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Paul Ambrose wins Ironman Australia
Paul Ambrose has produced a fantastic performance on the other side of the world, to win Ironman Australia.
Ambrose has dual Australian-British nationality so will be absolutely delighted to win on his home turf.
Paul dominated from start to finish and completed the course in a time of 08:17:38 - just under 5 minutes ahead of Tim Berkel who claimed second.
Ironman California 70.3 results: Paterson claims 6th
Ironman California 70.3 has been slightly overshadowed by Ironman Galveston 70.3 this week, but indeed it was on and indeed it was raced. The big news from a British point of view was our Scottish World Champion, Lesley Paterson, was 6th lady overall in at time of 4:31:50. The ladies race was won by fellow X-terra specialist, the American Mel McQuaid in a time of 4:19:13. Paterson was slightly off the pace for the swim and the bike although she did finish with her typically strong run to put her into 6th place.
In the men’s race, Paul Ambrose was our best placed entrant and finished in a strong position of 5th. The athlete, who has dual Australian and British nationality, was left behind in the swim (as was everyone else) to super swimmer Andy Potts (who was to take the win). A strong bike leg followed that matched the best of what everyone else was putting in on the race but this looks to have cost him on the run weere another couple of minutes were dropped.
Jonathan Hotchkiss was also down to race but he DNS. In a recent interview he gave after DNF at Ironman San Juan 70.3, Hitxhkiss spoke of needing to sort out some nutritional issues for the 4-hour races.
In the age-group race, the best British performance was by Paul Perry in the 40-44 category. Perry finished 5th in this category in a time of 4:31:30.
So overall, the real story was Paterson claiming 6th and some vital pro points in her quest to make the 70.3 World Championships in Las Vegas.
Weekend Preview: Ironman Texas 70.3 & Ironman California 70.3
Updated: 26th March - Amey has withdrawn
You might be forgiven for not noticing later in the week, as Lance-fever will surely descend, but there will be two races on the Ironman 70.3 circuit this weekend.
Ironman 70.3 Texas is on Sunday and is bound to get the attention of not only the tri press but also the mainstream as a certain Lance Armstrong continues his venture towards Kona. But before then we have Ironman 70.3 California on the Saturday. There is Brit interest in both races.
Abu Dhabi Triathlon results - The Brits do alright
Wow. What a race. Casual fans of triathlon or non-converts sometimes wonder what can be exciting about a long distance 8+ hour race but it’s days like this that make you remember how great these kind of races are.
Both the men’s and womens editions produced fantastic races that ended in very close and relatively sprint finishes.
The mens race was at such a pace that the top 10 finishers broke the course record and in the ladies race the winner produced a composed and exciting finish. Unfortunately for the first year ever we had no podium Brits but that’s not to say that there weren’t some great performances to report on.
Paul Ambrose has high hopes in Abu Dhabi
Paul Ambrose, the Ironman and 70.3 champion with dual British-Australian nationality, gave me a scare on Twitter when he revealed he had crashed on the bike just 2 days ahead of the dessert race.
He had tweeted: “Stupid mistake today, crashed my bike riding past a fountain, should be fine for @AbuDhabi”.
With flash-backs of Chrissie Wellington brushing off her injury before Kona, I wanted to find out if everything was OK and what Paul thought his chances were in the race. Here’s what he had to say…