A Mont Tremblant race gallery
Wagner Araújo spent the day in Mont Tremblant and captured a stunning gallery of images from this popular Ironman event won by Jordan Rapp and Mary Beth Ellis. Amazing performances and beautiful landscapes were again on display in Canada.
Last minute stretching before jumping into the water.
After a speedy dash to the water, the race is on.
A couple thousand age group athletes await their long journey.
Mary Beth Ellis was first out of the water and then stormed away on the bike.
Jordan Rapp swam 51:33 and the stepped hard on the pedals.
Chad Holderbaum on the very undulating and scenic course in Mont Tremblant.
Justin Daerr definitely beat his bib number in Mont Tremblant, racing to a second place finish.
Popular Canadian Lionel Sanders suffered a flat tire on the bike and ended up in 5th place.
Doug MacLean rode 4:57:13 in Mont Tremblant.
A race best bike split of 4:25:03 gave Jordan Rapp a huge advantage to start the run.
Mary Beth Ellis was hard on the throttle all day long.
Liz Blatchford hung very tough but in the end fell short of grabbing the title.
Canadian Karen Thibodeau on the way to 5th place.
Rapp's advantage only got larger, and he ran 2:55 to close out his day.
Running through beautiful terrain outside of Mont Tremblant.
Lionel Sanders ran 3:00:37.
Some tough battles were fought.
Inspiration comes in many forms.
2015 champion May Beth Ellis.
All images © Wagner Araújo