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[Music] [Music] [Music] a [Applause] [Music] w [Music] [Music] welcome to Iron Man Victoria guestz the name alone tells you a lot about the place with Victoria coming from the Spanish influence and gastes from The Basque Country we are located in the Northwestern Pyrenees straddling the border between France and Spain on the coast of the Bay of bisque Victoria guestz is the capital of the Bas country and the province of Oliva in Northern Spain the Bas country is an autonomous Community within Spain and you’ll see the residents beaming with pride flying their Basque country flag consistently ranked one of the top five places to live in Spain uh our Local Host here our hosts are rich in culture architecture renowned Wineries and the Oldtown has some of the best preserved medieval streets and plazas in the region and it is one of the few cities with two Cathedrals this will be the 11th race in the Iron Man Pro Series and the fourth Iron Man race 5,000 points go to the Pro male and female winners today’s prize purse is $125,000 Ching yeah we have a strong field of approximately 80 professional athletes Sam Lelo our 2023 vinfast Iron Man world champion heads headlines the men’s field making his Pro Series debut 2023 Victoria gastes Champion GRS fredes headlines a strong women’s field that’s right and let’s take a quick look at what the athlet will face in terms of weather right now it’s a cool start to the morning 55° fah 13° C the wind light of 1 kilometer per hour the humidity uh going to be the big story of the day it’s at 95% so thanks to our friends at Roa uh for bringing us today’s race weather we will keep you a breast of developments in the weather but for now um welcome into Studio my name is Dee grease Bower and I’m sitting alongside Iron Man champion and 13 time 70.3 Champion Joe gambles Joe with so many in the pros so many Pros in today’s field looking to both move up the points ranking in the Pro Series as well as quite a few looking to secure a qualifying slot to their world championship event how do you see the race playing out today yeah that’s a that’s a tricky One D uh yes as you said some athletes are trying to get the last chance to get their qualifying for World Championships either in nce for the women’s or in back in cona for the men’s uh so uh for instance Lelo needs to validate his spot so that’s important that he finishes today uh no doubt he’ll be going for the win but uh yeah definitely uh it’s a real mix field and some really great athletes out there and we’re going to have some great racing it’s definitely going to influence who’s super aggressive and trying to get their slot but also be conservative because you still need to finish the race and as we know in the Pro Series every second matters let’s take a look Joe at our course that is on top for today as we look at our Roa swim course it is one lap as always uh 3.8 km or 2.4 miles the swim takes place in the beautiful uh iiari Gamboa Lake located in the Landa Provincial park outside Victoria gastes athletes will swim counterclockwise one lap in what is drinking quality water with a very short run into transition yeah after that short run into transition they’ll tackle the full gas bike course so it’s a three-loop course 18.2 km or 112 Mi there’s two large Loops of 74 km and one smaller Loop of 32 the full full gas bike course truly showcases the beauty of the region of Victoria gastes and takes athlet athletes through the most scenic towns of the Alva region and even shares a section with the Camino de Santiago the elevation gain is a th000 meters that’s right and of course then we will take to our Hokah Run course and Joe this course is a fan favorite it is four Loops 42.2 km or 26.2 miles as always it is flat and fast look for the runners to do very very well and post some Fast Times the hok of Run course is flat along the wonderful City Center of Victoria guestz uh completely crowded with fans cheering on every single athlete and the finish line is located in the plaza espania each Loop is 10.5 kmers through the historic City Center lots of turns so the athletes talking a little bit about how many 180s and twists and turns in the course uh but no doubt they’re going to have a tremendous amount of support out there from our crazy fans here in Victoria guestz yeah from that graphic that’s definitely a lot of turns there D so but amazing crowd support out there I’m sure so I’m sure they’ll be excited to hit the Run course out there around Victoria gz absolutely well let’s talk a little bit about the updated Iron Man Pro Series for the pro men in the top 10 point standings updates uh through the last couple of weeks of racing Matt Hansen stays top the list uh with some of our big uh movers Paul Schuster moving up eight spots um Patrick langa dropping down one Chris Lerman dropping down one Clement Manon being our biggest mover on the week up 18 slots uh to number eight yeah and then we’ also got Nick Thompson Marco down down the two they’ve actually dropped down out of the top 10 so Lelo is making his Pro Series debut uh so he could get right in the mix with the strong race today DD um so we’ve got a few athletes to watch out for we’ve got Robert vitki who’s 84th in the point standing and if he has a good outing today he’ll be back in the mix so there definitely a few guys to watch in the men’s side yeah definitely Christian hogen Haag another one to move looking to move up and uh Antonio bito Lopez looking to put himself in good position again let’s talk a little bit Joe uh about some of our women uh in the past week Maya stage neelen has moved up six spots over taking first place in the standings uh the first Pro female or male to pass 11,000 points in our Series so congratulations to her she finished seventh place at Iron Man 70.3 labla uh earning 2257 points uh that means that second through seventh all move down one spot and Alice Albert uh from the United States remains eighth Julie Yolo from France moves up seven spots to move back into the top 10 um based on her performance at lasaa just a couple of weeks ago and Ellie salous of Australia drops out uh drops one spot into 10th place in our overall rankings yeah and the athletes to watch that actually racing today is Daniela blel who she she’s currently sitting in 13th in the point standings so hopefully with a good race today she can break back into that top 10 uh after she got ninth in leses only two weeks to go uh cat Matthews currently in the 21st is in the in the point standings right now she’s looking to get back into the mix with a good day uh only points earned for her first place at Memorial Herman’s uh Texas yep uh cuz un for she did uh get that DQ uh in Hamburg last month she’ll be looking to get back onto that top spot little Redemption uh the wi today could move her uh move her well into uh into the standings and of course elizabeta kurador she’s currently 19th in the point standings and could with a good performance move in to the top 10 overall so athletes getting busy here around um the the reservoir here getting ready to get underway as we take a look at our defending Iron Man world champion yeah there Sam loo he’s a very quiet season so far uh been putting in some great training over the last three months I hear and uh yeah this guy only knows one way to race and that’s from the front as we saw when he won the world title back in N last year where he led was out the front In The Swim and then just basically yeah sort of took the race by the scrap of the neck and that was it game over so we’ll see if he’s in that form today I think a lot of people curious to see he has been putting his head down and doing a big block of training to see what sort of uh impact that we’ll have on his results today mindful he is an automatic qualifier for the world championship but needs to validate um just to establish uh his Fitness um and prove his Fitness that he is uh going to accept that invitation back uh to the World Championship uh again the men competing in Kona as we take a look at some of our women’s professionals getting ready to get underway a smaller field for the women but as you mentioned Joe uh our defending Champion here Guru fraus um She’s The Local Hero she lives just up the road here uh so the crowds will be going wild for her and then of course cat Matthews after that disqualification uh in Hamburg uh certainly looking to um capture the wind today El Visser another top name man this woman races a lot yeah she has she’s raced raced a lot started her season early in in racing in Oceana a little bit and then yeah uh I think this is her third IR man of the year I might be might be fourth so yeah she’s uh definitely uh asking a lot of a body right now but I’ve seen it done before so yeah let’s see how El Visa ends up today yeah another notable we’ve got Daniel blel uh she had a great race in um in Hamburg uh looking to increase her point standings of course Simone myth and then Simone Mitchell as well uh and then we’re looking at our first view of Ruth Asel this year who’s been battling some calf and achilles issues so I know she’s super eager to get out their race get some points on the board for the pro series and get a qualifying slot for nice yeah and here we are with our men’s introductions as we mentioned this is our men’s number one Sam loo from France he’s defending IR man world champion from n in 20123 he needs to finish this race to get his uh verification for uh con for cona this year and wearing bib number two from Poland it’s Robert vetki uh he was 10th at Iron Man 70.3 St George back in may he is qualified for the Iron Man world championship and we’ve got uh male number three we’ve got Christian nope we’re waiting on Christian Hogan har uh no this is Antonio Bonito Lopez from Spain hasn’t raced so far in the man Pro Series in 2024 but was first at pan and Swansea in 2023 so watch out for Antonio uh next will it be nope it is going to be bib number five that’s David mnam out of the UK he hasn’t been racing a lot these last couple of years but uh he’s a two-time Podium finisher at the Iron Man World Championship so look for him to be uh pretty pretty solid here today yeah very gets hot in the Run watch for him he’s very good in the Heat and this is uh uh mat uh Peterson from Denmark uh second at the African Champs early this year at IM man South Africa and he’s already got a cona qualifying spot so he’s going to try and build on that season and here we have Arthur Hors from France who won Iron Man’s IR man lanzer in 2023 and was six at the Iron Man World champy nce last year and then next in our lineup will be should be wearing bib number eight this is uh Anthony costess from France he was third at Iron Man 70.3 St George this year and fourth at Iron Man 70.3 Chatanooga as well so uh going uh the full distance here today and here’s my fellow Tasmanian camworth from Australia Tasmania Australia he was third of the African championships uh early this year and did get his coner spot but as we’ve seen cam he likes to race a lot uh planning on even maybe racing Lake plid next weekend as well as he builds towards and of course rounding out our top 10 is bib number 11 Bradley Vice from South Africa he was second at Iron Man South Africa in 2023 and of course seventh at the Iron Man World Champs in nice 2024 he’s been a little underwhelmed with his performances so far this year but he knows the works in the bank so uh hoping for a great day out there today yeah and watch for Brad great Runner uh and this course with the undulations 1,000 um M of elevation gain over 3,000 ft of elevation gain will suit someone like Brad wise who’s very good on the hills and let’s take a look at our top 10 women wearing bib number one it’s Guru FR she is our hometown hero and defending champion from this race a year ago yeah this lady can run very very fast and here we have F number F2 cat Matthews of the United Kingdom the two times winner of the Iron Man Texas in 202 2023 and 2024 uh and she’s already qualified for um the later this year absolutely wearing bib number three we spoke of her before this is ell’s Visser from the Netherlands uh her results page reads a bit like War and Peace in that she races a lot she was second at Iron Man New Zealand in 202 2024 and fifth after an unfortunate puncture in Hamburg and just raced a full distance last week and here we have women’s number four Danielle BL from Germany uh she was third in Hamburg after one of the strongest bike splits on the day so she’s already got her spot for uh n ler this year uh so watch for her for on the strong bike ride and wearing bib number eight out of the United Kingdom is Simone Mitchell she was fifth in 2023 at Iron Man Austria she is one of our athletes in Pursuit for a CO qualifying slot for the Iron Man World Championships in nce wearing number nine is Ruth AEL from United Kingdom she’s returning to racing after an Achilles and calf injury which has been plaguing her her last year so this is her Pro Series debut so she’s looking to get a good consistence race out there and wearing bib number 14 out of Italy is elizab beta kadori she was ninth at Iron Man Hamberg uh at the women’s European Championship where she picked up her niece qualifying slot so no pressure on her today but certainly looking to add some uh points to the board for her overall standings and here we have number 15 heene Kanan uh from Finland she was the second Iron Man Wales uh Wales in 2023 had an unfortunate dnf at Iron Man from in the so she’s looking to get her spot qualification spot here and wearing bib number 19 also out of the United Kingdom is Rebecca and DeBerry she was 13th at Iron Man Hamburg and is coached by the great Tim Dawn there you go she’ll be in very good hands there and here we have uh yep Ruth cello uh from Spain who’s a local in Victoria gz she’s the former Spanish middle distance champion who raced internationally at the itu worlds with Spa uh Spain Elite national team so and a quote Masters athlete at 44 years old so extra extra support out there for Ruth showing what’s possible absolutely as we take a look at our gorgeous swim venue here today athletes will get in the water do a bit of a warm-up get themselves ready to tackle what’s sure to be an exciting day of racing as our PR pros make their way to the warm-up we’re going to run away for a quick break but don’t go away we’re going to come right back with all of today’s actions lots of pro series points big prize purse uh and qualifying slots all up for grab so don’t go away we’re going to come right [Music] back your new vehicle Mr Lawrence the vinfast vf8 all the latest tech precisely whoa cut great delivery Joey I’ve had a lot of practice saying that word it’s pretty cool huh the vinfast yeah it’s got 402 horsepower all whe Drive overare updates and a 10year unlimited mil battery warranty yes 15in infotainment screen cut 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these athletes today certainly looking at a pro prize purse of $125,000 and looking at valuable Series points as we talk about the Iron Man Pro Series and our points allocation the Iron Man Pro Series uh Pro female and male winners will be determined by the total number of points earned throughout the entire race series uh for this Iron Man event the first place Pro female and male were will earn $5,000 points of course our vinfast Iron Man World Championship will be worth 6,000 points points for all the remaining Pro finishers behind first place will diminish at a race of one point per second to the first place finish time so for example if second place finishes just 1 second behind first place they’ll earn 2499 points top five results will count towards year end standings and only a maximum of three full distance results will be counted and Joe let’s talk about the money that’s yeah let’s talk about the Iron Man Pro Series year in bonus pool money allocation so uh the end of season pool money will be earned in addition to any individual event prize money earned during the series uh and it’ll be allocated in is the same for both the males and the females uh the Iron Man Pro Series champion Champions who earn first place in the Pro female and male point standings at the end of the series will earn $200,000 second 130 and third 85 all way down to 10th which is $10,000 so these guys uh these men and women have a lot to to push to for today DD to try and get in that top 10 in the overall IM man Pro Series and actually you know absolutely every second matters uh interesting and how these points and this bonus pool uh impacts race strategies out on the day uh previously if athletes thought they had a particular place locked up in a race and were air quotes safe um from Challengers behind and sort of not able to catch racers in front uh they might sort of settle in and say okay I’m just going to be conservative but now since every second matters those valuable seconds to the leader could impact their payouts at the end of the year yeah and I got to witness that firsthand when I uh was fortunate enough to commentate lais D on the top men were within top five men were in within a minute of each other and the top five women the same which I’ve never seen racing like that is amazing to see so every second does matter and that’s definitely driving them to even more Great Performances so we’re going to have a short commercial right now and we’ll be back after this uh short message introducing the Iron Man Pro Series virtual Edition on fullgaz join athletes from across the globe as they conquer bike courses from the Iron Man Pro [Music] Series challenge yourself travel the world and earn your exclusive finishers medal push your limits and make your mark exclusively on fullgaz Unleash Your Inner Champion register now at full gas.com you know and we know the thing about challenging yourself is you’re always looking for what’s next [Music] [Music] [Music] to point to you oh and welcome back to IR man Victoria gast beautiful scenes here DD as the pr men are gathering uh just before they’re about to go down to the water about eight seven or eight minutes away from the uh PR mail start so we’re going to go have a look at some of the Pro male notables now and you’ll see that some of these are in different swim um caps uh that’s for our benefit as well as yours to um so we can pick them out when they hit the washing machine of what is an Open Water Swim start so so uh we’re going to have a look here so we have in the orange we have llo from France our current im man7 as IR man world champion uh he’s looking to uh get his qualification uh valid uh uh validification making up words now uh we’ve got V vety uh in the green we’ve got Bonito Lopez in the yellow mamey in the Violet as well as horo show from France Got Bradley Weiss in the pink and in the yellow we have zapun and in green Robert Kalen and in the uh in the Pink as well we have Richard varer A exitu athlete which he may be one to watch this is his first IM man distance race but this guy can really swim and talking about some of our notable women of course our defending champion from just up the road that’s Guru fraus cat Matthews will be wearing a green cap she wears bib number two out of the Netherlands it will be ell’s viser in the purple cap from Germany Daniela blel bib number four that will be F4 not M4 uh she will be wearing yellow uh Ruth AEL uh wearing bib number F9 uh will be wearing purple we’ve got elizabeta kurador in silver Heeney heart toan also in silver uh anderberg Pro she’s a super standout swimmer she will be wearing orange so look for her uh to have a super strong swim for our women many anticipating that she will lead out for the women yeah that’s right Dei we got some really good swimmers here uh this is the nervous moments before they actually get to go down to the water uh still about from my clock about 5 minutes away so these guys are going to be standing there a little bit uh just really burning through some nervous energy right now so let’s talk about you talk about uh vety as being a super strong swimmer uh you talked about um you know certainly um sorry who was Richard Varga being a great swimmer we would expect Sam low to be up there any other big names you expect and who are going to be our key athletes who might be chasing a little bit from behind yeah well you I think you mentioned the top three swimmers there um but you also need to take note of where someone like uh Dave mamy who’s on screen right now in the Violet he’s a very very strong athlete two-time Podium finisher in cona Bradley Weiss also definitely one to watch also as well so certainly the if you’re an athlete who is looking to mitigate the damage in the swim what’s your strategy as you line up here looking for faster feet to line up next to or just trying to do your own thing out there that’s a really good question like cuz if you are not a strong swimmer you probably you’re better to pick someone uh that’s maybe more of a mid pack swimmer and try and jump onto their feet as opposed to jump on Low’s feet because that might be a little too fast in the opening 100 meters or so no one no one needs to get lactic in the first 15 seconds of an Iron Man yeah so someone like yeah camworth uh look this guy uh he’s a bit inconsistent with his swim um he’d be looking for uh to get on the likes of David mamy Brad Weiss’s pack because that for him that would be an amazing swim cuz they’re likely to maybe be just off the pace of the likes of Lelo and stuff like that so so These Guys these guys race each other frequently enough that they know each other’s strengths and weaknesses so strategically they are they are lining up as you see cam Worf lining up there right next to daveid mnam almost like he heard you yeah yeah I just gave him a few tips earlier today no not really but um yeah like these guys we they know exactly the strengths and weaknesses and they are standing next to someone that they’re like okay I found one person that I know that I need to come out the water with so no it’s not by chance they’re standing like they are that’s uh they’ve already been sort of pairing each other up a little bit unless you’re a l or a Vaga they don’t care because they’re such great swimmers they just go where they they may be looking to sneak and move away you know if you talk to some of the Superstar swimmers they try to maybe lay in the background a little bit and people sort of stand around them lurking hoping to get on their feet and then all of a sudden at the last minute they’ll do a head fake and move to the other end just so they have open Clean I’ve seen someone like Josh amberger literally swap from the far left to the SW far right within 30 seconds of the gun going off just because he knows there’s like five guys that have already identified him so getting really close here you can feel the tension look at camworth here getting fired up daveid M saying give me a little bit more space thanks cam you sit behind me that’s where you belong right now I and you then I’ll try and follow you when you come past me on the bike absolutely as we talk about our swim venue here at Landa Lake uh it’s a unique blend of uh recreational uh Beauty and ecological benefits uh making it an exceptional destination for sports enthusiasts and nature level the vast Wetlands here play a crucial role in improving the water quality and supporting the city’s hydrological systems uh acting as a natural water filter they help regulate water levels mitigating flooding all while providing a habitat for diverse array of Wildlife and Point Blank it’s just plain pretty yeah absolutely stunning and as we talked about earlier this water is drinking water quality so these uh these athletes are in for a treat really today and look beautiful conditions our Olympians in Paris will face absolutely a little bit more better quality than the water of uh of uh yeah the Olympic uh in and watch them all race down here to the water’s edge to sus out their start starting spot uh definitely people wanting the outside edges maybe not to get crushed in the in the middle there because to your point it’s a bit of a washing machine when things get underway this looks like a great start line to be honest there’s plenty of space uh yeah it’s not super narrow so look there’ll be plenty of room for everyone but they’re going to be try and follow those seated cap colors uh so definitely watch out for the ones we went through earlier and then in very very close to the start so very light winds uh no currents to speak of here in this protected lake so uh not any strategy there but definitely want to find your line uh find your sight lines uh that these athletes will have sused out in the days prior to the race as we wait and get underway just a minute to go here nerves at an all-time high is this your this has been a long time for these athletes I feel for them that they’ve had to wait a little bit and it’s a lot of energy a lot of nervous chitchat going on there but uh they don’t have to wait very long now DD until they they’re fire the cannon and’ll be on their way of course a lot of talk uh about the weather I think uh the weather expected not to be a factor and then for a few days there uh predictions were for a bit of a heat wve but so far not necessarily playing out but we are going to have very humid conditions out there yeah very humid but uh maybe yeah might heat up on the run but I think to start off with the swim and bike pretty uh close to ideal conditions for fast racing here today absolutely in a wet suit swim benefiting some of those less aggressive swimmers perhaps a little bit of extra flotation tends to favor the less Speedy swimmers yeah I completely agree Dy and here we are seconds [Music] away and our professional men are off here at irman Victoria guestz we talk about some of our fast swimmers look for Robert uh VI vetki uh anito uh Lopez uh Sam ladow certainly David mamey uh Robert Kalen uh strong swimmer costus zunki uh Brad Weiss looking to maybe hold on to that lead pack too although that’s a big ask yeah like someone like Brad’s a great one to talk about here uh very very fast pool swimmer but um struggles a little bit to um connect that to his Open Water Swim but he did in when it counted last year in nice when he exited the water with that front pack and came away with a Seventh Place overall so let’s hope he can have a swim like that today so right out of the gate to your call it is Richard Varga in the pink cap off to a very very quick start uh and the orange cap no doubt that is going to be our defending men’s World Champion Sam low trying to hold on to his feet so a good start for both of those men yeah and that’s absolutely perfect for someone like Lelo to have a Richard varer in the field uh you can tell the pace they’re already strung out at the front single file usually you’d see as we look back at the pack how they’re bunched up that is sort of more traditionally what we would see at the start of an Iron Man race but the the pace is on that Varga is setting so our top five six guys already strung out there no I’m I’m really happy that Richard var’s here because it’s just amazing to watch such a great swimmer at work uh but it is it’s you’re seeing separation nearly third between third and fourth already and we less than 150 m in DD and at the tail end of that pack looking to hold on to that lead group I saw the Yellow Cap of both Ruben zunki uh as well as an uh Antonio Bonito Lopez so both of those Superstar swimmers looking to hold on but Varga sending a message from the start he’s yet to finish a full Iron Man but uh he’s getting it he’s getting underway pretty quickly here yeah no I think what we’ve got here so we’ve got varaga and then we have llo sitting on his feet and then with from my mind it’s for Antonio Bonito Lopez hanging on for dear life in that third spot and they you can already see separation between so a little bit of background on V this is a guy that the Brown Brothers Used to Love cuz those guys were the best swimmers in itu if and still are uh and this guy used to lead out every swim in itu World Cup so uh this guy’s Renown and I saw him on the start list and I’m like I really hope he turns up because he will uh really change things up in the swim and it’s this is going to be really hard for these other athletes to stay stay even in touch even someone like Lelo to be honest well that’s what I’m saying with ladow strategically just real quickly how risky is this for him to try to hold Pace with Varga is he really just using Varga for the first 500 meters to pull him away from any other close by competitors and then he’s really got to let them go or is he really going to try to stay on those feet and what’s that going to do to the rest of his day I’m going to let you contemplate that while we run away to a quick commercial break and when we come back I’m going be looking for your answer perfect [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] for 12 years for 4,000 , 383 sunrises across millions of mornings we’ve been working to make one thing better this ag1 is foundational Nutrition a science-driven formulation to support whole body brain and gut health with just one of these or one of these once a day welcome to foundational nutrition welcome to ag1 start at drink a1.com [Music] welcome back to the action here at Iron Man Victoria gastes we are out here at the beautiful uari Gamboa Lake located in the Landa Provincial park outside of Victoria guestz our proen are underway with our leader Varga and our Chaser actually L’s gone to the front well there something just either V did that on purpose uh He adjusted his goggles or just basically said okay it’s your turn now Sam I I got us out I’ve got us a gap now you do a bit and I’ll do a bit they talk beforehand right that’s yeah maybe if they keep changing lead then I’d say they probably did have a little bit of a chat before the race as on the right side of our screen we look at our professional women looking to uh get underway here you’re looking at Steph Clutterbuck there in the orange cap uh at the front of your screen she is likely going to be our leader a super swimmer in her first year as a pro other key cap colors to look for also an orange Guru fraas who will be one of our Chasers today the swim is not her strength cat Matthews will be looking to possibly use Steph Clutterbuck in the same way that ldo uh used Varga there to help her get out uh she’s also a very strong swimmer ell viser wearing Violet um Daniela blell in yellow Ruth AEL also in Violet as our professional women lining up here to get underway I see the green cap of cat Matthews lining up right there next to V yeah yeah little women have a little bit more space smaller field than the men’s but uh yeah they’re they’re moments away from starting their race but uh so similar similar Dynamic for the women we’re gonna have strong swimmers Steph Clutterbuck uh cat Matthews I would imagine will be not far behind Steph if she’s if not able to stay with Steph during the swim but then our Chasers uh certainly someone like Guru fraus comes to mind uh that she’s going to be wanting to mitigate the damage in this swim yeah no we’ll keep an eye out for her during the bike and with her closing run she definitely will talk about her later in the race but her swim definitely not her strength as we’re moments away from the women’s Pro [Music] start and our professional women now underway for Iron Man Victoria gastes valuable points on the line for the Iron Man Pro Series as well as a lot of qualifying slots as we see step Clutterbuck doing step Clutterbuck things out to a quick start yeah well well called there DD uh yes step Clutterbuck definitely you a first pro year uh but swimming is her strength AOA uh that recently moved over to Triathlon and has had uh good success at the age group level last year but definitely with a swim like this uh puts her towards the pointy race a pointy part of the race very quickly and there we go shoulder-to-shoulder cat Matthews on the right hand side of your screen in that green cap with Steph Clutterbuck in the orange cap uh cat might want to tuck in get on that hip uh enjoy the ride that Steph Clutterbuck could give her through this swim uh the rest of our women a little bunched up but we see we see Steph Clutterbuck and Cat Matthews off to an early lead for our professional women yeah this is playing uh into cat’s hands here if she can just now move slightly left and jump onto clb’s uh hip uh or feet uh then she definitely would be in a great position to get some early separation here uh and with her bike and run uh that would be it would be a very lonely day at the front for cat but uh this is a great a great start for her her race today I I I think cat’s going to want to race super strategically here she’s Set uh to race again in just a couple of weeks so she’s looking to ideally secure the win but with as little energy expended as possible so so far so good off to a quick start uh with Steph Clutterbuck uh doing the doing the work and uh cat Matthews enjoying the ride yeah and if scan back a little bit definitely some separation between uh the feet of cat and the next females but I think you can see there in the yellow Danielle blel I would guess uh sitting in about sixth or seventh position uh right now about very early days of the swim probably not even 200 about 150 meters into the swim so far sure and and that’s the kind of thing you just want to there are quick starters and uh other athletes that take a minute uh to sort of get themselves into it but no doubt our leaders um pulling away from the rest of the women’s field as we come back to the men and now are you surprised to see Varga taking the ride off a lead uh a little bit yeah and the Gap isn’t that big it’s like they use vara’s speed to sort of break that elastic very very early and now they they look like they’ve dropped the kick right off it’s two beat kick they’re both pretty relaxed and now it’s not really stretching that much look it’s still a deci uh distinctive Gap but you’ve got people like uh I’m guessing uh who would we have in here at the front um zapi and Lopez both in the yellow caps yeah so uh yeah no it’s uh look it’s yeah they not really got much of a gap right now but uh it’s a long way to go and now he’s to your point he’s backstroking to see what’s going on maybe going to make a move we’ll find out after this quick break don’t come back we’re going to come back to this Roa swim course after this quick commercial [Music] is [Music] [Applause] beyond the Finish lines our commitment goes the extra mile we are the Iron Man Foundation we’ve given back more than $55 million to support our mission of leaving a positive impact throughout race communities without our amazing athletes volunteers and givers we wouldn’t be where we are today together let’s continue this journey of impact join the Iron Man foundation and be a part of something extraordinary back to the action here at Iron Man Victoria guestz you’re looking at our men’s swim leaders that is your defending world champion Sam ladow at the lead uh with uh Richard Varga out of Slovakia sitting in second place no surprise Richard Varga a very strong swimmer as is Sam ladow uh who basically ran away with the world championship last year LED nearly wire to wire off the strength of a very good swim an amazing bike uh and if ever someone were to point to a weakness that maybe inconsistency in his run but man not in n a year ago and he’s been coming off a long three-month training block hasn’t been racing a lot this year uh so looking for big things he doesn’t need to turn in an outstanding performance necessarily he only needs to validate here which means a respect finish here today doesn’t need to set the world on fire but based on the timing and the amount of work he’s done and put into this race the focus he’s put on this race we could see something special out of Sam L today yeah absolutely we we could see something really great out of Sam today but he has to also be holding a little bit back cuz the last thing he wants to do is a dnf and then has to go chase that um yeah next race to get his uh coner spot so yeah at the moment he’s doing everything but yeah interesting line choice we see our two leaders sort of close to us in the foreground of the camera and our Chase pack much much further I’m going to say Inland in in waterer in in Lake uh further in Lake uh taking a very different line when we take a look at performances from the past course best here setback in 2019 by Josh amberger at 4645 I’m going to put you on the spot you think that Falls today just looking at that glassy water looks like pretty ideal if you ask be a minute into swim I’d say absolutely but now I feel like they’re sort of just chilling they’re pretty yeah sort of cruising along um so I’m not really sure I think we’re coming back here to um the women’s race right now we’ve got the women she has actually got some yes there some separation already from cat uh so obviously showing some uh great swim form here in her first year of uh Pro Racing uh use your use your swim form critique as a coach there Joe and tell me what you would improve on her swim uh I’d say she’s a very good pool swimmer and it’s sort of bod well for this these pristine conditions it’s very pool likee there’s not any any uh any wind out there no waves to contend with uh very yeah sort of like a catch upy sort of stroke uh not your classic Open Water Swim technique but also of interested in the wet suit you see the the extra buoyancy she gets her body position as a great pool trained swimmer is naturally pretty high in the water and that wet suit floating her up to the top of anything like you can see her hole like to the middle of her calf coming out of the water if anything I’d want her to because she’s just kicking Air at that point so not getting the most out of her kick necessarily but uh certainly off to a strong start yeah no in a wet suit look I think it’s okay bring your kick in at the start uh maybe to sort of get some space like the the two uh gentlemen on screen did sort of get that separation but then soon as you got that Gap the the Kick’s really there just to balance out your stroke and it’s not really going to give you that much benefit especially if as you said if you’re that high in the water your feet are actually your half your Cal’s coming out of the water that’s not that’s not a good use of energy but these guys putting on a absolute textbook display here of how to swim Open Water absolutely and while we’re looking at the men I will add however that Steph Clutterbuck owns our course best on this course from a year ago at 4935 of course she raised raced as an age group there but this race a year ago is where she uh established her Pro card uh locked up the qualification for her Pro card so fond memories for her here and she owns course best uh swim time at 4935 which could also be in Jeopardy given the pretty ideal conditions we’ve had out there today absolutely amazing conditions there DD yeah 49 uh minutes is very very fast swimming so step but is very very good swimmer so yeah can I can see why now she’s managed to get that early separation from cat who’s normally around a 53 54 minute Iron Man swim um but St with a 49 on this course as an in racing age group as well uh yeah and no doubt she’s probably lifted a little bit of the training volume and intensity so she’s uh maybe swimming even better uh one year absolutely could be and it’s it’s always interesting to see for athletes that transition from AG group ranks to Pro ranks some of it some make it sort of a a seamless easy transition um others find it more difficult it’s it is a different race racing at the front uh you are more alone uh out there a little bit less sort of congestion um less sort of smaller carrots to pull you along through the course but also the ability to more focus on yourself and do your own thing yeah I think that making that transition from age group Top age grou who winning her age group at World level uh at Iron Man events to then step up to the pro it’s made slightly easier that she is such a fantastic swimmer so if she was just a really good bike Runner and a weak swimmer it would H she’s already leading the race so she’s already get getting a taste of what it’s like to be in the mix um I don’t think she’ll end up what winning the race but like she’s going to get a taste of what it feels like with uh some racing some of the best females in the sport today so it’s great experience and that only comes because she is such a great swimmer so yeah she her learning curve will be accelerated and of course if you’re watching our Graphics we are running through some of our recent uh Pro results at some of our Pro Series races so uh you can follow along if you’ve missed any of the action at those and see some of our top athletes in their performances from recent races in our Pro Series yeah we’re back on shot with the the mens we got Varga sitting in second there in the orange cap taking a slightly different line around the swim buoy there than Sam ladow who’s there in the Pearly pink colors both looking super relaxed I can’t see how this was going to change much over the next uh 25 minutes of swimming but uh yeah D you asked me about the Josh ambu’s record’s going to go 4645 yeah I’m going to say 4559 what do you think what do I think uh I’ll just take the other side and say no no excellent just because I want to I don’t necessarily want to be contrarian we’re looking at two of our Sports best swimmers no doubt yeah um but it’s nice to place a bed the question I wanted to ask you as we take a look at our conditions uh here out at uh the lake uh here at land Provincial Park a little bit foggy this morning the fog starting to burn off how does that impact your goggle choice on race day so I gave you a hot second to think about it how how would you select your goggles are you going to go down the looks like the conditions have actually changed since they’ve been swimming in the men’s nearly 20 minutes uh looks like the sun’s starting to actually break through those clouds and some of the humidity may be uh burning off so yeah I would have gone with slightly tinted for sure um and uh yeah you like yeah it might be a little dark to start with but if the sun does come up if you don’t have any tin it’s really hard to sight uh so especially for someone like Steph here who is going to be leading the whole swim she needs really good Clarity and be able to see sight those swim buoys really easily so she’s doing a good job right now great idea uh if you are racing your first Iron Man or Iron Man 70.3 great strategy to get down to the swim venue in the days leading up to the race at the exact time you think you’re going to be going off check out the sunlight obviously you can’t control the weather so you’re going to want to factor that in if the other days weren’t foggy necessarily that’s going to impact your goggle choice but get down there check the ligh at that time because that’s going to what kind of goggle you might want to wear and then on Race always have always have a couple of options uh because weather conditions as we said can change uh and you can make that last minute decision uh based on the conditions on that day but always a good idea to get down there check out the light check out the sight lines ahead of time ideally you’ll be able to get in the water and and see what water conditions are but if that is not permitted at least get down there and check it out at the time of day you plan to swim um uh and help that Aid in your goggle Choice yeah great Pro tip there yeah absolutely totally agree with that looks like there’s been a little bit of in increase in intensity I’m not sure if it’s just the camera angle um but we did get a good shot of the athletes behind hard to say how far they are back but maybe 40 40 m or something like that so it’s probably only about a 30 second Gap right now but just looks like the stroke rate has come up a little bit from L low but quite a bit back chasing yeah and we’re we’re coming up close to probably halfway through this swim and looking that pack I’m guessing you got someone I think we saw at the start uh we saw Antonio Bonito Lopez uh probably leading that pack last time we saw him towards the front hopefully someone like Dave mcy is out there as well Matas Peterson as well uh Christian Hogan how uh quite a big pack um so that was a very very fast start settled quickly but definitely got these two leaders uh um you you could tell how and I don’t mean this out of a sign of disrespect but how not hard uh Richard Varga is swimming he literally came to a dead stop rolled over on his back looked behind sort of half-heartedly backstroking and then just got right back on the feet so something tells me there’s another gear in Richard Varga yeah which isn’t necessarily a bad thing for a full Iron Man no and like I remember watching this guy race itu uh from the last 10 15 years and he was known to be always doing backstroke around all the all the tune buoys to make sure that he’d got the gap on the next athlete and stuff like that very very uh skilled swimmer and uh yeah tactical tactical his approach and this guy he could ride a bike especially at the short course he was very very strong on the bike and uh we’ll see how he goes today over the Iron Man distance CU yet yet to be seen how that’s going to play out for him it’s an interesting sort of decision if you’re coming up from short course racing and you have that pure swim speed you don’t necessarily have to use it and you may not want to use it given the the duration of the day that you’re facing you know these guys are looking at you know what you know 8 hours is of racing um so you don’t want to necessarily blow it all at the swim but at the same time these guys are so well trained in the pool that almost no intensity of swim across 2.4 miles is going to really bang them up that much because they’re just so good in the water so he could be swimming faster but for whatever reason at this point like maybe he’s just thinking I want to get to a Finish Line today he hasn’t done that yet in a in a full iron yeah this was strategic and he has that in his tool kit that he’s able to go out that fast get that separation and the only person that could go with him was low so it actually worked out great for for low cuz that’s how he likes to race from the little we’ actually got to see him he’s very young guy he’s only raced a handful of ir man he like to get to the front and then he just seems to grow in strength and confidence and just seems to that’s how he’s that’s how we see him race as we take a look it is not a very long run when the athletes get there from the swim exit into transition just a couple of hundred meters there where the athletes will pick up their blue gear bag that those are their bike bags uh they will transition out of the wet suit get their bike gear on drop the bag and then make their way to the racked bikes yeah it’s a very very short transition which they’ll be very thankful of some of these immen transitions uh can take three or 4 minutes but that’s a very short one honestly it depends on your strength doesn’t it like if you’re not a great swimmer but you’re a good runner and it’s a long transition you can actually make up quite a bit of deficit Y in transition with some of the longer transitions but this is not one of those yeah we we no no we saw I saw that two weeks ago at 70.3 laas and uh yeah it was really important it was uh decisive that there were some athletes that actually you could see them running with such intent through transition they got back in the race Hamburg is one of those long transitions as well as we saw for our women’s European Championship just a few weeks ago it look does look like once they’ve got their bike though there’s actually a decent run with their bike so short run to get their bike to get the G back get their bike but actually once they’ve got their bike it’s actually a decent amount but look beautiful that’s the mount line that’s where they actually allowed to get onto their bike uh yeah that that Waits them in about uh 25 minutes from now uh back to our women’s leader this is Steph Clutterbuck uh who looks long and relaxed as uh we would hope she would be yeah that hasn’t changed at all looks super comfortable uh yeah that kick is not doing anything apart from uh just balancing her stroke uh yeah probably not used to um yeah swimming in a wet wet suit she I can imagine she looks like this probably in a swimming pool very good position super relaxed uh great ha position yeah and beautiful condition so she’s she’s having a great start to her day today at Iron Man Victoria gastes yeah she’s had a start to her pro career she was 10th at Iron Man 70.3 mayorca after a very strong swim there uh she was a dnf uh at uh 70.3 Valencia so this is her first full distance uh as a pro and uh great memories here so I think I like her choice for coming back here she had such a strong race here a year ago we actually highlighted her a little bit during our coverage here a year ago um and now she’s back here as a pro yeah and why not like if you had success here even as an age group come back you know it it’s always easier to come back to a race that you’ve done it’s just in terms of travel Logistics you know where to eat you know where the best accommodation you don’t go stay next to a nightclub the Night Before the Race it’s not cuz you won’t get any sleep so it’s just good to know um the lay of the land just takes the yeah just a notch down cuz look this sport today lead up to the race there’s lots of energy to um to lose if you just you’re running around trying to figure out where everything is but she’s made a good decision super relaxed she looks great in the water and she’s had a great start to her day what is your mindset about coming back to races where you’ve done well or coming back to races where you feel like maybe you want a little redemption in terms of the motivation yeah obviously yeah if you want to yeah if you’ve done well on a course obviously it’s a course that suits you you’ve got good feelings about it uh yeah you want to come back but if it’s a race that you’ve prepared for and maybe something happened you got a flat tire or something you got sick or something you just didn’t go right and that just soaks the fire to come back and really uh yeah knock it out of the park the following year so yeah both ways both ways y but really you’ve got it like these athletes and even more so now these athletes are picking courses that suit their skill set and that’s so important the level is so high you can’t pick a course that may isn’t going to suit you cuz you just you won’t be in the mix so absolutely unless you’re necessarily like you’re an established Pro and you’re looking to work on some weaknesses I think particularly in this year for some of the women you might be looking for more technical bike courses uh courses that have more climbing in them so that you can prepare specifically for your Iron Man world championship event but to your point uh finding a race that suits your strength is always a good call hey man do you have a alcoholic beer taste good I think you mean athletic excuse me do you have that great non-alcoholic beer I’ll found it do you have a favorite non-alcoholic beer on menu mhm ah athletic it is she’s funny [Music] w [Music] [Music] I man Victoria gastes is brought to you by Roka fine faster with Roka and by Tri dot better training results in less time with fewer injuries well we’re back here to our Pro men’s leaders that is Sam low your defending world champion at the front uh he leads Richard Varga who was our our shot out of a cannon early this morning along with our start Cannon uh he got off to a very fast start pulled low away and now low doing a line share of the work as Varga enjoys the ride yeah no that was exactly right you shot out of a cannon that was some super speed that Vara showed in those first couple hundred meters of the swim like he was dropping some really good swimmers and they just literally couldn’t go in that first 100 with that speed and to your point and this may surprise people to learn but these athletes do talk for the races and and sort of strategize and maybe these two decided like hey you know L said hey you’re you’re my ticket to having this not be a massive swim group at the start so if you take us out then I’ll take over and you can have a free ride you do the first 200 and I’ll do the next 3.7 K it doesn’t seem like a fair deal but it la like look normally he’s that good at swimming like if he yeah he’d have to do a lot of work to get out by himself but he has that speed but not quite vas speed maybe I’m not maybe he does I don’t know I’ve never yeah um seen how fast Leo can swim but it did work out pretty well so maybe they did talk but we we’ll never know or maybe will we’ll find out yep we had a quick quick shot there of Steph Clutterbuck who um continues to lead our women’s race she had uh quite extended a lead um over cat Matthews in fact this is Steph Clutterbuck going past our last plays Pro male so she has inserted herself to the back of the men’s race uh by virtue of her very strong swim yeah she’s moving through the water really really well here and yeah that 49 minutes uh swim from last year might be uh under some pressure I think uh but yeah it’s really hard to know but you can see wind’s got up a little bit you can see on the water a little bit of texture not much at all not not enough to break this rhythm of this amazing swimmer yeah she’s a great swimmer and just watching her pattern