Ironman Australia 2005, Forster
Congratulations to all who competed in very hot conditions at Forster on the weekend. Fantastic effort by Mel Ashton who came second overall and first Australian woman in her first ever Ironman, and Belinda who came 3rd. Mel was first woman out of the swim, but was soon joined by Belinda on the bike. They rode into T2 together and stayed together in the run for a while until Belinda moved ahead trying to stave off the freakish running of Lisa Bentley. Neither Belinda nor Mel could match Lisa's marathon pace, however, and Lisa went on to win her 4th Forster. Mel finished ahead of Belinda in the end, and they deserve all our praise for an awesome race. Justin was the fastest STEAM member out there with an awesome time despite a few problems out on the run course.
Stephanie Yeung just keeps getting better each race with 2nd in her age group and a qualifying spot for Hawaii. Peter Keeble has also qualified and Mel Ashton as well, joining Belinda who has already qualified from last years Hawaii Ironman.
Overall there were some PBs on the day, some great first time efforts, but also some very tough times for many who went into the race injured and still managed to guts it out and finish. Still, it is good to see that there were no run times longer than bike times. Bad luck to Kevin Eley who was struck by severe cramps in the bike and couldn't continue riding.
Hope everyone is recovering well and thinking about Port Ironman next year!
(P.S. see Kate Rowe's story below)
Pos
Name
RaceNo
Category
Time
Cat.Pos
Swim
Pos_1
Cat.Pos_1
Cycle
Pos_2
Cat.Pos_2
Run
Pos_3
Cat.Pos_3
20
Justin GRANGER
9
PRO
9:13:16
12
0:50:57
34
11
5:00:16
37
11
3:22:03
27
12
40
Melissa ASHTON
35
PRO
9:25:41
2
0:50:02
24
1
5:12:18
175
4
3:23:21
32
2
44
Belinda GRANGER
31
PRO
9:27:19
3
0:53:10
73
4
5:09:03
127
2
3:25:06
42
3
153
Michael BAKER
120
35-39
10:01:08
24
0:58:13
258
42
5:20:32
299
56
3:42:23
134
17
212
Jason DAVIS
373
35-39
10:13:01
38
1:07:23
868
147
5:29:12
413
77
3:36:26
102
14
258
Stephanie YEUNG
1610
30-34
10:23:43
2
1:07:14
860
39
5:33:35
477
2
3:42:54
139
1
264
John SCERRI
1303
40-44
10:26:04
27
1:02:57
542
69
5:20:13
291
35
4:02:54
298
34
280
Daniel IANNAZZO
749
45-49
10:28:58
15
1:00:15
396
19
5:20:22
295
16
4:08:21
367
20
381
Adam RADFORD
1221
35-39
10:45:10
73
0:54:29
99
11
5:04:36
81
11
4:46:05
810
148
427
Benjamin HOWARD
725
18-24
10:50:12
17
0:53:46
84
13
5:20:28
298
16
4:35:58
685
22
449
Jonathan PAPALIA
1148
35-39
10:52:38
89
0:54:45
114
14
5:43:08
608
121
4:14:45
445
83
455
Jana BAYLISS
145
30-34
10:53:11
8
1:10:17
1030
50
5:33:08
468
1
4:09:46
383
14
463
Nick CAMERON
250
35-39
10:54:30
90
0:59:49
361
64
5:39:45
563
115
4:14:56
450
84
482
Brendan GARARD
544
30-34
10:57:00
145
1:03:16
566
156
5:14:11
200
69
4:39:33
728
181
594
Nick OSLER
1134
35-39
11:16:53
117
0:59:24
331
56
5:34:04
487
94
4:43:25
782
142
621
Gary LEAHEY
858
50-54
11:21:31
22
1:05:36
734
29
5:41:42
592
22
4:34:13
668
30
648
Alison URQUHART
1490
35-39
11:26:32
6
1:04:14
636
4
5:43:33
613
3
4:38:45
717
13
930
Diane CLEMENTSON
304
45-49
12:16:30
9
1:07:17
864
6
6:30:54
1166
12
4:38:19
713
8
989
Peter LEE
863
30-34
12:26:39
238
1:09:19
969
234
5:54:34
760
212
5:22:46
1104
245
1003
James FENNER
490
35-39
12:29:09
