China 70.3 - Balding

Amanda Balding took her first 70.3 win, leading from start to finish. Her partner, Luke McKenzie, came second in the pro men's race.

Ironman 70.3 Women

1. Amanda Balding 5:28:55

2. GEMMA KEOGH PETERS 5:53:40

3. Jutta Wessling 5:59:52

4. Anne Knecht -Boyer 6:01:23

5. Laura Walsh 6:08:34

6. Joey-Lynn Musselman 6:13:26

7. Alicja Szapowal 6:18:17

8. karen fairley 6:31:15

9. Min-Amy Xu 6:41:57

10. Annemarie Munk 6:42:44

China - Mdot .. Paul prevails

Charlotte Paul won her second Ironman title, persevering on a day of high humidity to post the fastest overall run split, a 3.35 marathon. She won the women's race by more than 12 minutes and was fourth overall.


Ironman: Women

1. Charlotte Paul 9:48:14

2. Edith Niederfriniger 10:01:39

3. Tereza Macel 10:13:43

4. Donna Phelan 10:25:15

5. Kim Loeffler 10:29:53

6. hillary biscay 10:39:14

7. Lidia Rekas 10:50:13

8. Yvette Grice 11:05:43

9. Jocelyn Sui-Yee Wong 11:08:10

10. Megumi Kobayashi 11:14:26

If only ..

If only the water wasn't so cold ..

the rain so hard ..

the drafting that everyone else was doing ..

having had six flats ..

losing all my nutrition ..

barely being able to get the finish line standing ..

and,

not to mention the competition,

She's back .. Natascha Badmann wins!!!!

And she had a respectable swim, a superb bike (fastest split) and a decent run (fourth fastest).

1 BADMANN, NATSCHA 00:30:55 02:15:52 01:27:50 04:17:50

2 MORRISON, CATRIONA 00:29:24 02:23:11 01:22:41 04:18:43

3 ZEIGER, JOANNA 00:26:35 02:23:02 01:29:37 04:22:25

4 SNOW, CAITLIN 00:29:31 02:27:32 01:21:58 04:22:51

5 KRAFT, NINA 00:26:44 02:27:55 01:25:22 04:23:17

6 TISSEYRE, MAGALI 00:29:19 02:23:02 01:28:31 04:24:30

7 CORBIN, LINSEY 00:29:34 02:20:26 01:32:57 04:26:28

8 MAJOR, KATE 00:29:18 02:26:17 01:29:06 04:28:02

9 BENTLEY, LISA 00:29:17 02:26:29 01:29:43 04:28:57

10 MEYERS, JESSICA 00:29:37 02:24:54 01:34:01 04:31:34

Chrissie - another Mdot, another win

Chrissie Wellington put to rest any questions about the challenge of changing coaches and bike sponsors with a dominating performance at Port Macquarie.

The Brit crossed the line in 8:57 for her second consecutive M-Dot Australia.

Her splits:

swim 50:48

bike 5:03

run 2:59

She was 11th overall and less than a minute behind reaching the top 10.

The victory keeps her streak of Ironman race wins intact. She has won every Ironman she's entered in the last three seasons.

***

In reviewing the field, the start line was not very deep. Michellie Jones dropped out ahead of the start due to illness.

That left Rebekah Keat as the one experienced athlete to race against Chrissie. Yet Rebekah trailed Chrissie after the swim and was further behind after the bike, and Chrissie ran away from the Aussie during the marathon.

Chrissie had a margin of victory of almost half an hour.

Port Mac - Three champs

Chrissie vs Michellie vs Rebekah