there she’s citing about every three to four strokes which for conditions like this I think is kind of a lot um because I I I guess the further away from Shore here we are seeing a bit of texture on the water but um every time you pick that head up even when you do it as well as Steph Clutterbuck does it drops your hips a little bit even in the wet suit so if you can afford to sight slightly less as I think on a course like this Steph probably could I think you can site a little bit less but it’s just her Ry them her pattern if you notice it’s every three to four strokes she pokes those eyes out of the water we call those alligator eyes and gets back to the task at hand as we check in with our race weather presented by our friends at Roa current temperatures 13° C 55° fenit just a few clouds those clouds burning off as the sun comes up winds still very very light at just 1 kilm per hour but that humidity I tell you 95% yeah that that’s really something to take note of there d uh that will drop um that seems very very high but we did have a lot of cloud cover which sort of traps that humidity in there but yeah hopefully that does come down a lot or it’s going to be a very sticky and hot uh bike and run out there and yeah those Arrow helmets are going to feel very warm and very uh M they’re going to get fogged up pretty quick with that much humidity out there but humidity is certainly not a factor here during the Roa swim as Steph Clutterbuck continues to dominate this uh swim leg uh of Iron Man Victoria gastes she led uh Second Place cat Matthews uh but those two swimmers had really separated themselves from the rest of our Pro women’s field in the early stages yeah no really early separation there uh as we come back to our men’s leaders uh same as before Sam Leo uh 2023 Iron Man world champion and although llo is in second now so Varga has gone packed back past him it’s pink sorry yeah I got complete yeah so they yeah they’ve gone through halfway thank you for correcting me on that uh yeah and lad L sitting in second so yeah V I’m not sure if V’s just picked it up or they just yeah sort of changing V felt a bit guilty that he’d been sitting there for 20 minutes well I mean it does look like L’s picked his Tempo up because you can see like L’s not right up on his toes like ideally you want to be tickling those toes so to speak um nibbling on the toenails and his Vaga stops again I don’t know what he’s doing this guy’s amazing he’s he’s not stressed at all as he’s like I’ve never seen that in let me ask you an honest question in men’s because this doesn’t happen very often in women’s racing no is Sam Leo bothered by the sort of I’m going to call it Monkey Business of Richard Varga here um no I don’t think so he’s probably quite happy he’s got some company he knows that vag’s not probably going to be there um half can you speculate to what vargas’s strategy is maybe’s he’s only used to doing 1500 meters maybe so he’s probably bored [Laughter] he’s normally used to going, 1500 flat out in about 16 and a half minutes um whereas today he’s going to be out there for 45 he’s probably yeah I don’t know losing concentration yeah looking at this men’s Chase pack I’m going to say there’s 10 12 guys in that chase pack and it looks like they’re not quite well pan pan pan pan pan not quite 100 met up in front those those um sighting boo typically tend to be about 100 100 m apart so not quite 100 me so it’s not as big a gap as we might have I think these are still probably around the 50 to 60c Mark as at a guess but I think low look it’s a long day and V needs to get his head around the fact that if he’s bored in In The Swim I man’s along he’s got many many more hours to go but or did he roll on his back see that the guys were still only about 100 me back and try to put in a surge to up the tempo a little bit potentially potentially I think they got their Gap and I think they just didn’t want to be battling with like 10 other guys out there and they they’re quite happy just to have this quite small Gap but look L it doesn’t really bother him I think he’s he’s he’s a great swimmer an amazing biker and a great Runner so this is just setting up it’s just a very shows his shows his poison professionalism because I would be like what are you doing yeah no he’s he’s completely chilled out about it and he know look he’s a student of the sport he he knows who varer is he knows how good a swimmer is and he would be very uh won’t be surprised at all if varer comes around in the last 100 and tries to Gap him and I don’t think Lelo will even break a sweat he’s he’s just wants to get through this swim with no problems conserving as much energy as possible and water temp it’s it’s wet suit legal but it’s on the higher end so 20° so if you’re swimming itu this would n this would be a non non wet suit swim or just a wet suit swim but you’re in there three like two and a half times longer so you do actually sweat quite a lot and you do yeah generate a lot of heat in those wet suits so these guys need to just conserve energy doesn’t look like they’re putting out that much effort um var’s just super relaxed and lel’s just doing his thing and of course with the borderline wet soup temperature for the pros and humid conditions that’s going to impact their hydration strategy and they were standing in those wet suits on the start line for a while they’ve probably been in their they were probably in their wet suit 30 minutes before the gun went off as well so in that time Ambient Air Temperature was in the mid-50s fahrenheit so not too hot pre- to necessarily be hanging out it might actually have offered a little bit of warmth potentially yeah yeah especially for those athletes that prepared in hotter conditions so yeah uh anyway not much change here in the men’s race we’ve got Sam Lelo leading the men’s race with Richard V sitting closely on his toes but we’ll go away and have a short commercial break but don’t go anywhere we’ll be right back with all the action at Iron Man Victoria gastes here’s Elizabeth in the middle of The Perfect Workout for her to create it we analyzed her Biometrics and genetics her recovery rate injury risk and aerobic potential her recent training sessions the temperature humidity and elevation the demands of her next race and billions of data points athletes just like her with tri dot Elizabeth gets faster faster and what does she have to do I just open Tri do and did my workout Tri dot we do the technology you do the training [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] and we are back to the action here at Ironman Victoria gastes we are on the Roa swim course here at the beautiful iiari Gamboa Lake located in land Provincial park outside Victoria guestz we’re about 17 kilometers outside of the center of the city for this gorgeous swim venue where we have our women’s race leader Steph Clutterbuck uh doing a great job of it this is Steph continuing to move through the Pro men’s field this is the second Pro male she’s picked off uh she established a gap she pulled cat Matthews out from the start line but then was ble to distance herself from cat um we think cat’s about 100 to 150 M back uh of seep Clutterbuck at this moment but uh Steph Clutterbuck having a great swim so far she owns our course best um we’ll see if she can beat it again today yeah no she’s had a great great start to her day uh yeah cat looked like uh in the first 100 she was going to just be able to slot in on her feet but obviously the the pace was just that little bit too high and unable to hold it but we’ll we’ll get a a split back to cat shortly uh and see how she’s going uh we think of yeah as you said about 100 met or so back yeah I mean I don’t think Cat’s Cat’s not certainly stressed about steu Clutterbuck at at the moment um would have probably liked to have taken advantage of some of that free speed on her feet for as long as possible but cat’s made some great improvements in her swim um not what I would consider a front pack swimmer just yet but uh has been improving um um and working in that direction so um you know I don’t think she’s necessarily stressed about where she’s at right now lots of racing left to go um and just is looking for a strong swim to start the day yeah absolutely where would you place cat like in a cona swim where would you see her coming out like is she a 5 like second pack or first packs uh main first main pack obviously you got Lucy Charles I yeah you’ve got Lucy Charles and Lauren Brandon and some of those Superstar and this was the this was the move oh no this no this is Lelo now backstroking and letting Vargo go past yeah this is another exchange where ladow is on his back and Varga is going back to the front I don’t know if that’s from before or if that’s yeah that yeah cuz vargas’s now at the front this is a short replay of what just happened but uh this guys having fun with [Laughter] it um yes so we have yet Vara back on the front uh yeah keep thinking he’s putting the pressure on but then he just seems to stop and yeah do a bit of backstroke so not under any pressure whatsoever um to your point about cat Matthews In The Swim I would say like I think a great swim for her she would be back of the first Chase pack uh with say uh Joselyn mcau but I think that would be a great swim for her yeah um I also wouldn’t be surprised to see her front of the second Chase pack so somewhere in between there obviously aspiring to be first pack Sons Lucy Charles Lauren Brandon Superstar swimmers but I think that is where she would Envision herself but probably maybe a half step to go and depends on conditions and her start and how factors play out in the race but uh the swim has been an area of great Improvement for her she’s always been a super strong cyclist always a a great Runner obviously had the setbacks after the crash and is working her way back from that or I should say is back from that I think we can let that story go because she is back to her old ways but uh the swim has been an area where she if you were going to pick a hole say hey let’s put some work in here um and she has been doing so so it’s just a it’s just a work in progress and um with race Dynamics in this day and age you know the demands of the top of the sport you cannot have a weakness um and the better she can improve that swim the less she’s got a chase on the bike Y and then left left there’s definitely more in the legs come come to run as well so yeah definitely uh yeah just interested to see your perspective on that obviously racing as a a female professional as well um where she sort of fits in your mind and obviously yeah her bikes come back to what it used to be and her runs always been amazing and she’s obviously got her sight set on another uh world uh Championship medal um so definitely the swim is something that she’s just going to keep progressing and working chipping away and yeah limiting that deficit to uh Lucy Charles buley and I believe our men have rounded that last buoy they keep that buoy to their right shoulder as they make their way towards the exit of this Roa swim course race time right now 4446 of course we’re looking at that 4645 Joe I think you nailed it 4559 I said I think I’m a little off but yeah imagine if these guys went as full gas the whole way like imagine what they could do without the backstroke and this and the silly business but uh it’s been quite interesting to to call but you can see here I think uh yeah vager as I sort of expected he wanted to lead this swim he’s no I don’t think he’s not ever let a swim so first one to stand up uh on the roko swim course Richard varer closely followed by Sam Lelo in the orange cap now let’s see what sort of Gap they were able to get themselves on the by our eyesight about 12 group uh 12 men in that chase pack um as Varga with a very fast run through transition as we know it’s not a long run to transition in the gear bag but once they pick up their bikes uh it’ll be slightly longer as lad working there to get that wet suit down uh it is uh Richard Varga into uh the gear bags first pulling up that swimsuit surprised to see him and this is the sign of a swimmer they often don’t like stuff on their shoulders uh missed his gear bag there as we see our swim split uh presented by our friends at Wahoo element arrival 45 23 there that is going to be a course best for Richard Varga for the 3.8 km swim uh bypassing the gear bag there I was under the assumption that the wet suit had to go in the gear bag so I’m not sure exactly what what varg is doing occasionally officials will allow helmets to be on the bike but the gear has got to go in the gear bag so I don’t know maybe the gear bags allowed to go cuz here we have um laid grabbing his gear bag and looks like he’s going to leave it by the bike so maybe that’s what they have been allowed to do and actually I think Varga has done the same so interesting because usually you have to rerack your gear bag but apparently the pros here able to leave it by their bikes yeah and let’s look look we’ve got the third male the next group out of the swim we got panel pin uh from Belgium in 102 behind Sam low uh David mnam had a great swim 106 Antonio Benito Lopez 107 James teagle uh young British athlete 109 tomis bremore uh at 110 so quite a big pack here Thomas Davis Robert Kalen all and uh Robert uh zapun uh all in that big group that we kept getting glimpses of on the SW oroka swim course anybody missing from that group disappointed not to see Brad Weiss in that group or is that not necessarily surprising uh I reserve comment yeah heur Brad is an amazing swimmer I’m hoping we just need to scroll down further and see uh if he’s made right on the back there cuz I would think um with a big pack that someone like Brad Weise definitely has the ability to be on that pack but hopefully if he hasn’t made it he’s close enough that he can Bridge up quickly without wasting too much eny but we’re seeing Dave mnam here uh closest putting on his number belt as he runs to go get his bike uh and make his way onto the full gas bike course as our men’s leaders are now across the mount line and underway on the full gas bike course the finger goes down to uh the bike computer to that Wahoo element and uh Press Start and they are I would say Off to the Races but we’ve been at the races for about an hour now already have been yeah that blistering swim of 40 new unofficial new course record of 4523 which surpasses Josh Amber’s 2019 swim record of 464 five so yeah a minute 20 and change faster than Josh amberger know we know how fast he is so these guys were definitely moving even though they look like they were out uh for a Sunday stroll and as we uh preview again the full gas bike course we’re looking at three Loops for your 180. 2 km or 112 miles it’s two larger Loops of 74k and one smaller Loop of 32k bike horse is known to showcase the beauty of the region uh it’s a rolling course uh but it’s a a great course you can um really carry the momentum from the downhills through the roll like I would call it a rolling course so a strong cyclist will be able to carry the speed through those rollers as our men continue to exit the Roa swim course so as we take a look at our women’s swim leader Steph clutterbox who continues to dominate this Roa swim course Joe talk me through the mindset of the guys after they come out of the swim what’s going through their minds as they start the bike assessing position thinking they’re looking around who’s around them and assessing whether that was they’re in a good position uh but also really focusing on what they need to do and not making any silly errors making sure that they yeah get this wet suit off completely with no no dramas and getting all their nutrition in their back pockets and just basically just want a smooth non urgent transition that feels it’s efficient but you don’t have to be super fast you just got to make sure that you don’t make any silly mistakes cuz there’s still many many more hours of racing to go but all those guys seem to get through without any uh major dramas as we continue to look at our pren I see that orange cap there that is going to be um camon WF he was with a other Violet cap which I believe is Arthur horsa uh and a SE of other silver caps there so if we look at the deficit now about 5 minutes uh again just spitballing that out of the water uh for Cameron Worf uh bigger than expected as expected manageable manageable yeah it’s I think the problem with for um for worth is that takeout speed it was super fast and cams yeah would be the first to say he doesn’t quite have that top end speed so he probably didn’t like the other guys able to get into that front group and then he probably just saw them just Out Of Reach that whole swim and it would have been a very frustrating swim just seeing uh where he really liked to be cam does really well in those corer likee swims where it’s a deep water start it’s a little bit there’s more feet to um sort of jump on whereas this was quite a select there’s only eight there’s the two out the front then only eight athletes sort of separated and cams doesn’t quite have that swim pedigree to jump on that so uh I want to see but as we talk we talk about some of the stronger cyclists in the field certainly Sam ladow fits the bill there Cameron Worf another super strong cyclist but Christian Hogan hog also a great cyclist and he is actually um out not where is camwf of not far from cam Worf so there are some really strong cyclists back there um that could be uh good partners uh Robert uh vetki uh also back there he’s at 301 down out of the swim so there are there’s some still some Firepower back there yeah no and if you’ve got camworth and some of these other great cyclist uh yeah 3 minutes is not much at all so yeah here we go got Spen Vice as well Christian Hogan how uh costes was right at the back um and Brad W actually was part did make that pack he was right at the end so and he’s moved up into Ninth Place overall yeah and Brad yeah he’s got so much power uh extera world champion that guy has so much V2 power he just needs to sort of like contain it right now and sort of uh chill cuz that’s a really good swim for him so he’d be really happy that he’s made that group costes uh very very you’ll see him very distinctive on the bike uh very slippery Arrow position uh we’ll see him out on the road shortly but yeah that next group it’s definitely got some Firepower uh so yeah watch for someone like Christian Hogan how who’s a very aggressive Rider he to potentially try and Bridge back up to the that bigger group of the lik of momy and Weiss and now will Hogan hog and Worf be compatible bikewise well there’s a gap between them right now um but if they uh I think I’ll put my I’ll put my head on the the neck on The Chopping Block but I think by the time cam catches him I think cam would found that Rhythm that Hogan how cannot actually if sustain okay if Cam’s on his one of his better bike days he could just be using this as a training race you never know C he’s already he’s already qualified a bit of a lottery yeah and this is we talked about a little bit off air that he’ll use these Iron Man and 70.3 as training days and progression to his main event which is coner in October so uh yeah Cam’s yeah you never know what you’re going to get with Cam and that’s sort of sort of the fun of it as well as we take a look at some of our chasing Pro na s uh presumably with eyes out for this woman Steph Clutterbuck uh who is our women’s Pro leer uh I’ve asked our camera guys if we have access uh to get a a a sight line back to our women’s Chaser who we assume is cat Matthews and presumably assume cat Matthews is all on her own uh based on some of the swimmers in the field I would be surprised if anybody was with was with cat uh possibly franzi rang from Germany is is a good swimmer possibly Simone Mitchell but that would be a great swim for Simone so Steph Clutterbuck continuing to lead and we assume cat Matthews holding down second position trying to get an update either from some of our spotters on the boats or uh if our camera angle uh allows it uh to see what’s going on back to cat Matthews as our men continue to stream through transition yeah one of the surprises for me was Arthur horo from France uh yeah back with camworth which it’s an opportunity like when you come when you’re with camworth that you can burn a match and maybe get back in the race but I expected him to be more up with the lights of uh maybe um I’m trying to think uh at least up with Hogan Hall uh like around the two two and a half minutes back out of that leag pack but yeah he’s a little bit back and got some work to do uh Arthur Hors of France super surprised by the number of guys who are not swimming with their kit up even in a wet suit swim surprising to you uh I would I would AG like agree what they did but it also does slow down your transition because the Restriction if you’re not a good swimmer I think it puts a lot of extra pressure on your shoulders especially when you’re in the water for do it so even for a good swimmer they prer the naked shoulders it feel natural um yes and yeah uh it’s definitely I think adds a little bit more restriction especially if your wet suit is fitted quite tight sure um so yeah the problem with this is because it’s a very short transition you didn’t really have enough time to and are those things are those things you factor in would you deal with the discomfort of slightly more restriction to speed up your transition what do you think the Tipping Point is there and how much time I would because I for when I raced it would i’ be the difference between me making the front pack or not so I’d rather lose a lose 20 seconds messing around um and trying to get my suit back up like Yan would do the same thing he would have it roll down uh I it’s only really good swimmers you see that have them like their sleeves up um anymore um CU I think it people have learned that it does add a lot of pressure and you just create a lot more lactic it seems you just seem to you just get this uh really uncomfortable feeling so on the women’s side we actually see uh Lucy Charles Barkley swim with it up but Lauren Brandon swim with it down so it really it’s it’s a matter of personal preference but the reason I asked the question is that it um it it’s it’s a factor that you need to consider you need to consider the length of the transition how long am I have to stand there while I pull my kid up because obviously you can’t start biking if your kid’s still around your waist Y and these are the things that you have to sort of think about that are specific to each race venue that people might not realize that these are considerations yeah absolutely as we see our lead female exiting the Roa swim course what an amazing swim here uh 50ish and a half minutes of course we will get the official time once she crosses that timing mat and we will show it uh courtesy of our friends at Wahoo element uh Wahoo element rival there we have it right there whoops that wasn’t it but it’s coming nope still not it it’s coming um but I just eyeballing the clock it doesn’t look like she bested her time from a year ago she’s at 540 uh that’s Steph Clutterbuck out of the UK uh again a good swimmer kit is up uh she’s going to grab that blue gear bag so that she can deposit her swim gear into the bag uh leave it by the bike I believe the pros have been giving that um permission that may be different to the to the age group rule um sometimes there are small specific differences like that so always good to attend that briefing read the athlete guide and know what the rules are she is actually one who’s stripping her wet suit at uh the gear bags um well she’s got plenty of space there’s no one around she’s not fighting for space at all but uh yeah it’s looks super super relaxed here uh yeah just taking care of business uh long day ahead but uh yeah making it look pretty pretty easy right now but it’s interesting to see that she was a little slower than her age group time last year but I think that’s actually a good thing she looked I don’t think she’s really expended much energy in this swim at all um and I think she could have probably swam faster than last year if she had to and she had maybe some other female around well I was going to say she last year she might have had some age group men around her that help p yeah I think this is a great start she looks super relaxed she looks pretty fresh running through transition here uh seamless transition and going back to the kits it’s also like how the kit is designed by whichever apparel you’re racing in these race kits are made for aerodynamics they’re not made for swimming um but some fit differently and depending on your body type as well they may actually feel quite relaxed around the shoulder but some are so tight that you have to breathe in to basically get it zipped up and that’s purely for aerodynamic so that does not make sense to put that restriction on your chest and your ability to breathe and shoulder restriction in a in a swim but this kit obviously for sta uh had no bearing on that at all keep take away their practice yeah try both ways and test it take be that athlete at the pool that turns up in their Race Kit D you do this and um and yeah practice do it do a 4 for time one day in a wet suit with your sleeves um up and then the next Friday do it with the sleeves down yep and do it in the same time of your training schedule so you the same sort of fatigue level and do it in different wet suits test your wet suits because different cuts of wet suits suit different body types different body positions in the water there’s there’s lots of value that can be added from testing these things and training yeah no I completely agree and that’s a really that’s great use of uh time and yeah take your wets suit down to the down to the race like these people that turn up to a race um and it’s a wet suit swim and they haven’t actually swam in their wet suit since I man Arizona and it’s Oceanside and they wonder why their shoulders were on fire in the first 200 why are my shoulders to a swimming pool and practice uh so definitely uh all that work could be undone just by not actually practicing in the equipment that you’re going to use race days so anyway and we are here with Sam low looking the goods super smooth relaxed nose breathing just uh yeah found his rhythm very very early so go ahead hypothesize guy of his size what kind of power range is he pushing and what’s what’s the bike strategy for someone who’s as strong on the bike as Sam Leo I think he will try and even split this bike uh he would be okay if someone tries to write up to him I think he’s going to execute his race uh because he will probably hit around I’m guessing I don’t I don’t know what Sam can push but I’m guessing around 300 close to 300 would be at his weight uh and size but uh I might be wrong we’ve got cat Matthews exiting with a very very large pack including Daniela blel Ruth AEL and ‘s viser I’m surprised by this yeah well it’s a lonely if she got dropped early uh by Steph then yeah it’s hard to sort of keep that pressure on the whole swim and if she did had a cheeky look around some of the buoys and went oh why am I busting myself when I could sit back with the pack I’m only 20 seconds in front of him anyway and just yeah comfort in number but in numbers but uh yeah uh I’m surprised it was actually such a big group I thought they were going to see ones and twos but thought it was going to be cat all on her own with maybe another pack of you know three to four but surprised uh great swims there from uh the likes of Daniela blell Ruth AEL has also been doing a lot of work on the swim isn’t that often the case um when you suffer a run injury or Swim and bike tends to come to a new level and uh know through the frustration of injury that uh Ruth was working on that swim and it seems to be paying dividends in ell Visser uh Daniela blell and Ruth AEL all there with cat Matthews yeah so cat Matthews second out of the water 427 behind our women’s leader Stephanie clach who had exceptional swim closely followed in third El’s vissa Samo Mitchell Elizabeth C CI codori thank you uh Ruth AEL uh yeah Katrina wolf and Francisco rang as well uh in that pack so I think we have eight women uh of my count uh all exiting the Roa swim course together and yeah pretty frantic uh yeah Steph definitely had a lot more space than these ladies in here wow that’s they’re definitely fighting for position here um yeah he’s I think we’re getting mixed up with one of the AG pro pro men um who’s uh yeah and here we go and this like get me out of here before I get thisiz who’s uh yeah putting the pressure on early and this look just could be tactical just I want to be sitting in second wheel I want to that’s the wheel in front Daniel blel I think he’s in the pink I correct me if I’m wrong no that’s a pro male in the P that’s a pro male Sor Pro male in the pink with Elizabeth El Vis so she just wants to be on the bike if you’re on first less chance of running into another athlete particularly that line right yeah it’s it is quite narrow from what we saw um so that’s look she’s a great little Runner so yeah um good to get some space but look give it a couple kilometers and all space out pretty pretty quickly but what I used to like to do when I I used to actually push my bike at an extra 10 m past the mount line to give yourself some space give yourself some space cuz people just get bunched up and then you’re like crashing into people I like well I’ll just run past and then I don’t have to worry about you guys well and it’s one of those times where you actually do almost by necessity take your eyes off the road in front of you because you’re looking down to make sure your feet are getting on the pedals your feet are getting into the shoes so you want a little bit of sa space for safety reasons to be able to do that so uh good to see all of the women safely mounted I saw cat Matthews charging to the front and no doubt she will um she will charge to the front of that pack probably be joined I mean again Daniela blell outstanding cyclist one of the fastest bike splits at uh Iron Man Hamburg at the women’s European Championship as we look at our women’s defending Champion coming out of the water this is Guru fraus that’s not a bad Gap necessarily um she’s looking at less than five minutes so maybe three to four minutes there to the chase group um so yeah really really really good swim for for Guru fraus I would say yeah really really good swim yeah and we definitely touch keep an eye on her on the bike and uh if she’s in any range of of the the podium off that bike watch out cuz uh yeah a couple of sub 250 marathons I think she’s had in yeah she’s the one athlete that could put pressure again we’re foreshadowing quite a bit but could put pressure on cat Matthews I think she’s one athlete that could do it if she can just mitigate the damage on the bike uh depending again on the factors on the day we know cat wants to win but race conservatively she’s got other big races coming up um so yeah uh Guru fraus great swim for her and and could impact um how things play out defending Champion just gives you that little bit extra or maybe a lot of motivation to really bring out everything on race day but here we are I think we’ve had a lead change for the men’s uh Robert Kalen if you correct me if I’m wrong followed by Sam Lelo they sitting in second yep and the men stretched out behind them we can see uh a big group there and all riding draft legally the men 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to hit her nutrition strategy she can’t really be thinking about trying to ride these women down um she needs to execute her bike some of the in that pack the problem with pack Dynamics though as well is the chance the stress of like penalties obviously race Rangers helping that a lot um but these some of they might end up over biking a little bit uh as well so and that’s just if uh she’s able to actually just execute her bike plan and get off and then execute one of her top runs then there’s no reason why uh she can’t get back into this race but it’s going to be we’re going to be talking about this in about 3 or 4 hours yeah it’s it is the long game but the good news is that we talk about this all the time Joe in terms of she’s not used to being in the chase back on the bike she’s used to having to play this game of Chase um and really fighting uh her way back into the race uh after a pretty you know significant Gap at the swim so it’s not unfamiliar territory for her necessarily um which also you know Works in her favor we know she does well in the heat so if the humidity does play up later in the day she’s one Iron Man cosl the last two years running so we know that the heat is not a factor for her necessarily um and I think really the only woman who can outrun her or match her is going to be cat Matthews who is uh you know what uh what did I say she was 11 minutes back I think it was about 11 yeah uh nope sorry 7:43 back so she’s really only three and a half minutes back of that chase pack yeah so we just keep an eye on that it’s a really important split to not is what the Gap is to cat cuz most likely cat will inch Her Way Forward uh and start riding fting time out of our leader um Steph Clutterbuck right now um but yeah long long long way to go but uh looking good so far for shaping up to be a really exciting women’s race yeah I love the fact that there’s a big pack that out there uh chasing Steph Clutterbuck down I think that’s I think that’s fantastic uh great swim for some of those women I had assumed that cat might be uh Flying Solo in pursuit of the lead but the fact that ell vist and Daniela blell are with her that’s going to be a smoke and bike split for sure yeah well El vissa like amazing uh backing up after such a uh intense first half of the year of racing uh it boat well that she’s had a good swim energy levels must be back up pretty well to be able to make uh that main group uh it’s always a good indication if you’re trying to like turn around and uh race again quite quickly um so she’s in put herself in a really good position and I think from all the interviews and social media from all the athletes that have been out there on the course they excited about racing on this course the roads are beautiful there’s it’s not that technical from what I understand it’s it’s a lot of undulation uh it takes a course as an athlete that’s able to sort of use momentum and sort of go up a little bit um push a little bit high power up the hills and then carry it over the top and create into speed going down the other side so an athlete that’s sort of uh is very smooth on the pedals it will suit really well as we uh look at the men’s here and we are are looking at M5 which is uh I think it’s M51 oh that M51 is it I didn’t look like David mnam to me he’s M5 so yeah but you can see the line of men here and perhaps it’s a good time for us to talk about that’s Richard V right there that might have been M me it might have been we’ll see we we’ll get a closer image uh soon enough I was say it’s a good time for us to talk about uh our new friend race Ranger absolutely uh you’ll see some of the the lights uh the fixture on the back of the bike there where the second bib number is uh and from this vantage point we can’t see the fixture on the front uh but this is called race Ranger and it’s a new technology that’s being used across all of the Iron Man uh pro series events uh this year it’s a tool that allows the athletes to self- police their drafting zone colorcoded so that when you’re front fork uh comes within a distance of the rider in front of you it will indicate a color to you indicating that you are in a safe Zone in a close zone or a flashing red light for if you are in the draft Zone um it not only helps the athletes to police themselves it also helps our officials out because they can police a larger number of athletes an official still has to spot a drafting violation but if they see a red light flashing they can certainly Zoom ahead or drop back um to investigate what’s going on and and make sure that uh that the athletes are playing Fair before we always had to guess at what that drafting Zone was but now with race Rangers you see that blue light indicating that the athlete behind uh is outside of the draft Zone it turns orange when you’re getting close to the draft Zone and flashes red uh so just a great great addition uh to the technology available uh to us and to the athletes out there to ensure for safe and fair racing yeah so that was right on screen that was Dave mamy sitting in uh Blue Zone so Legal Zone behind uh Thomas Davis Thomas um sorry Thomas Davis uh from uh Great Britain so as we take a look at our top three uh fastest transition times presented by our friends at Morton it was Christian Hogan hog at 209 Anthony costus at 210 and Davis at 212 so some pretty pretty good time splits there uh I didn’t see Richard Varga the short course uh specialist not with the top uh transition time no no no I thought he’d be the faster but not today uh so in the women’s we have udat uh 217 Kur uh 218 and Commander at 221 so very very similar to the men very Speedy transitions very short uh from the exit of the Roka swim course to getting your gear bags uh and onto the bike so uh yeah uh made slippery work of of that transition as we check in with Steph Clutterbuck she is our race leader now keys for Steph Clutterbuck she she she led the swim uh and enjoyed a 4 minute and 15 second gap on the group of I think it was nine or 10 women that were nine women Sorry Seven women that were chasing her uh who sit at four plus minutes back but right now probably good strategy for her to put her blinders on and focus on her race and not worry about those women behind her there’s nothing she can do about that pack she probably doesn’t even know about it and right now focus on her her first full distance race as as a pro yeah and that’s one of the difficult things about when you’re actually leading you don’t get splits to really know or accurate splits of to see how far the chases are so yeah as you as you said she just needs to focus on her race her nutrition for The Other Women in that pack that’s where thing mistakes get made is you get caught up in the moment yep I haven’t had any nutition it’s 45 minutes I haven’t had a sip of any of my electrolyte whereas she’s got all the time she got 4 and a half minutes to basically just ease into this and from that first pedal stroke can sort of sit at her Target power and really settle in and then 4 and a half minutes is a long time and if she doesn’t get caught until like halfway through the bike potentially uh by that stage it might not be a pack anymore might be ones and twos and then she can make that decision at a time okay I feel feel good I’m going to go with it no that’s too much and you can make but she’s got options and that’s one of the things of being a great swimmer you have options you can like push on try and extend your lead or you can just settle in and looks like she’s settled in nicely but again pretty hey stuff for a woman in her first pro Iron Man um certainly the first time she would have ridden with a moto alongside her and so that can be that can be hey stuff and so she’s got to be sure uh not to let the adrenaline and the excitement of leading your first Iron Man as a pro uh get the best of view but so far looks like she’s settling well we’re going to take a quick break but we’re 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work of getting back up to the front only took him about 8 or n kilm uh to make up that minute deficit that he had coming out of the swim but in doing that he brought everyone else with him back up to uh L low and Vara we saw quite recently just sitting uh towards the back of that actual group of about eight or nine men I think it is at that point yeah so we have a big group uh at the lead of the men’s race in the opp here in the women’s race our Soul Leader Steph Clutterbuck we had a chance to chat with Steph Before the Race and here were her thoughts uh about here racing here at Iron Man Victoria guestz so Iron Man Victoria is one of my favorite races I raced here as an age grouper last year and got overall fastest age group um I came fourth fastest female overall and actually qualified for my Pro license here so it’s a race that I know really well and I know suits me and I actually just love so it was really hard to say no when I saw it on the list for the Pro Series this year I’m excited to take what I learned last year so it’s a for me it’s a great swim it’s a Lake Swim so it’s simple um lots of straight lines which means it can be really fast which is fantastic and last year I had the age group Men to swim with and this year I’m hoping that I’m going to be out pushing the pace at the front of the race the bike horse is one that suits me because it’s very rolling uh and there’s so much time to be fast in Arrow but then use the power to get up and over the rollers that are around the course so I’m really hoping that knowing where those points are is going to play into my favor nowhere to get my head down but equally know where I need to put out that little extra power um and also just knowing that on the Run course there’s so much support to lift you up so it doesn’t matter if you’re a little more tired than you would like to be uh but the amazing bus Community here will be out on the course to cheer you on it’s not one where you can just switch off and run it takes a lot of concentration there’s lots of different parts to it you’re running through the buildings and through the streets but then equally there’s the parts the park sorry and then the various different like slightly more industrial elements so there’s a lot to keep you engaged but equally a lot that you need to concentrate on as you’re attempting to run really fast so when I started this season I kind of didn’t think I would factor in the Pro Series it’s my first year and we didn’t have any idea about where I would stand but after finishing top 10 in mayorca it changed the plans for the rest of the year and Victoria became an absolute must um and I’m really hoping that I’ll be able to be on the start line for talin in August and hopefully after this weekend we’ll have a qualification slot for nce well there you go thoughts from a first year Pro um based on her first 70.3 performance basically revamped her entire race strategy around this Pro Series yeah she’s uh on an accelerated program to really mix it up in the in the women’s field and yeah has pretty high aspirations very early days and right now you’re not going to doubt her because she’s had amazing swim and really looks the good so far on the bike but yeah very early days but yeah sound like she done her research uh obviously did well here as an age grouper and won uh so made sense to come back and and race race this race as her first professional uh race and uh uh yeah it’s as we talked about on the swim it’s great to come back to um a race that you’ve done before just uh especially she obviously loves this area and really uh found it wonderful to race here so why not come back again yeah I think we just saw the play back there um I’m trying to see a bib number on here of who that was but uh very aggressive move uh to move to the front of this race and wow look at that Gap yeah that was like a Tor to France movie I think yeah he’s I’m not sure who it was it might I know looking for a b i don’t to say but I feel like it might have looked like that Thomas Thomas Davis that we were talking about earli about um race radar and but yeah was a very aggressive move I don’t recognize the the pedling style from here i’ say that would be a an Andreas D sort of uh move but I don’t think he’s quite moved up to the front of the group but if we can get a number um on who it is how’s your eyesight m not very good M 17 rben oh that’s a puny okay yeah wow and he and he had a good swim um he’s that that pack definitely played into his hands and he’s a he’s a very strong Rider um from what I remember I think he won axon provance 70.3 early this year I’d have to double check that but he’s very very powerful Rider and and and we saw that uh just moments ago when he put in a very aggressive attack and yeah didn’t didn’t want anyone to go with him and uh no one’s responded but we’ll see um like Lelo might just up the power 5% and all of a sudden uh he might have some company uh well if we look back at uh Ruben’s results uh he was uh second at Iron Man 70.3 Switzerland uh and won uh the Iron Man uh 70.3 in uh provance uh back in May so uh we know he’s got the bike legs and a very aggressive move now to put himself in the lead yes really really put that hammer down here and it’s just going to be interesting to see who actually responds to this very aggressive move very very early on we’re not even through the 24.8 km checkpoint yet and Ruben Z is really applying a lot of pressure uh yeah uh we we’ll see what what happens it be good to get a long shot here and see who has actually gone with this move uh I think someone like Lelo will be like okay you can do that but I’m just going to stick to my numbers I think L Los knows what he needs to do and if he executes anything like he did last year in nice with similar power numbers I think um he will maybe later he will pull pull this lead back in yeah well zabuni is one of our athletes here who uh needs a qualifying slot for the Iron Man World Championship so uh maybe looking to assert himself um into the conversation to get that very thing done yeah look he really really smooth and um he’s looking back already Y and just making sure that that Gap has actually stuck and um now he needs to go about his his work uh it’s very very early days to to make an if you look at the course profile here um down the bottom of the screen this is actually like it’s it’s a net loss right now so it’s quite a fast part of the course with a few little undulations so maybe when he pre- the the course earlier this week this was a section he already identified that maybe oh this suits me this suits my strengths if I’m in the mix have a good swim this is where I’m going to try and put the pressure on on the likes of I think uh this this is Vara uh the who actually LED our men’s uh swim today uh navigating that roundabout and he’s being under pressure put under quite a lot of pressure right now cuz when you have someone uh put on that much pressure at the front there’s definitely going to be response you can’t help yourself so it looks like Vara is the last male in this group and he looks like he’s worth pry to try and stay in contact so it’s definitely been an injection of pace into this men’s top 10 right now that’s right our men now through uh 29 uh kilometers on the bike we’re waiting for that bike split to update from uh 24.8 uh kilometers as we come back to our AG groupers back at the mount line uh getting them oh oh practice those transitions there we saw that athlete uh nearly uh stumble over there he caught himself glad to see that but um just a good lesson to practice your transitions one of those small things that can pay big dividends yeah for sure and uh yeah definitely you don’t want to start your day like that and uh when you train 12 to 20 hours a week just take maybe 20 minutes of those hours and of that time a week and just practice the little things because they can make up uh could uh really have a big impact on your race and we’re back with uh women’s leader Stephanie Clutterbuck of the UK uh looking super smooth uh enjoying quite a uh good buffer on the chase females of around uh 4 minutes but we’ll we’ll get an update on that split at the 24.8 kilometer and see if they managed to pull that back at all also an update uh from out on the course uh unfortunately if you are a fronzi ring uh fan bib number f29 from Germany she has with withdrawn from the race she’s actually a strong swimmer we thought we would have seen her a little bit further up pushing the Pace In The Swim uh she is ill uh and is unfortunately a dnf uh here today uh we hope she has a speedy recovery and can get uh herself onto a start line super soon and use all of that good Fitness it’s tough when race day coincides with a sick day it’s really it’s really tough to to manage so our our thoughts go out to fronzi and hope she’s feeling better soon yeah absolutely it’s not the way to start a long day of swim biking running if you’re not feeling 100% And we are back with our men’s leader who’s yeah looking really really smooth right now um putting a lot of pressure on the chase man but I think as we saw uh they seem to have started to respond because it’s starting to spread out quite a bit as opposed to 10 minutes ago when they were all quite happily uh in a nice sort of pace uh evenly spaced Pace line uh going on the flat but this has definitely injected a little bit more uh intensity into the men’s bike early early on yeah it’s definitely an aggressive move to make early on but uh Ruben strength is his bike uh more so than uh the swim in the Run well he’s a good swimmer too but uh the bike is definitely his strength uh as we said he was second at Iron Man Switzerland earlier this year uh back in early June uh and SEC uh sorry he won uh Iron Man provance 70.3 uh he likes the he likes some of the Punchy courses um he’s done quite well um in my Ora uh he likes to race in Switzerland uh so he likes to use that bike strength uh and certainly putting it to work out here in the early stages of this full gas bike course yeah no super super strong and yeah he he knows his strength and his weaknesses and uh yeah with some of the pedigree of uh the runners out there David mamy Weiss obviously Lelo he sees his opportunity if he wants to get a cona spot spot which is there’s only two more races where you can actually qualify this is a course that suited him and he’s picked it and he’s putting it he’s showing his hand very early but this might be his best shot at setting up um a a Podium finish sure as we take uh a look and check in with our women’s Chase group this is El’s Visser who is backing up back to back weekends of full Iron Man racing um you ever done that no and never will thank very much um yes no that like it’s it’s amazing uh cuz like I doing IR man like i’ I’d be I wouldn’t want to train for at least two or three weeks never mind actually race again and yeah it’s it’s it’s amazing to see and I I definitely became I feel like Chris McDonald was one of the first ones to do this uh and uh actually win the second weekend and get second in his first so yeah it’s it’s it’s happens quite often now it never would have happened 20 years ago but now the race one of the benefits about it potentially is that you don’t overdo it right you talk about the adrenaline on the day the legs are fresh you’re feeling Zippy uh and you might overdo it and Iron Man is about patience and pacing and El Visser again she’s an athlete who likes to race a lot I mean again we joked at the top of the show that her uh her race calendar reads like in peace there’s so many races that she does in in a given year so she’s used to racing a lot this back to back is certainly a big challenge but if she’s patient with herself uh and has the mindset for it which she has in the past demonstrated that she has she’s so tough mentally uh held on for a fifth place finish at Iron Man hamburger after a really unfortunate puncture uh that took her out of contention there really fought her way to that fifth place finish and was super uh super proud of that performance um if she’s a little patient and forgiving with herself and right now she’s in a great spot in this Chase pack so she’s letting the other set the pace and and sort of racing strategically um it could really really work out for her we had a chance to chat with ‘s pre- r and here’s what she had to say and this one was like really on my on my list and I really wanted to do this race I raced her last year and it was just this very special event but then in the meantime roal we also know that that’s a special event as well and um well I thought well well let’s just like give it a go challenge myself um and try to do back toback racing I think like the boss country it’s just like a very special area the ride we do it’s like rolling um you ride like through the fields with sunflowers it’s just like beautiful scenery um some climbing as well so yeah just lots of variation um I really enjoyed the bik course last year and yeah there are not many races with Run course like this and so many Spectators like Spanish are just like crazy people they’re sitting there on The Terraces drinking beers and enjoying some food and we run PS but they in the meantime they really interact with us as athletes and they’re just like super encouraging and supportive and that’s yeah what I especially remember from last year I have my slot for KN um the pro series it’s in the back of my mind I just want to take it Race by race I don’t want to like have fixed races this year of course these will be important race for me um but I just see how I feel after each race in a pro series if I decide to continue with the next one or not or if I focus on other races but yeah of course I got some good points at Iron Man Hamburg and unfortunately I lost a lot of crucial points as well standing on the side of the road with a flat tire for 10 minutes so that was quite disappointing in terms for like the pro series um but if I put put a good race together here in Victoria and um yeah maybe have a good race in E 10 can still do pretty well in the overall series I think Yes