181
1:13:23
1184
201
6:13:14
1017
188
5:02:32
947
168
1086
Kate ROWE
1280
50-54
12:45:10
8
1:23:50
1409
15
6:35:28
1202
6
4:45:52
807
7
1245
Leica ISON
760
35-39
13:32:17
24
1:17:10
1300
24
6:48:44
1302
22
5:26:23
1125
22
1281
Robert MIDDLEDORP
1024
55-59
13:43:17
29
1:15:07
1242
27
6:55:18
1335
35
5:32:52
1164
23
1356
Keith WHITE
1556
50-54
14:12:10
74
1:26:12
1427
88
6:49:44
1309
76
5:56:14
1285
69
1385
Geoffrey DOBLE
406
60-64
14:27:46
11
1:12:07
1139
4
7:06:59
1374
11
6:08:40
1345
11
1386
Brenda HAMILL
629
55-59
14:28:48
3
1:16:28
1276
3
7:24:33
1416
3
5:47:47
1249
4
1387
Alex HAMILL
628
60-64
14:28:49
12
1:03:52
617
1
6:53:27
1327
9
6:31:30
1408
12
1455
Peter KEEBLE
801
70-74
15:19:03
2
1:26:09
1426
2
7:40:05
1433
2
6:12:49
1361
1
Bathurst Tour 05
The Events
Sat morning – 4km uphill Time Trial
Sat afternoon – 40mins criterium
Sun morning – 100km road race
The Participants
Anna and Daniele, Greg Sutherland, Muir Mathieson, Col “Colnago” Stapleton, Kerry Freeman, Therese Becker, Pete Galvin
The Excuses
I had too much snot in my nose
My chain wasn’t on my jockey wheel
I felt sick
The handicapping was crap
I was in the wrong gear
I had no water
It was too hot
It was too fast
There were too many A graders, B graders … etc etc in my bunch
I was pushed off into the dirt
It was too windy
I got a puncture on the pave
She trained for 8 weeks for this event and I haven’t done anything
I was racing with a man (this was women’s D grade)
I drank too much in Jindabyne
Some of the above were actually true ……
The Racing
Basically an abrupt start to Sat morning as the racing started off cold at the bottom of Mount Panorama and finished (a lot hotter) 4km later at the top. It was a harsh introduction to time trialling for some of the Steamers and an unwelcome reminder for the rest. Suffice it to say that Steam collected 3 medals from the race which means we have 3 State climbing Champs for 2005. Well done to Kerry Freeman who (apparently while in the wrong gear) lost by 5 seconds and collected silver for her age group.
Extremely well done to coach Daniele Vanolini who picked up a bronze in the Men’s Masters 2 racing – traditionally a tough age group. And somehow or other I won my age group and ended up with 3rd – all I can say is it wouldn’t happen in triathlon !!!!
After repairing to Bathurst for a coffee, we rode the hill up again (for the 3rd time and not sure it was the best warm up for a crit) and watched Kerry Freeman play with the bunch in her first ever criterium and end up with 4th in D grade women’s. Then it was on for C grade women and men – both bunches contained some very good potential B or even A graders – as the fields were blown away in the first lap and in the men’s race most of the field retired leaving Greg Sutherland powering on in with Nathan Germaine from Peloton Sports to finish a very creditable 6th. The women’s race wasn’t much better, with most of the field lapped and retiring and 3 girls hammering away at 48km an hour with Therese riding for her life to finish 4th and in the points for the Tour. Daniele did what he does best in B grade and attacked the bunch – unfortunately was deliberately pushed off in the dirt on the final lap so lost his good placing and finished in the bunch.
