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Big weekend review: A Bayliss double, Paterson claims World Title and breakthrough Abraham performance.
It was a huge weekend on the WTC circuit and most of the headlines were written at Ironman Lanzarote – namely Graves suicide drive on the bike and the Bayliss’ demonstrating the perfectly paced Ironman to take double podiums.
Lanzarote wasn’t the only race though and British Isles triathletes were performing at Ironman Texas, Columbia, the ITU World Cross Tri World Championships and much more.
Abraham clinches 4th at Ironman Texas as records tumble
Corinne Abraham showed her class and form by taking 4th spot at Ironman Texas yesterday. The race was won in record time by the favourite, Mary Beth Ellis in a time of 8:54:58, but Abraham put in a series of PB performances in each leg, which carried her to 9:18:39 - comfortably 4th.
I spoke with Corinne last month and she was in a combatitive mood, saying she wanted to race and prove herself against the best at Kona. Her 17th place at Ironman Galveston 70.3 might have indicated that she was slightly below that field but a closer look at that field showed that it included most of the class ladies racing at the moment - and Corrine certainly looked good against them there.
Now she has a stand out result in a P-2000 race and will climb the KPR table swiftly. She has Ironman UK 70.3 and Ironman New York on her race calendar and is more than capable now of picking up big results there. With New York offering P-4000 - and Abraham demonstrating she knows how to race and peak - I’m not betting against her picking up big points and making Kona.
Weekend Preview: Ironman Lanzarote, Ironman Texas and much more….
It’s a big weekend on the WTC Ironman circuit this weekend - with the series rolling into Europe and one of the biggest US races in town. When you add to the mix Ironman Florida 70.3, Ironman Austria - and on the domestic scene the Marazion Middle - there’s lots of build up to cover.
Here is your weekly round up of who is racing where!
Interview: Corinne Abraham - ‘I want to race against the best’
Corinne Abraham, the long distance multi-sport specialist, had a great race in Ironman Galveston 70.3 at the weekend. She finished 17th Pro lady in a very talented field, which was her first WTC event of the season on the way to (hopefully) Kona qualification.
I caught up with Corinne to find out what her 2012 plans are and what it was like racing in Texas at the weekend.
Ironman Galveston 70.3: Brit’s in action
OK - you might have noticed that Lance Armstrong was in this race. It’s kind off what every triathlon site and news feed focussed on in the build up - but the reality is there was so much more to this race in both the men’s and the ladies fields. Being the American WTC Championships, Ironman Galveston 70.3 attracted the cream of the crop in American racers. In the men’s race, Timothy O’Donnell was first place, holding off Sebastien Kienle (2nd) and Ronnie Schildknecht (3rd). The race was a speedy affair with a predictable thrash-fest being conducted on the bike leg.
The ladies race was dominated by Kelly Williamson from USA, who started as pre-race favourite and lived up to that billing. She was followed over the line (after a 5:20 second margin) by Yvonne Van Vlerken and Amy Marsh.
There were representatives from Great Britain and Ireland here - and not all made it to the finish line. Read more for how our Brit’s got on in Texas.