actually the field is like really competitive and we all need like a good race to win this race um Kat’s an incredible athlete Guru she’s the Local Hero here so you can never underestimate her um but then there are also like other yeah great girls on the line so it will be a fun battle out there so you heard it from Ellis V back-to-back racing she couldn’t say no to either one of these events obviously her race last weekend uh a priority for her schedule and she had such a positive experience racing here in Victoria uh she decided why not go for it uh she has very little to lose she’s doing very well in the Pro Series certainly the more points the better uh but uh a big week for ‘s Visser as we uh take a quick look at our women’s leader Steph Clutterbuck 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yeah here’s our first look at uh Bradley Weiss Brad Weiss yeah uh would interested to see how he’s going definitely trying to get some calories right now uh don’t think he’s maybe gone with the move uh that subun uh zun uh sort of started but looks like that might be magnam which um yeah would make sense pre-race footage of those guys running running together for a course preview but uh yeah these guys are probably outside laid low uh the two p Runners uh but that looks like they’ve uh maybe been dislodged from from this group at this point yeah from the lead group and also looking at the tracker if you’re a little confused by some of the names that you are seeing uh I believe we’ve had a malfunction with the 24.8 kilometer tracker it indicates guys uh who are further down the field it doesn’t look like the the timing Mount woke up in time so uh we’re showing our leader as someone who moved up 34 spots in the last timing segment so uh give us a sec to straighten out those timing splits and don’t be alarmed uh we will update that uh as soon as all of the data Flows In sometimes it’s just a little slow coming from some uh outer more uh parts of the course yeah that’s a shame hopefully the when the women come through that checkpoint it’s uh we can get a good split on uh the chase group of cat Matthews and El vissa and Daniela BL and see if they’ve managed to pull back any time on our women’s leader Stephanie clach but we are looking I believe at Leo um so this is our lead so yes we’re seeing low and Kalen I think the sweds sitting there and leading our men’s race I’m assuming they’ve pulled back to suun and touch me now if you are laid low you’re just laying low did have that one plan dude that was pretty goody really cracked myself up yes like he’s just doing everything right he as we talked about before the gun even went off he just needs to validate his con coner spot he’s the current world IR man champion from n last year he hasn’t raced much this year um he’s been in a big training block and just building his season nicely to the big dance in October on the big island of Hawaii so yeah he’s doing everything right um looks super smooth um but look it’s an eye man that things can uh go sideways pretty quickly but at the moment he’s just making sure that anything he he can do and um and sort of conserve energy he’s doing but he’s looks super super Arrow super relaxed he looks yeah I mean and I actually really like how he’s scripted his season we’ve talked about the fact that he hasn’t done a lot of racing and and I think not that I’ve ever had this experience but he became Iron world champion um last year which is pretty hey stuff and with that comes obligations and commitments and opportunities um certainly that he will have wanted to take advantage of so the fact that he spent uh the end of his year sort of settling into to his role as Iron Man world champion and and has had a really patient start to the year I think bod’s really really well for him yeah no I absolutely agree and just notice then have you seen how he’s got his bib he’s not got it flapping in the breeze he’s actually got a special design that keeps it close to his skin so laminated into his kit yeah he got a custom kit with his race number no he looks like I don’t know he’s got glad wrap around but he’s managed to like in his hotel room with an iron and I’m sure he’s tested that in the wi in the winter andal like okay that’s going to save me a whatt but a watt over 180 km maybe it’s I don’t know someone will tell me yeah someone chime in and tell me what would save you but uh yeah it’s interesting the the attention to detail um no stone left unturned so and here we are on shot with Robert Kalen uh of Sweden I think he was the driving force to bring um the chase group out of swim which were about a minute 04 behind back up very quickly to the front of this race and GAP up super aggressive through the the opening kilometers of this bike course but maybe just to reinsert himself and he’s done a good job and now he’s sort of relaxed and and sitting in yeah no he’s uh yeah it’s sort of same tactics they used in the swim just sort of burn a match get in position and then settle into your pace um and these guys are just so um are able to just dig really deep for five minutes and just Bridge up really quickly and then settle back to what is comfortable for them which I manay so probably for someone of Robert’s size and stature like probably making 300 watts look like he’s out for a recovery ride right now he’s off to a great start this year he is qualified for the Iron Man World Championships in Kona by virtue of his fifth place uh finish at Iron Man Texas which for a guy of again we talk about his size and we talk about those conditions that were um there for the Memorial Herman Iron Man Texas really windy really hot and so we talk about it’s a gross generalization but someone of a taller stature the heat tends to impact more because there’s more surface area um you know in terms of the skin and ter and and makes it a little bit harder for most to to manage that heat but uh so off to a great start he’s qualified just looking to add to the points uh in his in his series rankings yeah absolutely DD and on shot we have Antonio Bonito Lopez of Spain uh looking pretty pretty comfortable out there right now uh we waiting for that um timing M to update so we can get an idea of where he’s currently sitting on the road but looks like he’s found a pretty good Rhythm early on and uh looking pretty smooth out there on this full guys by course yeah he was amongst those Chasers strong swimmer uh in that chase pack uh he uh he’s on the back of Brad Weiss and legally on the back of of Brad Weiss is’s the next Athlete on the road’s wife was just like say what say what and uh and then we leading this uh little group is David mcnam of uh Scotland so the good the good news uh guys is that the timing mat at uh 24.8 km has started functioning again for our women we don’t have cameras on it cuz we’re in a bit of a dark Zone there but just an update in our women’s race Steph Clutterbuck continues to lead Daniela blel ‘s Visser cat Matthews and Ruth Asel sit at 315 back uh and then that group has splintered a little bit with uh Cina wolf uh Simone Mitchell and asid elizabeta kidori sitting at 440 back so that large Chase group out of the swim has become a smaller Chase group with some likely names in there uh but Steph Clutterbuck continuing to lead um but the Chasers chasing down we’re going to take a quick break but we’re going to come back to you after this quick commercial don’t go away so much racing left to go here at Iron Man Victoria [Music] guess open up the cuz I’m coming up to you so send down your wings let bring me to you you know I’m standing at the station to [Music] go beyond the Finish Lines our commitment goes the extra mile we are the Iron Man Foundation we’ve given back more than than $55 million to support our mission of leaving a positive impact throughout race communities without our amazing athletes volunteers and givers we wouldn’t be where we are today together let’s continue this journey of impact join the Iron Man foundation and be a part of something extraordinary [Music] back to the action here on the full gas bike course at irman Victoria gestes uh we’re looking at a Pro Series race here a lot of our athletes uh looking to add to their Pro Series points couple athletes looking to secure their world championship qualifications take their share of $125,000 prize purse and three slots available each for men and women to the Iron Man world championship of course the women racing in niece and that window of qualification is closing quickly uh the men have a little bit longer because their RAC isn’t until the end of October so quite a few races left opportunities for the men but the women uh if they’re wanting to compete in East they’ve got to think about getting that job done yep absolutely DD yeah no there’s definitely many lots of things to race for here uh for this athlete on screen uh her first pro Iron Man race Stephanie kbuk uh having a great start to her day still maintaining a decent lead over a very strong uh group of four females Daniel blel el v cat Matthews and Ruth Asel have got some separation um from last split uh and they’ve sort of formed a bit of a fire power group um but Stephanie kbuk doing her thing and managing to uh keep the distance still at 3 minutes 46 at last check uh just on screen just before that was Ruth AEL who uh we believe is sitting at the back of that uh group of four chasing down uh Clutterbuck so yeah here we go back with Ruth AEL who’s come back to racing she’s had a bit of a bad patch with injuries uh calf Achilles uh problems um I did jump onto uh some of her YouTube uh videos and she was a little anxious about not knowing whether if she can actually her body can stand um withstand a full Iron Man yet but uh hopefully uh yeah she’s in good shape and she has a good day today I actually saw a little sound bite from her saying that um the the blessing of having battled this calf and achilles issue for as many months as she has been and it plagued her through last year as well um is that she’s used to going into Iron Man racing with minimal run training and so it hasn’t necessarily impacted her confidence I think the the the lack of confidence comes in will the calf hold up or is this going to set me back again can I get through this race healthy and that’s a decision uh each athlete have has to make that the athlete on screen had to make that decision uh for Memorial Herman Iron Man Texas she suffered a CF tear uh in her uh kickoff race to the season uh and did a did a beautiful job um defending her title at Iron Man Texas raced strategically and and got it done and now is healthy and strong uh and back in the mix yeah having an amazing season so no you can come back from come back Feer and stronger and get back to the top very very quickly if you do all the right things and if you’re looking for some exciting race opportunities uh I want to make you aware that the Sun is rising over the horizon in kashk uh bay at Iron Man Portugal kashk on October 19th 2024 it’s go time you dive into the calm Waters of kashk bay the day goes on and the bike takes you through the CRA mountains a UNESCO world heritage site through the estro Formula 1 circuit and past the iconic monuments to Lisbon the running course takes you through the center of kashk uh which vibrates at your passing you can register now for our late season Iron Man events yeah it’s a beautiful part of the world there uh lucky enough to to commentate that one last year good Punchy bike course there yes yeah for sure no it was uh yeah unexpected and uh yeah beautiful race course very well supported uh beautiful part of the world and we are back with El vissa the Dutch lady uh with a very busy racing schedule year doesn’t seem to have uh bothered her one bit uh as she’s uh putting some really good power down here and trying to close the gap to our women’s leader Stephanie Clutterbuck of Great Britain um but yeah looking looking pretty good out there uh El vissa yeah and I think this Chase pack is doing a good job I mean they are sort of gradually reeling her in there’s no sense of uh Panic there’s a sensibility to the moves that they’re making um it looks like well it looks like we lost that split update uh on the website from 29.4 km but we know that they uh at 7.9 were 346 back and I believe at 29 it was more in the low threes so another 30 seconds through that block there so just going about the job racing their race this is a really really strong group Daniela blel ell viser cat Matthews and then uh Ruth AEL on the back of that so uh so good fire power there for the women on the bike yeah and the good thing is Stephanie CL has no idea unless so she’s should she yeah and it’s great she’s put herself in such a good position with that amazing swim as we check back in with our uh weather presented by rer it’s definitely kicked up a notch DD 70° fit which is 21 degrees C few clouds not so much to speak of um a little bit of wind not much humidity has dropped but it is that’s still quite uh quite humid so hopefully the athletes uh taking care of their hydration needs and uh sticking to their fuel plan uh cuz it’s only going to get hotter it sure is as we check out Daniela blell who is coming off a really solid performance uh from Iron Man Hamburg had one of the fastest if not the fastest by recollection uh splits on that day she’s known for her cycling prowess uh and she had a super solid Marathon run as well so she is qualified for the world championship this is just opportunity to race this is more points in the Iron Man Pro Series um she did not have a great race at labla but no doubt probably a little tired putting her focus on this race I think if I look at her strengths as an athlete I would classify her if I had to put her into one bin as more of an Iron Man athlete um and less as a 70.3 specialist so uh probably took lasaa as an opportunity uh to to toughen up the legs a little bit ahead of this race but um has had a difficult had a dnf at Iron Man South Africa which was tough but really redeemed herself at Hamburg and looking to add more points to that tally here today yeah and obviously IR man events carry more points so 5,000 points for an Iran she’s already got a a good IR Man Down uh obviously uh Al sabes good performance there she’s currently 13th in the point standing and with to koopa’s performance today and if she’s close to the winner or potentially wins uh that’ll really booster into that uh top 10 and back to race leader Steph clb who has a different agenda altoe I mean certainly we heard in her pre-race interview that she was sort of invigorated by her finish at mayorca and is sort of inspired by this Pro Series and what her chances might be but also one of our athletes looking to secure her qualification for what would be her first ever Iron Man World Championship as a professional yeah yeah what a great opportunity especially cuz some of the other athletes in this field already have spots so she’s obviously trying to open her um Pro Series account but this is an opportunity she mentioned this in her interview the why not try and qualify for the World Championships uh in nice uh obviously it’s just to skip uh jump over the ocean from Great Britain uh over to Nice France uh for the world championship so great opportunity super opportunity because we look at our some of our top women and some of our the contenders for the day cat Matthews already qualified Guru fraus already qualified Daniela blell already qualified El vist already qualified even as elizabeta kurador is qualified so real opportunity for Ruth AEL uh great opportunity for Simone Mitchell great opportunity for step Clutterbuck yeah there’s three spots with their names on isn’t there um so yeah imagine in your first pro uh racing season you qualify for the World Championships and it’s so competitive to get that spot it’s be an amazing performance but very early days but she’s doing all the right things right now I I wonder what’s going through her mind right now Dei is she like where are they I thought they would have caught me by now but or do you think she knows that she had that she’s probably got that much information that she knew she had four minutes and she’s probably doing the calculations ahead and going okay maybe a minute every 20 km they’ll catch me around 80 km you know I don’t know that she would have done that calculation in her head I think she probably by the time she left transition those a weren’t even out of the water yet uh so that information may not have come to her she may have gotten an update along the way but I think she if if she’s doing the things she needs to be doing she needs to not worry about that chase group because everybody in that chase group minus Ruth AEL has a slot right so they’re almost irrelevant to some of her one of her goals anyway on the day um she’s got to focus on process process process how’s my nutrition what’s my power how’s my Cadence how my legs feeling what’s my what’s my respiratory rate like is this effort appropriate and just keep cycling through those thoughts am I holding Arrow am I being efficient am I powering up the climbs am I holding arrow through the the descents um really focusing on that process and really has to shut out the other things behind her I think at this point maybe she’s not even thinking about world championship qualification she’s probably just thinking of being in the moment and yeah doing all the right things look because by doing all the right things she’s going to get the that will be the end result but that’s in the back of her mind somewhere and maybe she gets to think about that on the run but at the moment she’s probably got a very specific what range she’s trying to hit a specific heart rate zone Cadence as you mentioned and really at this time you got to just break it into chunks and go okay this next 10 kilm I’m just I know it’s going to be a gradual uphill I’m just going to stay Arrow as long as I can and just really be economical and whatever happens uh and she can just execute her race plan uh that that will be set her up for a really good day as we look at our men’s leaders now uh through 52.1 kilometers we can check in with some of the splits it’s Robert Kalin Sam Lelo and Ruben zunki uh they are our leaders they are chased by Christian Hogan hog who has moved up uh 12 spots since 8 kilometers again we were missing that 29 kilometer uh reading but he sits at 143 back with Matias Peterson out of Denmark still looking for the Bradley Weiss Group which should be the next across that timing mat I believe but little bit of Separation in our men’s race yeah and that was to do with the man on screen Ruben sabti who now I remember was actually before he came to Tron did race at a very high level as a cyclist in Europe race for some Continental teams um so goes to show uh yeah that power that he put applied to the pedals really uh yeah uh really separated the likes of um the mnam and the Weiss um group so yeah he’s doing the right thing as well because he as you mentioned early he does not have a corer spot whereas the two guys in front Callen has a spot and um ladow just has to validate so uh if that’s what his goal is don’t know if that is on his um on his radar but he’s doing the right thing to set himself up to get one of those three uh coner qualifying spots as we get a nice uh overhead cam shot of our beautiful scenery here in Victoria uh guestz this is a a transformation of Victoria’s um we’ll just call it transformation of the city into a green capital is actually a really remarkable story Joe of environmental restoration and sustainable urban planning back in the 1990s the city embarked on an ambitious project to rehabilitate uh some of the degraded areas and created the expansive Green Belt which now encircles the entire city uh this networks of parks and Gardens and natural areas has not only revitalized the natural ecosystem um but also has provided uh critical habitats for diverse flora and fauna so um a mission that set out in the 1990s has produced a fantastic host City for today’s race St stunningly beautiful yeah and this way you see athletes uh coming back uh here to race uh after they’ve raced the first year it’s many uh athletes have yeah that have had success so want to come back and experience this beautiful race course here in Victoria gastes uh I remember Heather Jackson was one of the uh first athletes to win this race and she uh is one of the um high high points of her career racing here she just couldn’t believe especially the run the the energy and the atmosphere that um was there for the four laap uh into City Iran uh and yeah she’s uh still talks about it to this day as that’s one of the highlights of her career as we check in with our men’s Chasers now this is sixth through 10th place this is the Bradley viiss group uh we’ve got Bradley viiss in 10th place at 320 back he’s riding with James teagle Thomas Davis David mamy uh and Antonio Bonito Lopez and they sit about three minutes 15 seconds back so they are another minute and a half back from uh the the chasers of Hogan hog and Peterson uh and again that three5 back from our race leaders so not not dire yeah no I think that’s there eight of eight of these athletes um and there’s some definitely some good good riders in there Anthony costes is a very very strong ride I don’t expect him to push forward varer there we just saw in shot Anthony costes uh going through a station getting a drink there from that volunteer uh yeah watch for him to make a move very unusual setup uh on the bike um it always looks a little unusual uh definitely like a sternum rest that water bottle just lay your chest right abely super one of the first athletes to really Embrace uh uh the aeronomic side of things and yeah very uh nice little flick at the back there but yeah there’s great reminder too looking at that position look he’s got his chin right on that bottle it yes it probably tests fast in the wind tunnel to take up that air space uh but a good reminder for holding your head in the right position if your chin is touching that bottle you know you’re right yeah exactly and tendency as you get tired uh and you that you do start to lift your head a little bit but if you have that Quee like okay my chin needs to be touching that bottle and if I’m doing that I’m good so I think the only thing I would check it looks like he’s looking down an awful lot you see the the tail of that helmet flicking up after the shoulder blades he wants to hold that right there tight in his shoulder blades I don’t know if that’s a power meter he’s looking down at but might want to play around with the position of that but otherwise that position looks looks tight yeah really really it does looks really really economical really efficient very Arrow position there by Anthony Anthony costes of France um but yeah here we go back with m501 who is go [Laughter] M51 let’s scroll down to our men’s list here and uh have a peek at who we’re looking at here through one of the FL this was our early swim leader from Belgium uh I’m going to mispronounce his name uh uh perin uh from Belgium he was our early swim uh of the second pack yeah of the second pack yeah we had a colorcoded cap on him a very very strong swimmer um and uh yeah currently um making work of the work of this full gas bike course yeah I think we’re following Bradley Weiss I think around this roundabout um look at that and think just in front of him David mamy of Scotland but yeah these guys last time we got to see these guys about 20 or 30 minutes ago they were quite isolated but now this seem to have yeah the group behind has managed to catch up so now we have a very strong eight person uh group here so so you’re good buds with Brad Weiss and Good Buds with David mnam I know you chatted via text with both of them going into the race given their position right now you think they’re happy with how this is playing out do you think you know you would mentioned that Bradley Vice was slightly disappointed with his results only in that they do not reflect the work that he’s done and the quality of work that he’s doing uh particularly coming off his his really impressive Seventh Place finish at the Iron Man World Championship a year ago really emotional performance from him M has been a little disappointed with the results so far what do you think happy with how things are going is this a is this a pass or a fail right now yeah but you you touched on that yeah I think for the amount of work and effort he’s been put into training the results haven’t shown yet but he feels I think he’s starting to turn the corner and he was really excited about racing this race and actually even more excited that he gets to race such a quality field and there are opportunities uh look mamy uh they good buddies as well uh they both need their coner spot and Dave obviously success there two time third place finisher at on in Hawaii IR man um Brad not he’s raced there once before not the best result so he wants some Redemption there but hopefully this is a turning point in his season look it’s only July um plenty more racing to go but hopefully this is a good spot but to answer your question they probably feel a lot more happy now there’s the likes of Anthony costes around them and other strong Riders that will help limit that Gap and keep them in the position to get that con of qualification and we’ll check wi with this just after this short commercial break don’t go anywhere we’ll be right back you know and we know the thing about challenging yourself is you’re always looking for what’s next [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] back here joining our Pro men’s chasers on the full gas bike course our pren are through uh sorry 5065 kilometers now on this full gas bike course and Bradley viiss one of our athletes looking to secure a uh qualifying slot for the Iron Man World Championships in Kona late in October we had a chance to chat with Bradley Before the Race and here’s what he had to say about racing here at Iron Man Victoria guestz yeah we got in a couple days ago um I’ve been pretty excited about this race all year um yeah sort of had it on my on my list of ra of planned races for the season yeah the preparation’s gone really well um and I’ve been pleasantly surprised with with the course and and the whole environment here I mean I’ve only heard great things about the race and um yeah it’s been it’s honestly like surpassed my expectations um swam in the lake today and it was beautiful like completely I don’t think you could find a pool that that’s that’s that flat um not a ripple on the water um yeah beautiful clean cryst still Clear Water um bike horse is incredibly fast I’m a little bit worried about that part of it um yeah definitely the core byour record will go this weekend um looks like we’ll have some great conditions um for some fast racing and it’s just yeah it’s a super fast course but it’s pretty Dynamic at the same time it’s like the Spanish roads are never flat well they always there’s always a little bit of undulation in them and they never straight either they’re always like quite winding and um it’s it’s quite nice and and it’s stimulating for for a bike rider to to enjoy and um to make the most of so I really like that aspect of it and you always go through these little Villages around um Victoria so yeah it’s great awesome beautiful scenery not that we’ll see much um of that on race day so been trying to to soak a lot of it in and uh yeah hopefully come race day um I’ll know my way around the course right now I’m here to try and qualify for Kona um there’s three slots available on Sunday um it’s incredibly competitive field and there’s a lot of guys without their slots it’s crazy how difficult it’s become to qualify for Kaa it used to just be like an automatic thing you just I just rocked up at an Iron Man and I would get my slot to will Champs but it’s not the case anymore um even getting seventh at will Champs last year it doesn’t guarantee you a splot for the following year you have to go and you know everyone starts with a clean slate come the 1 of January and we all have to try and get our slots again so yeah it’s proving quite difficult for some um athletes out there and um I I hope that if I get my put my ducks in a row and um manage to have like execute the race I know I’m capable of I should be able to get a slot for cona um and then that will become a big Focus for the year for me but I can’t I can’t make Conor my focus if I’m not qualified yet so first first things first is to to try and qualify this weekend um but yeah I’m very excited to get back to some Iron Man racing there you go Bradley Vice such a such a sensible young man just really levelheaded inspiring work ethic um did a lot of his prep Fise last year with Yan Fano I think Yan is a great you know I I I don’t want it sounds corny to use the word but great mentor to him great sounding board for him um and the fact that Yan Fano like points to you and says hey I want to do my prep for you for this race I mean just out it’s outstanding opportunity for Bradley Vice to learn um you were making the point during that interview that the nce course really suits Brad He’s a small guy so all that climbing mean super good for him little bit of a different story in coner yeah still there’s plenty of um climbing coner it’s just uh yeah the seems the bigger guys seem to have that power it’s not they’re not steep climbs whereas Brad’s powered away is exceptional yep uh two time correct me if wrong extera world champion and he has made the the transition from extera to 70.3 to IR man he has got so many good IR man results especially at IR man South Africa yes uh but then seventh at n um world Champs last year with a penalty um so so yeah amazing transition and yeah look he’s a he’s a great guy Brad got a good head on his shoulders amazing work ethic that guy it’s super telling for a guy who was seventh of the world championship to say yeah and now I’m struggling to qualify for the Iron Man World Championship that’s how competitive it is look and his and he’s uh yeah amazing sport um support network his wife Nina right behind him uh she’s out there today with their with their Kido as well supporting she’s on it with the with the and she takes her job very very seriously full credit to her I love it yeah no does an amazing job and uh yeah they’ve been Brent’s been training Lavino uh for lavinho sorry um for the last uh month I think to specifically prep for this race and he’s had a lot of uh good good uh training out there before he got introduced to that place uh with by Sebastian kinlay uh they trained together uh two times I think leading up to Big races when kinlay was um training hard for World Championships so he went back to a place that he knows he can get good work in and look he’s put himself in a good position I’m really happy he had a good swim um put himself in a place where he can ride with guys um that are at his level and then if he has good legs uh when they put their shoes on for the hooker Run course watch this guy move he’s got a handful of s low 240 run splits under his belt already he’s only been doing Iron Man about 3 or 4 years so uh amazing pedigree looks like we have a little bit of a splintering in this Chase group that is Thomas Davis in the blue kit I can’t tell who has gone off the front here uh would that be Lopez yep that is uh Antonio Bonito Lopez so a little bit of a splintering there a little bit of daylight in between these two and the rest of the chaser with David mname and Bradley Weiss you can see that uh that cord getting getting stretched uh I think if the guy on the front of the chase group uh has his wits about him he can close that down but uh again these moves happen you have to be aggressive uh and and heads up if you’re further back in that chase group you’re in an unfortunate spot because you don’t want to burn that match to go all the way to the front and hope that the guys on the front will uh will close it down yeah no absolutely right and if you saw the the profile on the R the graphic there just before that was at quite a little yeah it comes back on right now at 72.7 there definitely a bit of a kick up and now it looks like a bit of a false flat into a bit of a climb so I think uh Bonito actually identified this as a spot that suits his strengths and he’s like okay I’m good little Punchy climber out of the seat get a gap and then settle in and try and he doesn’t want to be dragging all these athletes around um but wouldn’t surprise me if this comes back together look these guys a very evenly matched and just a little update uh from out on the course he is not in this group but uh getting word from our spotters out on course that bib M27 has been issued a drafting penalty uh that is 27 that’s Varga um forgot he was not in the swim anymore and the drafting was not allowed but uh again just a quick lapse in judgment though but he’ll stand down his penalty at the next penalty tent but uh not a great not a great thing for Varga but uh lots of racing left to go so keep your head on and uh get back into it as we said Bradley Weiss came in second or seventh at the Iron Man World Championship with a drafting penalty so um things can happen as we come back to our women’s leader Steph Clutterbuck yeah no I definitely need to yeah sort of take it on the chin and just sort of deal with it and then get back in the race just quickly before we talk about the women’s race um camworth big gap deficit out of the swim but is tracking pretty well he’s moving up pretty fast 10857 split through 52.1 which is on par with the lead M male so he’s riding as fast as the front guys so he is inching his way back into that group of Brad Weiss and uh and and the likes but back with our female leader here Stephanie cluk still riding really really well and we’ll be really interested to see what split comes through at the 52.1 km Mark and see if Danielle blel Elvis cat Matthews and Ruth has to have made any leeway and we only have about a half a kilometer to go before Steph Clutterbuck will get to that timey mat of course that last check uh we were at three minutes Gap to the chasers of blel viser Matthews and Asel uh we’ll see if they’ve made any Headway as Steph Clutterbuck makes her way momentarily to that 52.1 km timing map but she still looks great she looks relaxed focused watching that power meter haven’t seen any changes to her body language uh holding her head you know in a good Arrow position um yeah doing everything she can do out there she’s got a nice light Cadence uh doesn’t look like she’s musling anything no Ting so good work so far for Stuff Clutterbuck yeah it’s clearly taken uh spent a lot of time excuse me working on these position and uh yeah definitely looked at helmet Choice as uh how she sort of rides a bike and where she holds her head because it’s it’s a very very good setup she’s going has going on right now um but yeah as we get closer to this uh next checkpoint which is any second uh we’ll get an idea of how she is moving but uh definitely some Firepower behind with blel vissa Matthews and Asel very very all very very strong riders in their own right so and this is an athlete in her first ever Pro Iron Man race so uh yeah she’s uh having a good day yeah good experience for her I would love it if there had been another strong swimmer in the field to give her that experience because if she does qualify for the World Championship in nce she’s going to have others around her and having that experience of managing the Dynamics of group riding um managing the the race Ranger information that that’s giving you as we come back to our women’s Chase here that’s Ruth AEL at the back of that group uh I believe that’s Daniela biml one bike in front of her cat Matthews sitting second wheel and ‘s viser at the front as we watch Daniela blell uh deciding that now is time to go she’s going to go past cat race Ranger will tell her there is not an adequate gap for her to slot in and she will go straight to the front so this is where race Ranger is a great tool it tells the athletes exactly sort of how they have to make and execute those passes yeah no it absolutely does uh it’s it’s definitely like a lot of energy expended to pass two athletes especially at high speed I don’t know what they’re doing right now but they look like they’re going well above 40 km an hour so I would I I you’re asking the question why I can I would wait till the speed drops a little bit maybe on a slight incline to make that pass it’s just for when you’re going that fast to actually go 1 km an hour faster takes a lot more power so if you wait for a heal it’s actually a better time to actually if you do want to make a pass and make a bit of a move it’s better to wait for a little bit of a false flat at least but anyway she’s got to the front burn a little bit of energy IR man I think it’s all about conserving energy so anyway again it’s you do ask the question why and maybe you’re looking if you’re sitting third wheel maybe you’re looking at your power numbers and like a that’s kind of low but also important to take that in the context of speed it it she’s holding probably the exact same speed now at 10 to 12 Watts Higher by virtue of gone to going to the front of this group and what did what did that gain her nothing rather than burning a match but hey maybe it’s part of her race plan and she wants to be more aggressive um maybe at 50k it was time for her to open it up and and make a move and and that’s what she’s doing we don’t know what goes on inside the mindset but sort of evaluating costs and benefits of making a move like that at this stage of the race on this segment of road yeah you and I both asking the question why yeah well it’s it’s all I seeing isn’t it but uh yeah why Daniela why why because she can she she’s got the power uh yeah so definitely a it’s a pretty flat section if you look at on the profile right now pretty flat slight up uphill maybe but uh not much at all so this is a pretty fast section but we will we’ve got Stephanie cutback through the 52.1 km we are waiting on uh Daniel Bell to come through that next check and see if she’s managed to claw back anytime on our race leader now if you’re an athlete like Steph Clutterbuck and you have raced here in the past and wondering hey how am I doing today compared to my performance last year it’s the same course yes but nothing is the same uh in Iron Man racing the conditions on the day can grossly impact an athlete’s ability to perform and that’s why our friends at Tri dot have developed the tri dot race index uh it’s used its data intelligence um assets and a different and aund 100 Point index to provide data for today’s race uh to predict performance and ability uh Tri dos race index gives athletes insight into these and other distinct aspects of each course specifically as it relates to their personal performance ability and uh ability to perform on each uh given course and to be able to sort of compare performance Apples to Apples and apples to oranges so if you competed here at Victoria gestes uh a year ago and want to know is today harder or easier today’s race index is a 33 uh the max score of a race index is 100 that’s a brutal day that’s a really hot 100 degree day with whipping winds on Iron Man lanzera with a ton of vertical so 33 is a pretty it’s going to be a pretty fast day so for an elite triathlete they may be you know within a window of 30 to 40 minutes um based on performance I think some of the challenges of today might be the humidity uh that we talked about uh a mid-pack triathlete might expect a race uh performance about 40 minutes slower and a slower triathlete or a real beginner uh might be as much as two hours slower but it allows you to compare your performance on this day in these conditions to your performance on that day in those conditions a year ago or for friends to even compare hey I raced a different course um the race index for my course was this and your course was that so we’re able to sort of normalize those what would be those time differences between courses and athletes on a particular day yeah no it’s definitely some really interesting use of AI technology there to sort of uh break it down and uh and really be able to analyze your performance uh and compare it to other races um that maybe on a on a different day uh come out completely different so today we saw it’s a race index of I think it was 30 or 30 33 so yeah as you said uh humidity and let’s not forget this course profile it looks undulating but they do accumulate 1,000 M of elevation gain which is over 30 30 3,000 ft of elevation gain um so that is where you start to boost that score up but the humidity it’s a little warm and the elevation gain but the Swim’s perfect the run’s flat and fast so they’re the main things that really bump up that score today but really at the moment great great um great racing conditions uh let’s just wait to the run to see if it heats up even more uh we are looking here at Matias Peterson from Denmark he wears bib number six he was second place at the African championships at Iron Man South Africa earlier uh this year he won Iron Man Austria uh a year ago and was third at Iron Man South Africa last year as well so he is secure in his um bid to compete at the Iron Man world championship for men in Kona later this year but looking to add some serious points um as he is doing a good job of it yeah looking really smooth there on the bike putting some serious power down through those pedals uh we did get a we’ll just check in with our women’s field uh the Daniel BL came through that 52.1 km uh check 219 down with El Visa cat Matthews a all in Hot Pursuit so yeah they sort of taking a little bit over a minute each time check uh that was about the same 25 uh was a 27 km segment that last one so look I think they sort of yeah have set found their Rhythm both sets of athlet Stephanie’s riding her Pace they’re riding their pa they’re definitely riding a little bit faster but I think it’s going to probably at this rate come back together in I’d say around halfway through 56 Mi 90 km would be a rough estimate that would be my guess anyway and here’s our first real look at Christian Hogan HHO uh who is riding as a pair with Matias Peterson who we just saw on camera a moment ago last time check uh they were 143 back uh of course our lead men now through 72.2 km so we’ll see how long it takes for this um pair to come through that timing map but we had a chance to chat uh with Christian Hogan hog Before the Race and here’s what he had to say about racing here at Iron Man Victoria gastes everyone is here going to swim hard and try to be as close to the front as possible and then for sure uh do whatever I can to like reach the front of the race and then kind of as it from there and control it got any allies like Maas that are going to pull you along or is it you pulling him along what’s the deal oh yeah he’s we we’re close kind of depending on the day yeah uh depending on who who wants it the most no has a he has a very good start in the water you always have a few guys in mind you that you want to like stand next to so yeah we’ll see yeah and maybe Sam llo I wouldn’t complain but I think maybe it’s a bit of a stretch to swim with him but yeah I had the opportunity see the the bike course a few times now and it’s uh I thought it would be like very flat but it’s really rolling so you can still go very fast but it requires some power so think for me that’s that’s good yeah like it looks like it’s going to be pretty hot on the run so might be good to save some beans for the run but but I I rarely have a good race when I race really conservatively so I think yeah apparently it’s just my style so I’ll don’t go hard and then uh yeah deal with all the pain that comes with it how was that very nice yeah that was some great insight there uh definitely and that’s what we’re seeing right now he’s uh putting the pressure down right now and that’s how he gets the best out of his racing it seems so he’s uh yeah right on the front and the man on camera as we see Christian Hogan har putting the pressure on uh yeah some of his best races uh Frankfurt um uh where he’s got seconded uh to uh back a couple of years ago left it all out on the bike uh and managed to put together a good run and there’s something to be said but when you get off the bike in the lead you just find that little bit bit more extra energy bit a little bit more you can dig a little bit more deeper so uh he’s identified that that’s how he races best so yeah he’s making his way up through the field he’s leading the charge to try and gain back some time on the lead three men of subun Kalen and low and we are uh getting an update out on the course uh that uh bib number M1 has received a blue card for drafting um the penalty occurred at kilometer number 69 uh the penalty tent is at 72 uh so athletes are required to stop at the very next penalty tent so for ladow uh he’s going to have a stand down and have to get himself back into the race so uh unfortunate penalty for Sam bladow definitely not the way uh you want things to be going yeah just to recap so we’re going through the 72.2 km o Kalen and L L uh with a gap to Christian Hogan of 244 and now rejoining our women’s Chase pack who sits uh at last check at about 25 220 back um they are doing great work ell’s viser still looking super strong and smooth uh we had Daniel blel fire to the front of this group uh wanting to take a turn at the front to set the Pace uh cat Matthews in there and Ruth AEL uh who has been sitting at the back of that group uh from the start uh being a little conservative again maybe a little bit tentative not not not really sure where the fitness is she’s been battling that calf and achilles issue for quite some time often times that means the swim and bike can Elevate quite a bit because you put increased focus on that um but certainly unsure of her run so wanting to conserve as much energy she has stated her priority yes get some points on the board in this Pro Series but first and foremost get that qualifying slot for ni yeah get through um in one piece and look like there’s one thing is training and then there’s racing and she hasn’t raced for over a year from what I understand so you just sort of you don’t know that self-pacing and like I think she’s doing the right thing sitting back uh at the the legal distance and just sort of watching these other women sort of set the pace I think it’s very very smart very smart and I think on the run you should do the same thing like that ailles and C isn’t still 100% you’ve got to really set out at your own pace you can’t be blowing out of T2 thinking uh going to go for a new P PR um she I think she’s playing it smart and keeping putting herself in the right position to get that uh that world championship qualifying spot and honestly cat Matthews as well I think she’s looking around saying hey you know Daniel if you want to do the work on the bike I am happy to have you do that I think she’s looking around and saying I know what you can run I know what I can run I think she’s saying the same of ell viser who was coming off a full distance race just a week ago uh she’s out there with Ruth AEL who hasn’t run a full Marathon since Iron Man World champs for women a year ago also with a questionable calf um I think she’s thinking about Steph Clutterbuck up the road and thinking hey I don’t need to do extra work here so very smart racing from cat uh sorry cat Matthews thus far as well yeah no and from what I hear that her biking is back to its its very best and it’s taken a little bit since uh that horrific accident uh nearly two years ago now um but she’s back to full force but it’s one thing to be at full force but you don’t have to use it you can save that and just go with the pace that Daniel blel is setting which is a really good one and she’s pulling them back very nicely to that front position and Cat Matthews she gets off with just a little bit more in her legs and can execute those that run that we all know uh that she can cuz amazing uh runner uh especially over the uh 70.3 three and Iron Man distance and now she said she was being super patient she’s like oh yeah she’s like hang on no yeah so no looked super smooth uh very confident I think in her biking and bike and run right now and that that Swim’s just getting better every race so yeah she’s looks really really smooth out there she’s coming off some really good good racing unfortunate um that she did get a TQ in her last Iron Man but look that just saved a little bit more in the tank for this race so we expect a big second half on the bike here from uh uh from Matthews here yeah her mindsets like super strong mentally obviously would have to be to have come back from uh her crash uh come back from the disappointment of her dnf in Kona a year ago I think a lot of Hope um and you know preparation went into that race uh so full of expectation coming off for second place at the 70.3 World Champs and then just for whatever reason didn’t have it on the day uh and I think it rattled her a bit um came into this season uh started with the dnf at a race again having that CF tear early on the Run uh nursed it back to health uh was able to defend her title in Texas and did so with some smart racing y uh walked some of the aid stations there to offload the stress on the calf uh was still able to not run to her full potential necessarily there but did enough to get the job done uh so she is now looking forward to her next world Championship uh later in nce and looking to add to her points total here again probably not what was scripted to race this race I probably hoped that hurg would have gone differently uh but she’s here now and um is doing a doing a great job of it yeah no she’s looking really really smooth there there on the bike and back with our women’s leader the she led from the swim in a very very fast swim of just over 50 minutes and although she’s losing a little bit of time each uh at each segment um she’s still putting together a really really good ride and getting close to the 70 km Mark with still around a 2-minute lead on the chasing group of LEL Visa Matthews and AEL but yeah looks looks exactly the same um yeah working pretty hard but looks really smooth and um yeah just sticking into her race plan uh so our men’s leaders uh was a group of three with Zuni Callen and ladow ladow standing down in the penalty tent uh so at 80 kilm it’s just Robert Kalen and Ruben zapi uh they are through 80 kilm so we start our watches and see where the Chasers are yeah that definitely uh losing uh Lelo to uh this Firepower it’s definitely going to uh they’re going to lose a little bit of um speed maybe but uh yeah I’m glad Lelo got the message you got a Peno and he’s serving it cuz the last want is that he would get DQ but yeah Ser serving his penalty uh it’s getting pretty dramatic over here it’s uhor I man Victoria and we’ll be right back after this short commercial break your new vehicle Mr Lawrence the vinfast vf8 all the latest tech precisely whoa cut great delivery Joey I’ve had a lot of practice saying that word it’s pretty cool huh the VIN fast yeah it’s got action 400 2 horsepower all wheeel drive over air updates and a 10e unlimited miles battery warranty yes 15 in infotainment 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to have uh a little bit more heads up riding for sure yeah no it definitely does and it’s sort of a benefit to being in a smaller group or even by yourself at this point because yeah trying to uh get past some of the age groupers that starting on their first lap uh can get a little bit congested but right now looks like it’s pretty smooth sailing plenty of room Road for everyone but yeah these guys are ticking along very very nicely um definitely want to keep an eye on Christian Hogan how who’s at last check at 80 km 3 minutes and 8 seconds with Matas Peterson uh the other fellow danne uh following trying to follow so they’ve given up a little bit of time they’ve given up about 20 seconds in that last timing segment y yeah so keep an eye on that and then we’re obviously looking for the next check um of the bigger group uh uh coming down but here we are on shot this is Robert Kalen uh from Sweden and um he’s looking super smooth out there and uh making light work of this but yeah looking pretty good our lead three men locked in on the second lap of this three-loop bike again two larger loops and then one smaller Loop so pren sharing the course uh with our age group athletes who are on their first lap of this full gas bike course yeah so they went through that first lap uh super fast bike course you can see the the road surface is uh pretty fast and uh really fast average speed right now Robert Cullen right now is averaging 46.3 km an hour so that’s that’s a lot of kilometers yeah uh he’s uh ticking along very very quickly so that’s that’s a very that’s a close to maybe around a 4our bike split at this speed but um still plenty of cycling to go but we are back on here and this is chran hog kisan Hogan how M number M3 who’s definitely driving it but us unable to actually make any um time gains on those top three as yet and again he was paired up with uh Matias Peterson but looks like he’s sort of stretching that elastic out uh in pursuit of the guys in front of him but lost a little bit of time uh through that last segment yeah and then now we’re getting our check through uh 80 km for the the chase group of the two Danes uh we got James teagle at 540 so uh what do we got uh two two and a half minutes behind yeah two and a half minutes behind the Danes that’s another 40 seconds to the lead uh but this is