Images from IM Louisville

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Here are a few images from IM Louisville

Athletes lined up early to secure a good spot in the self seeded line for the swim

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T1 looks very quiet or now

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First one out of the water, first one on and off the bike

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First woman out of the water

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One of Jason’s guys

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This Pro bike plus two Cervelos never left T1

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Chris McDonald flying in back into T2

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Came in third off the bike and finished second

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Patrick Evoe on his way to his 5th place

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Chris McDonald knows that he is the man of the day

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Heather looked very fast today

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The finish area at IM Louisville was very nice indeed

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Great post and pics Herbert , thanks very much !

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Cool photos Herbert, thanks!

Saw one other guy with a hat just like yours! I almost went up to him to say high when I realized it wasn’t you :0

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Why does he have those long socks on?

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Here are a few more.

This bridge had to be crossed on the way from the water to T1.

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Eventual 4th place finisher Gernot Seidl from Austria finishes the bike

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Ivan Albano from Brasil about to enter T2 on his way to 9th place

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Hans Muehlbauer from Germany would eventually finish 6th

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Alex Taubert from Germany would eventually finish 10th

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TJ Tollakson was still in the lead at mile 15

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Craig McKenzie on his way to second place

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Enjoy,

Herbert

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He’s wearing compression socks.

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They are compression socks. a lot of the European racers I saw recently had them. Look at some photos of IM germany, they all wore them. They are supposed to help blood flow (if I’m not mistaken)

Great photos!

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Herbert - Nice pic’s. Thanks

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I did fail a bit though as a roving reporter. I stood with a few folks from Wisconsin and we saw how a camera bike took bumped into two racers during the run. One runner and the motorcycle went down, the other runner kind of just continued after stumbling. The speed was not big of the motorbike, and the runner who had fallen actually after shaking off the shock and surprise, shook hands with the motorcycle guy and the camera dude. He then went on back on the run course.

I can’t believe I did not take a pic of that…

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i took a few hundred photos yesterday and am loading them up slowly, will get the better ones up tonight or tomorrow.

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Ah! I am DEFINITELY looking forward to your photos newbz! Yours are usually better than any other ones I see, pro or otherwise (of course, you are basically a pro). Good to see you there, however briefly!