Like many Ironman events these days, Ironman Philippines 70.3 is sold out and actually has a waiting list of over 100 people waiting for a spot in the race.
Even though it is only in it's third season. Although it is a very small field of pros it should prove to be a very competitive race between some of the very best.
There are actually 5 Ironman 70.3 races taking place on August 14, 2011 and there are pros spread all over the globe as many of them are trying to earn some last minute points in order to make it to the World Championships that are fast approaching.
MALE PROS DAN BROWNCAMERON BROWNERIC FELBABELLUKE GILLMERJUSTIN GRANGERPETE JACOBSJESSE THOMAS
FEMALE PROSBELINDA GRANGERKATYA MARIE MEYERSAMANDA STEVENSBREE WEE
So who is going to win today?
Last year's winner Peter Jacobs is here to defend his title and can expect a stiff challenge from the likes of Cameron Brown and Justin Granger.
My pick will be Cameron Brown to win as he certainly has the credentials and also because he lives in the Philippines and will be used to the environment.
For the women, my pick is going to be Bree Wee to win today, but of course Belinda Granger could very easily take the win as well.
If Belinda is allowed to get away on the bike she may never be caught in a 70.3 race, so Bree will have to try and stay close.
THE RACE
It didn't take Peter Jacobs long to assert himself. He already had a sizable two-minute lead after one lap of the two-loop swim course and maintained that lead even more by the time he left the swim/bike transition at the end of the swim.
Even from the beginning it became obvious that Peter Jacobs had his sights set on having back-to-back victories in Ironman Philippines 70.3.
Cameron Brown was 2 minutes behind Jacobs as he headed out on the bike course.
Amanda Stevens had a great swim and was second out of the water over-all.
SWIM TIMES PRO MENPeter Jacobs..............24:17Jesse Thomas..............27:26Justin Granger............27:25Cameron Brown.............27:38Luke Gilmer...............27:42Erich Felababel...........30:38Dan Brown.................33:43
SWIM TIMES-PRO WOMENAmanda Stevens............24:56Belinda Granger...........27:40Bree Wee..................27:40Katya Marie Myers.........36:14
Peter Jacobs stretched his lead out by over four minutes over Jesse Jacobs by the end of the bike leg.
All the other pro men were far back and at this point it was just a matter of how much Peter Jacobs was going to win by.
Belinda Granger made up some time on Amanda Stevens on the bike course and at the headed out onto the run course it turning into a duel between the two as the others were far back.
BIKE TIMES-PRO MEN
Peter Jacobs...........2:05:55Jesse Thomas...........2:09:34Erich Felbabel.........2:15:29Cameron Brown..........2:19:26Justin Granger.........2:23:25Luke Gilmer............2:56:03
BIKE TIMES-PRO WOMENBelinda Granger........2:22:54Amanda Stevens.........2:23:19Katya Marie Meyers.....2:27:06Bree Wee...............2:30:09
Peter Jacobs is the winner of the Ironman philippines 70.3.
Cameron Brown had an amazing run and made up 10 minutes on Jesse Thomas and just missed second place my 24 seconds.
Belinda Granger pulled away from Amanda Stevens on the run course and went on to win by over 2 minutes.
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