still quite a a tight group uh teagle Thomas Davis Antonio Bonito Lopez Bradley Weiss uh David mnam and Anthony costes uh so they’re at all between 540 and 547 that group of five as we check in with our weather presented by our friends at Roa unchanged since our last timing check 71 de fhe 22 celsius still light winds at 2 km per hour that humidity holding in there around 75% yeah that humidity is uh not budging it’s still up there pretty high and not not much wind not so much Breeze to cool these guys down either so uh on shot we have Sam Leo uh the French athlete uh amazing swim um but yeah still in this group of three up at the front so we are hearing uh confirmation now uh we had announced before that uh Sam ladow had been assessed a uh drafting penalty uh he was back at 69 km where he was assessed the penalty the next penalty tent was located at kilometer number 72 unfortunately whether he didn’t see it or was unaware uh he did not stop at that penalty tent so right now uh our head referee is confirming Sam ladow has been disqualified from the race that’s why you’re not seeing him on the tracker he’s been removed from all of the data he is still out on course um so we don’t have yet confirmation as to whether or not he knows he’s been disqualified uh but our update now from the race official as well as our timers at myaps have confirmed uh bib number one Sam ladow has been disqualified from the race bad news for him cuz he’s still got to validate if he wants to race en cona yeah I I’m eating my eating my words from what I said just before that I was glad that I didn’t see him on the track because he’s obviously serving the penalty but obviously he yes uh didn’t uh stop at that penalty tent it seems so it’s uh yeah still waiting for confirmation of exactly what happened but yeah that’s not great cuz um that would mean as you said he would need to start another eye man which um could be he the good news is is he’s got time and he’s got options he can jump on a plane here well he’s not on the start list so he can’t jump on a plane and start like plasted his only other option then is Frankfurt yeah that’s the deadline for the pro men yeah so I’m guessing uh for those German Tri there yeah they’ll be very excited that uh Sam Lelo most likely will going welcome to Frankfurt Sam Leo enjoy your trip yeah it’s it’s it’s a great course it’s a it’s a beautiful place for a Race So no um I’m sure you would have liked to have just got it done here but um yeah best late plans so that’s rough I mean I I’ll check the start list for Lake Placid to see if he put himself on there as a hedge but having taken a peek at it I don’t believe he’s there which means that Frankfurt will be his last opportunity to validate uh again he doesn’t have to do anything brilliant which is why I’m sort of surprised at his disqualification today like you can be you can afford to be a little bit a little bit off the gas um because it is so important that you just finish um but unfortunately yeah he seemed like he was doing yeah everything was going so smoothly and it was just so in control so obviously yeah even uh world champions uh things go wrong so cramps yep yeah let’s see uh see what happens uh if he finds out what what his decision is going to make he might end up potentially using this as a training day for the ride and and then maybe not start the run if he realizes that okay I’ve actually got to do an IM man in um how long until uh Frankfurt now frankfurt’s not until later in August he’s got a handful of weeks yeah so it’s nearly not even it’s it’s it’s even harder actually that’s further away he’d rather probably go on Race next weekend um because obviously he’s tapered and ready to go but anyway uh definitely uh some drama race race officials are telling us now low has not been notified of the disqualification he will be notified at T2 uh it’s too dangerous now uh particularly with all the athletes out on the course uh so obviously his response might be an emotional one uh he will not be notified until T2 of his disqualification but to be clear the official showed him the card notified him of the penalty an athlete of his caliber is more than aware that you need to stop at the next penalty tent um and in attending the pro briefing the athletes are told where the penalty tents are Again In the Heat of competition we saw a disqualification of cat Matthews at at Hamburg for again a rule that she knows there are no pass zones she just saw the red light on Race Ranger and went for it and owned the penalty and I I hope ladow will do the same he received the draing penalty he just either didn’t see the penalty tent or didn’t think of it um but yeah he’s he has been disqualified and won’t be told until uh T2 so he will get a good solid bike in he definitely will get a good solid bike in uh I’m not sure if he’s going to going to be super happy that he’s going to get a good SL balling but anyway another another option to him is that he can finish the race and appeal the penalty um but again that’s a tough road as well we’ll talk about that when we come back after this quick commercial break don’t go away clearly lots of drama unfolding here at Iron Man Victoria guus for 12 years for 4,383 sunrises across millions of mornings we’ve been working to make one thing better this ag1 is foundational Nutrition a science-driven formulation to support whole body brain and gut health with just one of these or one of these once a day welcome to foundational nutrition welcome to ag1 start at drink a1.com [Music] [Music] [Music] yeah for and back with our leader in our professional women’s race this is Stephanie Clutterbuck out of the United Kingdom she is at uh kilom 75.1 we haven’t gotten an update uh from the 72.2 kilometer marker that may well be the temperamental timing mat from the first lap as well so we’ll see if that populates momentarily but Steph Clutterbuck at uh 52.1 km enjoyed a 2 minute 15sec lead against the super powerful Chase group of Daniela blel ‘s Visser cat Matthews and Ruth AEL so uh waiting for some timing updates to filter through for Steph Clutterbuck uh just doing a great job in her first debut Pro Iron Man I mean I I can’t remember back to my first pro Iron Man um but uh what an exciting time and certainly she’s a veteran she’s raised had a very successful age group career uh but now tackling the pro ranks and having a great day so far yeah just really mature r so far and yeah it doesn’t look like she’s overextending herself just riding her race she’s giving away time but she’s probably not even aware of where they are at this point she’s probably just every kilometer Ticks by that she hasn’t been caught just adds more motivation and she’s like wow I am doing this at a world I man Pro Series race and I’m leading it and at this rate she’s going to be holding off until maybe halfway through as we have a check in for the vinfast performance analysis at bike a a bike um Mark of 80 km where Christian Hogan how uh at a predicted estimated clock uh 25825 which is averaging 4514 km per hour which is right on that 4H hour uh Iron Man bike split DD that’s it’s moving that’s a that’s a fast bike split that is super impressive um again our age group athletes doing an outstanding job of riding to the right there to make room for our pren uh who will ride a little bit more centrally in the lane carefully not to cross that line um safety first so you obviously want to give breath but uh doing a great job all the athletes out there being aware of each other and in their spaces yeah no they’re doing an amazing job there um yeah Hogan hell just um picking his way through these AG groupers that are on their first lap of this Victoria gz bik course uh but yeah he’s uh moving along really really nicely be interesting to see what we see uh what bikes what split we’re going to see at 97 kilm and see if he’s managed to pull any time back on leaders Robert Kalen and Ruben suuny um and obviously Sam Lelo is at this moment still riding with him but from what we understand he was served a penalty shown a blue card at km 69 the next penalty tent which you must go to was 72 km so only 3 km after he did not stop at that penalty tent so uh he is been disqualified but from what we understand he might he has not been notified because it’s too tight on this course so uh there’s going to be some drama uh he can from what we understand get your popcorn buckets he can finish the race and and put in a protest but uh and try and get that overturned but that is it’s an that’s an uphill battle because we have the race Ranger data that will confirm the amount of time he was in that drafting zone so assuming that the ref which we will assume had accurate timing race Ranger will back that up and then obviously not realizing that he didn’t stop at the penalty he was notified of the penalty um which he could have protested as well but the fact that he didn’t stop at the penalty tent he there’s really no I I don’t see an argument around that one no well the very Lac he’s having a very good swim bike training day uh and it will be his decision whether if he’s going to put in on his running shoes and uh get through the marathon but as you said his next real opportunity to validate if he does if he is disqualified um and is in uh Frankfurt yeah Frankfurt will be his last opportunity because Lake plid uh is the second to last qualifier that is uh one week from today uh he’s not his name does not appear on the start list and the start list is closed uh so the only other race opportunity that he has again he doesn’t have to secure a slot he only needs to validate which makes it even almost more heartbreaking but the last opportuni is on the 18th of August at uh the European championship for men in Frankfurt yeah and then when you factor in other race obligations it’s it just crowds the calendar a little bit but he’s had a quiet season so far so maybe some more aggressive racing in the back half isn’t necessarily about thing yeah if it comes to that it looks like there’s been some pressure applied by Robert Kalen on the front looks like he’s uh putting a little bit of uh distance on z uh right now um but these guys are yeah the average speed is out out of this world about 45 km an hour average uh looking around a 4-Hour bike split at this rate um which I think from previous um races uh uh I think that’s well inide the bike course record yeah you you look at you look at the nature of this bike course and while there is some elevation to it the nature of the course with the Rolling Hills you can really carry that speed uh down the hills and up power up over the rollers and then you can see uh not particularly from this camera angle exactly but uh when we pan back the road surface is Joe I’m going to say it’s smooth like butter yeah it’s very very smooth and and so camworth does have the uh bik course record here 40133 La uh 2 years ago so the course best yeah for for for cam wor who of course is out there today so maybe he gets let’s not forget about yeah like last time we checked he was his splits were matching the likes of uh Hogan hog but um still with uh I think about five or six minute deficit out of the water um it’s going to take him a little bit but again you say when it’s going to take him a little bit of time he’s kind of used to that right we talk about that with uh Guru fraus who we haven’t actually checked in on we should get a split on her to see how far back she is but when we talk about um familiar race situations athletes tend to be comfortable when they’re in situations that they’ve been in in the past we talked about it coming back to races you’ve done before you know the lay of the land it’s all familiar an athlete like ham worth would be completely out of his depth if he was in the lead pack of the swim and be like what’s happening here I don’t understand so he is in a familiar Place uh doing the work um biking super strong he’s already qualified so very little pressure here other than to get some more points on the board because every second matters in this Pro Series uh but yeah a super talented athlete out there doing the best he can as we check back in with Christian Hogan yeah so just sort of a quick scan there so uh camworth is sitting in 12th and pretty much r averaging exactly the same speed as this man on shot right now Christian Hogan how uh but then the first two guys Callen and Su uh are riding uh like another 2 km an hour faster nearly so it’s um they’re just on a different level right now but uh Hogan house he’s not going to throw in the town now uh he’s really committed to um pushing through and really searching for that uh that that cona qualifying spot and in our women’s race back at 72.2 km of course the women about to go through the 80 km timing mat as well but uh Chasers at two minutes down so continuing methodically like a metronome to to eat away some time uh out of Steph Clutterbuck and that group of four working really really well together we haven’t seen any penalties so the athletes policing themselves well with the help of race Ranger uh cat Matthews Daniela blell doing a lot of the work at the front we saw el v up there a little bit Ruth ael’s been playing it safe and uh smart uh to this point haven’t seen her at the front of that group but still very much in it so that group of four uh riding super strong will look for that 80 km split momentarily yeah it’s interesting to note that uh they didn’t pull that much time back in that last segment on Stephanie Clutterbuck they only pulled 20 seconds whereas the time before it was closer to a minute 40 over very similar distance so um yeah I’m really impressed with clu riding right now and uh yeah I honestly thought by about this point they’d be getting close but still at this point 2 minutes of 1 second lead on some of the strongest female cyclists uh in the sport so amazing performance so far from a debut IM man over the uh the professional level sort of interesting because I wanted to check in uh on Guru frus our def defending champion and our local Hometown hero who here through 52.1 km um which was a while ago I I don’t see her split updating through uh sorry 72 but she was at 1143 back 11 minutes sorry 1154 uh back so she is losing time and I think when you factor in how fast cat Matthews can run I think that’s good news for cat Matthews I think some of the other athletes she might still have a shot at a Podium but uh but still a lot of riding left to go so guru’s got to find another another gear um if she wants to to think about that Podium yeah no I think I think if cat’s on her game and runs up to what she’s capable of running then yeah it’s going to be probably a little much of too much of a stretch to get back to the front but yeah you never know am marathon’s long way and she’s got some amazing uh run splits under belt that uh she could definitely run away back onto the podium but it’s still early days she hasn’t come through the 80 km split so I think we’ll know more when we start to see um yeah sort of after 100 120 km Mark what that Gap is and if she can keep even at if you can keep it under 20 minutes to third place like there’s still a chance there’s a chance there is really a chance which is like mind blowing which it’s crazy yeah but when you can run a sub 250 then yeah 310 is not a bad run split so but uh yeah and especially as a HomeTown and a defending Champion she’ll just be running with a little bit more um motivation yeah absolutely uh Steph Clutterbuck up out of the saddle stretching that back out on a flat dish rolling course like this not many opportunities to do that so good to remind yourself as we take a look at our vinfast performance analysis on the bike at 72.2 kilm that’s step clutter backck triing at an average of 39.4 kilm per hour so moving right along yeah no that’s that’s moving uh pretty fast so yeah the last the bike split record here is of 441 so actually last year El’s vissa was 441 so yeah um at the moment they’re currently riding a little bit faster than that but as I said it’s early days but yes uh Heather Jackson 443 um was the next fastest on this course but that was back in 2019 but yeah this athlete on the screen um really having an amazing day and looking likely she’s going to lead it through uh at least till the next time time check as we take a look at our some of our gorgeous overhead scenics we talked about the greenway here at Ironman Victoria gestes and the initiative both ecological and environmental uh to sort of clean up the city and you can see uh some of the benefits of that with the stunning scenery we have here uh in this beautiful section of the world yeah absolutely stunning what an amazing venue for an IR man and and uh yeah building a bit of a history here first race here uh goes back to 2019 for the IR man brand so and here we have have Robert Kalen of Sweden uh who’s at last check was either sitting in second first or second uh but yeah looking really smooth hasn’t but hasn’t changed position since the very first pedal stroke and uh yeah putting together amazing bike split so far yep so Callen riding along with Ruben Zuni uh and Christian Hogan hog in third place at 4 minutes back waiting for the additional Chasers across 97 km we’re going to jump to a quick quick break but don’t go anywhere lots of action still to come from Iron Man Victoria gestes introducing the Iron Man Pro Series virtual Edition on fullgaz join athletes from across the globe as they conquer bike courses from the Iron 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Threes so far this season uh thrown her first Iron Man performance on the board uh and sitting with a uh at last time check two-minute lead over the Chasers she is through 8K uh waiting for those Chasers to come on through and actually we saw Steph Clutterbuck make her Iron Man Pro debut at the Iron Man 70.3 Alcudia mayorca and if you want to start planning your 2025 Race season please join us at the zafiro Iron Man 70.3 Alcudia mayorca on May 10th 2025 the bolic island of mayorca hosts one of the largest Iron Man 70.3 events in the world a fast course in a magnificent Sunny mayorca the race always takes place on a Saturday and allows athletes to relax and visit the island on Sunday it has been a global favorite for over a decade you can register now for 2025 Iron Man 70.3 mayorca yeah beautiful part of the world to race DD have you raced that one I’ve done the full there red the full there years and years ago at Tim Dawn’s Iron Man debut there you go I believe he won I was second there you go I’ve been there on holiday that’s it that’s it it’s a good place to Holiday I’m I’m not going to knock you that it’s a beautiful spot yeah so uh here we go back on screen with Stephanie clach uh yeah looking fantastic we’re waiting for the chase group to come through that bike split at 880 km Mark uh could should be uh any second now uh at last check it was just over two minutes um but yeah right now Stephanie kbuk uh just putting together a very well executed race a very mature race and uh yeah having for her first pro IM man race she’s just sort of stuck to her race plan and uh yeah at this point looking fantastic and an update on our men’s race through 97 km it’s Robert Kalen and Ruben zapun who continue uh to lead the race and then it’s Christian Hogan hog who at last time check was starting to stretch the elastic to uh to Matias Peterson and has done that so Christian Hogan hog sits alone in third place four minutes back it’s Matias Peterson at 519 back and then another three minutes to Thomas Davis uh and James teagle uh and Antonio bito Lopez cess also in that group with Bradley Weiss and David mamy at the back so little bit of Separation uh happening at the front of our men’s race uh as they continue to work their way um uh they’re not through now 97 km yeah no that group’s definitely losing time uh but you do in that group have some of the better runners in the sport but yeah uh Christian Hogan how really uh applying a lot of pressure but still losing time to that front group but putting some separation between him and fellow Dame Matas Peterson and definitely stretching that rubber band on the the chase group uh led by Thomas Davis right now and we’re checking in with the second Chase group uh quickly there on screen we had out of Italy elizabeta Kur adori uh she actually secured a qualifying slot uh for the Iron Man World Championship uh in Hamburg uh based on I think believe a Ninth Place uh finish there uh dad is actually a Iron Man age group world champion so she comes from a long line of Iron Man racing we had a chance to catch up with elizabeta uh before her race here in Victoria and here’s what she had to say about her race prospects on the day so what are you going to do now we are going to swim it’s the typical Friday swim with 150s and I’m going to do them with a wet suit just to get the feeling Before the Race yes I’m doing the pro series at least like all the races I choose this year are part of the pro series it’s like to give myself an opportunity and a chance now that Iron Man did something so special and spectacular for us pro athletes I raised 70 Iran 70.3 mayorca I finished six there then after that we went to Amberg for the first araman of the season also there was I was really happy with my performance eventually after the race because I had to I had some stomach issues and I ran the marathon feeling nauseous all the time and then I thought oh I’m not going to do Iron Man anymore then eventually after a few days I was looking at the run times and I was like yeah next time I want to go a little bit faster there this is what I have to change so my mind was already projected into the next race which is now Victoria tactically it’s just an individual t tral for myself from start to finish that’s how I like to see it my way of racing family members who are Tri athletes now yeah and my father is the current iroman world champion of the age group category uh 70 to 74 he won inise last year he’s 71 and he had a 12-hour race which is it’s really unbelievable like it blows my mind like how we can do certain things but it’s like it’s also very um how do you say uh inspiring for me because yeah then if I see what he does eventually we had a funny talk yesterday on the phone he said you know what what I I just read something really interesting because he goes into these psychology things and he said you know that when you’re starting to feel that it’s it’s a lot of pain you are only at 50% of your capabilities you can keep on going so much longer so just remember that when you’re are suffering you can keep on going so much longer okay then so it’s it’s really like I don’t know if I’d thank my dad for that advice or maybe punch him in the face you know when you’re hurting and you’re really suffering you’re really only 50% of the way there yeah yeah I know suck it up basically yeah leading by example isn’t he like their current age group world champion so yeah it’s uh definitely it’s triathon Talent runs in the family hey we had talked about we had talked about that women’s Chase group the first Chase group um and actually through 80 kilometers now that Gap remains unchanged so we talk about that stall uh that they weren’t eating as much time out of Stephanie Clutterbuck as they had originally uh again they haven’t taken any time out from 72 to 80 km none no that’s that’s great that’s really yeah was a surprise for me but full credit to Stephanie she’s uh really having a great day out there so yeah we’ll uh we’ll see what happens be and the thing is the chase group may be getting information out there so C matthews’s husbands most likely out on course at least giving one split so they probably know that uh yeah they’re not actually making any ground up right now so yeah and I’m sure they’re trying so and we’re back with Hogan Hal who’s yeah definitely put a lot of pressure on here and is trying to hunt down the top well two uh guys at the front uh but unable to actually get any time back at this last at this last check uh but definitely putting himself in a great position to potentially uh get onto the podium and and get and get that uh sort after Kaa qualification so he is now uh what we describe as in no man’s land that the two race leaders are four minutes up the road and his next closest Chaser is a minute and 20 back at this stage of the race is that a good thing or a bad thing because I think at this stage of the race the reason I ask at this stage of the race you don’t necessarily want to be playing somebody else’s game because you’re starting you’re starting to get a little tired right like the race is starting to build so you do want to be executing your own race plan but with that fatigue comes a little bit of what we’re seeing in the women’s Chase group not necessarily apathy but we’ve seen a stall do you stall more if you’re out on your own or and not with athletes to sort of push the pace or are you better off to be able to execute your own your own strategy there yeah it depends on what what’s sort of driving him right now is it is he trying to chase these guys down or is he more interested in dropping the guys behind which probably is what where this sort of came from cuz they’re the people that he needs to worry about he needs to put have a gap of five minutes on Bradley wise back to me if and they they’re the guys that he’s going to be battling with to get that that cona spot so if that if that’s what his plan is he might not care about Conor and he might be all about just trying to get on the podium so it really depends but right now he’s yeah he is in no man’s land it’s tough but he’s definitely riding with a lot of uh yeah desire and drive so yeah something’s pushing him and he’s riding really really well so we will uh check back in with how he’s progressing after this short commercial break so don’t go nowhere plenty more action still left to come and Victoria G is here’s Elizabeth in the middle of The Perfect Workout for her to create it we analyzed her Biometrics and genetics her recovery rate injury risk and aerobic potential her recent training sessions the temperature humidity and elevation the demands of her next race and billions of data points from athletes just like her with tri do Elizabeth gets faster faster and what does she have to do I just open Tri do and did my workout Tri dot we do the technology you do the training hey man do you have a non-alcoholic beard that actually tastes good I think you mean athletic excuse me do you have that great non-alcoholic beer I’ll found it do you have a favorite non-alcoholic beer on the menu mhm ah athletic it is she’s funny w and we’re back with all the action here right up the front of the men’s race with the swed Robert Kalen driving the pace here these guys uh we have currently well currently have a group of three but if you’ve just tuned in Sam ladow who’s currently sitting third on the road with uh Robert Kalen at the front of the race uh it was issued a penalty at kilm 69 uh the penalty tent was at kilm approximately 72 uh he did not uh serve his penalty at this penalty tent so has been disqualified we are yet to confirm whether he has been told but uh we were informed that it may be too dangerous to get to him to tell him so he might not find this out until T2 so stay with us for the end of the bike um and see what Sam decides to do whether could decides to pull out or continue the race and protest the decision after the race is completed so a little bit of drama here at IM man Victoria a little bit a lot of drama D I’m pacing myself because it’s only going to get more I know well now we’re tuning in with Robert Kalen who is our race leader he a guy who’s been racing professionally for uh seven years now but only made his Iron Man debut uh in 2021 at Iron Man Florida where he actually finished on the podium so um big confidence booster there didn’t have quite the performance he might have liked at the Iron Man World Championship in 2022 finishing 31st Place but a solid sixth place finish at Iron Man Israel in 2022 uh and a year ago at Iron Man Hamburg was 10th overall and had a great performance at uh Memorial Herman Iron Man Texas this year uh finishing fifth with a 403 back split there yeah just looking at some of his bike splits the guys posted 403 359 407 410 403 403 these are some very handy bikeit I was going to say it goes ahead and tells you how much time he spends on his bike in training so that he doesn’t spend much time on the bike in a race yeah it’s unbelievable uh just have one of those let alone like five or six so definitely he’s with the fastest run split of I think a 252 um back in Hamburg last year so look he’s set to do on that run but yeah but if he look at the moment he’s building up a bit of a lead at the last check uh we he had a good lead on some of the pure runners in the field uh at 8 minutes on teagle Lopez mamy and we’re just over halfway so if he can extend that to 12 15 minutes and run a 250 he’s going to be they have to run sub 240 which Absol absolutely they can but it gives him a real good chance of staying on that Podium or if not winning you never know and getting himself that qualifying slot because he I believe is one of the athletes that needs that qualifying slot um in addition to some of those brilliant Runners MC um Bradley Weiss uh all in pursuit of that um Hogan hog as well all in pursuit of those that uh K of qualifying I I think Ken actually has his coner slot um oh from Texas of course so yeah I think he’s well that’s it’s a great position to be cona qualified he’s just here to get points in the Pro Series and he’s here to to win or at the very least Podium so yeah and here we go sing a forget about those guys they don’t matter yeah it’s a very different mindset um I guess when you’ve already got your spot for cona you can just lay it all out there and be super aggressive and and yeah know well I’ve already got my spot I got nothing to lose uh and we just saw a spot try and get a number on this athlete this is Katarina wolf I believe uh from Germany yep uh she is back a little bit um here definitely chasing um she raced in Hamburg as well and finished 11th um so looking again another one of those athletes that needs a qualifying slot uh toce if she should choose to race there um but Karina wolf out of Germany yeah looking super smooth on the bike um moving away through the field after uh a a SL slightly slower swim but yeah looking looking really good very early days still got plenty of time to move away up a few more positions before uh they get to T2 so uh seems to be pacing things uh very well at this stage yeah she’s in seventh place overall right now at last time check was riding with um elizabeta Kur elab yeah there’s elizabeta right there and I believe way back in the background you saw the quick spot of Simone Mitchell um who is in eighth place so these three Riders uh hanging out together Elizabeth tadori Katrina wolf has gone to the front of this second Chase um and Simone Mitchell uh sort of hanging off the back of the second Chase group there yeah and nothing’s really changed in that uh small group at the front uh Ruth AEL still uh riding smart and uh sitting sitting there with that group and what a great way to come back to racing uh nearly halfway through the bike and sitting in a great position yeah so far so good right yeah yeah I’m guessing in the back of a mind though the bike and probably the swim in the bike was the least of worries withes C is issue it’s uh that’s going to be more that’s the elephant in the room more the worry but as she um builds into her run and uh she’ll gain confidence if everything feels good you’ll know very quickly from and you’ve had Achilles issues I’ve had Achilles issues you know pretty quickly if it’s going to be an issue um and hopefully she gets the green light in that first uh lap of the run there four Laps on the run and she could just keep building and staying strong and get through this race uh uh one healthy and maybe two with with that uh that world championship qualifying spot and elizabeta corridori doing a great job hanging on there um in this second Chase group uh these women locked in here to the second of the two big loops with one small Loop to go and this this is going to help elizabeta being caught by Karina wolf uh gives us something to a carrot to sort of try and go with she’s riding a little bit faster than elizabetha was um but sometimes just takes yeah she’s managed to sort of follow the pace of uh wolf here and uh maybe just kick her into another gear and uh yeah it’s it’s a it’s a lonely way lonely ride if to do 180 km by yourself but yes you be appreciating this company yeah they were close together at uh hurg as well uh so familiar race strategies from both of these women and coridor of course uh came out on top there in Hamburg so she got herself uh qu qualifying slot to the world championship in nce um while unfortunately the woman on screen is on the outside looking in but there’s always today yeah and today is a great opportunity for some of these athletes to to check that box and as you said earlier yeah n is right around the corner it’s not that far away the men’s race not till octo end of October this year whereas uh the Iron Man World Championships in nce for the women uh yeah it’s it’s coming going to be here before we know it so uh these women obviously showing great great form um leading into the world championships in September in France and here we are back with Kalen the swed he’s making his way past these age groupers who are doing the right thing by staying far right as we get past by these guys averaging over 45 km an hour right now on this bike course but uh we know what to fight past bik course camworth who’s also racing today is make his way through the field rode a four 4 hours and 1 minute Spike split uh couple of years ago so it’s definitely uh beautiful uh roads uh very quick conditions and uh perfect for Robert call to to uh yeah may post another sub forh our bike split if possible and talking about the green belt and this beautiful host community of Iron Man Victoria guestz you can see why it is such an appealing race to come and do not only the scenery uh the fast roads uh the drinkable water at that swim venue this morning Joe uh and of course the food and drink that is to be uh enjoyed in this part of the world uh when the race is over makes it a super super appealing race uh not only for our professionals but for our age groupers as well yeah this is a beautiful location to come and some of the athletes got here early and and trained out on the course and enjoyed uh yeah some of these pristine Waters and got to yeah go out and swim on the swim course and uh yeah really enjoy uh some of the culture around in this beautiful city uh of Victoria gastes but yeah absolutely stunning place to to have an Iron Man eting and you can see uh along the bottom of your screen there we haven’t really talked about it it’s been up there since the start of this full gas bike course but you can see the Topography of the course and while there are some you know bumps and dips uh it is as we call a rolling course so our athletes as you can see by some of the time split that our professionals are turning in uh through this course a course that really allows you to to punch over uh the uphills and carry that speed through the Downs so while there is some elevation to it um certainly a very very fast course and you can follow along the topography to know what’s coming on that graphic along the bottom of your screen yeah we got some movers uh that last time split camworth is just about to catch the back of the mnam [Music] group so yeah good luck to those guys I don’t know what they’re I’m not sure what they’re going to do but he’s currently a two1 why are you praying are you praying for those yeah a little bit I think I think there’s there’s not really a choice if Cam’s riding like we know how cam can ride so he’s at 211 split through um through uh the 97 km Mark so and that’s very similar to Christian Hogan half speed so definitely riding very very fast but still not as fast as Robert Kal who’s leading our men’s race but they definitely watch camworth he seems to be building through and he he’s one of these athletes that will just get will not slow down in fact he might even get stronger and pick up the pace as he gets closer to that T2 and again our beautiful overhead shots here some of our sections of the course a little bit harder to get that connectivity to our cameras as well as the fact that now uh we are with lapped athletes and on some tight roads so uh for the safe to the athletes we’re enjoying some of the scenery while we bounce in and out where appropriate to get some of the coverage of our athletes still on course our women uh now at uh 99.4 kilometers uh so we are again waiting on that that slow time split uh from there but again it takes a little while for that data to flow through uh so looking to see if that chase group has been able to get that gap down to under 2 minutes it was Steph Clutterbuck again all day uh out in the lead from the start early this morning now through uh 99 nearly 100 kmers of racing and she is still our women’s leader but the group behind doing all they can to reel her in and that’s cat Matthews ell’s Visser Daniela blell and Ruth AEL so you’ve been in this position before D leading uh IR man so what’s going through your mind at about halfway through the bike are you thinking ahead or you thinking about what’s going on behind you uh trying to think about what is ahead and and given I think it depends on your strength as an athlete but for me it definitely was make hey while the sun is shining uh get as big a gap as I could uh over some of the the faster Runners uh certainly Steph Clutterbuck is a solid Runner uh we don’t necessarily know in this scenario because there is a big difference between racing in the Pro field and racing in uh the age group field but what kind of run split uh she might put uh put forward uh we don’t have a sort of an estimated time we don’t have a lot of data to go off of um because it is so different uh from a racing age group to Racing Pro uh but I think she’s really just got to keep her mind focused on where she is right now uh not thinking about what’s behind her thinking about her own goals and as I said before going through the process going through procedure what’s my power what’s my heart rate when’s the last time I ate when’s the last time I drank what’s my Cadence just running through that body inventory keep checking in with yourself to set yourself up for the best run that you can possibly have yeah absolutely and speaking of uh athletes behind her currently our defending Champion Guru fredz is uh currently sitting over 10 minutes behind the race leader right now but we did get a chance to catch up with Guru earlier this week and get an insight into how she feels about this weekend’s [Music] race [Music] for e [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] I love the humility that a Podium for her is a big dream when she is the defending Champion here and yeah Iron Man l champion and yeah it’s I I just love she’s so grounded and so softspoken given her numerous accomplishments in the sport and I can tell you when she gets off of this full gas bike course and starts that Hoka Run course the crowd is going to go absolutely nuts she lives not far from here at all um and the crowd is really really going to be pulling for her yeah no it’s going to be great to see when she finally gets that t to and uh yeah look you said a Podium it would be be a dream so so like there’s no reason with a good run that she if she had continues to keep riding strongly that she can put herself in that position but we are back with uh Daniel blel from Germany who’s yeah they’ve sort of uh sort of the Gap sort of held pretty tight uh the same now against with Stephanie cluk and um yeah to to my surprise and probably theirs as well that they’re not reeling her back in um but yeah uh so they’re in a great group and Cat Matthews El Vista d d and Ruth AEL all amazing athletes but right now I think they’re just quite happy to sit in this Rhythm and uh do what they’re doing and and potentially um make a move later later in the bike course that last third is always the where it really gets tough yeah it could be I mean these are highly trained athletes and so through this much riding I don’t want to say it’s easy but you’re not going to see The Chins in the armor like you are later on the course and start your watches because step Clutterbuck now through 97 km so uh we’ll see if we get to 2 minutes before uh this Chase group of four uh makes their way through the same timing mat athletes coming through an aid station here a little bit more complicated work uh when you’re lapping uh age group athletes as well got to be a little bit more heads up but uh got some water on board you can see the humidity right our Ambient Air Temperature still in the 70s so not hot Fahrenheit by hot standards um but the humidity definitely playing a role because uh this water bottle uh here for Daniela blind all about uh cooling down she didn’t take any of that on board Down the Hatch uh that was all going on her to cool herself off uh with these humid conditions yeah that she’s definitely working hard there and it looks only going to get hotter and as they hit the Run course so yeah i’ I love to seen yeah maybe some of that drunk as well uh CU that will evaporate off very very quickly and even in hum hum conditions I know it feels good but it’s not really doing that much cooling um unfortunately uh so yeah in dry conditions absolutely like in a boulder where there’s not much humidity and then put some water on you get some evaporative cooling but uh anyway it feels good at the moment and that’s sometimes that’s enough mental uh it helps mentally uh to sort of keep pushing as we look at cat Matthews now uh making their way through this uh twisty Journey past this aid station uh in Pursuit that Gap now 136 so this Chase group of four has made some inroad to Steph Clutterbuck we’ll see how it all plays out when we come back after this quick commercial break beyond the Finish Lines our commitment goes the extra mile we are the Iron Man 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Precision Fuel and hydration personalize your hydration with precision Fuel and hydration and by Nana enhanced athlete event experiences powered by Nana as we watch cat Matthews here she is currently in this Chase pack uh which has taken another 20 seconds out of Steph Clutterbuck it had stalled uh for a bit there but looks like they reeled a little bit more in through 97 km and updated the men’s race however Robert Ken absolutely rushing it at [Music] 124.21400 held very similar Paces um but Ruben definitely fell off the pace and we sort of alluded to this a little bit the last third of the bike the last third of the marathon is really that backend strength is so important um so yeah we sort of that’s where we’re at we’re at that last 60 km um and that’s where someone like a Robert Kal who’s feeling good and he’s a very strong Rider can really do some damage and that’s what he’s doing right now but that’s amazing 354 Gap um in just the the last segment so yeah it’s really open the door and uh for Christian Hogan to move into that second place as you said and and then we got Matas Peterson just sitting very similar Pace um behind Hogan har again just steadily losing a little bit of time but still very riding very very well at the same time just looks so smooth I mean it’s easy when you have those long those long levers uh there to to push the power and the pedals but just looks so so smooth and good good high Cadence for a guy um well I’m just going to say it who’s a little laggy he’s yeah he’s a tall guy I don’t know how tall he is uh but yeah he position like I love what he’s done with his position it’s he’s definitely uh not it’s not a huge drop so by that I mean like from the top of his saddle to where his elbows are it’s not a huge um drop off so some athletes you’ll see really low so actually where he gets his aerodynamics is from really keeping his elbows quite close together and really good head position um where it’s and his helmet sitting nicely on his back uh and this works for him and allows him in a good position to to get in stay relaxed getting plenty of oxygen but and also then be able to generate a lot of power um through the pedals and obviously right now I’d love to know what his power meter is showing it must it must be pretty high it’s a big number can can you count that high Joe probably not can’t count over 300 so no it’s definitely more than that I think for him to put a gap in like that uh yeah he’s uh pushing uh some pretty impressive power and then we’ve got of course got the Stacked water bottles one on top of the other there let’s talk a little bit about that and why why that is that way yeah it’s obviously hydrations are very very important uh he’s got access to what four bottles there the one on his frame is probably a concentrate that’s probably his own nutrition uh he’s probably sipping on that while take the other bottle cages allow him to take bottles from aid station and add those in as he repl and as he finishes them so uh yeah it’s an interesting setup it’s uh yeah he’s obviously worked hard on um the aerodynamics of it but also being able to make sure he fuels properly cuz uh yeah you’re not going to get very far if you’re not getting the right calories or the right hydration in well let’s talk about hydration and let’s talk about this region of Victoria gastes uh which boasts um a culture that is rich in wine and influenced by its proximity to the famed La rioa region uh it’s situated amongst the picturesque Vineyards and historical Wineries and the city is a Haven Haven Joe for wine lovers uh it’s no surprise that the the food culture in the region is also considered to be one of the best in the country uh with numerous Michelin starred restaurants chefs uh and a really really rich food culture so there’s plenty for athletes and family to do to experience while here I would suggest uh waiting on the wine until maybe after the race possibly yeah it’s probably a good idea maybe maybe a little cheeky half glass before just to to to unwind and relax the night before but uh save the the real the real boozing for after the race absolutely well while we were listening about all the wine of this region camworth has moved into fifth place on the road uh moved but brought brought with him Brad Weise Lopez so he’s managed to get basically get to the front of that group group in that last segment so uh yeah cam really uh riding riding well uh and making some uh good ground up on the front guys and now would have his sight set on Matas Peterson which is the man on screen right now yeah absolutely if uh Peterson had a rear view mirror he might see although very very small in the distance uh because it’s still a handful of minutes back uh to Cameron Worf uh and see who is willing to go with Cameron Worf as he makes his move move further forward but uh Matias Peterson has been sort of in no man’s land he was at one point with uh the likes of Christian Hogan hog but Christian put in a big uh move about 40 kilometers ago uh distancing himself from Peterson who is now uh in Solo in fourth place as we come back to our men’s leader getting some snacks yeah still staying on top of the hydration and and and the fueling side of things so important and uh yeah he’s ticking along nicely here here approaching 140 km so less than an hour of riding left for Robert Kalen who’s building up quite a a good lead at this point so to think he’s actually on the road riding faster than even the likes of camworth he’s building up a quite a good uh lead going into the into the run so maybe up around seven or eight minutes if he stays on with his pace so 7 to8 minutes is that going to be enough for him depends on who’s who’s chasing him down it always depends there’s a safe answer we’re going to take a quick break uh but don’t go away we’re going to come right back after this quick break you know and we know the thing about challenging yourself is you’re always looking for what’s next [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Iron Man Victoria gastes is brought to you by Precision Fuel and hydration personalize your race experience with Precision Fuel and hydration enhanced and by Nirvana enhanced athlete event experiences powered by Nirvana and here we are back in the full gas bike course I just received a stat that’s going to make your jaw hit the table so maybe put some cushioning there Joe because if Callen holds this pace through the closing kilometers of this bike course I give you one guess as to what his bike time might be 35959 350 what that’s what my statistician is telling me that would be a cor’s best by over 10 minutes over cam Worf who is also has to be biking faster than that perhaps I think given the fact that he’s closing down on some of the Chasers but Robert Callen is just chewing apart this bike course yeah that it’s incredible uh yeah let’s we wait and see we’ll know in less than an hour what that bik split’s going to look by look like but uh here we go see on screen cat Matthews looks like she’s ping with a bit more intent right now and at last check in the women’s field that lead of Stephanie cluk which he’d held from the gun uh was down to 136 to El’s vissa cat Matthews right there and Daniel bnell and Ruth Asel following this train and but cat Matthews she’s she’s driving the piece here yeah she’s driving the piece there’s something going on she’s definitely uh applied a little bit more pressure and this is a good time to do it like around the 100 what are we at 110 yeah I it’s maybe like even a little early but if she’s feeling good then great go for it but is it cat that’s driving it we’ll get a aot I believe that was cat at the front of it uh and it looked like Daniela blel was following El’s Vista I did not see the fourth bike of Ruth AEL so it may look like I think that’s Ruth at the back I think we can I think they’re all there but they look like they’re on the they’re on the limit right now yeah could be could be definitely cat Matthews uh pushing the pace and trying to make a move here at 110 km of course the next timing split update for the women won’t be until 124.21400 [Music] different style to cat Matthews super low Cadence probably around 75 to 80 if that um but yeah super super smooth uh very steady on the bike not wasting any energy at all and then going with the pace also is Danielle BML from Germany who uh yes definitely uh looks like she’s feeling the pinch a little bit and then closely followed behind her is Ruth AEL but they’re still hanging on but I feel like the r rubber band stretching right now DD yeah if you make these aggressive moves here at this point um you know if the fatigue is building uh it could be enough to impact and maybe Shake one or two of these uh Chasers from this pack yeah and that’s probably what they’re trying to trying to do right now is uh yeah spread this out obviously close down the Gap to clar but also uh yeah try and uh sort of soften the legs of the likes of Ruth AO blel and uh as well as so so definitely a strong move here by cat Matthews uh really applying some pressure to these other ladies that have exited the water together uh from the Roa swim course earlier today but cat Matthews uh who seems to be playing the patience game has uh decided uh it’s time to see if these other women can hang with her if she applies a little bit more pressure on screen Ruth AEL first race back in about a year deal been dealing with an Achilles and calf injury and looks like from this shot that um B and um and ASO are may be starting to feel the pitch a little bit and there’s a gap starting to form but uh see if blel can close that back up but uh yeah definitely some pressure being Matthew’s quite the little instigator here 110 km yeah it’s a great it’s a great time to attack um around the 110 120 km Mark still got a good couple of hours of racing but it’s uh it’s uh it’s a hard way to a long time to go hard and put the pressure on but it might just take a a 10 15 minute effort at this to sort of break the rubber band and then get clear clear space but there’s Ruth Asel still locked on and looking back all the way back to 97 km it’s Guru who is finally through 97 km sits at 16 minutes and 3 seconds back of our leader so uh if you guys are down there in the transition area you’re going to have to give Guru uh quite a cheer and get her going if she wants to land on the podium here because she’s uh creating some work for herself here but uh certainly not out of it given her ability to run but super impressed with uh Ruth AEL I mean you talk about not racing she did race the Iron Man World Championship finished I believe 12th uh last year in Kona uh got through it on minimal run training because the calf had been an issue uh tried to race in KML was uh dnf there and that’s the last time we saw her uh start a race and so you never really know what that race Fitness that race sharpness is going to be and we had a chance to chat with Ruth uh pre-ra and here’s what she had to say uh about coming back out to race in her first pro series event of the Year this is my first race of the year uh I was hoping obviously to race a lot early ier but after a really good January February March of training managed to pick up a quite serious Cal injury in April so that’s put me out for a fair bit um yeah I was hoping that actually it progressed quite well so I was hoping to race mker but then I actually got ill