Ironman Frankfurt 2014

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Well Austria have their own thread

Who is racing from these parts?
Strangest IM related dream yet?
All set to go?

Jackyback
Tunney
Mr Tango
TheHurler
?????

Rawhead

I'm in. Bike ships Friday.

mossym

Kicking this back up to the top to use it as a tracker for the race.

normally the tracker starts on race morning. out of necessity, this one starts tomorrow. Half the challenge for at least two of the racers is just getting there

JB is fecked if there is a sign at the ramp for the plane saying you must be this tall to ride this plane
tunney may not have the training done to make it up the steps.

pre sunday, all updates are via the rte webpage with reports of two irishmen arrested.

From Sunday, will all be about the IM web tracker.

best of luck to all doing it

tunney

Glueing tubs tonight and "testing" the wetsuit.

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21 degrees in the lake as of this morning so unless there is a 3 day heatwave its a wetsuit swim....phew.

Race no 0274 for me

tunney

Miller Lively Geometry wrote: »

21 degrees in the lake as of this morning so unless there is a 3 day heatwave its a wetsuit swim....phew.

Race no 0274 for me

My name is David Tunney.
You can search by name.

RacoonQueen

mossym wrote: »

JB is fecked if there is a sign at the ramp for the plane saying you must be this tall to ride this plane

Feck ye, I was going to send him a message with that exact joke

tunney

I entered him in the Ironkids.........

Fazz

Just seen Bjorn Ludick is doing this too as his first IM.

I imagine the Pro men's field is stacked?

Kienle, Frodeno, maybe Raelert?,

couerdelion

Fazz wrote: »

Just seen Bjorn Ludick is doing this too as his first IM.

I imagine the Pro men's field is stacked?

Kienle, Frodeno, maybe Raelert?,

You sure Bjorn is racing and not just going over to watch?

yep, Keinle, Frodeno and Raelert are all down to start and Van Lierde.

On the womens side Natasha Badmann, Caitlin Snow, Mary Beth Ellis, Camilla Pederson and Corinne Abraham will all be up there I'd imagine.

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couerdelion wrote: »

You sure Bjorn is racing and not just going over to watch?

yep, Keinle, Frodeno and Raelert are all down to start and Van Lierde.

On the womens side Natasha Badmann, Caitlin Snow, Mary Beth Ellis, Camilla Pederson and Corinne Abraham will all be up there I'd imagine.

I think swallow will be up there in the ladies if she can get her run sorted.

bryangiggsy

Tunney and Fran accidentally picked up in an Endurance photo at swim start this morning

Solobally8

1:20 swim for Tunney, exactly what he predicted !

bryangiggsy

1.21 for JB

RacoonQueen

and 55:40 for Tango

mossym

50 seconds between them after 24k of the bike, they're probably roaring abuse at each other

RacoonQueen

Hope they're not drafting!

mossym

gone out to 90 secs now, tunney still holding a lead

BTH

bryangiggsy wrote: »

Tunney and Fran accidentally picked up in an Endurance photo at swim start this morning

Dave's tummy photobombing does not help one digest their breakfast.

sconhome

bryangiggsy wrote: »

Tunney and Fran accidentally picked up in an Endurance photo at swim start this morning

Automatic DQ right there...

sconhome

mossym wrote: »

gone out to 90 secs now, tunney still holding a lead

Downhill section.

mossym

1:45 through 114km.

jb will fancy that gap on the run

mossym

uh-oh.

change at the front .JB now with a 3 min lead

Solobally8

Come on Frodissimo, 16 mins to make up! Two punctures. Really bad luck, although Kienle was a monster out on the bike.

Abhainn

Any live streaming anywhere?

EC1000

He either went out too hard or had a mechanical on that stretch?

4:12 bike for kienle, wow....

mossym

Abhainn wrote: »

Any live streaming anywhere?

http://eu.ironman.com/triathlon/coverage/detail.aspx?race=germany&y=2014#axzz36gWcTOdq

finish line stream i think, not started yet

mossym

EC1000 wrote: »

He either went out too hard or had a mechanical on that stretch?

4:12 bike for kienle, wow....

wondering the same, next split should tell a lot

Oryx

Whats happening to jb's run?

sconhome

Fingers X'd all is going fine & it's just the wobbles. Tunney holding steady.

Oryx

Finally! Good performance from jb! Yaaaaay!