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Ford Ironman World Championship

  • And now, true grit on the course. #AgeGroupers #IMKona #myinspiration
    by MarieMalave via twitter 10/10/2010 1:49:30 AM

  • Bike was windy. It's brutally hot. Our #ironman is sick. Give him some love.#IMkona twitpic.com

    by ironmantimholme via twitter 10/10/2010 1:51:49 AM
  • Trevor Delsaut was our age-group winner - he finished 22nd overall with an 8:40:43 to win the 18-24 age group.
  • Yvonne Van Vlerken just came across the line in sixth.
  • Winning the 30-34 age group was a very happy Ciro Violin from Brazil, who went 8:54 here today.
  • Doing the Blazeman roll - Leanda Cave just crossed the line and honored Jon Blais, who finished the race here a few years ago despite that fact that he had ALS, or Lou Gehrigs disease.
  • Caitlin Snow's amazing marathon run time today was a 2:56.
  • The top 10 women's splits:
    1 8:58:36 102 Carfrae, Mirinda Brisbane QLD AUS 55:53 1:56 5:04:59 2:18 2:53:32
    2 9:06:00 7:25 150 Steffen, Caroline Mooloolaba QLD AUS 55:57 2:01 4:59:23 2:53 3:05:47
    3 9:10:04 11:29 130 Dibens, Julie Boulder CO USA 53:50 1:56 4:55:28 2:39 3:16:12
    4 9:16:47 18:11 103 Berasategui, Virginia Bilbao ESP 57:46 2:22 5:05:36 2:34 3:08:31
    5 9:18:48 20:13 107 Joyce, Rachel London GBR 52:25 1:53 5:10:33 2:49 3:11:09
    6 9:22:48 24:13 125 Thuerig, Karin Retschwil SWI 1:13:12 3:10 4:48:22 3:39 3:14:27
    7 9:23:33 24:57 123 Van Vlerken, Yvonne Schwarzach AUT 1:01:58 2:00 4:59:42 2:16 3:17:39
    8 9:26:42 28:06 115 Snow, Caitlin Brockton MA USA 57:50 2:27 5:27:40 2:41 2:56:04
    9 9:27:02 28:27 134 Bij De Vaate, Heleen Stein NLD 1:13:07 2:16 5:02:30 2:22 3:06:49
    10 9:27:42 29:07 137 Cave, Leanda Tucson AZ USA 55:43 1:49 5:07:30 2:36 3:20:06
  • What a race! What a sport! #IMKona
    by deannamcclung via twitter 10/10/2010 2:02:39 AM
  • OK, I'm ready to do Ironman Hawaii again. Sign me up for next year. #IMKona
    by qbike via twitter 10/10/2010 2:02:52 AM
  • Some fast women's splits! That's a sure tribute to the changes Chrissie Wellington is bringing to the sport. There were four women who rode under five hours - Caroline Steffen, Julie Dibens, Karin Thuerig and Yvonne Van Vlerken. There were two women who ran under three hours, too - Mirinda Carfrae and Caitlin Snow!

  • Challenged athlete @redefiningable at mile 60 of the bike course at Ironman twitpic.com #IMKONA via @nealhenderson