in mior uh and it then actually flared up again a little bit after that so I then had to pull out of Hamburg CU yeah I was obviously super excited about the pro series and I was like that’s perfect for me I can you know especially with all the European Iron Man that there were so my original plan had been mayorca Hamburg Victoria nce and another 7.3 somewhere uh that’s now had to change quite dramatically so yeah this is the first race actually my main name here in Victoria is to get my KNE slck CU I’ve still not qualified so aim number one well aim number one is get through the race to be honest and now having seen the course uh like even more excited it’s kind of you know beautiful Lake for the swim pretty easy um the bike course I think it’s the best bike course I’ve I will have raced other than hopefully no but yeah it’s just like perfectly rolling really good for me because I think it benefits if you’re really Arrow definitely I’ll be trying to push quite hard on the bike um yeah partly because I know I’ll have a gap to make up to people like cat although with the way she’s biking I don’t think I’ll catch her but uh yeah there’ll there’ll be people ahead to aim for um I’m hoping to maybe have some good company with someone like Daniela or maybe El’s um and then I’ve heard like the Run looks super complicated but I’ve heard that actually the support in the town’s so good that it just feels like as easy as a marathon can feel so yeah super excited to just race and um yeah get out there you know Joe we were just chatting it’s almost like she knew how the race was going to pan out before it even started hoping to be biking with Daniela blo uh maybe L’s didn’t think she’d be in the the same zip coat as cat but has done a pretty good job of it although cat getting a little feisty here uh through 110 km looking to shake things up and make something happen and looks like that elastic is uh certainly snapped uh for Ruth Asel but uh great to see the Gratitude of Ruth AEL just being happy to be out racing after a period of injury it can be so hard and so demoralizing and it sounds like just when she thought she had it sort of sorted uh it flared back up again so uh good to see her back out racing yeah absolutely dy I I I don’t think the elastic is broken just yet I think they’re just on a very fast section of the course and it just like you count between like the time they’re only about two she’s only two or 3 seconds actually behind uh BL I think from my uh from what I’m seeing but yeah it could just come back together but from the profile looks like they’re on a flat and even downhill section of the course so it’s hard to to know but yeah she’s definitely being put under pressure um instigated by cat Matthews but obviously El vissa is adding a little bit of fuel to that fire as well uh so we’re catching up with our men’s Chase group this is of course James teagle um he is within that group um riding uh with perin uh from Spain at 11:15 back he’s moved down a couple of slots uh about 25 seconds now behind the mamy um bonit Lopez Bradley Weiss group um led by Cameron Worf and that move that Cameron made through the group so that group getting a little stretched out with Cameron Worf uh Power in through yeah no Cam’s definitely uh uh thrown a little bit of cat amongst the pigeons uh and be interesting to see who can actually go with that pace even for a short time because it does offer the opportunity for someone like Lopez or mne Weiss to potentially get back to like in touch with the Peterson or at least get closer I don’t think they can probably hold cam for a long time but they can use use him as a carot and just sort of go with that pace if they can but at the point where Cam’s caught them you’re pretty like they you’re pretty tired you’re really settled into the pace that you can sustain the matches that you’re burning are getting bigger and bigger a surge is not really an option at this point you either have it or you don’t um so be interested to see what what we see at the next split which is coming up up uh it should be coming up any second now of where we’re at but we do know one thing that Robert Callen is setting a blistering SP space today on the um full gas bike course and on on he set for a course bike course record and uh probably going to take a big chunk off it at as well so uh excited to see what the next split holds for Robert Kum it could be I mean if he if he continues to hold the speed really in touch with a world best bike split uh across this distance so we’ll see how he fares the closing K came through the 144.350 and right now he is averaging 46.6 km per hour um yes good my my car struggles to do that sometimes that used to be good for like uh Olympic distance uh now these guys are holding it for an eye man that’s absolutely amazing uh so yeah Robert Callen came through that split so now we’re going to probably wait probably going to be close to 5 minutes uh until the next uh athlete comes through and who’s that going to be potentially henal well this is our Moto going up the road I believe uh from Chasers to catch Robert K you can see uh just optically what that Gap uh looks like yeah there’s definitely some good space now um not sure sure are we moving up are these age group athletes orou trying to get back up to right Robert K so yeah uh last split he was uh 354 in front of second place 20 km have gone by yeah he’s going to be at least 5 minutes I think at this space cuz those guys have definitely started to fuel the pinch a little bit but camworth look someone like camworth could end up I don’t know if you get back to Hogan but I think potentially uh move to Third Place coming in off the off off the bike and then we’ll see see how their legs are feeling after riding this fast it’s always surprises me uh they can ride this fast and then still uh put together sub 240 Marathon so uh getting some beautiful uh aerial shots here of the bike course uh very green and uh yeah beautiful place for for racing here absolutely and our Pro women sort of stuck between timing mats as well so not many uh updates we can offer you there their next time check will be at 124.21400 position to get that qualifying slot for the Iron Man World Championship yeah and I think just up the road was uh M me as well so I think from the last bit mam is probably trying to hang on to cam worth so uh yeah interesting time for those guys like oh I think they to try and hold on as long as they can without really uh destroying themselves um but then yeah they’ll have at least 30k maybe uh of uh of riding by the elves if camworth does eventually break that elastic band um but yeah here we panning back to cat Matthews and unfortunately the the pitch is frozen but we may be potentially seeing the catch we will wait and see yeah we’re into a bit of a what we call in in the business here at dark Zone uh where uh reception there between our cameras um um and uh your screen is is not super uh given the remote nature of that portion of the course so we are coming back to our women’s leader Steph Clutterbuck uh who is charging towards 24 kilomet she’s just about at 120 kilomet now uh as here is cat Matthews and she’s got El’s viser it looks like with her as well as uh Daniela blal up and there’s Steph Clutterbuck here we have the pass here we have the pass the Chasers have caught Steph Clutterbuck so for the first time all day uh it looks like momentarily we will for the first time have a new women’s race leader uh full credit to Steph Clutterbuck oh amazing uh for just her calm execution thus far and hopefully she doesn’t get caught up in the fact that she’s and it’s not just one athlete and that’s what’s hard about it it’s it’s four athletes but um she’s got to be pleased with performance thus far uh and really needs to keep the focus on her own page but uh looks like her time at the front will be limited uh cat Matthews got a little feisty there and in like 10 12 kilometers has erased a minute and 36 second Gap so cat Matthew’s definitely uh lighting a fire under it and getting herself uh into a position to lead off the bike here yeah and she’s catching uh Steph at a real vulnerable time that last 60 km as I’ve spoken about earlier is when you start to really feel it so hopefully she’s been pacing it well and fueling correctly and uh maybe can go go with this pace for a little bit uh maybe cat will ease off the gas once she hits in the front or she’ll double down and uh and want to extend it but uh look full yeah as you said full credit to clut I expected well I didn’t expect it to uh make it to 50K and then I said 90k would be good and she made it to 120 in her first ever Pro IM man race against some of the best females in the sport so amazing uh best females in the sport who are together and trading leads and she’s been out there by herself with her faceing the wind all not really windy but you know just the expression face in the wind all day as Daniela blel now um gonna acknowledge Steph Clutterbuck hey great performance thus far um again blell got to be mindful here because you see the the orange don’t see the red on the race Ranger there but it does look like blind’s going to go straight through and now El’s Vista also going straight through so uh a little bit of an accordion here um effect between these women as the pass is made no one wants to get stuck behind stuff Clutterbuck uh so everybody super aggressive through here yeah this is you got to be really careful here last thing you want to do all that work 120 km and and and get pinged for a silly drafting violation when all you’re doing is trying to get in a good position cuz I think you see that because cat Matthews has put on so so much pressure that they don’t want to be left behind and not miss and miss that break the only one I didn’t see was Ruth Asel make that pass as well and there was a couple of age groupers there as well so we’ll see if Ruth Asel made it around and is still in contact with this group yeah though this could be a decisive time for um Ruth AEL and she may end up riding with cluk if she does not make um that uh make the Gap um while they sort of for getting sort of mixed up a little bit together but on screen we have El’s vissa who’s uh yeah looking super smooth and able to keep keep the pace of cat Matthews who’s definitely on a charge right now yeah so much to the aggression of cat Matthews uh all of these women now have passed uh step Clutterbuck with the one question mark being Ruth assel I believe she was still there but if she got around that bunch of AG groupers and they did get a little Bunchy there as we look at elzer has now now gone to the front of that group um to stay out of trouble whereas bib number three has raced a ton this year uh she is qualified for the Iron Man world championship and and let’s just remind viewers if you’re just tuning in um she raced a full distance race one week ago which is nuts yeah amazing to to recover that fast and uh and be putting together such a great uh bike swim and bike so far and yeah we’ll see how how things go on the run but back with our menoras Brad Brad Weiss Bradley Weiss and David mcy and I think that is Lopez just up the road and potentially worth but it’s hard to see from here but it does look like camworth actually leading that and these guys are doing their best to keep him in in sight well further up the road Robert Callen continues to dominate but it’s chrisan Hogan hog who has overtaken second place uh ahead of zapun uh who had been riding in second uh for for quite some time but Christian Hogan hog uh erased that 35 second Gap uh between that last timing split and wow zapun is having a really rough go of it um considering he was 35 seconds ahead of Christian Hogan hog 20 kilometers ago he is now 2 minutes and 40 seconds back so uh Reuben having a a tough go of it uh hopefully he can top up that nutrition and and solve whatever problem seems to be going on but he is he is leaking time now dropping below 40 km an hour his average pace through that last segment 38.9 uh kilometers per hour so something not right in his world right now hopefully he can turn that around yeah no that there’s a big drop off in Pace and look that that’s IR man racing and he did early on in the bik put in a really big effort and uh some of those efforts do come back and uh and uh leave you not much uh left in the tank so hopefully can yeah as you said get some more nutrition down and gather himself and get to T2 and uh get those run shoes on and still give him a chance of getting that uh cona qualifying spot which he’s he’s after so uh exciting things happening here in the men’s race and women’s race uh we’ll take a short commercial break and come back with all the action at IR man go gas stairs your new vehicle Mr Lawrence the vinfast vf8 are the latest tech precisely whoa cut great delivery Joey I a lot of practice saying that word it’s pretty cool huh the VIN fast yeah it’s got 402 horsepower or real drive over a updates and a 10year unlimited miles battery warranty yes 15in infotainment screen cut none of those lines are in the script Joey I just think people are really going to want to know those things that’s what the website’s for Joey hey man do you have a non-alcoholic beard that actually taste good I think you mean athletic excuse me do you have that great non-alcoholic beer I’ll it found it do you have a favorite non-alcoholic beer on the menu [Music] mhm ah athletic it is she’s funny [Music] and we’re back with all the action IR man Victoria gastes we’re currently looking at I think this is uh David mamy who is around about 8 or nine minutes back from our leader Robert Kalen who is on a charge currently averaging 46 km an hour through I don’t want to take anything away from robertt K’s performance because it could be history in the making here with how fast uh he’s making his way around this full gas bike horse but the time Gap to a runner like mcne if he’s on it’s not a done deal here by any means no no not at all no I think well we looked at K’s I just don’t want people to watch and be like oh this is done this is over no this is getting exciting no this is playing out really really well it’s there’s probably six guys that could win this um at this point Hogan how’s still going to have he’s going to have a break uh he’s going to have a chance there as well um and obviously mnam and Weiss are some of the best Runners there and Lopez as well don’t forget about him uh who’s actually on shot right now but speaking of uh David mnam and his ability to run let’s take a look at our ag1 supplemental stats for David mamy on the bike uh estimated to be at the next uh time split at 41714 average speed 43.4 6 kmph so still holding speed really really well there uh and here’s our look at uh Cameron Worf yeah first chance to see camworth uh yeah he’s sort of uh set the standard uh about five or six years ago in cona and just how you ride a bike and now the levels it’s catching up to him but it’s he’s still looks amazing on a bike and yeah these guys are probably pretty thankful or maybe not thanking him so much but the fact that he’s driving this and impacting the race Dynamic for sure it’s absolutely impacting the race Dynamic and Cam he’s just this is what he’s good at he’s uh I wouldn’t be surprised if his power is actually getting uh increasing every every 40 km right now so he’s uh finishing off this really strong R biked really really well and we actually got a chance to catch up with Cam earli this week and get an Insight onto how he felt about this weekend there one thing I’ve learned in this Sport and I’ve obviously won race as I finished on the podium a lot I’ve had my backside kick from time to time I respect every Athlete on the field in the field every Athlete on that starting line and I but I’ll tell you what I don’t fear any of them so I can’t wait to race Sunday you said you raced this race PA had a good race what are you going to take out of that and bring into this and make it even better I wish I had I could take something from last race so Implement into this one um I had a real big meltdown on the run last time uh which was a nutritional thing I kind of made a bit of a miscalculation where I changed some gels and um yeah miscal B basically they didn’t have sodium in them the ones I used to use did and it’s the first time well I’ve ever cramped you know but very early on the run I remember after 10K if anyone was watching I was walking every aid station drinking all the coke I could trying to pull things together so yeah this time I’m um pretty confident I know where I’m going in the swim in the bike from last time and uh I just want to I’ve been working hard on the run these last um you know8 weeks or so since South Africa and I’d really love to see an improvement there and try and finish off a strong day I you’re typically known as a strong biker I mean because of you’re professional cyclist after all but on the start list side we’ve got Sam L got Robert Carin we’ve got Christian Hogan yeah all these guys are stronger than me they’ve all ridden faster than me so uh I don’t think I’m a strong cyclist I mean in South Africa the last time man I did I a guy rode away from him but then I ran him down then he did run past me again in the last 5K but you know I think I’m more of a triathlete than I’m a cyclist to be honest um and so uh yeah it’s just great I think um there’s definitely been a big progression in the sport as far as aerodynamics and and things like that and with that you need a lot of time time’s something I don’t have a lot of or haven’t had a lot of the last couple of years but um yeah I feel like between now and coner we’ll uh we’ll close that Gap we’re doing some work on that stuff um which I’m quite excited about and um and physically it’s great to be here against those exact guys that you just named so there’s a lot of really strong guys um so I certainly don’t expect to be alone off the bike there’s no doubt about that but I don’t fear any of them on the run and I think that’s what’s most important and uh I think all of us would um would just love to be part of a big battle well a big battle indeed as we see Robert Kalen uh through 152.23 that at 5:15 back so uh his lead continuing to grow not not surprisingly yeah that was a really interesting Insight from cam there um yeah yeah what you see is what you get with Cam he’s uh he’s always got some uh good sound bites there but yeah he yeah he sees himself as a triathlete now like I think and it’s true when he started with ir man yeah he was s of a bit of a one trick pony the guy yeah he couldn’t really run and he’d be the first to admit but he’s really figured that out and sometimes and now he just can’t really swim but he’s gotten better at the Run well yeah it’s he’s he’s he’s piecing it all together and yeah you cannot have a weakness and he fully admits that there’s guys out there that can outride him but he’s now gone back and worked on his run and maybe he’s given up a little bit of that that bike power that Uber biker but he can put together some really good runs so let’s see let’s see if uh he can do that today if he’s got his nutrition right obviously that didn’t go well last time he raced here but um yeah it’s exciting to see as we see Ruth did you see that grab of Ruth Asel from that volunteer that was that was clutch quite literally uh the volunteer was uh bobbled the bottle and nearly dropped it and Ruth grabbed it that was quite a grab impressive skills there sorry just like to call what call it when I see it impressive stuff this later stages of the bite but Ruth AEL uh obviously under a lot bit of pressure um mainly due to cat Matthews really applying some pressure over this last 20 or 30 km and managing to get back to the front uh and uh get in front of Stephanie Clutterbuck who led through 120 km here’s the grab here’s the grab look at it the volunteer wasn’t looking at her grabs the bottle from below look at that clutch it’s impressive stuff so during this calf and achilles issue Ruth as still clearly working on her grip strength yes absolutely paying dividends I’m telling you don’t neglect your grip strength what a grab super impressive uh but Steph Clutterbuck got sucked up in that group and I believe is still in the mix of it so probably relieved to have a little bit of company now um takes a little bit of the pressure off and she can just ride in and and you know sit in Legally thanks to race Ranger but sit in and and hold paace yeah no it’s definitely like like the power you might have to push a little bit more power but you don’t need to focus quite as much cuz you just go with the pace that’s in front of you as long as you’re sitting at that legal distance and lights blue you just watch that you just watch the late yeah people I’m sure they have nightmares about this blue light these days about turning the wrong color but here we go a pass uh from El’s Visa As She Goes Round cat Matthews to apply a little bit more pressure yeah just trading turns here see if they can’t separate this group a little bit further uh before they make their way back to transition to start the Hoka Marathon uh but the four women become five at the lead of this race Iron Man Victoria guestz we’ll be right back to you after a quick break don’t go away we’re going to come right back introducing the Iron Man Pro Series virtual Edition on fullgaz join athletes from across the globe as they conquer B courses from the Iron Man Pro [Music] Series challenge yourself travel the world and earn your exclusive finishers medal push your limits and make your mark exclusively on fullgaz Unleash Your Inner Champion register now at full gas.com [Music] man oh God [Applause] w and back to the action here as we check in with men’s race leader Robert Kalen who’s setting new land speed records on his bike on this full gas bike course it’s Christian Hogan hog who rides in second place at 5:15 back and Matias Peterson has moved up one slot into third place he sits at 10 minutes back so our men’s our men’s group here getting splintered quite a bit some aggressive moves Cameron WF moving through the field um it looked like uh unfortunately Ruben zap having a a rough go of it and opening the door for Matias Peterson uh to move into a Podium position as we close out this full gas bike course for the men as we take a look at what they will encounter when they get back to the second transition as we get on to the red carpet the Dismount line and the Run they will have through the city streets back into transition yeah beautiful downtown transition area for these athletes uh before they embark on the hoker uh Run course four laps 10.5 km per lap uh a lot of turns we saw that when we looked over the course earlier today um but nothing that these athletes can’t handle but this is where they will get their race bag their R Red Run bag and then take their run shoes out and then they can have a sit there on that bench and put their shoes on and then off they go up this little ramp which will not feel very good uh for anyone and then hopefully when they hit the flat ground here at the Run start uh they will start to find their legs under them but uh and just to wet your whistle a little bit about what’s to come here in this historic medieval city uh we will see the signs everywhere on this run course of the medieval history uh that is so deep uh in this community founded in 11 81 by King Sancho the 6th the city’s winding streets and ancient walls remain as a reminder to the past while it’s Center the CCO vijo is still the Beating Heart of the City where thousands of fans will gather to cheer our athletes uh across this hookup Marathon course and we are getting close to it so stay tuned folks it’s still lots of great racing left to come yeah here’s cat Matthews really putting the pressure on in the women’s race right now but we still have five women all in touch uh at this about 135 km Mark of this full gas bike course so but cat’s doing her best to break this up DD and if we have enticed you with the culture and the wine and the food of this region here at Iron Man Victoria gastes let me tempt you uh with another race uh with great Wine and Food and culture uh if you love Triathlon race week Vibes and if you want to enjoy the last bit of Summer 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split there 403 254 fifth overall in a very strong field but did get his uh cona spot so we’ve got time we’ve got May June halfway compared to some of the other athletes out there he’s hardly raced so look he might have it he might just be building his season nicely so it’s really exciting to see and exciting to see the work of this man Cameron WF who uh came from back a little bit in the swim as is uh Not Unusual for him uh but his aggress through the bike course currently sitting in fifth place and making things happen out there uh went through the group with David Mame and uh Antonio Bonito Lopez Bradley Weiss and um yeah so seeing if he can’t shake things up uh with the explosion of Ruben uh zapun uh they could that group could overtake Reuben uh and cam Warf could put himself into uh really as high well almost as third place depending on how he closes this out could he catch Matias Peterson not out of the realm of possibility no not at all and we’re back here with Ruth Asel I think oh Steph Clutterbuck yeah yeah it was yeah okay yeah so she Steph Clutterbuck has gotten uh soaked up into that group and Ruth Asel sitting behind Steph Clutterbuck so the group of four still now riding as a group of five with cat Matthews at the front ‘s Visser uh Daniela blim Steph Clutterbuck and Ruth Asel and it’s another 10 minutes back to the chasers of elizabeta kurador Jana UDOT has moved up a couple of spots and now is with elizabeta kurador as well uh Katarina wolf has held on to that group and Simone Mitchell in that group as well yeah it’s a strong group and uh really close racing and we’re in 137 km of this bike course and you’ve still caught uh five five women uh all all together which it’s amazing to see the the depth of the women’s race today in quite you know quite quite a small field it wasn’t that many in the end but we’ve got some amazing racing today and uh even the lake stages over well over halfway now of the bike and uh and they’re still really battling it out and it’s only going to get better when we hit the Run course yep as we check in uh on the weather courtesy of our friends at aoka temperature continuing to climb 77 degrees Fahrenheit that’s 25° CS uh a couple of clouds moving in remember we had that fog early this morning uh that broke uh but now some clouds moving in this wind still light uh but that humidity continuing to play a role out there today yeah well camworth seems to be just going from strength to strength on this bik course uh from what we understand I don’t he hasn’t been able to shake uh the athletes behind but and yeah they their legs must be screaming if like obviously he’s riding he’s bridged up about six minutes to these guys and they’ve been out stay with his pace for a good chunk of time now so that’s magn Bradley Weiss at the back of that Lopez and Lopez yeah and these are what a run group hey yeah exactly these three and there Z sorry cam yeah C well yeah we’ll see look Cam’s qualified y uh Peterson’s qualified call as well uh Ruben’s we’re not sure at this point he’s he’s definitely probably about to get swallowed up by this man on screen so yeah look there’s there’s spots for Hogan how uh M Lopez and Weiss there one of those guys is probably going to miss out numerically yeah yeah there’s four people that need a slot yeah yeah but one of them going to miss out on that on that CER slot if if it if it does go down to the to the run but um yeah it’s going to be an exciting uh Run course here today um as we’re back with with cat who’s yeah definitely he got a bit of a shoulder movement she’s she’s she’s driving the pace pretty pretty hard right now yeah absolutely she was the aggressor back at about 110 kilomet uh really made things happen back there uh again that move had stalled they sat at 2 minutes back for about 40ish kilometers it was two timing stations that where they hadn’t made inroads and uh thanks to the aggression of cat Matthews uh they closed that down to 136 and then before you knew it uh they had uh swallowed Steph Clutterbuck uh who now rides amongst this group of lead women with a 10-minute uh lead to the next group of uh Chasers uh which included as we said elizabeta kidori Jana urat uh Katrina wolf Simone Mitchell and uh Rebecca anderbone in 10th Place yeah it’s Elisa takes her turn on the front you can see from the course profile it’s a pretty flat section but we do have a bit of a a pinch coming up a hill coming up shortly and this might be decisive in maybe breaking this group up but if if they can if they get through this next section together I’d be surprised if uh maybe one one gets dropped off at some point but yeah they seem to be very evenly matched today D yeah very yeah and I’m I’m completely uh Blown Away by the maturity of cluk in her first uh Pro Race and uh obviously uh she’s she paced it well like she didn’t overextend herself cuz if she did she wouldn’t have been able to go with the pace when they did catch her so look she might not be able to stay there the whole time but right now she’s on a steep learning curve but she I’ll say she seems to be taking in a stride yeah no absolutely and what a great experience to ride in and amongst these women and that experience is only going to help her she moves forward uh with her pro career and hopefully it it pulls her ahead I mean she’s the only one well she and Ruth AEL uh two of the women in our field looking for those qualifying slots for nie so she’s sitting pretty right now wouldn’t that be exciting on your pro debut at the Iron Man distance we’re going to take a quick break but we’ll be back don’t go away for 12 years for 4,383 sunrises across millions of mornings we’ve been working to make one thing better this ag1 is foundational Nutrition a science-driven formulation to support whole body brain and gut health with just one of these or one of these once a day welcome to foundational nutrition welcome to ag1 start at drink a1.com [Music] he [Music] [Music] back to the action here with the man who is lighting a fire behind him on this full gas bike course you’re looking at Robert Kalen who is absolutely crushing this bike and the competition in the process yeah and he he looks comfortable doing it and uh as we see on screen right now he is making sure he’s staying on top of his fueling easy to forget about it when you when you’re uh leading a race and uh really charging but uh staying on top of his fueling cuz look out of all the the swimming bike is uh some of the strongest in in the sport but running wise he’s he’s getting there he’s 252 is the fastest he’s run for a marathon so he does need this Gap if he wants to win this race but right now he’s building such a good lead and exciting to see at the next split what uh he’s actually managed to build and he still got another five or six km to even extend that so uh let’s let’s get a a check on that soon and see what sort of lead he’s going to be starting the the hooker Run course with yeah he’ll be coming up to that last timing mat uh before he gets into transition so uh we can start predicting what that uh final bike split may be of course we’ve got the course best uh from the man on the course uh Cameron werf that he posted I believe that was 401 and change uh and we’re looking to well surpass that today uh due to the outstanding bike legs of Robert Kalen Yeah 40133 by cam worth I think Cam’s going to smash that so robertt K’s who’s outriding cam by he’s going to smash smash that he’s going to double smash it currently at [Laughter] Hogan is actually outs spitting cam uh as well but Cam’s the third fastest on had procycling team need get rid of that guy wor he’s just dead weight huh yeah that’s for sure you need to bring on Hogan har and call that’s going to come back will get maybe I’m going to start getting hate mail from Cameron wor any anyos will be uh sending call an email um yeah maybe I don’t know uh yes I’m not going to go there but uh cam worth 401 but I think Cam’s going to be well under that and call as you said predicted Time Low 350s so that’s insane yeah let’s let’s wait till actually cross the to mat sometimes um the calculations can be slightly off but if that’s right and it is he’s averaging 46 km hour right now so uh yeah he’s definitely going to be close to that time which is phenomenal and they did say like the roads are Immaculate like there’s undulation and there’s a th000 meters of elevation gain but no real climb so I a couple of times we’ve seen them break Arrow even through the roundabouts um on any of the climbs there’s they basically haven’t had to break Arrow which and honestly some of that might be deliberate right I mean on a course like this where you can hold arrow for the entire time it’s not a bad idea to force yourself to stand up even if the topography doesn’t demand it right to stretch out your back change up the muscle groups even if it’s for 10 15 seconds to just stand up um and engage differently before tucking back back into Arrow but um I think absolutely while the course doesn’t demand it your back will thank you uh by the end of the bike if you if you get up uh a few times out of Arrow yeah for sure well he had to break Arrow there to take that uh sharp leftand corner but yeah did it with ease but here we go we got a split one 171.8cm so yes 8 kilm to go so yeah 10 minutes potentially well get ready for it folks down in transition because you’re watching history being made yeah so yeah 10 minutes would put him around yeah a 353 3 354 bike split so yes uh don’t go away uh cuz yeah in the next 10 minutes you’re going to see history here on the full gas bike course at IM man Victoria gz we’ll take a short break and be right back introducing the Iron Man Pro Series virtual Edition on fullgaz join athletes from across the globe as they conquer bike courses from the Iron Man Pro [Music] Series challenge yourself travel the world and earn your exclusive finishers medal push your limits and make your mark exclusively on fullgaz Unleash Your Inner Champion register now at full gas.com you know and we know the thing about challenging yourself is you’re always looking for what’s next [Music] [Music] [Music] catching back up with the man on fire on this full gas bike course uh you’re looking at Robert Kalen who is poised to make history here certainly set a course best bike split how fast will it be we’re looking at the low uh 350s right now which is just mindblowing yeah absolutely yeah we’ll wait till they crosses that timing map but yeah it’s uh looking like it’s it’s going to definitely lower the course record by at least five or 6 minutes uh going by our estimations but uh yeah looks looking amazing again we were just talk talking about the course and yeah it’s it’s not flat but sometimes flat is actually hard because uh you never actually get to break your your rhythm at all uh you never get to break Arrow uh and sometimes it actually wears you down whereas this seems to be just enough rolling that you’re you sort of changing your your power you maybe going slightly above IR man go wats and then slightly Below on the faster sections and that’s sometimes and obviously for someone like Robert K seems to suit him um and uh yeah hasn’t the heels have not slowed him down one bit not at all and of course the conditions on the day there’s there’s just a whisper of wind it really is not sign ific at all when you talk about 2 km hour so um that is nothing to these athletes and uh just really ideal ideal conditions the temperatures they are climbing uh we’re in the mid 70s mid to high 70s right now Fahrenheit of course um if I was better I would uh do the metric but I’m not so low 20s there you go low 20s thanks for the translation um and the humidity is the humidity is up but um it has been dropping since the start of the race this morning um and really really perfect conditions and we’re we’re talking about perhaps posting one of the fastest bike splits across this distance of all time yeah which is uh amazing to think uh and the way he’s executed you really came didn’t really come through till the latter half of the bike he was there obviously but uh yeah made a surge quickly to the front but then was quite content to sort of sit with everyone and then really applied a lot of pressure when the group started to Splinter and uh yeah just there and just made his move at the right time and no one could react to that at all so yeah now he’s uh putting together an amazing bike split and this’s we’ll just see how much he’s got left in the tank for this uh 42.2 km run um but yeah except only race once this year I’m in Texas fifth uh got his Conner spot uh did his uh second best Marathon I think a 254 in Texas uh I’d say very probably quite similar Run course um quite flat so if you could think he’s going to need like a low a sub 250 if he’s going to hold off the the likes of um well mnam Hogan how even like Hogan how like he’s really like a very similar Runner actually but to Hogan yeah so K Hogan how um but then you’ve got mamy and uh as well who’s currently able to go with the pace of camworth so uh yeah it’s uh it’s going to be exciting uh in the when they hit T2 very very shortly yeah I mean you you also can’t forget and and I’m looking up to see how far back he is but uh Arthur horsa also a very strong Runner um could move himself up uh very well also uh super strong Runner he is also uh Kona qualified so he is just running for Glory and for points um in the Pro Series um and you mentioned Bonito Lopez David mamy obviously Bradley Weiss um all great great Runners so it’ll it’ll be super interesting to see what Kalen can can put together on the day after a bike like this I mean it’s kind of free money for Robert Kalen right now because he has his slot locked up yes there are points uh for the series and yes there’s prize money etc etc but you can when you have that world championship slot lot tied up you can you can execute differently you can try different strategies and have them be I’m going to use air quotes not quite as risky as if you had more on the line in terms of having to have the day in order to get that con of slot yeah totally agree so Christian Hogan how actually just came through the the next split 537 back so actually riding very very well and not losing that much time to the man on screen next we want to see uh the next split come through which could be somewhat could be camworth at this oh no it couldn’t uh there’ll be um peton and then and then cam potentially camworth um come through so we’ll keep an eye on that split but Robert callum’s going to be he can uh sense uh the t2 is coming very very close and uh he’s just going to stay keep that uh pressure on the pedals all the way to that timing mat and we will get a split to you as soon as he does and see what time this guy’s going post for the 100 incredible performance on the bike today from this man it’s it’s absolutely astonishing yeah he has hasn’t looked like he’s uh really strained either so I’m hoping he’s got some left in the tank and he’s really just executed his perfect bike and uh yeah I’m excited to see what this guy can uh put together on the marathon and and give these other guys something to chase well definitely now into the city uh making his way towards that City Center where they have a a pretty long run through um through transition or sorry through the along the red carpet until they get to transition uh but certainly he will stop the clock at that Dismount line and we will all uh stand in awe of the performance that he’s put out there today just extraordinary yeah no he’s definitely uh his average speed might drop off a little bit here he’s got a little bit of uh more things to negotiate and uh a few more corners but uh we’re getting very very close to uh hitting T2 in the next few minutes so yeah definitely don’t leave the coverage right now this is we want to see you might be witnessing one of the best bike splits in triathon ever so uh this is Robert Ken on screen from Sweden who really applied the pressure towards just after the 100 km Mark and managed to uh get a gap and uh really uh extend this lead throughout the last 60 y 70 km the only man that’s been able to sort of go with this sort of pace is in second place right now in Christian Hogan from Denmark who is one of the most aggressive Racers I’ve seen race uh and he’s uh got to sort of he from him earlier in the interview and the best way he knows to to get the most out of himself is to just go to go to his limit that’s when he finds his best he just doesn’t hold back so he’s going to have to that’s sort of a that’s sort of a binary scenario there right either it’s going to be amazing and you’re going to do things you’ve never done before or it’s going to backfire in a big way that’s what and I think that’s how he races and uh when he’s Come Away with some podiums in IM man that’s what he’s done he’s put together some amazing so we’re going very very close uh’s it going to be what’s it going to be UNP his feet from his shoes back into Arrow he’s uh obviously practiced this many many times making sure that he maintains that high average speed while he’s uh figuring out how to get his feet out of his shoes he’ll uncp to go get around this person Crossing recal Rider who has no what’s going on IDE that he’s doing 50 he just running off to get his coffee yeah then he’ll unclip he’ll get his one foot out he’ll put on top of the shoe keep pedaling get this get the speed back up do the same to the other foot and then he’ll be ready to Dismount uh cleanly and hand off his bike off to one of the volunteer bike catchers before he makes his way into T2 to get his run bag and uh yes commence the hoker Run course and when we talk about some of the historic times uh fast uh bike splits across this distance of course we don’t Focus too much on that because distances Mount lines Dismount lines Etc but we are looking at 35459 35522 35745 uh as some of our fastest uh in history and today it will be Robert Kalen who Dismounts hands his bike off and waiting for that split 35433 wow amazing that’s uh that’s some biking average speed of 45.94 km an hour so yes very like over 28 milph uh average speed so and thanks to our friends at waho element bolt uh for that split uh unofficially or officially now I guess 354 33 uh which does put him unofficially at the fastest bike split in Iron Man RAC history amazing DD and how’s how’s he looking running into transition you know I’m going to say the Judgment Zone he’s looking a little stiff um but he’s got time to work it off as you mentioned there’s a couple of ramps up a couple of ramps down uh I think he’s going to work through this grab his bag and and be off and uh we’ll see what he can do yeah yeah be always reluctant to sit down because i’ maybe never get back up but all these guys seem to utilize the bch but yeah quickly put on some socks he’s already got the compression wear uh for on his on his carves he’s uh making pretty short work of this and uh yeah we’ll be looking for the next split on the next athletes to see what sort of Gap he’s May able to have created on hug hogen HHO yeah super super impressive um you’ve just seen history uh being made we’ll see how he closes it out if he can improve uh those Marathon times again that’s somewhere where compared to his competition uh he’s got some I don’t want to say some work to do but he’s got some some strengthening to do with that run split um to see what um you know if he can’t put himself in a position to possibly be a Podium Contender at the Iron Man World Championship I mean he certainly got the bike legs for it so sure and the swim to go through so yeah he’s definitely someone that you want to watch out for in cona in October um cuz yeah his swim will put him right in the thick of it off and here we are with Sam l so do you want to bring everyone up to speed on this one oh gosh I almost forgot about this uh Sam ladow was assessed a penalty back at you’re going to have to remind me 69 kilm correct y uh the next penalty tent which he was obligated to stop at was at 72 km he failed to stop at that penalty tent um so he has been disqualified from the race although he had not yet been notified he will be notified here uh we haven’t been talking about him all race because of the disqual ification um he does have the right to protest the disqualification um finish the race and protest it uh in retrospect uh but it’s an uphill battle but uh I don’t believe that race officials have yet notified him and certainly based on his actions here and how he’s running through transition he has not yet been told uh I think he will be told as he makes his way here will be approached by a technical official who will inform him of the bad news here we go well he’s putting the shoes on it doesn’t indicate that uh he intends to stop yeah do you think that was the official there it might it might yeah yeah we soon as we know we will let you know but out on course Robert Kalen of Sweden with an amazing B split here today on the full gas bike course uh and uh pretty pretty slippery transition DD after riding that fast um and he’s out onto the hoker Run course there four laps of 10.5 km and we will get a split on the next athlete to you as they come through which is going to be uh Christian Hogan how of Denmark and we’re expecting at least five to six minutes well this is certainly interesting because there goes Sam ladow uh having been disqualified it does appear that he is going to run and potentially protest uh that disqualification in retrospect which to me um is a curious strategy given the importance of um validating his slot for the Iron Man world championship and his limited opportunity to do that again would you put a marathon in your legs knowing the fact that you still have to win a protest if that’s even no no CU I wouldn’t hat they hurt too much take there’s one recovering from a hard swimming bike but a marathon is where really the muscle damage happens like like if he sto now if he completely understands the situation and could stop right now and go okay I had a great Swim Bike work out I’ll do a long run tomorrow and then I’ll I’ll get signed up for Frankfurt in 4 weeks but yeah I I’m yeah you can hear my voice I’m a bit confused but we we’ll see we’ll see if we can find some more information out but uh he does have the option to protest it but um I’d be surprised if that was uh overturned but we will we’ll find out soon enough well we sure will um the other part of the problem um I guess he’s gonna have to rely on that protest because now in looking at the pro schedule uh on the Iron Man Pro membership website uh Frankfurt is actually closed as well so if his name is not on that Frankfurt list he is locked out of any opportunity in the future with Lake plaid next week the last qualifying slot for the Men’s World Championship being Frankfurt uh he is out of opportunities I know he is not on the lake CLA list and my guess would be he’s likely not on the Frankfurt list either although that list has not yet been made public wow that’s that’s some drama and he we have Christian Hogan how managed to dip under the 4our mark as well 35949 going under camw Worth’s uh 2022 bike course record but still uh losing about 5 minutes to Robert Kalen but amazing bike ride by Christian Hogan how who didn’t have the best swim for him but managed to ride himself in into second overall today 550 behind our leader Robert Kalen so let’s uh see how much Gap he’s managed to pull on the likes of uh his fellow countrymen and as well camworth and the the the runners maybe he looks like in the you know in the Judgment Zone he looks he looks good he he’s he’s striding well he looks strong um doesn’t look to my eye even as as as stiff uh as Robert Kalen did so he he looks fantastic so hopefully he can put together a good Marathon as well yeah yeah and look he’s one of these guys that just will will bury himself to to see what he’s capable of doing and uh yeah good transition out smoothly uh yeah this ramp’s got to got to tickle a little bit after riding a sub 4our bike split but uh on left of the screen we have our men’s leader Robert Kalen and on our right we have second place on PA Christian Hogan and we saw there right of screen Hogan how dropped something was able to bend over pick it up and the fact that he stood up as elegantly as he did I’d say his legs are feeling okay that’s good and his back’s good and yeah nothing cramped so all good signs he’s moving quite well he’s uh ticking along quite nicely um Call’s like I don’t like to use stride as a Cadence as an indication of how you’re running but he’s definitely uh a little bit more ly um yeah talk about length of bone he he is quite tall um um but uh yeah here on Hogan how looks like he’s found his rhythm quite quickly yeah very very good and uh still waiting for the rest of the Chasers uh to make it off of the bike so two men right now out on this run course um and uh yeah some of the good Runners uh some of the fastest Runners uh in the field still yet to Dismount the bike uh will’ll be looking for the likes of Arthur horsa certainly David mnam Bradley Weiss uh some of our really really good runners in the field so see what their time gaps are and what they can do to reel these guys in so we have a small update so Lelo was informed of his disqualification in T2 and informed that he will be uh planning on protesting after he finishes so yeah well for all your viewers out there we get to watch Sam low run a marathon and and then the drama will continue so so yes a very exciting race here and uh interesting to see how all this all shakes out and it might not shake out for days after yeah I mean there’s there’s got to be you know we’ll we’ll get some information on what is um involved with the protest and what steps have to be taken and we will uh keep you a breast but right now we’re going to uh focus more on these athletes who have not been disqualified and um and see how this race shakes out yeah so yeah we won’t be there’ll be no tracking information for Sam uh unfortunately um but I’m sure um there’ll be Snippets of him on the course on this tight multi-lap Run course but uh left of screen we have our men’s leader Robert Kalen who leads second place on uh on the run right now uh hugan how and has about 5 and 1 half minute lead in the early stages of the men’s Marathon so exciting stuff to [Applause] so the women are through 157 km Mark at the 144 uh time check uh it was sorry 152.23 seconds back another uh 3 seconds behind her el el vissa and then there’s small Gap starting starting to happen between Daniel L she’s a further 8 seconds back and Stephanie clach who’s uh sitting 3 seconds behind blel so still very very close with only 28 km left to go in the women’s ride and Ruth AEL to the front at least by our eye for the first time all day yeah and if you’re going to hit the front that’s the time to do it I guess like she yeah it’s just been sort of pacing herself and look she knows she doesn’t quite have of the the Run um running inner legs he’s coming back from a long term injury with CF and achilles but um yeah it look as you said like if you’re not running that much you can really work on your swiming bike and sometimes that bike Fitness really well let’s talk about your Iron Man when when I couldn’t run yeah yeah I ran for 6 weeks but I was riding a lot so yeah it’s true it’s absolutely true uh yeah if you uh can get yourself healthy uh the lack of running sometimes enables you to really put in the Big M bike volume and intensity and recover and absorb that and really improve your biking which then leaves you more in the tank when you hit T2 and you can tap into that run potential so there you go yeah you heard it from an Iron Man champion who did it just that way it can sometimes [Laughter] work so yes and here we are our next athlete in we have uh the next Dane across the line Matias Peterson who’s put together he’s held on really really strong in this the lat stage and he’s 1155 back um but about what is that 6 minutes um behind his fellow Countryman Hogan Hal so we’re going to probably see camworth and maybe uh Lopez Weiss and mam me uh coming into the t2 very very shortly and then we’ll know what we have on our hands in terms of race and what what um spots on the podium are up for grabs also of note uh for some of these men who are looking for those qualifying slots we can take the disqualification of Sam ladow sort of off the charts because he wasn’t going to take a slot anyway he was only going to validate so whether or not he is reinstated after a protest is irrelevant to the proceedings at hand nobody else is whether or not they know about the disqualification or not is irrelevant because he wasn’t necessarily in a factor in in terms of sure Corner slots so right now on the on on the road Christian Hogan how is the only athlete that hasn’t got a coner spot and now we’re seeing camworth Lopez Weiss oh no they’ve lost that c I was to say mag where’s magn not not in this mix but uh certainly yeah Worf Bonito Lopez and Bradley Weiss and looking in the background there to see uh if we see David MN yeah and so the next so Hogan how doesn’t have a coner spot hederson does um camworth does Lopez does not Weiss does not mnam is in now he lost a 35 seconds to Weiss in those closing stages but that’s he’ll be in transition at the same time they’ll be leaving as he’s sort of getting there so he’ll be I think