Matty Reed again showed that when he’s fresh and ready, he’s very tough to beat in a no-draft oly-distance race. Lisa Norden bested Sarah Haskins for the women’s title
by Dan Empfield, October 11, 2009
Even more images from the 2009 Ford Ironman Hawaii World Championships bike check-in.
Wellington takes down Paula Newby-Fraser’s 17-year race record with a dominating 8:54:02; runner-up Carfrae breaks CW’s run record with a 2:56:51; Alexander outduels a gutsy, brilliant effort by Chris Lieto on a red-hot letter day on the Queen K.
Ironman Hawaii is creeping closer and many people started this day with the underpants run. But there is more to this day.
Defending Ironman World Champion Craig Alexander is the odds on favorite to repeat. As perhaps the man with the most professional approach, he’s not keying off anyone else in the field, but ready for anything.
Two years ago, Samantha McGlone was the touted rookie who executed a perfect race but lost by five minutes to dark horse Chrissie Wellington. Today, Wellington is the Queen of Ironman and McGlone is quietly returning from injury.
What are Chrissie Wellington, Yvonne Van Vlerken, Catriona Morrison, Michellie Jones and Mirinda Carfrae thinking on the eve of battle at the 2009 Ford Ironman World Championships?
Absurdist Kona Tradition purportedly designed to shame Euros into wearing something more modest than Speedos while cruising around town during Ironman week.
The young New Zealander who took the Ironman 70.3 World Championship crown last November says Chris McCormack didn’t work on his mind while training together in Kona. “I won’t let anyone psyche me out.”
A very busy pier started Wednesday with a bang and the Slowtwitch gathering at the blueseventy home closed it out in style.
After her disastrous 2007 crash on the bike at Kona, six-time Ironman World Champion Natascha Badmann went through 18 months of hellish surgeries, painful rehab, uncertainty and doubts. Now she’s 42 and ready to unleash the Natascha of old.
Two-time Ironman World Champion Normann Stadler is coming off two disappointing races at Kona. But marriage and fatherhood have given him new strength and he is ready to tear up the Queen K once again.
