

And just like that its 11 min... Sorry I jinxed you Mirinda! Go...go...go

watch this split, from 75 to 90 miles. rapp's last split, from 60 to 75mi, was within 30 seconds of the fastest split, and maybe in the top 5 or 6. if he's got another top-5 split from 75 to 90, then he's going well.

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If Cave, Ellis, and Steffen stay together there's no doubt that one of them will win. Too much experience.

Surprised Steffen didn't get away from them when she went by them. Does she think she can outrun Ellis?

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"Suck it up, Buttercup"
(me, to myself, every day)

what the heck happened to the men's coverage?