he’ll be okay with that as long as yeah here he comes and this guy if he’s on form yep I think he ran a 234 235 e last year um yeah but which was which was like incredibly good for second place and not a qualifying slot there was only one slot available for the men at that race so uh to turn in that kind of performance and still come up short is uh is pretty pretty wild but if we look down uh some of the Run splits for David mname and and then we talk about the conditions on the day it is humid it’s not quite as hot as some had feared but it is humid um you said 23450 uh at Iron Man Italy uh 246 at St George uh Iron Man World Champs and you think about that course and and the challenges there uh 242 uh Iron Man Frankfurt so this guy has the goods to to put together a great run yeah I think like yeah if he gets off the bike and he’s got a sniff of that Podium Dave’s uh he’s a really good can really lock on and he’s sort of guy that can even split a marathon as well he doesn’t get carried away in those first kilometers he sort of builds into it and gets stronger if he’s if he’s on and uh hopefully today he is uh cuz there’s yeah four guys really going for those three coner slots and uh yeah it’s going to be interesting to see how how it shakes out but back with our men’s leader Robert Kalen uh put together an amazing bike split 354 and he’s moving quite nicely in the early stages of the Run as we shoot back to cat Matthews who’s driving the women’s race right now so plenty of action here it’s all heating up men onto the Run women in the closing stages of the bike so don’t go anywhere we’ll be right back after this short commercial break [Music] [Applause] [Music] your new vehicle Mr Lawrence the vinfast vf8 all the latest tech precisely whoa cut great delivery Joey I’ve had a lot of practice saying that word it’s pretty cool huh the VIN fast yeah it’s got action 42 horsepower all whe drive over air updates and a 10e unlimited miles battery warranty yes 15in infotainment screen cut none of those lines are in the script Joey I just think people are really going to want to know those things that’s what the website’s for Joey [Music] [Music] back to the action here as our professional men’s Chasers make their way through T2 and set off on to this Hoka Run course it is time to fly human fly but our women uh still have several kilometers left on the bike Ruth AEL uh in the lead with cat Matthews El Visser is six seconds back and just a little bit of daylight to Daniela blell uh and Steph Clutterbuck at 14 and 17 seconds back so just a little bit of separation from from our women still largely together but that group of four uh once they swep swept up Clutterbuck has largely stayed together but now cat Matthews driving the pace looking to establish a little separation perhaps before she gets back to transition yeah and she’s just trying to sort of yeah get a bit bit of Gap as you said and uh put a little bit more pressure hurt hurt some of the other ladi’s legs but yeah look Ruth that’s she’s got stronger and stronger it seems from from the bike and yeah for her to hit the front and apply some pressure her own uh obviously feeling pretty good today on the bike and uh building into this nicely after a year a year away from from uh this from racing so uh yeah I’m sure in the back of her mind she’s still a little worried with Achilles uh her Achilles hold up but uh yeah it’s not holding it back on the bike that’s for sure no certainly not uh and you know again I just love the the attitude of gratitude so to speak and that she’s just happy to be out here racing really enjoying the hurt out there uh she’s had some frustrating heartbreak uh was set to race in myca and was feeling good about the calf uh and then fell ill uh and then the Cal flared again and so it’s been a lot of uh stop and start uh which certainly can be super duper frustrating absolutely so we have a recap we got Robert Callen let off the bike for 550 back Christian Hogan how 1155 Matas Peterson also of Denmark and and then we had camworth coming next Bradley Weiss and these were all just one minute behind uh Peterson so then mamy sort of was the last of that group and then a few minutes back behind there is PIM van demon uh at 1650 and Arthur Hors uh one of probably the if not the best runner in the field uh at 17 minutes so uh he’s actually already got a con spot that spot but um interesting to see if he can get back into the into the top five as we look at the headgear that went onto the head of uh perryan there it looks like uh let’s talk a little bit uh about what that is it’s a a cooling device that’s meant to uh take some of the heat off the forehead we know certainly when you get cold that putting a hat on can do a lot to preserve uh warmth uh so by putting this device onto your forehead it takes some of the heat away from your forehead it’s got to be wet in order for it to work but certainly Splash it um every aid station you go through with a bit of water and and they actually do really really work have you tried one I have tried one well there you go there you go yeah well it is it is getting a little bit warmer I think you said it’s uh high 70s so yeah mid mid 20 Celsius I guess um so definitely warm humidities dropped off a little bit is still around 60 60% so definitely pretty pretty humid but uh bearable uh as we watch uh Ken here looking very smooth along this flat and fast hoker run course um have four laps 10.5 km each lap so and lots of turns DD so they’re going to get to see each other quite a lot on this run course uh and looking back to whoops whoopsy Daisy back into uh transition outside of the top 10 uh Villa vetki is now in off the bike he sits at about 20 minutes back um alongside sorry my computer just got angry with me um that is alongside uh Sten ghost TOS uh as well as James teagle who we saw come in off of the bike so uh top 13 men off the bike now um and and off onto the huler Run course and here we are with Christian Hogan how second fastest bike split today uh just snuck under the 4H hour Mark um but yeah seems to have found his stride pretty early definitely uh pushed the pace on the on the bike and was quite aggressive uh and tried to sort of close the gap to Robert Kalen but uh Kal’s just too strong today and it managed to pull about 5 minutes lead over uh the gentleman on screen but yeah very varied uh terrain of course got some gravel in there you’ve got some um some uh Road sections as well but uh quite I’m sure they’re appreciating the the Shady section of this uh part of the Run course but uh Hogan how looking looking looking pretty good right now at the early stages of this hoker Run course yeah I’ve just asked our spotters to about uh Ruben zunki uh I have not seen him come in off the bike uh we know he sort of had a little bit of an implosion in the late stages there of the bike the fact that he is not off the bike has me somewhat alarmed so have asked our spotters down in transition uh if they know what his status is obviously his day had shifted and gone somewhat sideways but we’ll try to get an update there um the other thing that I have learned um is that the protest process and this is the last we’ll talk about Sam ladow until after the race uh for those just tuning in uh he was assessed a drafting penalty did not stop at the next aid station was um sorry did not stop at the next penalty tent um and therefore was disqualified from the race he was notified of the disqualification by a technical official in T2 uh he acknowledged that and said that he intended to protest it uh the protest process um he notified the referee that he plans to um he plans to protest it uh and meet with a competition committee on site uh and that resolution will be come to uh arrived at today so it could take anywhere from one to several hours but it will be uh a competition committee that hears his protest and makes that ultimate decision so we will have an answer today he is out on the course but you will not be getting splits and we will kept keep you uh AB breast um of the the the process after it happens so you’ll have to watch the socials uh to see how that pans out cuz the race will obviously be clearly over by the time he has made that argument uh but that is what the process is he will make his plea uh in front of a a competition committee here on site and the decision will be made today well thank you D absolutely it’s not going to be over straight straight away we’re not going to know exactly what’s going to unfold but uh uh yes uh definitely adds a little bit more spice to the racing today but as we see some of our other male Pros coming in to T2 to finish the full gas bike course but on shot is our Uber biker um who ran a road of 354 today on the fullgaz bike course an amazing bike ride uh and a course record and we’ll be coming right back with the later stages of the women’s Bo bike don’t go away we’ll be right [Music] back open up the cuz I’m coming up to you so send down your wings and let them bring me to you you know I’m standing at the station ready to go big old car I’m here’s Elizabeth in the middle of The Perfect Workout for her to create it we analyzed her Biometrics and genetics her recovery rate injury risk and aerobic 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supporting them every step of the way yeah we were warned about how good the crowd support was going to be DD and uh yeah it looks like it’s uh starting to really build uh yeah the energy down there sounds uh fantastic for these athletes and yeah multi-lap course four laps of this hoker Run course so they’re going to get plenty of uh cheers along the way so currently we’re seeing uh Robert Kal go through the 4.7 km Mark uh and holding pretty much the same Pace as Christian Hogan how uh at 538 back um but very very similar Runnings waiting to see the chase group come through the 4.2 km Mark and that’s but we’ll see uh but uh if there’s any changes in position Brad Weiss had moved up one position at last check uh by passing camworth who had led him into transition only by a handful of seconds so uh yes definitely uh getting interesting and the time time gaps are not such that uh it’s it’s over uh there’s plenty of racing to go and this all these positions could change completely in the next uh 40 km oh yeah no doubt about it and it just it always gets me um you know sitting here in the in the commentary Booth we’ve spent so much time talking about the incredible Robert Kalen who was just so dominant so great solid In The Swim so dominant on the bike and by the end of the day today it could be an entirely different human being at the front of this race even though it just seems like um he was so untouchable on the bike but there’s so much racing yet to come and so many things uh that can happen with all of the kilometers left to go yeah I like how he’s pacing this so far it’s he’s not hasn’t gone out crazy he knows he’s got a big lead and got to remember his best marathon is a 252 so he’s going out he’s gone out at about 4 minute km Pace uh which is a 248 marathon and that’s that would be a PR for him that would be that would might be enough to win it but if he goes out at a 242 he might blow up to three 3our marathon and then you might even fall off the podium so it takes such control and such courage to do and it’s the one thing and I get angry at him when he says it that my husband always says is I leave to you to race your race hit your Pace um and in this particular case if you try to swing for the fences uh you could end up 10th or 12th uh whereas if he just races smart and to his pacing strategy he could still wind up on the podent he could still win the race uh depends on what’s going on behind him but he certainly put the pressure on the guys that follow to run their best in order to reel him in yeah know this is a very controlled start to the to the run and I think this is how you get his sub 250 Marathon which with is what he will need and Hogan how again very similar they’re running very very similar Pace 417 and 44 respectively uh through this section of the course but yeah Hogan how very similar Runner uh two I want to say off top of my head around 250 I think is the fastest he’s run as well so very very similar so these guys have put themselves in good position Hogan how is the in a great position to get his coner spot there’s three available today K already has one uh so yeah Hogan House’s he just needs to be controlled don’t know if he’s thinking about kpot or he’s probably thinking about winning the race right now but if he if he wins it he’ll get his con spot so uh yeah at the moment he’s just doing all the right things to to get him through to manage this early stage of the Run uh and the women tackling that last timing mat uh will be there momentarily and we will get an update uh to see if that lead group of five has stayed together seemed like the elastic was getting a little bit stretched uh but we’ll see how that pans out and when we talk about the incredible performance of Robert Kalen uh and the fact that he already has his Kona qualifying slot he got that at Memorial Herman Iron Man Texas earlier this year and for over 10 years the athletes Choice Award for the best Run course experience in North 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away with that fifth place right now he’s leading the oh man Victoria gastes Run course and uh at the moment got around a five minute lead on Danish athlete Christian Hogan Hal as we take a look uh down at the bottom of your screen at our Morton T2 ticker uh which will give you some of the splits on our athletes as they make their way through that second transition so thanks to our friends at Morton for keeping us a breast of some of these time gaps as our professional men uh go through T through T2 as we take a look at our three fastest transition times number one belonging to Christian Hogan hog at 141 and then jacobe at 143 and tolde out of Brazil at 149 so there are your fastest transition times thanks to our friends at Morton a little bit of update on the Run course going through 4.7 km now Matas Peterson has come through in third place 11 minutes back on our leader Robert Kalen and then we have Antonio Bonito Lopez who’s met pushed his way into fourth 11:06 so he just 6 seconds behind Peterson Bradley Weiss uh 28 seconds behind Lopez and mamy uh after losing a little bit of time at the end of the bike has managed to get Within in 9 seconds of Bradley W so he’s managed closing up on on one of his good friends and they’re going to try and close the gap on the Spaniard camworth still in the race uh seventh 215 back but has lost about a minute 15 to the pace of uh Lopez Weiss and mamy and waiting for our women’s splits to update at 171.8cm just waiting for those to uh flow through but here we are it’s Ruth AEL and by the looks of it cat Matthews who have distanced themselves from ell’s viser unless she’s on the front uh but it looks like El’s Visser um is back a bit as well as Steph Clutterbuck uh and Daniela blell yeah Ruth AEL really doing it more than her fair share of work on the on the front now Kat Matthews definitely been aggressive and tried to push the pace a few times in the last third of this bike course but yeah oh here we go now we can see V yeah V’s she’s there yeah so uh some really strong riding here so blel uh looks like she’s lost a bit of time as so Stephanie cluk um so we’ll get a time check and see how much they’ve actually lost as Matthews comes back around and starts put putting on the pressure and Ruth as just has to Let It Go by it’s and then just settle back in yeah it’s funny cuz cat Matthews was playing a little bit of cat and mouth with El with ‘s viser there for a while um who was putting in some surges and then cat would answer and now it’s Ruth AEL uh who is sort of I don’t want to say poking the bear but going back and forth here to keep the pressure on here in the closing kilometers of this full gas bike course yeah no they’re they’re definitely not holding back over these closing uh kilom but we’re at excuse me 175 km in the women’s so 5 km left 7 Minutes 7 and a half 8 minutes max until they uh get to T2 and again when we look back at course best uh for this bike course it belongs to El’s Visser from 2023 with 44117 so we’ll see what these women are able to turn in today again we talk about some of these course’s best uh splits there somewhat Irrelevant in these athletes Minds I mean perhaps some uh bonuses some bragging rights uh attached to them perhaps uh but for the most part these athletes have their eyes on the bigger prize being the $125,000 prize purse uh the very valuable uh Pro Series points and of course the qualifying slots uh for the athletes that don’t have them in this particular case for the women Steph Clutterbuck Ruth AEL um and going all the way down to um Yano uter I believe currently sitting in the third place um slot Grabber if that’s good English um if things remain unchanged which at this stage of the race they most definitely shall not absolutely yes definitely this uh these races are very very close I I was honestly expecting at this point in the race that it’d be like it all blown apart and they’d be r couple of minutes apart but you’ve still got three women really just pushing the pace in these closing kilometers and looks like they’re going to come into transition together as we watch another uh one of our male competitors finish off his bike and make his way to get his run gear bag to make his way onto the hoker Run course this is Julian Diaz Rodriguez from Spain so he is a local athlete so the Spanish fans uh giving him an extra warm welcome into T2 yeah he’s enjoying definitely the local support there as we’re back here with uh men’s leader Robert Kalen who yeah on that corner look could the corner could have just been the corner give him the B for the but that looked like he just ridden a 354 bike split and that’s that’s that’s how I I don’t blame him um amazing but know he’s yeah I don’t know I think you’re looking pretty smooth um the splits will tell us more um but uh yeah right now he’s he’s moving all right but yeah I when you start looking around I feel like there’s something may be going on so yeah the stride just like he’s a he’s he’s got a lot of leg yeah right he’s a long-legged dude uh which enables him with those big levers to push those big Watts on the bike he’s naturally going to have a somewhat slower turnover on the run and and as you said you don’t like to necessarily use that as a as a metric for running um but he does look a little bit um slower just because the length of limb that he’s got to turn over but I think if we look compare him from kilometer 2 to now you know kilometer wherever he’s at um eight or nine it does look like he’s just not getting quite as much distance per stride and the Cadence is dropping down a little bit but maybe he’s just settling in but um yeah starting to see a very little bit of degradation very little bit I’m not worried No but a little bit he’s still got time like yeah well the split Hogan how just came through 51 back so he’s taking 30 seconds a few seconds like six that last section 7 seconds per kilometer faster which yeah that’s not that much uh it’s it’s yeah they’re just he’s just under 4minute km Pace but you look further back at Antonio Bonito Lopez who was running 350s Bradley Weiss 350s David mamy 345s um and that’s where some of those time gaps are going to start to we’re going to see some changes some move some movement Happening Here uh in our lineup for our professional men yeah no things are going to change up and probably not till lap end of lap two probably and in our women’s race that split at 171.8cm and Ruth AEL we saw with the back and forth they are alone at the lead they have dropped Daniela blel and ell Visser who now sit at 35 and 37 seconds back and Steph Clutterbuck with a really rough patch there through the last 20 plus kilometers she now sits at 224 back um so that’s a little rough for Steph Clutterbuck but hopefully she’s topping up that nutrition and getting herself ready to run a marathon cuz still a lot to race for for Steph Clutterbuck yeah like 224 maybe that blows out maybe she’s Just 4 minutes to the end end of the bike um but still like what what a great debut bike and uh still got a a marathon to go and who knows what she can do uh she’s executed a very very mature race and she went with it as long as she could yep and look got cat Matthews who’s a medalist at uh World Championships driving oh sure I mean you look at yeah you’re I mean she’s an extraordinary company but my only point is that’s a big the fact that she help on for so long and was holding Pace to give up 2 minutes and 24 seconds and 20 km is the kind of a lot the band broke yeah yeah yeah yeah it is uh it’s hopefully the where where you Hemorrhage time is when you can’t hold Arrow anymore and you just cuz you’ve got nothing left and that’s when you do lose a lot of time I don’t think she’s at that point but uh there’s only yeah she’s only got eight km of riding well we saw a couple of Bonks in the men so hopefully it’s not that we did we did see that um but yeah just got to get to that T2 yep um she’s in a great position she’s like at the moment uh in a great spot to to get that coner spot if she can put together a just a really solid Marathon do you know uh what she has run for the age when she raced age group Marathon I I don’t think I I managed to see that I know to her background is uh rowing and swimming and I know she’s a decent Runner but I’m not sure if she so anyway put put you on the spot D to on the spot uh it’s just interesting to know what she she obviously did this course last year as an age group so she did and on this course she ran 32610 a year ago okay well there you go let’s see what happens this year um but here we are following the final kilometers of the women’s bike here with Ruth AEL uh on shot but uh don’t go anywhere uh we’ll be right back after this short commercial break to bring them into D2 [Music] [Music] man oh God [Applause] beyond the Finish Lines our commitment goes the extra mile we are the Iron Man Foundation we’ve given back more than $55 million to support our mission of leaving a positive impact throughout race communities without our amazing athletes volunteers and givers we wouldn’t be where we are today together let’s continue this journey of impact join the Iron Man foundation and and be a part of something [Applause] extraordinary and looking at our Pro men’s race leader this is Robert Kalen uh leading our professional men’s race he’s uh enjoying some of this crowd support he looked over to some of the outdoor diners there uh gave a little acknowledgement which to me says he’s still uh very much mentally with it which is a good sign yeah no he’s moving moving fine through here like he’s just got to find his own pace he’s got time up his sleeve um but yeah we’ll uh see how this rolls out uh and get get a split through this next uh checkpoint and see what sort of Gap he’s got of course we talked at the top of the show about uh this unique and historic City and overlooking this this historic City is the imposing Cathedral one of two but the Cathedral of Santa Maria which dates back to the 13th century whilst undergoing uh restoration many medieval tombs and artifacts were discovered these discoveries have helped to fuel the cathedral’s haunted reputation Joe uh from cold spots to ghostly sightings to Eerie shadows and spooky noises the cathedral’s Paranormal Legends have flourished with many tourists now visiting the city to catch a glimpse of the ghostly monk who has allegedly inhabited uh the Cathedral of Santa Maria so we’ll have to check that one out and and see if we see some ghosts for sure feelt K might be seeing some dead people I see dead people I see dead people he’s I feel like he’s started to feel pinch a little bit yeah um I don’t know it’s he’s so deceptive cuz he’s so tall and likey it’s really hard to know uh how he’s feeling well that’s why I’m trying to create a mental note to myself of what he looked like at the that’s know I thought for a minute boy maybe not looking as good but really not looking bad that’s that’s what I’m going to give him right now I feel like I did actually get to watch him race uh when he did Iron Man Sweden a few years ago and he L off the bike and I feel like he got to about 15 km and this was one of his first ever Iron Man events um I’m and then yeah he just really started to feel the pinch but um yeah look he’s Ming well like he still looks relaxed he’s he’s his Pace slowed that last segment was 4 and a half minute CS I think he had set out at 4 minute CS so definitely feeling the grind a little bit and like I hate I I’m not I am the last person that’s going to judge someone’s ability to be a to to run um but um when you see that sort of pace degradation in the first 10K it’s not ideal no no it’s not ideal but again this is a race he this is a air quotes free race for him to play with um has his uh World Championship slot um locked in uh and while every second does matter for the Iron Man Pro Series um he’s he can do some experimenting and certainly he put on display what is possible in terms of his bike fit Fitness if you can just back that up um with a solid run maybe he pushed the bar a little too far on the bike but still running strong um in first place and he’s 453 ahead of Christian Hogan hog uh who at least was holding closer to that 4minute K Pace uh and of course our Runners coming from behind looking at David mamy Antonio Bonito Lopez uh and Bradley Weiss trying to make a move um Matias Peterson also running pretty strong in there as well so some changes happening yeah there are some changes this next split at 10.2 mcnames on a bit of a charge move moving up onto Antonio Bonito Lopez’s shoulder uh I bet he looks he’s just running a little bit faster right now so Dave yeah is uh moving pretty well right now through this section of the course um but yeah still very close cam worth dropped off a little bit but Brad uh Matias and magnam and Lopez are all within like a minute and a half well no no less sorry um yeah up 35 seconds update from down in transition uh if you are following and cheering along men’s bib number 38 Jean Cloud Bess uh unfortunately we regret to inform you that he is a dnf on the day so Jean Cloud fans uh we will see him fight another day as we watch our women’s race leader it is Ruth Asel into transition first how patient was Ruth Asel through the opening fantastic four fifths of this bike course um and then really went sort of tit fortat with with cat Matthews there and now will be the first woman off of the bike uh waiting for that split to update for race leader Ruth Asel well kiles and C held up all right that’s always the first thing is stepping off that bike and how’s it going to be yeah she’s moving pretty well good foot speed there not even a hint of a limp no yeah no it’s uh it’s good good sign so far for Ruth and to finish off a bike that strongly and put a gap on cat uh she’s only 7 Seconds ahead of cat so let’s start still psychological uh blow so yeah uh Wahoo element bolt official time for Ruth Asel 42954 for the 112 M 180 km bike and both women are beating our course best that was previously held by ‘s Visser at 44117 so uh another extraordinary performance from our women on the bike today not just the men showing us how it’s done the women extraordinary bike splits today and cheers to Ruth AEL who’s had a really rough go of it the past several months after a 12th Place finish at the Iron Man World Championship uh she’s really really struggled uh to get herself together uh battling injury up and down uh calf and achilles flares so great to see her back and so dominant we’ll see what she can do on this run as we watch Daniela blell uh who I’m going to say that’s a little bit of a Grimace not a smile as she makes her way down this ramp it’s a downhill ramp so that’s a little unfair for race organizers um but look at them like chitchatting here good friends talking about how it how it’s going and uh yeah I think uh both women pretty pretty chuffed with their performances so far uh cat Matthews I believe racing as conservatively as she can to get the job done here after the disqualification at Hamburg she’s looking to reestablish her position perhaps on top of the leaderboard in the the pro series uh but do it without uh much of a detriment she’s got some other races in short order coming up here and of course Ruth as’s goal uh is to get that qualifying slot for the niece uh World Championships and get her first points on the board for the year so hoping that Cal and achilles for both of these women holds up um I think cat’s injury is more in the rearview mirror and less of a concern that it is for Ruth AEL but uh here are the two Brits head out together onto the Hoka Marathon course yeah that was great to see uh Obviously good friends I know they uh did a few pre-race swims together and checked out the course and uh yeah obviously uh both representing uh Great Britain uh but yeah that was uh very friendly uh T2 uh transition by these two and uh yeah I feel like cat even nearly waited for Ruth so they could run out together I’m not sure how long they’ll run together but uh this is a pretty special moment for both of them yeah and and again I want to my internal dialogue wants to plead with Ruth AEL to be conservative don’t try necessarily to go with cat Matthews here uh the excitement you know hey if she’s feeling good and can put together a great Marathon I just don’t put her in the same camp as cat Matthews when it comes to running so she’s just got to sort of close her eyes to cat Matthews and let cat do cat things and focus on getting herself to the Finish Line again as Dave G would advise race your race Ruth CLE and you will have everything you wanted from this day um securing that uh that qualifying slot but don’t get don’t get sucked in by cat Matthews no she’s uh a really nice mover she’s just very economical good good uh position relaxed up body good rotation yeah look very economical the way she moves and uh just take note right now cuz I think she’s moving really really well we’ll just see every lap at that same spot and see how see how she goes uh here is Steph Clutterbuck in off of the bike uh led the race for so so very long uh she comes in to transition 3 minutes 12 back of Ruth and cat um and just about 2 minutes 10 back of ell Visser and Daniela blell sorry Els was a minute back uh Steph is 312 back and Daniela blell alone at 50 seconds back so the women spread out a little bit although Here Comes el v back on Daniela blel yeah okay no that it’s a really close race I just wonder like obviously every second matters since I’ve been watching this year everything just it does everything’s tightened up like the 70.3 the IR man they are really close had we been just complacent before saying hey I’m here it doesn’t really matter are we are we really we’re really embracing the ever second matters we really are cuz well I man of yeah put on an amazing series and a great concept and I don’t know if it’s just in the back of their Minds that but the racing is just you can throw throw a blanket over the top five men and women like it’s crazy uh and they’ve been Racing for uh already like nearly six or five hours yeah five and a half hours so yeah crazy and boy cat Matthew is moving really really well I like her turnover uh I like the strength of her stride she looks she looks she looks great yeah no it looks super relaxed seems to have found a rhythm really quickly uh which is hard to do after being holding TT position for what was it 429 what amazing bike split by the way but uh yeah looks super smooth and just going about her work El vist again super impressive she looks great uh she gave up a little bit of time at the end of the bike that might call you know call into question how recovered she is um from a race just a week ago but is uh off and running has gone past Danielle blel and sits in third place currently and an update in the men’s 11.3 km uh so Robert Kal still leads our in uh Christian Hogan how 440 so taking a little bit of time but what we’re seeing is at uh Antonio Bonito Lopez 808 minutes maam on his shoulder and Bradley Weiss just behind so it’s really action’s really hiding up here don’t go anywhere we’ll be right back after this short commercial break hey man do you have a non-alcoholic beard taste good I think you mean athletic excuse me do you have that great non-alcoholic beer I’ll found it do you have a favorite non-alcoholic beer on the menu [Music] mhm ah atic it is she’s funny [Music] one [Music] [Music] [Music] w back to the action here watching your women’s race leader this is cat Matthews Ruth Asel was the first off the bike into transition but cat had a quick turn around and has seized the lead in our women’s race uh she was patient on the bike to a certain extent and was really the first aggressor starting at about 110 km uh started to reel in and make the move to catch Steph Clutterbuck and really drove the pace uh pulling only in the end Ruth AEL along with her uh leaving behind uh excuse me Daniela blell and ‘s Visser uh and now it becomes a foot race through one kilometer it’s cat Matthews uh who’s put 14 seconds into Ruth AEL just in this first kilometer El viser at a minute 16 back and Daniela blel at 123 back so our women uh pretty well bunched up here this group of four being super familiar with each other after uh several hours uh we’re looking right now at 5 and a half hours worth of racing where they have all been pretty much together yeah and it wasn’t for lack of trying they they all tried had their go at the front and tried to get away and they really couldn’t until it sort of separated a little bit over those last few kilometers but I’m liking that um cats actually got away now so Ruth can just focus on her and run her Pace cuz as we’ve mentioned a few times now as she checks her watch on Q yeah like has not raced well finished an IR man since cona last year um and and been dealing with uh a nigle or injury a chronic injury of a calf Achilles so but cat just yeah such a nice move she can see why she’s a two-time medalist at the World Championships uh just just really does everything right to uh to move along across the ground really nicely and really just waiting so patiently and with such persistence and determination to have her day at the Iron Man World Championship she hasn’t had it yet obviously two years ago uh the injury took her out uh last year she was so great and showed so much promise in locky and then just couldn’t get the job done at the Iron Man World Championship really kind of left her on the back foot a little bit and scratching her head and I don’t know what happened um but now back and going to take another swing at it in in nice and um I think just literally chomping at the bit to get out there and have her day at an Iron Man World Championship yeah well she’s uh really putting together an amazing season so far and really showing some fantastic form and uh yeah obviously uh the bike Has Come Together really nicely and uh yeah just moving really well on the run and uh yeah she’s uh setting up for a really good uh day here and uh obviously early days but yeah right now just looking great and Robert K still clicking it over um again I by my eye I think that stride length has shortened just a little bit um but still in control of the lead he’s now 20 oh yeah he’s 205 um sorry I take that back uh he sits 4 minutes and 42 seconds ahead of Christian Hogan hog yeah so he’s coming up so and then Antonio Lopez is uh another 4 minutes back but I think when we get to the 14.5 km Mark we we’ll see the the likes of Lopez and mnam and Weiss have closed up a little bit more um but right now Robert K still leading this race and uh definitely definitely slowing though you can definitely see the slowing there’s just not that extension out the back um that he had uh in the early kilometers is it gone yeah the stride length is a bit shorter um he’s just not quite moving as fluidly not getting that hip extension but again with those long legs he can afford to have a slightly lower turnover and still cover uh good ground but if we compare his splits uh to the guys who are attacking from uh behind he is a solid 40 seconds per K now almost 30 to 40 seconds uh on his primary Chasers uh including Antonio uh Bonito Lopez David MC who are both running 335 K Bradley Weiss um who’s running about 345s as well uh and then Robert Kalen who is slowed to sort of four he’s back to 413 so he was four and a half for a little bit there um he’s holding it together but there’s faster guys behind him which we knew we knew that was going to happen so yeah he he’s on a pace for about 252 Marathon uh roughly um which is what he’s won before and he had around about 13 minute lead on the fastest movers on the course right now mnam Weiss Lopez 13 minutes one of those guys can definitely run a 239 Marathon like I don’t know which I don’t know if all three of them can do but I think if they’re running for the win one of at least one of those will find a 239 marathon in them like ma me Weiss I’m not sure if Weiss is broken to 40 correct me if for wrong um I think Lopez has in him as well um so and especially if they’re all so close they it’s just going to encourage each other and of course these great crowds out here also are going to Boler the athletes uh for sure but if we look at Antonio Bonito Lopez some of his um run splits uh 237 at uh kesis uh a year ago to finish third I think to finish third yes um he definitely runs a lot of I mean he’s a consistent sub 11 10 guy across the 70.3 distance hasn’t raced the long course quite as much so doesn’t have quite as many many data points on that but we know certainly the potential is there if he Paces it well yeah I absolutely agree as right now you look at Women’s leader this is uh cat Matthews as we take a look at our Morton top three fastest transition time for our women today it was cat Matthews at 207 Ruth Asel at 215 and El’s Visser matching Ruth AEL at 2115 as we check in with Ruth AEL who’s moving very very well so I I asked you this and and it was a while ago but coming from a place of experience where you won your first Iron Man and coming off an Achilles issue where you had minimal run miles at what point is that playing on your mind at this stage of the race if you’re Ruth AEL are you thinking about it or are you just thinking hey CF feels good let’s just run and forget about it ideally yeah I think I mean I don’t see a hitch in or gide up so looks like it’s not get through yeah I think get through the first 10 km um and then you probably good and then just the pain of the actual haai man probably uh overshadows anything any anyway but yeah I I can’t see hitch in her stride which is a good sign and the way it she hit the ground uh dismounting the the bike yeah I feel like you can’t do that unless your your Achilles and calf is feeling pretty good oh no unofficially down on the course we’re getting word that uh men’s bib number seven Arthur horol is out uh one of our good Runners apparently not able to put it together on the day today so uh bib number M7 are horsa unable to complete the race today so to our French friends out there uh bad news for him but we will see him back um someplace else at another time yeah like it was he didn’t have the best swim I thought he’d be a little bit further up and it just makes it hard cuz you constantly you’re just chasing on the bike and maybe it’s just left nothing in the tank and uh yeah it’s just one of those days but yeah he’ll be back already got a qualification for cona so you have to decide if wants to have another dip it an Iron Man between now and Conor and uh or maybe just one uh later in the year cuz plenty of options for racing uh especially part of this Iron Man World Series but Robert Robert Ken here on screen he’s yeah he’s doing pretty well like I think he’s holding a good Pace um but I don’t know if he might get a fright if he sees um a group of Weiss and Lopez and mamey and here we go towards him here’s here’s Dave out for a sun they run with Bonito um yeah these two great pairing together right uh to push each other on they’re they’re pretty evenly matched you would say yeah you look at like the runs they’ve they’ve posted um yeah I’d say and Dave yeah he’s he’s comfortable in this position he he runs a lot with the itu group in Jona and constantly posting images and videos of him trying to run with uh Vincent Louie and uh and uh yeah strug hating life but it’s obviously got him in good shape for this run today and taking a peek back at our women’s race back in transition we have Simone Mitchell Katerina wolf Yana udat and elizabeta kurador off the bike all I’m must say within a minute of each other elizabeta kurador lost she leaked a little bit of time she’s about uh two minutes back of that group but that group of four now off the bike into transition their bike splits ranging between 442 and 444 so just a really fast day here uh out on course for all of these women so nine women in total now off of the bike but it is cat Matthews who continues to dominate she is fastest on course by a healthy chunk your next fastest runner at 46k is is ‘s Visser but cat Matthews um through the early sections at 408k so we’ll see um if she’s able to continue to extend that lead and when she decides that her Gap is safe and she might dial it back a little bit with the rest of the season in mind every second matters but can she put herself on the board win the 5,000 points um and and and move forward from there that’s going to put her in a great position in the overall standings uh with two Iran uh results under Bell and uh and then obviously uh World counts to 6,000 points there’s her three man right there and then we know how well she can go over 7.3 she’s putting herself in a very good position not only uh the for the world championship to to contend for the for the podium position but also the the overall series serious win um juggling a lot of other race obligations on the side as well so how she’s putting it all together is she needs to stay healthy and do what she’s doing but yeah look this yeah we just got saw the men come through uh the top four men come through the 15 km Mark Kalen obviously leading man on screen uh 338 back Hogan Hall Antonio Bonito Lopez 612 Dave mamy 612 those guys are running 353 per kilometer right now they’re running we saw him just before running side by side Brad Weiss has just dropped off the back a little bit but I feel like I could see I can sort of see it Hogan har catching Kalen only to get caught by Lopez and mnam at the same time see I can see it unfold now and about 26 km Mark I’m going to say 26 km Mark DD 26 km that’s that’s when it’s going to all happen there’s going to be some shifts you’re looking in your magic your magic cryst CU When it really starts to hurt it’s 26 K that last 10 miles is you’ve either got it or you don’t but here’s mamy uh moving off the shoulder two if they run strive for strive for this whole thing oh but I tell you it’s it’s they’re spurring each other on they’re they’re keeping the pace honest um at one point you’ve got Bonito Lopez you know sort of half stepping mnam and then mnam taking over pacing uh ping pacing pressures and by working together uh it’s going to benefit the both of them yeah it really will uh it’s interesting yeah the using each other a little bit for pacing but one at some point in the race it’ll become it will be more of a mind game it’ll be like am I feeling better than him is he feeling better than me H Let’s test it a little bit let’s just surge this aid station a little bit and uh yeah but in the meantime we still got our men’s leader Robert Kalan who is leading by probably a little over 3 minutes to uh Christian Hogan har right now our next checkpoint will be the 18.7 km so a little bit of time yet but yeah he’s look he’s not moving as well as he was in the first couple of kilometers but he’s not moving badly and he’s still ticking along about that four 430 Pace right now which it’s yeah if the pace if mnam Lopez continue to run that pace it’s not going to be enough but who knows they could also slow down so and Kat Matthews now through 4.7 kilometers and still moving very well for 15 K is there um looking very strong very solid um off to a great start in this hoker Marathon yeah she’s uh looks great um I wonder like I I heard an interview with her husband about how she was going to attack this and I think uh plan was to really more set it up on the bike and obviously the other women had a different idea and uh yeah even Ruth surprised us all a little bit with uh that amazing strength over the latter stages of the bik course but well we we had talked at the top of the show too about one of the women that could push cat Matthews on the marathon and that would be Guru fraus um the local Legend here uh she is still not off the bike yet through 171.8cm I just think that’s I think you know this is this is cat’s race to lose uh she’s obviously got to dot her eyes and cross her tees uh but Guru fr us not appearing to be a threat on the marathon at one point we had sort of considered her to be um the most likely threat the only person that could even sort of match Pace uh if not slightly outpace cat but uh just too much of a gap for her um so hope she has a great great marathon and enjoys the crowd support out there but uh definitely not her day to defend her title uh right now it’s on cat Matthews shoulders uh to get the job done yeah look let’s not forget cat Matthews is also post two sub 250 marathons like which is phenomenal there’s how many women have actually done that like Merinda cafre uh as was the start an hog obviously uh H was sub yeah it’s uh can’t even think about it yeah can’t even comprehend that anymore um so yeah very elite company and this woman on screen uh is one of the best runners in the sport so um yeah so I think it’s sort of hers to lose she just needs to yeah do the same thing we always talk about manage your manage nutrition hydration run her her race um and it’ be very hard pressed to see someone else running up to her at this stage um Ruth AEL uh just yeah again she’s uh a little bit unknown territory she hasn’t really been doing uh she hasn’t raced for a year nearly a year now so uh but still finds herself in second place in uh very good company with El Visa uh about 30 seconds 40 seconds behind and Daniel blel uh a further 40 seconds behind that so it’s uh great racing and we’re just waiting for the uh the British athlete um Stephanie clar who uh LED through much of the bike uh to come through on that next um checkpoint yeah I mean again we talk about some you know familiar territory and one of the things that Ruth AEL had said pre-race was that even going into Kona last year she wasn’t fully healthy and wasn’t entirely sure uh how that was going to go ended up with an outstanding performance uh there finishing 12 uh tried to back it up at KML but had that again that calf issue that’s plagued her on and off um for the year so she she’s familiar with going into Iron Man’s a little light on the miles which again won’t mess with your psyche if you’ve done it before and have the confidence that hey I don’t need a million miles to be successful and that’s the position that Ruth asels in now so we continue to cheer her on as we take a quick break but we’ll come right back to you don’t go away you know and we know the thing about challenging yourself is you’re always looking for what’s next [Music] you [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Iron Man Victoria gastes it brought to you by by ag1 Benner finishes start with ag1 and by vinfast boundless together well we’re checking in here with this dynamic duo on this Hoka Run course you’re looking at David Mame and Antonio Benito Lopez these two are locked in battle sitting in third and fourth in pursuit of world championship qual qualifying slots they’ve got Christian Hogan hog up the road at about two and a half minutes up uh they Contin continue to reel him in uh at a steady methodical Pace uh but it’s Robert Kalen in the lead of the race uh his Pace has slowed he’s down at 430s uh these two right now fastest Movers On course averaging still sub four minute K so great running from these two uh getting a little boost from each other as we check in with our race weather presented by our friends at Roa it’s now above 80° this is the first time we’ve seen um an eight handle on that Fahrenheit scale that’s uh 27 degre C the humidity though has dropped pretty considerably it’s sub 50% which again as the temperature rises it’s nice that that humidity is falling because that sun is just going to be beating down on some of these athletes they do have a little bit of um Grace from some of the shaded areas on the course but it definitely uh the it is heating up out there at one point we thought it was going to be much much hotter than this um so the athletes getting a little bit of a break there was talk that there was going to be uh quite the heat wave uh right now that has not materialized but this isn’t necessarily comfortable running weather it’s no joke so yeah he uh this is not no surprise to him and this is super comfortable for him uh Antonio Bonito Lopez I’m not not so sure where where he’s based but uh right now they both seem to be pretty comfortable at 20 these 27 degre temperatures but yeah it’s nice that the humidity dropped away a little bit at this stage of the marathon you’re betting they enjoy the company that the company is good uh we had discussed obviously at one point uh it’s going to be every man for themselves but at this point they’re just sort of keeping each other honest keeping the Pace on um and I would surmise probably pretty happy to have each other out there yeah I think so I think this 353 km pace is very like these guys have got a 237 236 to their name like I think they’ve got more in them I think they’re just waiting and seeing and I think I wouldn’t surprise me if they close it faster they even uh the negative split this as Robert Callen stops and uh DS themselves in in water here and this is where the humidity dropped away and so water actually on the body is quite Cooling and helps the evaporation uh whereas before it was so huid it’s not really going to help too much and you better actually get it into your body but uh here Robert’s just uh managing uh the the heat side of things a little bit slowed a little bit but not not too bad he’s he’s coming up on uh getting closer to the halfway point of the marathon not too far away about 10 minutes more running but he’s only got a gap now of 216 on Christian Hogan house so definitely Christian’s running him down what’ I say 26k okay might be earlier than that I don’t know I’m still going to say 26k Hogan how moves on to Kalen and uh and then mnam and Lopez also catch them at the same around the same time in our women’s race of course we knew cat Matthews in the lead uh back at 4.7 kilm uh she’s obviously well moved on from there Ruth AEL holding down second place uh with about a 45 second lead on ‘s Visser uh Daniela blel another 45 seconds back and then Steph Clutterbuck uh has faded to eight minutes back so um Steph just focusing on doing what she can do uh still sitting on a world championship qualification slot if she can keep it together uh we did have that chase group before uh behind Jana uot Katarina wolf Simone Mitchell and elizabeta kidori uh and then it’s Heeney heartan who rounds out our top 10 she is 22 minutes and 22 seconds back uh back at T2 yeah Stephanie’s uh I think feeling the pinch a little bit at that bike but I I don’t blame her for really just seeing what she’s capable of doing and what a great learning experience but yeah this is going to I think going to be a pretty tough Marathon for her but you know that’s what w men’s about isn’t it it I mean it all it is what it’s about and I don’t think anyone would put expectations on her in her first year as a pro with a caliber of sport uh being what it is to uh necessarily make an appearance at the world championship great experience for her if she could um but some might argue there’s more value in her staying away from a world championship event and using that budget to go to some other races where she can factor in a little bit more um chances of her factoring in on the world stage at a world championship or somewhat less could she pick up uh more valuable experience being in the mix at some smaller races around that same time frame and that’s a decision she’ll have to make of course she at this point she doesn’t have the slot uh but if she does get the slot it’s a decision that she and her team will have to make together on the one hand great to get World Championship experience when there’s no pressure on you to perform but at the same time will you get better experience sticking with a smaller race where you can fight for a Podium position and learn what that fight feels like so uh decisions to be made for a first year Pro yeah I wonder if she’s thinking about that right now ah here’s Guru here’s Guru fraus not the bike split she would have hoped for but man is she moving makes no difference to her acknowledging the crowd uh smile on her face certainly the crowd uh thrilled to see her um she has um yeah she has a lot to be proud of uh the pride of this community so good for her um again not the day on the the bike we knew she’d be back a little bit on the swim not the day on the bike she would have hoped for but we’ll see how far up Guru can run herself yeah obviously uh home