The Ironmanlive coverage thread (Page 16)

So to summarize Men pro race LP one year and cda the next and visa versa for the women.

Has an AG won overal in an IM race recently where pros competed??

An oxymoron?    

Does anyone know what happened to Desiree Ficker?

Exactly what I expected ..... she was a non-issue.

She's had too much going on all year with the Olympic marathon trial training, her mom being diagnosed with cancer and some less than stellar results.  I called it that she was not going to be in the hunt this year.

I'm surprised she didn't have a bigger logo, given how she pimped power gel and her tri-suit top as she won the IM world championships. I didn't need that.

But kudos to her and macca nonetheless.

Bryan's times are up.  3:26 on the run and 9:40:28 total.  Amazing!

In response to the post (on the second page of this thread by Selachophobia) regarding that this event should be covered by some TV network...

Yeah, I completely agree. I emailed Mark Cuban (Founder/Owner of HDNet, HDTV visionary, and probably one of the biggest forces in bringing HDTV to the masses) back in mid-January about having him carry the full 17+ hours of the Kona IM (in HDTV) like other cable networks (i.e. Versus) do with their coverage of the Tour de France from start to finish. I argued that this is an event that would work beautifully if covered for the duration of the day, especially in HDTV, and that the Ford World Triathlon Championship is ready for coverage like this due to the sport of triathlon consistently gaining in popularity, all the unfolding human drama throughout the day, etc., etc. etc. 

He emailed me back -- which was very nice -- and he said two things...1) That the Ironman isn't a good fit with his audience, and 2) NBC owns the rights to the broadcast of the Hawaii IM.

Oh well, maybe one day soon we'll see this event covered in all it's day-long glory. One can only hope that it will be sooner than later!

This is so amazing of course -- watching all of the finishers -- come in up to the 17-hour cut-off mark. What a day of inspiration and motivation. I, like many of the members here, hope to one day race in the Hawaii IM so this is so wonderful to see and to dream that one day I'll be one of those crossing the finish line. 

My IM/Triathlon coach (#371 Barbara Kostner) has just passed the 17.6-mile mark so I hope she'll make it in before the final cutoff. This will be her 4th Hawaii IM finish (and 9th IM overall -- I think it's her 9th) if she does! I hope this will be a good night for her over the last 1 3/4 hours. She's also planning to still compete in the 2007 McDonald's ITU Long Course Duathlon World Championship next weekend in Richmond, Virginia, so hopefully she'll be able to recover pretty quick!! :-)