The next day was hot, actually very hot and very windy. All I can comment on is the C grade women’s race which was a bunch of 7 girls riding together trying to shelter from the wind and all running out of water with 20kms to go (shame on the Cycling Federation). I got 3rd QOM points up the pave only because everyone else punctured, fell off or stopped (of the two in the break one was an Institute under 19 year old and I’m old enough to be her mother so we didn’t bother chasing her down and the other one must have been on drugs) and then rode in with one other girl and we decided as we plodded into a ferocious headwind with the kms ticking up to 100kms (it was supposed to be 96km) that we would force them to pay third twice and we went over the line side by side for equal third. Along the way we passed all sorts of sorry people and luckily they were picked up by the Steam van as there was no sag wagon. In the men’s racing, all bunches started out hard and our boys managed to hang on for as long as they could. Daniele punctured on the pave but nearly everyone finished dehydrated and exhausted. Kerry Freeman rode a sensational race to finish 4th in the break. Tanya Moss from Peloton Sports hung on in A grade until 20kms to go – all credit to her as the calibre of rider in this year’s racing was extremely high.
Overall – Kerry Freeman took out 4th overall in the Tour for D grade and I finished equal 3rd on points in C grade which somehow equated to 5th overall. Congratulations to all who finished a very tough weekend of racing in the heat, wind with no support out on the course. It was much much harder than any of the previous women’s tours in Bathurst I have participated in.
Below are the stats from Daniele’s heart rate monitor for the 3 different events :-
|
Statistic |
Time Trial |
Criterium |
Road Race |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Duration |
10:30 mins |
40 mins |
3 hours |
|
HR average |
172 bpm |
171 bpm |
140 bpm |
|
Distance |
4km |
28.5km |
97.8km |
|
Average speed |
23 kph |
40.3 kph |
32.66 kph |
|
Altitude ave |
659m |
770m |
779m |
|
Ascent |
175m |
170m |
1030m |
|
Grade % |
4.2% |
0% |
-0.2% |
|
Temperature |
20 deg |
28 deg |
33 deg |
|
Cadence ave |
74 rpm |
91 rpm |
83 rpm |
|
|
|
|
|
I don’t quite understand the ascent figures which looks like we didn’t do much climbing in the TT – not my recollection at all !
AM
RECOVERY RIDE SATURDAY FOR EVERYONE!!6.45AM at the caravan in the middle of the park With nearly everyone recovering from this past week of hard racing from either Ironman or Bathurst Tour we will have a steady 50km ride this saturday,there will be two groups.
SUNDAY RIDE WATERFALL 6.15AM at the Caravan
There will be two groups riding to waterfall ,the faster group will be captained by Daniele & Rod will lead the second group.
FOSTER STORY
My result was 12.45.08 8th in age group,
Swim 1.23.50, Ride 6.35.26, Run 4.45.52
If I thought the first one was hard, well this one proved harder and harder than I had imagined. Mark has always said that the IM is about problem solving and not to respect the distance is to court disaster. How true.
My pre-race challenges were:
One of my contacts breaking, so having to use my only spare pair.
Thinking I had been bitten to pieces by sand flies, therefore scratching constantly especially and night and AND ONLY NOW DISCOVERED I HAVE PICKED UP SCABIES FROM THE CARAVAN PARK, so four nights of really bad sleep, with only 3 hours the night before
One of my spare pair of contacts dropping out just before the swim! Luckily a woman found it for me, then I had to rush to clean it and get it back in and head for the water, then realising I was 25 metres behind the start line with no time to get any further ahead.
Was I stressed, just a bit!
So, the swim started and I was just soooo tired I took it easy going really wide to avoid the washing machine. This meant that I probably swam 4km rather than 3.8km, but I didn't mind that, but was disappointed that I was 2 minutes slower in my swim from the last time. Put that down to being very tired. However my transitions were much faster.
The ride...well I stuck to my race
plan and went one kilometre slower that I wanted to so that I would finish in
better shape. Hard to keep the ego in check, but managed to most of the
time. Kept the fluids up, but once again, eating is sooo hard to do over 6
hours. All the time the wind kept getting stronger and stronger and for
those of us out there past
The run...what can I say...except more unexpected problems to solve. By this time I was so tired I really wanted to stop and I knew the hardest part was to come. Told myself I would just start and see how I would go, even if I had to walk.
5km in and both my hammy's cramped at the same time and down I went unable to move. A marshal called for medical help but I told him no but he stood by me waiting for them to arrive. Now I definitely wasn't going to give up and thank Christ I had put some salt tablets in my belt at the last minute. Ate three (try that without water!), and after about 7 m