town favorite and uh yeah she’s going to get a lot of support and uh yeah yeah so appreciative of what she’s uh able to do and uh yeah very very modest lady for how much she’s achieved in her career and uh she’s going to fight this all the way to the line no doubt absolutely I would be surprised if still post the fastest if not yeah one of the top fastest uh splits here today as we come back to our men’s leader um Robert Ken holding on um again he is through 18.7 at just over a 2minute lead um but running at 30 seconds per kilometer slower than in third and fourth place um so I mean a lot can happen we we can’t predict but uh certainly mathematically doesn’t look like he’s going to be able to hold on to this one but uh has a lot of positive things to take away from it and still uh Podium possible uh Bradley Weiss I was hoping for Bradley that he could run on to that duo of uh mcname and Antonio Bonito Lopez uh but he is about two and a half minutes back of them uh um and Matias Peterson actually has gone past Bradley Weiss who sits Bradley sorry Matias sits in fifth Bradley has fallen to sixth place uh but the two of them Matias Peterson and Bradley Weiss running together at least at the moment that’s interesting yeah because Bradley ran up to Matas early and now is stalled a little bit yeah so that’s that’s that’s a tricky one for Brad so early as well not even halfway through y um yeah maybe that bike cost him yeah left a little bit out there the B course but who knows uh he’s a fighter Brad obviously wants to get that coner spot I was say he’s fought through worse yeah so here we go Robert Callen through 20.5 km 423 pace through that last section um so look I think when we start seeing over 430 Pace then it’s he’s starting to really slow down but right now he’s just in this Rhythm it’s I’m sure he’d want to be running faster but I L was just thinking in my head he’s got the Rhythm he just doesn’t have the the the power of the stride like the rhythm is still there the form is still good he’s not hunched he’s not bent he’s just not getting the same return off the ground but the Rhythm Is there yeah he just left a lot out on that bike course which that’s takes to that’s what he yeah like look he he already has a spot for for for coner and um obviously he’s going to play a big role in that race with that that swim and bike combo um so yeah why not play your hand and see if you can get a big enough lead I just wonder if if he did just ride a few minutes slower could he be running closer to that 250 Mark which would then ah it’s close but I don’t know look at moment if he just keeps holding this um I think he he’ll definitely get caught but he still be in the position to maybe hang on for that third spot as he coming through some of the really nice uh downtown area the cobal streets uh lot of crow support here for Robert Callen are men’s leader but we’re going to go away and have a short commercial break and we’ll be coming back with all the women’s and men’s action in the closing stages of the marathon don’t go away we’ll be right back your new vehicle Mr lawence the vinfast vf8 are the latest tech precisely whoa cut great delivery Joey I’ve 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Christian Hogan hog uh who is a running down uh his own uh qualifying slot for the Iron Man World Championship in Kona currently sitting in second place overall uh trying to catch Robert Kalin he’s 90 seconds back and sits another uh 95 105 seconds minute 15 ahead of uh Antonio Bonito Lopez and David mcnam so he’s he’s running strong uh he’s been outpaced little bit by the guys behind him but also has the carrot in front of him to chase yeah he does uh but they they are closing fast mnam and Lopez on hog Hogan har but he’s right right now he’s on like a career best Marathon uh his best time well he has run a two 40 at Mar at uh Hamburg if that’s if that’s correct um but mostly he’s like a 249 250 guy so he’s on 244 Pace right now and he’s loving the crowd like the fact that he’s he’s high five in the crowd he’s really engaging with them he’s using that energy uh often times if you if you you know give a little out to the crowd they’ll give it back to you in Spades and and I like to see him high-fiving the the crowd there uh it’s great to see and it’s just a source of energy um for him uh that’s going to really really help it seems like a small and sort of trivial thing but it really does help out there yeah oh absolutely and it will come even more into play in the closing stages of this race uh and that’s where you really got to use the crowd’s energy to get you to that line but uh here we go through 20.5 so we’ve got Hogan how at 131 and then Lopez and mamey closing pretty quickly um but uh it’s going to take a few more uh timing mats until we see them getting past but Robin K over halfway point now uh 21 point6 Pace has dropped off a little bit uh 437 through that last uh short segment um but still as you said still moving uh it’s just just needs to pick it up again as we get a quick glimpse of mnir and Lopez there the twins yeah they’re really locked in yeah like I think um yeah these are these guys are going to push each other all the way to get back to the front of this race I think one of them will get I think back to the front of this race uh I’m not sure which one right now um so anyway here we go back with Robert Kal still moving moving well um obviously left a lot out on the bike but uh still running a good pace and um looking to try and fend off these guys trying to hunt him down I you know I’ll be curious to to get a comment from him after the race just to see you know did that bike feel otherworldly for him like was was his plan to be really aggressive even if it cost him ultimately on the marathon just to see where that Tipping Point is uh sometimes that’s you know when you’re sitting in a position of relative comfort with a qualifying slot to the world championship why not do that sort of case of one study and say how hard can I bike and what’s it going to cost me um or you know is this just the the net result of of you know biking that fast or was he intending to be as aggressive as he ended up beinging on the bike yeah who knows I know one thing that uh people will know his name when he gets to cona oh for sure they’ll be watching him on the bike he’ll be one of the the guys to watch on the bike especially with his his swim there’s no reason why I don’t think he’s a like an urer swimmer or but he’s definitely like in that he’s like a Timo donnald swimmer like always going to be up in that first sort of like front of the pack first like fifth or sixth out but do they do they pay attention to him because he is a race agitator uh if the best he can run is 250 is he really a factor necessarily H I think more that he will be at horsepower to someone like a lad low or that like you can’t let low and him and hand handful away get um get away in cona because it’s just going to add another person to to that to the mix and meanwhile cat Matthews our women’s leader continuing to stride away for minute and 10 uh second KS through that last couple of K segment so her Pace uh holding strong here you can tell she’s getting a little she’s getting a little pink in the cheeks what I think is just a little indicative of the fact that the temperature the barometer is rising uh temperature is getting a little bit warmer out there but uh doesn’t seem to be bothering her at all she’s holding Pace just fine yeah she’s just jump on the back of uh camworth there who just snuck by her give him a little Fanny Pat as she goes by yeah yeah obviously looks like he’s still in the hunt and uh and and looks like he’s moving pretty well but yeah cat just looks like she could do this this pace all day there’s no strain just really covering the ground nicely and uh yeah I think uh yeah she’s uh seems very very very comfortable at this stage and it’ be very hard just dealt she’s dealt with so so much yeah from you know obviously the much talked about uh crash a couple of years ago uh the the Misfortune at the Iron Man World Championship a year ago where she just wasn’t having the day um and really caught her on the back foot to then the disqualification in Hamburg the injury the calf injury she suffered at the beginning of the year um but she just moves forward relentlessly like it just it doesn’t affect her confidence it doesn’t seem to impact her psyche at all um there’s so much belief there in her abilities and when she puts it together man what is possible um she’s been on the podium uh second place at locky at the 70.3 World Champs uh we haven’t really mentioned her second place finish at uh St George World Champs um but that course is yeah a strong person’s course as will need be right has she set herself up potentially to um I think be a a factor in a real threat to stand at top the podium um she’s going to have some company Lucy Charles Barkley decided that she actually is going to pursue uh the world championship in nce this year um a lot of great you know Laura Phillip uh on the podium last year she’ll be a contender Annie H always um a threat so you know we’ll see how it plays out but cat Matthew is definitely putting herself uh in the conversation yeah look at this crowd dting amazing like so early on you got the problem the problem sometimes is you get two carried away and she’s not even anywhere near halfway she’s like just finishing the uh first lap um so yeah you can sort of nearly get two caught up in the moment and then you you you you sort of lose a little bit of energy later in the race but right now she’s milking it and working out well for her indeed uh again J looks super strong I wouldn’t expect anything otherwise uh at this early stage of the marathon but she is uh enjoying herself a comfortable lead over her nearest competitor who is still Ruth AEL who is doing uh a brilliant job of holding ell’s viser at Bay uh that lead has been hovering around 45 seconds last time check uh at 10.2 kilometers uh El’s took another 10 seconds back so it’s down to 35ish seconds uh but Ruth AEL considering she is light we’ll say on run miles um doing a very courageous Marathon so far but lots of running left to go yeah no she’s doing an amazing job here as speak of the devil here she is on camera just doing a thing um yeah it’s great to see cat and her run out together but quickly uh cat SE got some good separation which allowed Ruth I think a little bit of space to just find her Rhythm um and yeah right now she’s doing a fantastic job um and who knows what uh El vissa has left in the tank in the second half of this Marathon we’re not we’re only just starting out on the first lap the second lap um of four so plenty of running to go and uh yeah like backing up only one week ago from another full distance uh race El vissa might yeah not have uh fully recovered so uh yeah I think um Ruth has just got to focus on what she’s doing and right now she’s uh doing the best she can and running really well I think looking here are at that’s Dani BL BL that is BL and here we are is Visa yeah eler uh different different turns there because El is is a bit uh quite a bit actually in front of uh Daniela blel but uh with so many twists and turns on this course you can see why it can be a fast course because you’re getting so much encouragement uh from the crowds but with so many 180 degree turns that does um almost like a almost like an itu or w etcs race uh with all of those turns and it’s a skill you really have to practice to get good at to not lose your momentum with all those twists and turns yeah and as you get really fatigued towards the end of the marathon it’s not those turns are not going to feel particularly good and the fresher athlete is uh definitely going to um make those turns a little easier uh as we saw with Robert call just it looked like there was a bit of a hitch every time he came out of a corner but then everything would be fine on the straightaway so uh yeah it’s uh they’re going to wear little just take a little bit more energy out of these athletes who are already on uh getting uh pretty empty and looking back uh Steph Clutterbuck now at 10:23 back that’s through 8 and a half kilometers and let’s see if some of the Chargers behind her are making up any ground but now since we’re with Daniela blell we’re going to check on uh with her in our Fighting Chance series to see what she had to say about racing here at Iron Man Victoria gastis let’s talk about I man Victoria we’re here um what do you know about I man Victoria well I’ve heard that it’s a very nice race with uh yeah great atmosphere uh Spectators uh really big uh how do you say that um yeah great atmosphere in the city especially on the run and today I checked the the B Co already which is really beautiful so I I’m not sure if I have ever seen such a beautiful course to be honest um it’s really yeah really nice Countryside and um beautiful Lake as well so can imagine this bik course really suits you would you say yeah I think so especially because it’s 180k long not only 90 yeah I like the Rolling Hills and yeah this race is really important now for the for the series um because obviously you can get a lot of points here um and then Zam will be another uh hopefully a little bit better than laaa but I think around these points would be good as well and then n depending on the whole field um but I think I’m yeah with only two races in I’m quite okay so far two races in but so far so good yeah having a great season so far and here we are with our men’s leader lurking in the background have Christ hog the is starting to creep up onto his shoulder and uh yeah looks like he’s got to uh he’s going to take over this lead very very shortly you can just hear the the the crowd in the background giving the cheers to these two men uh locked in battle and the exciting thing is that behind Christian Hogan how just about 90 seconds back uh is the pair of Antonio Bonito Lopez and David mcname uh so the crowd really being treated um to an epic battle out here on this Hoka Marathon course Christian Hogan how uh your uh your new uh leader at this stage through 21.6 kilometers as we take a look at our vinfast performance an analysis for your new men’s leader Christian Hogan hog averaging 415 K estimated time at the next split of 629 yeah that pass happened a few kilometers before I predicted D so I apologize oh sorry what did you predict I said 26 km um yeah I was wrong oh you’re about you’re about 5 km off there bud I know can’t get it right all the time you no can’t it’s hard H looks like he’s moving well strong really does he he had that Rhythm coming out of uh uh in the first kilometer off the bike so but he’s got a little bit of a problem with who’s chasing him down and those guys are really moving so I hope it doesn’t I hope it doesn’t form an emotional attachment to his escort cyclist cuz it may not be with him for very long but look this is the time where it gets real in a marathon at the next split 24.8 that’s when you like either run on or you’re going to survival mode a little bit that’s between the 24 and 32 km Mark is where you’re like hang on no I’d went out way too hard this I’m this is going to be a long run home or you get the bit between your teeth and you like you run run on strong and so what’s going to happen over the next 30 minutes is really going to set up the final final lap of this uh forap course and yeah it’s going to be pretty exciting cuz and don’t forget like they’ve got Brad Weiss as well now he’s moved back into fifth as well he seems to have gathered himself um and moved back in front of Matas Peterson oh okay great so yeah a lot could happen like this could look completely different if we just turned it off and came back in 45 minutes or an hour from look very very different to what we’re seeing right now Dy uh looks like uh through that last timing marker Matias Peterson went through a bit of a a bit of bother there uh his Pace 449 K uh so whether that included perhaps a stop uh we’re not sure but certainly that is um a significant time lapse we’ll see if he gets back on Pace but that is certainly an outlier to your top 10 who are running for the most part between you know four to 415 k um with the exception of Kalen and you you called it you said once we start to see 4 and a half minute KS you think that that’s sort of the end of it in that last timing split for Robert Kalen and 437 K yeah I was just making stuff up though D I just picked a number no but there seemed to be a trend where it’s just like ah he’s just slipping and slipping a little bit more um but yeah like Robert’s like he’s still we’ve got 16 km uh 18 K of running left to go a little bit less and um yeah if you can just hold this Rhythm I I I can’t see him staying on the PO but I think uh maybe potentially holding off someone like a brad Weiss uh could uh for the fourth or fifth spot yep um but yeah K look amazing bike split it’s uh he tested himself to the Limit and uh sometimes yeah you pay for it on the run but he learned something he was he learned something in the process and he’s he’s still going to the World Championship so he he has that and and again it’s it’s not failure if you learn something from it so uh he’ll take that experience away but right now uh your top athletes who are sitting in uh contention for the world championship slots are going to be Christian Hogan Haag um Hogan hog sorry and Antonio Bonito Lopez and David mamy so uh Bradley we’s going to have to um do something sharp here to get himself uh a ticket to the world championship gonna have to regroup dig deep um remember his performance from the world championship a year ago where he served uh the penalty and still managed to finish in seventh place uh we know he’s got it in him uh he’s just got to believe it for himself and he’s got to get a little bit of help from uh from one of these guys ahead of him yeah really at this point I think Brad’s relying on one of these guys cracking unfortunately uh cuz is running really well but he’s not taking enough time off the man on screen and I think with the experience of Lopez and magnam and how many sub 240 marathons they’ve done I can’t see them slow they’ll slow down a little bit perhaps but yeah it’ be hard to um to see them I can’t see them SE there enough for Brad to get um back on terms with them the only thing I can see is Christian um maybe slowing down and but yeah right now Christian looks so good and really strong and he’s in such a good Rhythm and yeah he’s at the front of the race and that obviously gives you a big lift anyway uh another woman at the front of the race here who’s enjoying that big lift is uh cat Matthews uh Ruth Asel still sitting in second she gave up an extra five seconds to ‘s viser through that last time check so she sits 30 seconds ahead of El’s Visser but all of those women distancing themselves from fourth place Daniela blel still waiting for Steph cutterbuck across 11.3 k but our women’s race uh continuing to charge forward with cat Matthews at the lead we’re going to take a quick break don’t 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position here currently sitting in third looking to overtake second possibly from Ruth AEL we see uh Ruth there just in the foreground so seems like this pass uh is about to happen but Ruth AEL still running very very well uh considering the injuries that she’s been dealing with these past several months um but El Vista coming after Ruth AEL yeah she’s on on the charge right now she’s got her in the sights and yeah not like has hasn’t accelerated I think but uh definitely locked on to Ruth hle there just up 25 30 m up the road so is should pass her shortly but yeah looking really smooth she moves very well El’s Visa very comfortable and just phenomenal the uh how much racing she’s got on her body but just still able to back up it’s uh yeah very very uh very good effort here and uh she going to move herself into a second spot on a pro series Iron Man uh race and uh that’s no mean feet absolutely she is 2 minutes 35 seconds back of cat Matthews uh but the two women in cat and El’s uh matching Pace at least through the last segment uh if eles can sort of reinvigorate uh she’s definitely going to keep the pressure here on cat Matthews yeah she will look Ruth’s still running very very well she’s not um yeah giving up uh easily at all as we come back to uh women’s leader cat Matthews who’s just got a nice flow to how she runs very e economical here we see a replay of her getting all the hydration getting getting some uh hosing down to keep cool it’s getting pretty warm uh hit the 80s uh low to mid 80s now Fahrenheit uh close to 28 to 30° C uh humidity dropped away sun’s out luckily through especially through the Section there’s uh quite a lot of shade which is really nice but cat um definitely taking her time she’s uh this is Special Needs yeah personal needs yep yep personal needs um for so definitely made sure that she got that in and uh and actually during that same clip we saw Matias Peterson walking so I think that’s you know it wasn’t a stop it’s definitely um more of a a stall it wasn’t a a single event but I I just caught the bib number there and he he was walking um so that explains sort of the degradation in in his Pace I had hoped for his sake it was just a a nature break along the way that he’d get back on Pace but it seems like he is uh moving in the wrong direction there yeah a little bit of update on the men’s uh Antonio Bonito Lopez has managed draw clear of mnam uh 15 seconds up the road as uh Lopez closes in on Kalan at last check only 17 seconds back uh braad Weiss still in the hunt uh further uh he’s 455 pack of the lead so has gone past Maas Peterson as well wow cth yeah well he’s a triathlete not a cyclist anymore he’s just a he’s a triathlete he’s running well so uh it’s good and here’s uh the replay here of uh Ruth getting ped by elv Visa into taking that second spot away and uh pushing Ruth back into third place yeah here’s the thing for Ruth though she does does not need to be Crest Fallen there she’s she’s doing what she needs to do uh to put herself on the start line for the world championship taking care of that nutrition making sure the hydration the last thing a strain calf muscle needs is extra dehydration uh to tweak again so she is taking care of what she needs to do the two women now in front of her already have slots for the world championship so she needs to defend her spot um was really goal number one getting some points on the board for the pro series you know if she can keep that calf and achilles healthy she’s got plenty of more race opportunities to build up that points Arsenal uh cat’s getting some splits there you can see possibly her husband out there uh always a a feature out on these race courses giving her all of the information and she makes no qualms with answering him back when she doesn’t like some of the things that he’s telling her uh very very direct but uh yeah looks like she was engaging a bit there at least with somebody in the crowd but uh cat Matthew’s running very very strong still yeah no she’s uh yeah hasn’t changed since that first stride and coming up to um what are we at about 15 she just went through 15K and her Pace looked like it fell off there but remember she stopped at the personal table going to explain the the 22nd degradation in Pace uh she looks like she’s still moving super duper well so I’m not worried about her at all yeah no she’s moving great uh very fluent uh economical just getting it done uh but yeah making sure that she is taking care of that hydration and nutrition side of things so cuz el v is still luring in the shadows Man 2 and a half minutes back still more than halfway to go there’s lots of running still to go in this women’s race in the men’s however we’re getting in the final third uh so the real business end of this and the men’s race the top four uh all within I think at last check it was about 30 uh two minutes uh minute 15 it’s not much yeah minute 15 so yeah it’s uh yeah things are happening in the men’s race back uh with our women uh outside of the top three uh Daniela blell sits nearly six minutes back Steph Clutterbuck at 1140 Katarina wolf uh moving up a little bit on step Clutterbuck she just sits about uh 4 minutes 10 back of Steph Clutterbuck outpacing her by about 25 seconds per K Yan UDR also moving really really well she’s 1622 back so Steph Clutterbuck if she wants to hold on to that world championship qualifying slot she’s got to find another gear uh get those calories on board because right now the women behind her Katarina wolf Gana udat and Simone Mitchell uh all moving at about 25 seconds per K faster so uh Steph could see herself fall all the way to eth Ninth Place uh in not too much time so uh get it together Steph and uh the other women are coming we’re going to take a quick break but don’t go away because we’re going to come right back with lots more racing from Iron Man Victoria [Music] guess open up the cuz I’m coming up to you so send down your wings and let them bring me to you you know I’m standing at the [Music] station beyond the Finish Lines our commitment goes the extra mile we are the Iron Man Foundation we’ve given back more than $55 million to support our mission of leaving a positive impact throughout race communities without our amazing athletes volunteers and givers we wouldn’t be where we are today together let’s continue this journey of impact join the Iron Man foundation and be a part of something extraordinary [Music] [Music] uh men’s race leader here um we are looking at Christian Hogan hog who overtook uh the great cyclist Robert Kalen uh who’s you know struggling a little bit after that massive bike effort still holding down second place but the pair of oh nope I take it back here goes Antonio bito Lopez moving in to Second Place ahead of Robert Kalen so now for the first time Antonio Bonito Lopez from Spain sitting in second place behind Christian Hogan hog yeah he seemed to roll up pretty quick and now looks like Bonito Lopez going to move ahead of Christian Hogan hog as well so while we were at break that’s the pass that happened uh Bonito Lopez over Ken now Bonito Lopez over Christian Hogan hog and once again through 25.3 kilometers we’re going to have a new men’s leader for the I don’t know how many time uh out on race course today but uh very very Dynamic racing uh Antonio Benito Lopez going past Christian Hogan hog to become your new men’s leader yeah he’s he’s rolling pretty well isn’t he Bonito he’s just got a nice roll to Rhythm to him and he’s just going to cruise right past Hogan Hal and uh a little Fanny Pat yeah yeah Hogan Hal is not going to respond when there’s that much difference in Pace it’s just too difficult it’s too difficult it’s too risky if you even try to you’re just you’re you’re burning so much glycogen already you’re already depleted uh to try to put in a surge of pace like that uh those two right now running difference of about 15 seconds per K which is pretty significant so Antonio Bonito Lopez your new men’s leader so quite the shakeup now uh we’ve got Antonio Bonito Lopez in first Christian Hogan hog in second and for all we know Robert Kalen still in third but with David mamy uh coming in hot too as well so we’ll see if David mnam can’t Leap Frog over Kalen and possibly Hogan hog as well yeah it would be interesed to see this next split uh what the Gap is uh between mnam and Lopez cuz it wouldn’t surprise me if uh Lopez gets back in so let’s look at our Precision Fuel and hydration performance stats at the Run 25.3 km Mark anito Bonito Lopez estimated clock at next split is 64603 which is 403 average pace yeah right now he is the fastest uh mover on course David mamy not far off at 406 K uh but really does look like Antonio Bonito Lopez putting in a big surge here um mname the only one who’s running even close to that um so far here Bradley wi hanging in there um fifth place uh at 414k so he is outpacing Hogan hog at this point as well as Kalen so if Hogan hog continues to degrade there’s still the door is open for Bradley Vice but uh pretty soon we’re going to talk about running out of real estate yeah I think I think you’re right DD look yeah I think we need to wait a little bit to see how Hogan har sort of uh responds to losing his uh leaders position sometimes it’s a little deflating um and this is the time that look you realize that you’ve still got an hour of running to go um it’s a little uh debilitating sometimes but uh look right now the man on screen uh Bonito Lopez has uh got the wind any sails and he’s just sort of rolling along and using the fact that he just moved into the lead uh to really bring uh bring some extra energy but we’ll see at the next check at 29 km Mark if uh the likes of mnam where he’s at so we just saw Lopez go through the 29 km Mark the last split 347 so he definitely got a sniff of that lead and and picked it up a little bit so wouldn’t surprise me if mnam comes through maybe next um but it’s Hogan Hart 16 seconds back um 407 pace through that last segment so and here we have cat Matthews about to make the pass obviously a lap back but she is uh uh passing Robert Kalen as well we had a chance to chat with cat Matthews Before the Race so let’s uh see what cat had to say about racing here at Iron Man Victoria gestes training’s gone really well just been at home some heat some some cold some rain it’s been fine yeah I focus on my race day everything that gets me to race day performing at my best and then performing at my best and I have an excellent team of people around me who are creating the environment to give me that opportunity so I might put together really like comprehensive plan a plan B’s plan C’s that we could do throughout the whole year to make sure that the pro series became the focus um and this is the third attempt for my second Iron Man of a pro series um and then I’ve got a um 7.3 as well coming up in a few weeks in Talon which is the European Championship so with Hamburg just a few weeks ago we did try and Target only the championship races but um just yeah changed the plan obviously I create lots of um options in my mind of how I think I could play the race um but ultimately it’s just a performance and I think especially with this sort of racing now there’s such strong Fields every race you go to that you can’t really have a plan you know it’s not a it’s not an individual effort it’s a react and adapt um sort of situation so I know I’ve got X number of wats to push um as an I know how many WTS like not this is how many WS you should push from anyone telling me um and I know how much heart rate I have and how much Pace in the legs as soon as I get off the bike so it’s not about being told how to to race a race for me it’s more about just going with the flow on race day G actually she beat me in my first IR man I ever did so I have big respect for her um and obviously I think she ran a 252 or three here last year which I think surprised people because I think this course is not known for how quick it is that was a I think it was a run PB for her on a course that is a bit you know challenging in terms of keeping an even Pace I think you probably changed Direction about I don’t know 18 times every lap four La so it’s it shouldn’t be a fast course um so yeah I think it’ll be I’m really hoping that I won’t have to worry about her run but I will definitely be aware of it um getting off the bike well there’s one thing for sure cat Matthews you will not have to worry about guru’s run today but you need to keep your eyes on El’s Visser who’s holding cat right now she is inching closer she’s just two minutes back uh but uh Ells has been sort of chipping away at it uh but cat looks very very much in control um and I love her comments about how she she hasn’t had a strategy and and to be honest the way her season is played out you can’t follow a plan because so many things have been thrown at her uh between the calf injury and then the disqualification at Hamburg and she’s had to really pivot it’s been a chess match you know for her in terms of season planning but hopefully uh if she can secure the vict here uh again with the pro series being her priority for the year uh certainly the Iron Man World Championship being a priority for her for the year um she can sort of from here sort of reset and say okay my points are secure I’ve got two Iron Man wins I get three full iron distance races towards my points tally let’s have the world championship be one of them now where do we go from here yeah i’ absolutely agree and and you can always add in a 70.3 here there if she needs to at the end of the season as well yeah so she’s after this one well she’ll compete in no doubt she’ll compete in topa too yeah um of course and you always got uh wa as well the weekend before is the final of the PTO uh the uh professional Triathlon series um so yeah it’s uh yeah she’s got plenty of options with uh if she comes away with the win today to really just uh consolidate uh a great Series so far and here we are with with Bonito Lopez just really flowing he’s yeah really feeling the energy of the crowd here you can sort of he’s just got a really good rhythm going and uh no one in sight from that camera angle yeah uh really running away with this thing at least seemingly right now um very uh pretty close to coming up on 10 km to go which means one more lap of running uh again Christian Hogan hog is nearest competitor uh he surged past him um right after the last timing mat uh and enjoys a 16-second lead on him David mnam uh coming through potentially on Christian Hogan hog uh pretty quickly uh Robert Kalen has moved down two spots um and is really suffering Bradley Vice uh locking down fifth place right now running 4minute KS uh can he get past Hogan hog it’s gonna be a big ask it is yeah what do you got like it’s yes four four four minutes and minutes four and a half minutes with 10ks to go 12 case to go yeah it’d have to be a bit of an implosion by Hogan how to to uh yeah for Brad to get back and and that’s assuming that Brad can sustain this base like he he has he’s been fighting pretty hard I he was he slowed to 420s at one point was lingering around 415s and seems to have had a bit of a Resurgence so can he get it together and get a Little Help from somebody up the road it doesn’t seem like it’s going to come from Lopez it doesn’t seem like it’s going to come from Mame so if it’s going to come from anybody it’s going to have to be from Hogan hog well you have Hogan hog in the in cona you know it’s it’s going to be interesting he’s going to have some talking points that’s for sure so it would be good to see him qualify and uh and go to the big island and race cuz he’s a very exciting athlete to to watch that’s for sure and uh look yeah it’s really pleasing to see mamy um he’s very good in these conditions it’s uh over 30° C now um and uh yeah he’s sort of still 34 seconds back at last time check uh on uh Antonio and uh yeah he’s keeping in sight and look we still got a little bit less than 12 problems to go uh yeah 40 40 minutes uh 40 40 few more about 42 43 minutes at this pace and uh yeah who knows what Dave can find in that closing if you really if you really wants it so we we’ll see it could be a really exciting last 10 km here but right now this man on scen he’s looking pretty good he’s looking very very good uh seems like his turnover is just accelerating again he doesn’t look like a guy of particularly tall stature especially when you compare him to someone like Robert Callen uh but really long legs for a relatively shorter guy and boy he’s using him to his Advantage he’s got quick turnover for a guy with relatively long legs uh you know just given his proportions um certainly a compact guy but uh using those long legs and what a great turnover yeah know he’s moving really nicely and it’s hard to see him foldering at this point but I have seen it happen in N man many many times but yeah right now he’s he’s uh yeah just running away with this and uh on a great display of how to run run the marathon off a very hard Swim Bike uh cuz you got to think these guys are well under course record Pace a different level not a ton of full distance racing on his resume uh longdistance championships he was second in 2023 uh again not the same as the Iron Man distance uh but beyond that really his specialty has been uh the 70.3 but uh boy uh minus the the performance at Iron Man Portugal in Kash uh back in 2023 where he was third uh this will definitely uh if he can secure the win here today uh put a feather in his cap across the full distance yeah and give him a lot of points in the Pro Series as well TD that would really uh be a great uh yeah start uh to his uh you can see like he can feel it man he like he’s in the last lap now now he’s just circled uh past the Finish Line headed out on this La last lap and you can just see it’s pulling him it’s pulling him uh the will here so here we have mname uh who is going past uh Hogan HW that is on the screen right uh they are going into I believe whoops the um the Finish Line Stadium will will make that U-turn and come back around um but yeah mcname now on the shoulder of Christian Hogan and that pass is uh looming yeah actually’s obviously not feeling great if he he hasn’t yeah he started to struggle a little bit as well M I think I think it took a lot out of him just to get hogen Hall back which p credit to him like he’s uh been running so well um but yeah I think it’s uh it’s costing me a little bit cuz if you don’t go straight past there’s a there’s a reason that you’re not quite feeling it so um yeah like if Dave’s sort of like I think going through maybe a bit of a bad patch right now um and this pace is uh sort of where he wants to be and I’m sure he he’ll gather himself maybe get a gel at the next St station get some get some uh more electrolites in and maybe he can uh gather himself but again this is a little bit of a tight section of the course you see he doesn’t have a lot of room so maybe maybe he’s just sort of gathering himself here because of the nature of where they’re at in the course finding a better spot to to maybe make the pass but I would agree he doesn’t look like he’s as aggressive as he might have once been and Hogan hog looks to be moving really really well still yeah no he he is and uh yeah no you’re right it’s it’s a really narrow spot and if Dave could just be like okay well I’m quite happy at this pace I’ll just get the heart rate down a little bit gather myself and then when it opens up again look I’ll I’ll go past but he’s got no one really there’s no one behind him running this fast and maybe he’s like on okay if Tony can run that then it’s his I can’t I can’t match that he dropped me um because it’s definitely going out now so we’re looking at 17 already and if you make if you try to make a pass when you’re not feeling good if you’re feeling a little depleted at this course of the race as anybody would 10ks to go just less than um if you forced the pass you could blow like he could he could really blow it so a a smart move really for David MIM to just lock in uh to this pace Bank on maybe the last couple of KS if he needs to um and and Bank on the fact that he’s going to have better closing speed and the final KS and no sense in pushing it other than the fact that every second matters and so could he pick up some more points possibly but his objective right now is that world championship qualifying slot uh again he hasn’t been Racing Pro Series races this is his first uh in the series so perhaps less of a priority for him other than just locking up that Championship slot so why make the risk particularly if you’re feeling a little bit rough uh but now he seems to be easing into it and inching a little bit past henh yeah I think he’s probably enjoying the company he’s just uh yeah I think Dave he missed Antonio Bonito Lopez they were together for so long he felt where’s my next friend he wanted a buddy he just wanted a friend but Dave yeah like I know fairly well he he looks a little tired now I think uh yeah he just needs to gather himself it’s still still got what yeah just about 10 km to go so when you’re feeling it and you’re starting to feel that empty feeling which you’ve done enough iron man you’ve definitely experience that um it’s hard and he’s just uh but like he’s easing away now but it’s not with that same Vigor that he had like 10 10 km ago but uh uh yeah I think Lopez is uh looking looking the goods right now for me DD yeah I mean again it’s it’s I don’t see anybody at this point catch him it would take a a remarkable implosion you could just see he he could um you know he could smell it there’s blood in the water he could smell it and he’s being drawn to that finish line and what an exciting performance from him Kalen continuing to hold on to Fourth Place uh at 4:30 back through 31.3 km but I anticipate uh that Bradley Weiss will be shortly uh there after Robert Kalen we’re going to take a quick break uh don’t go away lots of exciting racing left to come [Music] open up the SK cuz I’m coming up to you so send down your wings and let them bring me to you you know I’m standing at the station ready to go aane I’m just [Music] you know and we know the thing about challenging yourself is you’re always looking for what’s next [Music] introducing the Iron Man Pro Series virtual Edition on fullgaz join athletes from across the globe as they conquer bike courses from the Iron Man Pro [Music] Series challenge yourself travel the world and earn your exclusive finishers medal push your limits and make your mark exclusively on fullgaz Unleash Your Inner Champion register now at full gas.com [Music] Iron Man Victoria gastes is brought to you by Hoka fly human fly and by vinfast boundless together so watching cat Matthews here she uh was super aggressive in the closing stages of the bike from about 110 kilometers on really created some separation from that group of four uh that had been riding together most of the swimming and riding together through most of the day uh darted out of T2 um over took the lead uh from her closest competitors and now uh sits 2 minutes um and actually now 23 seconds of ahead of ell’s viser ell’s had shut that down to just over 2 minutes uh but cat making a surge got another 20 seconds back um uh on El’s and Ruth AEL holding down uh third place sitting at 320 back Daniela blell uh fighting hard she’s in fourth position at 9 minutes 20 back so it really is uh a three-w onean race at this point uh Ken ell’s Visser cut you know you know chased down cat Matthews uh cat’s going to put up a a heck of a fight but right now L’s keeping cat Matthews honest yeah she really is DD as we check in with the current weather conditions presented by Roka 84° f 29° c a few clouds in the sky uh UV index is up pretty high uh and not much wind to speak of and the humidity as we talked about earlier start is dropped away quite a lot so it’s a little getting a little warm um I feel more for the age groupers that are going to be finishing later in the day CU I think it’s just going to keep getting hotter and hotter but all the athletes out there are handling it very very well um so yeah especially this lady on screen cat Matthews hasn’t changed form since that first step onto the hoker Run course uh super smooth and just just when she gets a little bit of down here you can just see the flow the way she covers the ground is really really nice and that’s what that’s how she got her silver medal at the world 7.3 championships last year she does have a lot of speed she’s just not an IR man athlete she can she’s a very good 70.3 the diversity for her the range that she has um perhaps not a wtcs type of athlete cuz doesn’t have quite that swim speed but her her ability across I mean she’s had she’s been second both at the uh 70.3 World Champs uh and at the full Iron Man World Champs so uh yeah the the range is there um she is as strong as she is fast um she’s had some bad luck she’s had some big blows uh that disqualification at hurg just a laps and concentration for one small moment when she saw race Ranger turn red and thought you have to go cuz she had suffered offed a penalty uh at Iron Man Texas and so she saw red and was like you have to go forgetting and not realizing she was in a no pass zone so uh swallowed that bitter pill but she’s back here at Iron Man vitoria uh writing what went wrong in hurg yeah she really is uh making up for that race uh obviously he was in great form there and uh just unfortunate but she’s showing what she was fully capable of doing by uh her performance here today uh here in Spain um Amazing Race here we have uh El Visa uh who’s still as you said keeping cat honest um 239 at last check falling away just a few seconds every kilometer on cat I think I don’t know if she’s slowing down or cat’s just sort of sped up a little bit I know it’s a it’s a bit of cat and mouse cuz L’s closed her down to just over 2 minutes now it’s back to 223 225 or so so yep you know if cat had any aspirations of racing somewhat conservatively to just check the win box and move on uh El’s V says uh nope I’m going to make you earn it and so far that’s how things are unfolding two minutes is just that uncomfortable spot isn’t it they just as they’re just ticking through halfway yeah it’s just not good enough come on yeah I mean look at El Visser too backto back um full distance racing here just really really amazing that she’s able to even stand straight uh not to mention to to challenge cat here potentially for the win but she’s out there doing it and so snaps to El Visser as well but cat Matthews continues to be in [Applause] control and here we’re taking a look at Sam ladow now we’re getting a lot of questions a lot of comments we see you we hear you here’s what happened Sam ladow once again was assessed a penalty at kilometer 69 um rules stipulate that you must check in at the next penalty tent that is the rule it doesn’t matter who you are it doesn’t matter where you are in the course the rule is you must stop at the next penalty tent because it serves a great Advantage if you’re in the lead pack if you stay there until the end of the bike and choose to serve your penalty there you do not have a choice as an athlete where you serve your penalty you serve your penalty at the next penalty tent which was at kilom 7172 it was a couple of kilometers away he neglected to stop at the penalty tent he did not stop rules also stipulate if you do not stop at the next penalty tent you will be disqualified when he did not stop at the penalty tent referees disqualified him he was not notified of his disqualification until T2 uh at T2 he was notified by a technical official that he was disqualified and he responded to the technical official saying I intend to protest the disqualification so he is out finishing the race and will protest in front of a committee at the conclusion of the race the committee will hear his protest deliberate and a decision will made will be made we’re told anywhere from one to a handful of hours after his protest is filed he has 60 Minutes to notify officials of his intent to protest which he must most certainly must do Sam low in his a position now as defending Iron Man world champion he does not need to qualify for the World Championship he simply needs to validate and finish the race so his options are limited if he is if the disqualification holds up and he does not win the protest he is already locked out of Iron Man like plaid which happens a week from now there is the option of Iron Man Frankfurt although that list has not been disclosed and it is you know curious whether or not he put his name on there as a hedge uh but if not that list is closed as well and so his opportunity to validate his slot would be gone so there is a lot on the line he is going to protest and we’ll have to wait and see what the technical committee decides on the protest but he’s running well yeah I mean so if you’re seeing Sam low out on the course and don’t understand obviously there have been social media posts that he’s been disqualified why is he still running he’s running because he intends to protest whether or not that protest will will stand is to be determined but the rules stipulate you must stop at the next penalty tent which he failed to do you do not have the choice of which penalty tent you stop at uh the athletes are told at the briefing where the penalty tents are they are listed on the course Maps it is up to the athlete to know where they are located he did not stop if you get a drafting penalty and you think it’s bogus and you just choose not to stop you can’t do that you have to stop serve the penalty and then you can protest the drafting penalty but he didn’t do either of those things so he’s he’s in a tough position right now but he’s finishing out the race and we’ll see what the committee decides on his protest period thanks D that was good clarification love it and back to our women’s leader cat Matthews yeah and Cat still looking the goods here uh moving into the second half of this hooker Run course starting her third lap on this four laap course 10.5 km each lap and she just seems to be going strength from strength to strength and uh yeah not slowing down at all which is a good thing cuz El’s vissa is not letting her have this all her own way no and she’s still within uh 2 and 1/2 minutes of the leader right now and you Ruth Asel fighting the fight uh again we’ve talked about her injury and her return to racing uh the fact that she is sitting Just 4 minutes 20 down of cat Matthews um with the injuries that she suffered throughout the year just a great race for Ruth Asel and things coming together for her still as you say Joe early days uh she’s got a lot of running left to do um with not a lot of miles in her legs running wise but certainly she has demonstrated that the fitness is there uh she was the first off the bike uh so patient in the early stages she swam really well she biked really well she got to hold it together and get that uh nie qualifying slot and get those all important points on the board uh and try to really move forward from this injury that really has played with her obviously physically but also emotionally the number of false starts well I’m going to put my name on this list nope I can’t do it I’m going to put my name on this list nope not ready yet and that’s as a professional athlete who literally is Born to Race that’s a really really hard position to be in but uh she’s reaping the benefits of her patients and having a a really really solid day out there today yeah she’s definitely had a few goals and the first one was to get through in one piece and second obviously to get that uh that qualifying spot for World Championships and right now she’s doing both of those things and having having a great day and if she can end up on the podium as well she’s going to be over the moon and uh hopefully uh body holds up well and she can uh come back and we see her a lot more racing this year just a quick update further back in the women’s race back at uh just before 20 km the trio of Simone Mitchell uh Katarina wolf and Jana UDOT have all moved past Steph Clutterbuck so Steph Clutterbuck sits in eighth place those three together Fifth Sixth and Seventh we’re going to take a quick break but we’re going to come right back to you don’t go away [Music] [Music] beyond the Finish Lines our commitment goes the extra mile we are the Iron Man Foundation we’ve given back more than $55 million to support our mission of leaving a positive impact throughout race communities without our amazing athletes volunteers and givers we wouldn’t be where we are today together let’s continue this journey of impact join the Iron Man foundation and be a part of something extraordinary [Music] [Applause] he’s and back with our men Leo and Antonio Bonito Lopez running just so well so so well so impressed with this man yeah no a beautiful run and yeah it was great to see him and Dave mamy sort of uh run through halfway together before uh Bonito just sort of like squeezed the squeezed the pace a little bit and uh catapult him straight through to the lead position and uh since then he’s just I feel like he’s running with more uh he’s more relaxed and just got a great flow to him and I can’t see anyone getting near this man you you can see now coming out of the break from the last time we saw him he’s not getting quite as much distance off the ground he’s really like leaning forward trying to roll it uh into the Finish Line uh but uh yeah you can just see the will uh is so strong and he is literally hurling himself towards the Finish Line I mean he’s got to be in a world of of hurt hurt right now um but yeah it’s uh it what a what a day what a performance for him yeah and M’s just come through and this is how fast Lopez is running that Dave’s 228 behind now it wasn’t it was only wasn’t that long ago that they were running side by side so yeah there’s definitely he’s really opened it up but I think everyone’s starting to feel the pinch a little bit it was obviously it was a very fast swim yeah extremely fast bike with uh two athletes going sub four hours on this bike course and then to back it up and Lopez to put together this marathon and right now I I I I dare not look at what sort of pace is predicted to run but it’s uh definitely going to be very very fast I think we’re going to see a super emotional finish from this man uh for the performance he has put out today again not a lot of full distance racing on his resume he’s a consistent sub um 110 runner at the 70.3 distance so we know the goods are there um just had to put the