    by immeemz via twitter 10/10/2010 2:04:08 AM
  • I am in awe of the challenged racers at #IMKONA!!!
    by bmmcmillan64 via twitter 10/10/2010 2:04:26 AM
  • Our 25-29 winner was 1 Schmid, Stefan 5/3/1 24/M18-24 00:58:35 04:53:13 02:55:53 08:55:26
  • Multiple challenged athletes out on the bike course @ #IMKona! Check out bib#'s 171,169,167 &more to track their progess. ow.ly
    by CAFoundation via twitter 10/10/2010 2:06:01 AM
  • There's 1.5 hours until the bike cutoff at #imkona - Trish (@redefiningable) is going to needs lots of positive thoughts to pull her in!
    by apexcoaching via twitter 10/10/2010 2:06:39 AM
  • challenged athletes at #imkona redefines what is possible; really anything is possible!
    by dshen via twitter 10/10/2010 2:07:03 AM
  • Ironman Spirit: capturing a family
    Moment during the husbands run and getting the wife's email address to send her the pictures.#imkona
    by formerlygood via twitter 10/10/2010 2:07:22 AM
  • Why #IMKona? 1)field 18s to 80s 2)4xcancer survivor & heart transplant 3)challenged athletes 4)middle agers beat 20yos & 5)locals @PacWest
    by maximilien via twitter 10/10/2010 2:07:31 AM
  • The age group winner went 8:40:43. I am in awe. #IMKona
    by truenorthyoga via twitter 10/10/2010 2:08:15 AM
  • Our 35 - 39 men's champion was Damien Angus from Brighton, Australia - he finished in 9:04:14.
  • A 2:53:32 marathon for Carfrae at #IMKONA the boys better step it up! Wait til Chrissie us back too #Inspiring
    by RealEstateKevin via twitter 10/10/2010 2:08:56 AM
  • There are few places in the world as.happy as the finish line of an Ironman. Pretty friggin' amazing, these triathletes are.#IMkona
    by ironmantimholme via twitter 10/10/2010 2:09:02 AM
  • I was going to pay per view a movie tonight, but #IMKONA is so good, I think I'll just watch the live feed instead :-)
    by vanwassup via twitter 10/10/2010 2:09:48 AM
  • The first three age group women's competitors all happen to be competing in the 35-39 age group. Leading is Belinda Harper, followed by Suzanne Davis and Rhae Shaw. Off the bike they were all within about five minutes of each other.
  • I LOVE watching people cross the finish line!!! #IMKONA
    by AthleteWannabe via twitter 10/10/2010 2:14:49 AM
  • Sebastian Cila is one of our challenged athletes - he's out on the marathon now.
  • Another challenged athlete, Oscar Sanchez, has also made the bike cut off and is on the run course as well.
  • Ok...I'm finding it hysterical one female volunteer is kissing all of the handsome male finishers. Was that used to recruit? #IMKona
    by NATLVAN via twitter 10/10/2010 2:18:10 AM
  • RT @pjrabice: Just saw a double leg amputee run by in the @IronmanTri. If that doesn't get you off the couch I'm not sure what will. #imkona
    by brianwedge via twitter 10/10/2010 2:21:08 AM
  • Curt Chesney takes the men's 40-44 age group: Men 40 - 44 Leaders

    Place Numb Lname Fname Age City Pro Cnt Rep Swim Tr1 Bike Tr2 Run Time
    ===== ==== ========================== === ============ === === === ========= ======= ======== ======= ======== =======
    1 1002 Chesney, Curt 41 Boulder CO USA 59:17 2:23 4:52:05 2:32 3:11:35 9:07:50
  • We think Jeddie Schabort just flew through the finish line, winning the handcylce division here today.
  • We just learned that today's Ironman World Champions, Chris McCormack and Mirinda Carfrae, will be the featured athletes on the Wheaties boxes at some point this year, a first.
  • Some former champions are racing here today as age group competitors, including the first ever winner of the Ford Ironman World Championship Gordon Haller. The 60 year old is out on the run course right now. 1988 champion, Scott Molina, is racing in the 50-54 age group.
  • Another close women's age group: Women's 65-69! We all thought that Cherie Gruenfeld was virtually unbeatable in that age group, but Natalie Grabow managed to bike 24 minutes faster than Gruenfeld. The two were separated by 12 minutes or so starting the run.
  • I billed the women's 50-54 as a possible barnburner, and the top four in that age group are all within minutes of each other - including Ellen Hart, Teresa Rider, Kathy Alfino and Nancy Smith.
  • Our first age group woman just crossed the line. Her goal was to break Sian Welch's course record in the 35-39 age category - she just did that by about 12 minutes with what we believe is a 9:50 finish.
  • Greg Penner will be the world's fastest Ironman executive, he's a 41-year-old investment banker from Atherton, California.
  • We finally managed to identify that first age group woman - Belinda Harper! She actually broke Sian Welch's record by 18 minutes. Second to her in the incredibly competitive category was Suzanne Davis and third was Claudia Johnston, who is a mother of five from Canada! All three finished in under 10 hours.
  • Michael Blue just finished and took the title in the men's 50-54 category. His time was 9:48.
  • How about Joe Bonness? The 55-year-old just went 9:53 to win his age group!
  • Ken Glah just finished his 27th straight Ford Ironman World Championship - he finished in 11th place in 45-49.
  • How close was the women's 30-34? Is 11 seconds close? That's what separated Nina Pekerman and Silvia Felt.
  • Equally close was the womens's 45-49 where Cordula Gruber beat Lisbeth Kenyon by 11 seconds.
  • How competitive was our women's race today? All but one of the women's finishers in the top 20 (Kelly Williamson - a two-time Ironman 70.3 champ) has won an Ironman at some point in her career.
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