Javier Gomez Ironman Debut - Cairns June 10th

gingerbongo · Joined: 21 Sep 2012 Posts: 1679 Location: Devon

Well it is in the sense that there now exists a reasonable group of guys that can run those times, not just Allen and Scott. The two incredibly dominant athletes of the era.

TRO Saracen · Joined: 18 Aug 2010 Posts: 1246

True, although it should be noted 'potentially' run those times - Lange has done it twice now, and there's a cluster of other guys who look like they could but actually executing in Kona is another story of course.

Allen/Scott were really outliers in their eras which coincided on that epic day in 1989.

In 2013 FVL won with a 2:51, Kienle in 2014 with 2:54, Frodo's wins were 2:52 and 2:45.

Winning with a 2:45 is going to be very hard going forwards, as you are going to have to open up a 5mins lead on Lange and other potential 2:40 runners: it's pretty certain someone will run 2:40 out of the main bike pack and race strategies are going to have to take that into account.
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Jorgan · Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2018 11:02 am Post subject:

How legit are some of these run courses? We know what Ironman can be like. I could probably run 2:4* in Texas depending on the year Very Happy

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