strength behind it uh to to finish out the back half and that’s really where he made his move here he had company and mname uh they set the pace together uh and it’s when Mame fell off that you could really see like almost the belief in Lopez that like hey look look at me look at what I’m doing uh and when he moved past Hogan hog that that was it like you just saw the The Surge um and now the will to win his first Iron Man yeah definitely you can see some grimaces now across this man’s face he’s he’s hurting and look he still got some running to go as well he’s uh closing in probably 5 km roughly to go so he’s still got another at this pace close to 20 minutes and this is going to hurt but it’s going to be all worth it when he uh finishes down that uh that finishing shoot it’s like he’s like I’ve already I’ve done the job like I’m winning no one’s going to catch me can we just stop now yeah unfortunately not it’s everyone’s got to run every step so yeah he’s uh got a battle all the way through uh we just saw Hogan Hart come through the last check P 30 checkpoint 35.6 km uh 421 behind so we saw not that long ago mnam and Hogan running together now uh Hogan’s nearly 2 minutes behind mnam so the wheels are starting to fall off a little bit um and it’s yeah people are going to be just uh really uh trying to get to that Finishing Line it’s uh but as we’re part of the pro this Pro Series every second matters and uh these guys are going to fight for everything so yeah it’s uh I’m expecting Carnage at the Finishing Line uh yeah yeah and rightly so I mean they’ve put it absolutely all out there um and and what an emotional uh day here for Antonio bito Lopez uh on track to win his first Iron Man in his home country of Spain uh what a great thing and and how crazy this crowd must be going for him the excitement uh continuing to build as he charges towards the Finish Line in our women’s race cat Matthews um sort of a Resurgence here eeking a little bit further away put another 20 seconds into ‘s Visser uh through 21.6 uh miles Ruth AEL holding strong at 418 back and Daniela blel now at 11 minutes back for your top four in our women’s race yeah absolutely yeah eler is just not letting cat get uh having uh any space at all here we see on shot Dave M de me from Scotland uh having a having a great day this would look I think Dave if he can hold this together and Come Away with a second place today he’s going to be over the moon he he’s he’s really uh coner is his favorite place and the reason he gets out of bed every morning and trains and for him to go back again in October he’s going to be really excited to to do that race Bradley Weiss in fourth place oh Brad Bradley Weiss in fourth place with with two minutes down from Christian Hogan how so this is a battle this is the last qualifying slot Hogan hog and Brad Weiss but Hogan hog through that last timing check his pace and and again was this a stop at perhaps a portapotty or is this a real degradation in Pace but his Pace 525k Brad we’s running a minute per K faster there’s only seven K to go yeah but you can eat that up if that is distinctively a pace change for hogen or was that a stop and yeah and yeah we we really know unless we get a shot but of it but uh yeah that’s what of said like the Brad would need Christian like an implosion and either that’s it’s happening right now or yeah he stopped P poty stop or something and he might get back into his rhythm but 2 minutes you start walking 2 minutes evaporates very very quickly as we come back to our women’s leader cat Matthews making it look easy I’m sure it’s not easy but she’s making it look pretty pretty smooth out there as she comes through a beautiful section the course and there is where the uh every athlete longs to be uh that’s our Paul K uh getting fans riled up we can see them filing into the Finish Stadium uh there um and uh getting the excitement building for our Champions uh men’s Champions expected about what 15 minutes time if that um our women still have a ways to go but uh the crowd’s starting to build the Finish Line yeah ni this is getting really exciting uh DD uh yeah obviously yeah these guys are fighting it’s crazy that these guys are all fighting for those last three cona slots yeah uh so exciting to watch these last few kilometers we have uh requested we’re not sure it’s possible our our cameras are working overtime out there with all of the action that’s happening but uh see if we can get a camera on that race for the last qualifying slot between Brad Vice and Christian Hogan hog they were 2 minutes apart at 35.6 km uh but seemingly uh Hogan hog had some sort of pause or some sort of almost breakdown um to see if uh how that battle is ensuing as we check in with our women’s leader cat Matthews who’s now through 24.8 kilometers still running really really well taking care of business we see running with that water bottle in her hand uh getting the nutrition on board keeping the hydration up um as she said back home training they’ve had a little bit of heat a little bit of rain a little bit of cold uh it’s a fine British summer that’s that’s that’s England for you exactly but I say that because I’m English originally she doesn’t seem to to be feeling a bit of bother um she’s really holding Pace nicely uh that last segment 49 K uh she’s been as quick as sort of 408 to 410 um up that of course just there she ran through that timing Matt and it said 439 but the fact that she’s got the bottle in her hand I think she might have stopped at that personal needs table possibly again uh that’s the only time we’ve seen her Pace slow and optically it doesn’t look like there is anything uh getting in her way her lead uh on ‘s viser now up to 3 minutes at 24.8 km so uh cat continuing um to increase her lead over ‘s viser who made a go of it uh and let’s not forget Ells is backing up full distance races week over week so if there were going to be chinks in the armor here they come in the second half of this Marathon she’s done a great great effort as we take uh a chance to check in with our vinfast performance analysis here on the run with Kat Matthews average pace um per kilometer 439 again that I believe includes a stop at uh the personal uh needs table uh because she has that bottle in her hand once again uh but generally speaking has been hovering in the 410 to 420 per minute k is uh just like clockwork and el v are still sitting at 3 oh sorry that’s the last time he mat I didn’t refresh my tracker whoopsy Dy we did miss something DD Brad Weiss is on the move but camworth is closing on on Brad wise so it could be Brad might get caught by camworth for the last Podium spot but get his k spot and cworth the triathlete no longer a cyclist just to announce that he’s a triath he in his words cam worth imagine him running out out running Brad wise that’ be something so uh anyway I really want to get a camera on those three guys we’re working on it I am told that we’re going to go to Hogan hog and see if Weiss runs up but now we’re going to see if Worf runs up as well oh my goodness good racing here look and yeah every second matters so I don’t know yeah cona spots on the line last Podium position on the line and obviously points as well so but here’s the thing C has a slot cam does but cam worth for third like you want to be the third place it’s you’re on the podium so well yeah you want to be on the podium but I’m saying what so if worth goes past Vice but Vice gets past Hogan hog Weiss will still get the slot yeah but cam worth will celebrate lucky W the thing if he get if he outruns Brad Weiss he’ll do the robot down the Finishing Line if he outruns Brad Weiss he say he’s a runner now yeah he’ll say I’m actually quitting to athlete I’m going to be a run I’m going to I’m going to pursue the marathon that’s exactly right hopefully cam doesn’t listen to this broadcast but here we are with our men’s lead are doing everything right Antonio Bonito Lopez really closing in on the last few kilometers here and he really just wants to get to that Finishing Line you can see he’s a few grimaces across his face now definitely you can see he slowed down but he is on some crazy Pace right now so excited to see what he actually splits for the marathon but this this is starting to really test him and and hurt as it is for the rest of the guys cuz they’ve left nothing out there today uh absolutely but uh they they better have something particularly for those guys in uh third fourth and fifth position out there who still have a lot to be racing for cam Worf to potentially put himself on the podium Bradley Vice uh to potentially get himself a world championship qualifying slot Christian Hogan hog also gunning for that world championship qualifying slot yeah and whoever doesn’t get the slot I guess Frankfurt yeah it’s tough like to back up again and here’s the thing you would have had to have that forethought because the start list for Frankfurt is closed yeah of course um so for people that don’t know for professionals um they open up the entry lists uh weeks to months before Race date and you submit your intention to raise fill out your entry form and you are secure um with a popularity these Pro Series races Iron Man has taken to indicating to the pros when races are getting full because we’re seeing record numbers of athletes enter the races and some of them are um selling out as we check in with Christian Hogan hog here who is uh trying to hold on to third place um but uh so athletes can enter and at some point a handful of weeks a couple of weeks before uh the race start they will close the list uh and you are no longer able to enter it so whoever is on the outside looking in hopefully would have hedged and said hey if I don’t get it here I’m going to put my name here just in case that’s what camworth does yeah put your put your put your name down so you’re not shut out of it and there is a deadline and that is on on the entry this is the deadline for things the courtest thing to do is if you don’t intend to race to notify Iron Man they they don’t keep a wait list but certainly for us in the booth we want to know who’s racing and who’s not so an accurate start list is always helpful so if you don’t intend to race you can always remove your name from a start l list without penalty uh but as a hedge hopefully some of these guys did throw their name on Frankfurt just in case because one of these guys unfortunately is going to be on the outside looking in yeah and it’s not going to be Bonito Lopez no no I’m pretty sure he’s going to get his spot uh he’s definitely earned it so he’s come through 39.3 km still sub 4minute kilm Pace it’s hurting but he’s still holding an amazing Pace there 3 6 through that last checkpoint uh so he’s really closing in uh little under 3 km go 2.9 km to go from that last checkpoint uh a little under 2 mil 1.7 miles to go for Bonito Lopez and now we’re going to expect David mamy to be the next through that 39.3 and what we’re waiting for and why uh we have decided to join Christian Hogan hog because the race for third fourth and fifth is really really Heat up um Christian Hogan hog has resumed Pace um a little bit at least it looks like he’s not running uh what was reported at the last timing split of five you know five and a half minute K so maybe there was a stop in there uh but boy did that get um get the backup of Bradley Weiss to say you know hey there is a chance for here for this I’m not out of it yet um because of course Antonio Bonito Lopez needs a slot David Mame needs a slot Christian Hogan hod needs a slot and Bradley Weiss needs a slot so those four guys running for a a world championship qualifying slot can Bradley Weiss shut down Christian Hogan hog it doesn’t seem likely that Hogan Hog’s going to move in front of mcname to make himself safe uh so it’s really between Hogan hog and Bradley Weiss and then cam Worf um just running for bragging rights at this point trying to get himself on the podium and say I outran for points for being top for being on the podium and yeah for po his fastest ever run split which look uh Cam’s just building into into coner he’s already got his qualifying slot from ear South Africa this year where he played third and he’s just builds Fitness he it’s how he he doesn’t approach preparation like most triathletes he prepares like a cyclist and now so he uses races to build Fitness and this is just on the way to it and uh this would give him a lot of confidence into cona to maybe get back in the mix and in that top five which is what he really wants to do with con year so far men’s race leader here less than 2 kilm to go on this final lap of this Hoka Marathon to close out uh this potentially first ever win for Antonio Bonito Lopez what a day he’s had uh let’s watch him close it out but let’s watch what unfolds behind him as well because that’s pretty darn exciting stuff as well absolutely D no it’s getting really exciting uh and we won’t we’ll definitely come back to the women’s uh races as well just an update on that c Matthew still Leading The Way El vissa 259 so really yeah still keeping just below that thre minute threshold Ruth asor amazing so far um doing really well through 25.3 km still holding strong slowed a little bit but still 626 and she’s got good breathing space uh to Fourth Place uh which Daniel blel which she’s um another at last check about 7 minutes behind so Ruth doing amazing job as come back to Bonito Lopez uh who’s uh leading our men’s race in the closing probably 2 km maybe a 1.5 km to go so not far to go at all dating I am getting update from our friends at Iron Man that Hogan hog has put his name on The Frankfurt list so he he’s hedged he’s hedged should it turn South for him but right now he’s not the one that needs the Hedge I don’t think Brad I he might have but I don’t think he wanted to have to do another CH it to chase it it’s yeah it’s a lot uh especially when you live in South Africa yeah true that true that right yeah with a wife and a young daughter yeah that’s a lot that’s a big burden on the family both to ask them to stay away from home for that long and for them to be separate for that long so there’s Brad right now so yeah Brad’s running and look his wife will be out there giving him all the information uh I get chill thinking about it cuz no he knows what he over the shoulder and Brad’s tough he’s one here we go oh here we go here we go Brad Weiss on the shoulder of Christian Hogan Haag little Fanny Pat there it goes wow oh golly yeah you saw Hogan how got the heads up uh that he’s there and there goes Bradley way so really what this means right now so David mam by the way through 39.3 kmers he’s four minutes down of an Antonio Bonito Lopez um but the real sort of race within the race and part of why we’re getting so excited here is uh Brad Weiss really chasing uh that Iron Man World Championship qualifying slot as is Christian Hogan hog um and Hogan hog just not able the one-time leader of the race just not able to hold it together in these last 10 kilometers Brad Weiss um it worked down a two-minute Gap uh to him in the last you know couple of KS so uh Bradley Weiss definitely showing that grit and determination that we we’ve seen for him uh going to be in a world of hurt oh Brad yeah Brad’s I I’ve never seen him like that before every muscle in his whole body was like locked up but he’s still he’s such a talent like in my heart of hearts I want to see Hogan how come back by him like I want to see them battle all the way to the finish line but uh what a what a race oh my goodness yeah very very exciting and yeah no they’re both just throwing everything they’ve got at it and uh yeah Hogan like full credit to him he’s he did everything right y um his swim was the only thing that was a little off so he maybe had to work a little harder than maybe he wanted to and on the bike but uh yeah he he got himself into the race and was aggressive but that’s that’s his card and he played it and he R like I’ve watched him do a few um Iron Man’s now and uh he’s getting further and further to where he gets like a gorilla jumps on his back and it’s really like 37 km he’s so close ex that the good news and the only Justice in this and we knew that someone was going to be on the outside looking in and right now unfortunately it looks like it’s going to be Christian Hogan hog but the good news for him he is on and actually cam warf’s gone by him as well Cam’s closing in on Brad eight seconds and and cam is just 8 seconds back back of Brad Weiss and of course I know Brad Weiss wants the the podium certainly but will be relieved if he can just hold on to that slot Christian Hogan hog uh Iron Man Pro membership telling me is on the start list for Frankfurt Brad Weiss is not so this was Brad’s Last Chance um at that he went all in on this Hogan Hog’s going to have another swing at it in in about a month’s time um uh in Frankfurt so well that’s what Brad and I was reached out to Brad a few weeks ago and that was it he’s you know that’s all or nothing with this and being on another start list yes it makes sense if you got a flat tire but if you’ve got it in the back of your mind Brad didn’t give himself another option to qualify and maybe that’s the difference maybe that’s the difference that’s why he’s turning himself inside out right now BR BL is also very good at turning himself inside out yeah he does specialize in that but specialy this is uh an amazing performance all around these guys are leaving nothing out there H zips up zips up the fist pumps here we go we’re starting to enjoy it yeah less than a kilometer to go here R Antonio Bonito Lopez from Spain what a way to win your first Iron Man in your home country in front of this amazing crowd look at the time he’s going to come in where 735 and change right now and he’s in the closing uh few hundred met of this course amazing performance here by Antonio Bonito Lopez uh third place last year in Iron Man Portugal and now it looks like he’s going to come away with his first ever IR man victory in the Pro Series at IR man Victoria just because we’ve been referencing them swim and bike I will acknowledge uh course best time across the marathon belonged to Nick Castle uh back in 2022 with 24328 uh we’ll likely see that go today uh yeah yeah it should should do yeah it’s he’s going to be just under 240 I think by my calculation but I’ve been wrong before but uh yeah and the course record DD did you did you see that one uh overall uh course best [Applause] seven well that’s unusual it’s listed at 72827 by an age group athlete in 2021 but then the highlighted number is 75250 by so this course record has gone 736 and change right now and here he goes makes that U-turn everybody else got to turn and do another lap but it’s Antonio Benito Lopez who becomes your Iron Man Victoria gestes Champion first time Iron Man Champion secures himself a qualifying slot for the Iron Man World Championship in Kaa in October what a performance for him yeah amazing and you can see the emotion all over just yeah can’t contain it he really had a poker face until that last 100 and now he gets to celebrate this amazing performance and we’re checking in with the Wahoo element rival a 23757 run split from Antonio Bonito Lopez of Spain to run away with this race and come away the champion of Victoria castz you know it’s funny he he’s been in the mix we didn’t talk about him a whole lot because he was mixed up in a bunch of different groups both in the swim on the bike uh it wasn’t until the second half of this Marathon he got paired up uh pretty much out of transition with David mamy they both set the pace and when he distanced himself he gapped mname by about 15 seconds it’s almost like he got the bit in the teeth uh and he absolutely went for it and when he got past casteline man that was it yeah absolutely that was it he just went went for it and uh here’s uh Dave well even when he’s absolutely depleted he still is a beautiful Runner and uh you he’ll be very proud of his performance this is what he came here to do obviously would have loved to have Come Away with a win but I think he’s going to be very very happy with his performance today yeah super solid performance from David mnam we know we’ve seen him run brilliantly I wouldn’t say this is the most brilliant run ever but this might be one of the hardest fought runs ever for David mcname um we got a little concerned when uh Bonito Lopez uh sort of distanced himself was mnam going to sort of blow up from there but he has held strong uh moved himself into what we anticipate to be second position here uh don’t think Bradley Weiss is going to catch him there’s a couple of minutes back but uh Bradley Weiss got a battle on his hands now with Cameron MF who’s literally got nothing to lose he’s got his slot uh he just wants the podium he wants the extra points Bradley Vice might be relaxed a little bit thinking I have the slot that’s what I came here to do do I have the fire it took so much work for Brad Weiss to get past Christian Hogan hog does he have it to fight off Cameron morph as well yeah that’s a good question uh yes Brad Brad Brad’s uh yes he will not want to like a third place yeah is will mean a lot more to him it’s so funny for a guy whose demeanor is so kindhearted and just so mild mannered man he’s he’s he’s Savage out there yeah no he is yeah that’s what makes him such a great athlete his work ethic is second to n and yeah he knows that to turn it on race day but uh he’ll be following Dave mnam coming in uh he’s currently sitting in second uh very I did get a chance to uh okay so here we have Again Sam ladow crossing the Finish Line he has been disqualified he has uh notified technical officials of his intent to protest he’s got 60 Minutes following uh to start your watches to uh to file that protest he will stand before committee make his argument to overturn that protest and we will certainly keep you posted um but that process can take anywhere from one to a handful of hours the decision will be made today um so keep in touch with your socialist to see uh what comes out there but right now David mcname um in second place of this race uh of course if overturned ladow would assume that position uh but the penalty to Lad uh disqualification for not stopping at the penalty tent after being assessed to drafting penalty uh he’ll make his case before committee so now we’ll get behind David mcname as he makes his way towards the Finish Line in second place yeah looks it’s I can feel the pain of Dave right now just trying to get to that line he’s he’s in survival mode right now and uh he’s desperate to get to that line but he came here with a job to do and look he’s going to come away with a second place a cone of qualification and uh yeah amazing uh race for him today and he’s going to come like look at the points he’s going to accumulate uh we’ll see that as we as he crosses under the finishing Arch but a great way to open his uh Pro Series account as well yeah I mean every reason to be super pleased um sure he would have liked to have stayed with uh Antonio Bonito Lopez as the two ran shoulder toh shoulder and potentially take it all the way to the finish line but uh not very many things for David mname to hang his head about here yeah here we go our second place finisher David mamy from Scotland finishing second in Victoria I man Victoria gastes congratulations Dave mcnam done acknowledgement of the crowd there takes the handshake he looks a little bit wobbly there uh congratulations to his competitors as well um and now we will wait for third place will it be Cameron morf will it be Bradley Vice could have a Sprint on our hands could could be could be some cramping so Dave MC came with a 24203 so really solid run especially uh fading a little bit in that last looks like uh at 41.1 KMS uh cam Worf has nudged by Bradley Vice uh leads him by about 15 seconds um so he is uh currently in third place we would anticipate uh seeing him next but Bradley Vice holding off uh Christian Hogan hog and will uh secure that um conal qualifying slot for the world championship in October Bradley W just needs to get himself across the line Christian Hogan hog what a hard fought battle uh he’s still out there battling sitting in fifth place as we check in with cat Matthews our women’s leader who now enjoys a 3 minute and 36 second lead over ell viser so she continues to eek further and further away as she faces uh about 12 km left to go so she’s going to finish out this lap have one more to go for cat Matthews yeah about 50 around 50 minutes or so to uh to go for cat at this pace so like she’s looking fantastic and uh but yeah throwing back to El’s vissa she’s still 336 back slowed a little bit uh and there’s a little the gaps extended but still not enough for cat Matthews to just uh relax and just uh chill out she still got to hold this pace through to the end but I I believe that this momentum is is going to make her feel better about when ‘s was sort of trying to reel her in brought her to almost 2 minutes um and um yeah so now she’s enjoying the fact that that number is getting bigger rather than smaller which is what you want to see when you’ve got 10 uh 10 plus kilometers left to go and it looks like we just maybe missed camworth come across the line uh in third place um so yeah camworth so bit of sweet for uh Brad Weiss um but he’ll be very happy with to secure his cone a qualification but camworth amazing performance third place 24441 congratulations cam you are a [Laughter] triathlete uh here we go with a replay of David mname across the line in second place again a replay of D David Mame that happened a few moments ago and it was Cameron WF across the line in in third uh for the men his marathon time unofficially 24441 followed by Bradley Vice here’s the replay of Cam Worf across the line actually looking fresh as a daisy well done cam Worf um yeah he he comes across un official race time 743165 uh sorry 2451 for 743 51 and here we w Christian Hogan hog got to be hard for him he missed out both on the qualifying slot um and we’ll have to battle back uh in Frankfurt uh if he wants to race you got to feel a little bit of the disappointment at one point he had a whiff of the whiff of the lead um but really struggled in the in the closing kilometers of that Marathon but still 25323 for him uh the emotions uh definitely display as a bit of disappointment for Christian Hogan hog but we will see him again we’re going to take it down to the uh finish line for our recoveries with or for our interviews with our men’s Champions starting with your Champion we are with our champion Antonio Benito uh Antonio congratulations for the vi could you imagine that you could win today here in [Music] so Antonio said he came Antonio said he came for to Victoria for his slot for Kona but finally he was feeling well especially during the the race and he was overthinking people and finally he could uh have this amazing Victory with 7 hours and 36 [Music] minutes when Nang won here in Victoria St in 20122 he made 7 hours 52 minutes he made today 7 hours 36 minutes so amazing performance for Antonio Benito and the last thing uh I’m going to ask now uh last year you won 70.3 swans and this that afternoon um Carlos alcar won wimon you won today here in Victoria States this afternoon Carlos Alara is fighting for Wimbledon is like a signal yes Carlos win this afternoon and Spain win europea cup yeah for Applause this Applause ladies and gentlemen for our Iron Man Victor Champion Antonio Benito thank you and thank you very much there you go Antonio Bonito uh smashing his personal best here on the course good enough to take the win here today as we bring James teagle across the line uh in 74646 uh for him he will take home sixth place uh but an Antonio Bonito uh talking about how he is setting the trend for Spanish athletes around the world anticipates Spanish win at Wimbleton anticipates a Spanish win at what did you say the World Cup uh Euro Cup okay Euro Cup soccer sorry okay football football yeah football in Europe yes thank you uh so yes amazing interview that was great great to hear very very emotional win for him and obviously uh to win on home soil uh amazing uh so here we are with cat Matthews uh still looking the goods here as she heads out onto her last lap I tell you one person who’s a group of people who aren’t getting tired or are fans along the course here uh they continue to will these athletes along and Cat Matthews goes past the 32 km Mark uh so 10.2 km to go she’s into her last lap uh and of course that pacing right back to 412 so she is like a metronome out there uh been waffling 4 410 to 420 uh with the occasional at the personal needs table which drags her to 440 but um really really just getting the job done here today is showing a little bit of fatigue uh but I’m just being hypercritical uh she looks great looks like a yeah might be a slight uphill I don’t know but yeah she’s look yeah she’s looking great uh I think yeah she’s been pushed all the way and I think it’s actually it’s good for her cuz if she just came came and uh sort of just able to shut it down early I think she wouldn’t you wouldn’t learn any as much so she’s been sort of tested a little bit and but have to really run under pressure the whole way it’s been the story of her season that she’s had to Pivot and and regroup and pivot and regroup I think she came in here with the hopes uh of having a comfortable lead so she wouldn’t have to push the marathon but hey race conditions pivot regroup and uh she’s being pushed all the way uh to the line As We join Robert Kalen across the Finish Line in 74905 what a performance from him obviously strugg struggled a little bit in the marathon but um the fastest bike split ever recorded across this distance uh for him today so he really laid it all out on the line and we’ll we’ll take a lot of learnings from it yeah no he’s definitely pushed his name forward on on the on the Iron Man list a lot of people will take note of that performance that swim bik combo is absolutely lethal so he’s already got his coner slot um and full credit to him that he managed to battle all the way to the line cuz for a moment there he it looked like it was going to go sideways so he he managed to uh gather himself and uh finish off strong and uh come across the line uh was it was he was it seventh is that we uh uh e sorry Matas Peterson uh sth so yeah a great performance so here we are in the last about 9 Kil too 9 and a half k for our M’s leader cat uh Matthews who’s having an amazing day out there but we’re going to go away for a quick break and we be back with all the action don’t go away here’s Elizabeth in the middle of The Perfect Workout for her to create it we analyzed her Biometrics and genetics her recovery rate 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women Still In the Heat of battle with cat Matthews continuing to lead yeah the last check uh El vissa 41 back so definitely uh cats has full control of this race uh but yeah El’s definitely uh held accountable through this whole marathon and we’re still yeah we’re in the closing stages but still plenty of running left about between about 35 35 minutes or so until cat gets AC cross that Finishing Line so yeah she can’t let a guard down yet uh she’s still got plenty of steps still to take and hey just looking back um a little bit further a foot uh in the women’s race Guru the local Legend uh has moved herself into the top 10 she’s 30 minutes back of cat Matthews but uh inside of the top 10 um and looks like she will pick up several more spots uh before the end of this Marathon so uh continuing to battle out there for Guru fraus yeah and she’ll keep battling all the way to that line so who knows what uh she’ll end up finishing at the end of the day yeah for sure but yeah here some of these men they’re just making sure they’re keeping the pressure on all the way to the line to make sure that they get as many points as they possibly can in this world Pro man Pro Series uh here we go C Matthews see on slightly downhill she just seems to be flowing down here there’s definitely a couple of like sort of undulation she looks really good in control uh just on that sort of yeah right on on the edge of uh yeah holding a form together and uh look U making this look uh really good ah she’s doing all the right things in terms of cooling has got ice in that hat you saw she just took it off grabbed a few cubes out she’s holding those in the palms of her hand if you can get ice on on some of those veins and arteries in the hand it can really help cool your entire body down so uh by keeping those hands nice and cool keeping that head nice and cool you can literally bring that core body temperature down uh we know temperatures in the low to mid 80s Fahrenheit right now uh humidity is down but it’s a it’s it’s a warm warm Marathon out there women finish as you’re going through all the downtown the buildings there’s not much Breeze out there yeah there’s not much air flow at all so it probably feels even hotter than what was telling you the weather is it’s um yeah it’s probably pretty sticky down there and uh yeah got to make sure you stay on top of the hydration as we going back to our third place on the run right now Ruth AEL who yeah she’s in one piece um she’s doing well she’s closing in on that last 10 she’s just about to start her last lap so 10.5 km to go uh for Ruth and yeah she’s moving well and got plenty of space on Fourth uh so it’s just needs to keep yeah that’s a good sign she’s willing to high five she’s still got some energy with 10K to go so yeah absolutely so great to see her back running and so great to see her healthy uh and putting together a really solid performance sitting in third place at the moment and most importantly sitting in third place with a healthy calf and achilles we hope yeah I don’t imagine she’d be running this well and this evenly if uh something in her calf leg was was really bothering her um I think she knows that pain so intimately so that even at this stage if it was bothering her she would take precautions to make sure that it wasn’t season ending for her so to see her running healthy strong sitting in a Podium position right now and absolutely sitting in a niece qualifying slot uh very excited for Ruth Asel uh as our women continue to battle out on the course we’ll come back to the finish line chat more with some of our men Podium celebration the conclusion of our women’s race all still to come don’t go away we’ll be right back [Music] [Applause] [Music] for 12 years for 4,383 sunrises across millions of mornings we’ve been working to make one thing better this ag1 is foundational Nutrition a science-driven formulation to support whole body brain and gut health with just one of these or one of these once a day welcome to foundational Nutri welcome to ag1 start at drink a1.com [Music] here we are back to the cat Matthews show I’m mean Iron Man Victoria guestz where cat Matthews uh since she took to this Hoka Marathon course has continued um to really run strong and Run confident and run away from viser she now sits 4 minutes 44 seconds oh sorry that’s Pace per kilometer I lied 421 ahead of ‘s viser and 8 minutes 22 seconds ahead of Ruth AEL so um cat Matthew is just getting the job done yeah nice she’s uh just look like this the whole way she’s definitely working for it as the temperature heats up a little bit but as we’ve seen stop at the personal needs station a couple of times and make sure she’s getting on that extra that electrolyte that she’s got tailored to her with maybe some extra salt and uh yeah but on shot here El vissa still looking great yeah she really does just her posture is so good uh Exquisite posture just very very uh upright not bent over at all great arm carage just driving forward just again she has so much racing in her legs in general not to mention a full distance just a week ago so the fact that she’s in this position to me is still pretty astounding she’s a she’s a tough woman uh um she’s got the mindset for it um and really turning into a great great performance here she just it was just a little much to to hold Pace with cat Matthews on this Marathon yeah well it’s your third full distance race or uh fourth sorry and then a bunch of 7.3 for there for good measure and your season starts uh back in New Zealand in January it’s it’s it’s a lot to ask so I’m sure maybe she’s got a good uh some vacation planned after this where she can just let her body he heal and and recover but um no he knows maybe not we’ll see her in Lake PL next week and then frankt no wom in Frankfurt but maybe maybe just just to get a training day in it’s it’s amazing oh I think one eye man is uh enough for me but uh yeah but she’s having a great day and here’s Ruth uh taking care of hydration she look she’s being very smart about this she’s into the last 10 km of the Run she’s it’s just you can tell it’s getting hot out there oh come on Ruth timing chip rubbing on the Achilles oh Ruth come on come on Ruth come on Ruth okay walking it off it’s okay there she goes moving again I don’t know if anybody knows which Achilles or calf was bothering her um message me let me know if it’s the right I might be slightly concerned just with the adjustment there in the shoe is it bothering her tough to tell I don’t know which leg it was canio tape or something is that on her right foot but yeah she definitely stopped and adjusted something on her right but she’s she’s back moving yeah she doesn’t seem to be favoring it maybe I’m looking for things that just aren’t there but oh just the battle she’s like the effort she’s put out here today and she’s so close so so close she’s she has a comfortable Gap so she doesn’t need to overrun at this point um last timing check which of course [Applause] um she’s got a six-minute lead on Daniela blel uh with about 10 kmet to go so she’s got a comfortable Gap doesn’t need to put the foot on the gas necessarily just needs to preserve and protect yeah if you’re having problems I I 9 km seems a very long way so uh yeah no uh she’s hanging in there but hopefully uh she’s managing get through the Finish Line in one [Music] [Applause] piece I mean I don’t want to I don’t want to overread into it she walked the Aid Station she it’s it’s there’s no doubt it’s warm out there and the athletes are are kind of overheating a little bit with with less than 10K to go in an Iron Man the fact that she adjusted her shoe I don’t want to put too much stock in that necessarily that there’s something necessarily going wrong other than the fact that she’s a little hot and took a second to adjust her shoe so um she she does look fine she looks even um the turnover is still good she does not look like she’s favoring uh either side to me at this point so hopefully knockwood that calf and achilles is is is holding up for her as we come back and check in with cat Matthews yeah and here we are back with cat still looking super smooth just getting it done this is looks like the nicer part of the course especially In the Heat of the day uh onto the gravel path in the shade of the trees making the most of it um yeah got plenty a little bit quieter out here bit more Breeze away from all the buildings so but yeah she’s really counting down the kilometers now uh she’s at 35.1 at the last split so coming up on uh about seven little bit less than 7 km to go so 30 minutes again I have to say 414 410 414 420 very consistent personal needs table 440 410 415 420 just so so consistent and so impressive what impressive work from cat Matthews oh she talked about that in uh her little interview that we got to see that she sort of she just goes out and executes her plan she knows what numbers she can hear on the bike she knows what heart rate zone she needs to heit on the bike same on the run and she just does that and sort of lets everything sort of flow um and doesn’t try and Chase anything she knows okay this is what I can do I’ll do it and then if there’s something more at the end or if she’s going to battle then sure you forget about those zones and you just you just race but she’s just doing that today and it’s working out great for her as so for this lady here on screen El’s vissa uh the Dutch lady is having a having a great race here yeah really super impressive especially considering the volume of racing she’s been doing uh the travel she’s been doing uh is is super duper impressive that she’s still holding up this well and looking this well this deep into the race yeah no really you said it before a very good posture good uh just moves really nicely and very uh efficient uh running pretty impressive uh knee Carriage at this late stage of the marathon and just it’s very symmetrical um and look we keep commenting on about how races she done but she’s just like hits the ground nicely and there’s yeah she’s just well uh good bi mechanics which when you’ve got good bi mechanics you can you can race a little bit more like you’re not suscep injury not getting as much lateral stress and uh and stresses on on the tissue so yeah you can back up uh definitely so yeah really depends on on the athlete uh but here we have Ruth she’s yeah she’s ticking she’s ticking off the kilometers and that’s all she needs to do right now as you said got plenty of gap on fourth place but really I think she just the main goal is she said it is to get get to the Finish Line in one piece and she could actually slip back a couple of spots cuz the two women in front of her already have y qualifications so if it’s that bad she knows okay well I’ll give up third if I can not go and mess myself up for the next three months that’s what says to to me is that maybe the calf and the kiles isn’t actually the issue like we got overly cautious there when we saw her bend over and adjust and thought uh she sort of shook out that leg a little bit but that that could be nothing right I don’t even know which leg it was um so I don’t want to over I don’t want to overanalyze and read too much into that um and again every second matters so she wants to throw points up on the board she’s missed the first six months of racing yeah um and this is her her series debut so uh she’s got a lot work cut out for her she wants to factor into um certainly the top 10 if that’s even possible mathematically at this stage um but but certainly to factor into some of the bonus Pilots at the end of the year being in that top 50 um she’s got to hold it together and so she she knows that she can’t blow her whole season just for the sake of One race so I have to believe that she actually is okay and it’s just fatigue at 32 km into 42.2 km run when you are a little short on run miles yeah I agree you got to think conus sorry A world championship slot unlocks an extra thousand points so it’s huge and that’s going to be a big difference at the end of the year the athletes that do get those spots and have a good day and finish and have a even not their best performance it unlocks that potential earning of an extra thousand points yep and I mean the other thing about this series that’s great is that we have athletes who are by and large 70.3 Specialists who have no no intention of racing a full distance race they’re at a disadvantage and I don’t think we’ll see any of them factor into the top 10 but they’re all going to get a nice bonus payout at the end of the year by virtue of being in the top 50 and never race in a full distance Race So if Ruth AEL can throw together two more solid Iron Man’s like she’ll she’ll get that bonus payout um that that she’s looking for and and that’s what’s that’s what’s great about the series yeah it is really and I bet you’ll see a couple of 70.3 Specialists go ah okay I’ll do one Iron Man just just to get a few more points will you though we might just at the end of the year just an imwa or something I don’t know something that just gets a few more no Pro r at no they’ll find something but anyway anyway more than that after this short commercial break where we come back and bring cat Matthews home with a win at IM man Victoria Gast stairs don’t go away we’ll be back straight away introducing the Irish man Pro Series virtual Edition on fullgaz join athletes from across the globe as they conquer bike courses from the Iron Man Pro [Music] Series challenge yourself travel the world and earn your exclusive finishers medal push your limits and make your mark exclusively on fullgaz Unleash Your Inner Champion register now at full gas.com [Music] God [Applause] a [Music] checking back in here with our current second place female out on course this is El Visser uh who’s starting to show a bit of the wear and tear of today’s efforts uh but she sits comfortably in second place uh I think it’s going to take something significant uh on the bad side for cat Matthews to relinquish the lead but ell’s continues to charge forward uh but she also sits comfortably ahead of third place Ruth AEL yeah no cat has been so consistent and El just had a few um sections where she’s just dropped off the pace a little bit and just yeah it’s we’re up around five minutes Gap now so yeah I think they’re in a bit of a stalemate these top three Ruth just needs to keep herself in one piece and Cat just needs to keep knocking out these four 14 kilometer segments and she she’ll be fine um interesting to see what she comes away with in terms of overall time for the Run um um she looks like she just sort of been in second gear all day um but it’s still a marathon at the end of a a 3.8 km swim and 180 km bike so she must be feeling pretty tired at this point um but yeah great I would be shocked if she wasn’t I’d be disappointed if she wasn’t yeah I don’t yeah I I don’t think anyone’s ever finished n and go oh that was easy but uh she’s making it look she’s looks really smooth hasn’t really had shown any chinks in her armor great swim uh and uh yeah even gave her a shot self a shot at the start to try and get on the on the on the feet uh of um remind me who let swim step clutter step thank you um yeah so yeah she’s done everything right great bike put in some really hard turns at the at the front to try and shake things up a few times and then just look effortless um from the first step onto the run so and here we are back with Ruth thoughts CD I I don’t think this is her calf playing up I think this is just I think this is extreme fatigue from doing an Iron Man off of not a lot of run miles like I don’t see any limp I don’t see any I don’t see any favoritism of that foot I think if it was truly her cfer Achilles there would be some favoritism there’d be a lot more walking she’s walking the aid stations to get the fluids in to get the nutrition in to keep herself moving forward I don’t think this is an injury issue I think this is a lack of miles in the legs issue for running um she was so great through the swim really first off the bike so really patient in the early stages of the bike was aggressive when she needed to be aggressive and has put herself in a position to achieve what her goal’s worth you know get to the Finish Line in one piece yes check um get the qualifying slot to the Iron Man World Championship so far so good like that’s Insight um I really think she has achieved all her goals she’s just trying to preserve and protect and do the best she can without a lot of run miles in her we saw cat Matthews essentially do the same thing at Memorial Herman Iron Man Texas when she was still nursing the calf issue right so she ran not to her full potential but she walked every aid station and part of that is heat management but part of it was just offloading the stress off the calf to check in with it at every aid station you know change the muscle tone change the group let it relax a little bit start running again so you know if we look at Ruth in the same place as cat was back in April Memorial Herman Iron Man Texas I think she’s doing all of the right things she’s getting the the the nutrition in she just doesn’t have and this I’m not saying this was cat’s issue at Texas but I don’t think Ruth has enough miles in her legs and I think that’s what’s plaguing her right now uh but she’s doing all of the right things to hold on to that that Podium position yeah well it’s been nearly a year since she ran a marathon and since then obviously been managing this injury and yeah who knows what volume she’s actually been running but they that lack of callousing I like to call it um that where just that durability you get from just consistent run mileage uh whether it be a low mileage of 30 m a week about 30 m times 52 weeks that’s still a lot of volume so if you’re not doing even that um you you it’s it’s hard enough running a marathon when running’s going well lied prep she has supplemented her training if you follow her she’s pretty robust on media and very open on her YouTube channel she’s been supplementing a lot with water running but water running is no impact she’s been using uh lever movement which if you’re not familiar with that is a way to offload body weight uh running on a treadmill um so she’s been using that but it’s not full body weight running which is what she’s doing right now so to but it’s not exactly without actually running so but she she looks so strong though like she’s obviously been doing a lot of uh body work and uh just just moving really well she looked really fluid on the bike and and yeah despite the lack of actual running mileage um she looked really like her form was very very good and very economical if she can just obviously has to get to Finish Line get check the spot uh for for nice she can get another block of running in who knows what she can do come World Championships well and that’s what I was saying if you if you draw the just ju to position but sort of for different reason to you know cat in April at Iron Man Texas and where cat is now to where Ruth is now and could be in another two three months time yeah no I totally agree there so no it’s all fantastic the women’s poem is looking really solid right now with cat Matthews El vissa and Ruth Asel we’re going to take a short commercial break but we’ll be back with the closing action of the women’s marathon just after this short break don’t go away your new vehicle Mr Lawrence the VIN fost vf8 all the latest tech precisely who cut great delivery Joey I’ve had a lot of practice saying that word it’s pretty cool huh the vinfast yeah it’s got 402 horsepower or real drive over air updates and a 10year unlimited miles battery warranty yes 15in infotainment screen cut none of those lines are in the script Joey I just think people are really going to want to know those things 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was 14 minutes back uh there it goes Daniela blell through 35.1 so she’s 15 minutes back she’s about 4 420 420 back of Ruth AEL so again for Ruth it’s like it’s going to be heartbreaking to lose the podium after a performance like this but she still got the slot yeah right so if we go down the list of her stated priorities and that doesn’t mean she’s not going to be disappointed if the past does happen but of her stated priorities finish in one piece get the world championship qualifying slot throw some points up on the board so if she loses to Daniela blel she’s going to lose some points um but she’s going to have achieved so so much more just by returning to Racing for the first time since the Iron Man World Championship last October yeah and she’s I think she’s moving quite well from what I’m seeing here um yeah she feel like she’s uh yeah had a bit of a second wind here or or been given a split that you you can’t walk anymore maybe she heard you yeah you cannot walk you will get caught for her and she’s like yeah I mean it’s it’s quite it’s quite possible but um you know she does again she looks like she’s moving well I really really think uh this is just a low energy situation from a lack of durability uh from just too few run miles but she can do a lot about that in the months to come so long as she stays healthy um would love to see her hold on uh for the podium uh certainly you know not cheering against Daniela Blind by any means but Daniela had her you know Podium opportunity at Hamburg uh has you know fought valiantly here did a lot of work on the bike uh Daniela blal herself said she wasn’t necessarily 100% wasn’t going to use it as an excuse but uh uh and uh as as happens you can probably attest as you complained about your bad back but uh she had gone to break the fall of of one of her kids and and had sort of tweaked her back a little bit said it wasn’t going to be an excuse on the day um but you know maybe just not her perfect day so full credit to Danielle Daniela blim as well but would love to see Ruth Asel just secure this Podium I think it would mean a lot to her after the struggles and challenges that she’s she’s had yeah no absolutely DD um but yeah I think you said it right just a minute ago she just can’t walk and she’ll hang on to this lead it’s it’s when you start walking that’s when you just Hemorrhage time um so if she did get that update and she like okay I won’t walk the a stations I’ll just keep I can keep running at she’s still running at five just under 5 minute km paase which that’s plenty like she’s only got six and yeah about six kilm to go um it’s not much so she’s got time uh so yeah she’s got about yeah she’ll have another minute up a hand if she’s losing 30 seconds of kilometer but so at yeah it’s it’s sort of holding pretty steady now though that starting to move uh a little bit more freely so no I think I think she’s going to hang on but still few kers no so never can be 100% sure yeah like it’s it’s it’s tough to tell and it’s you like you want to have that discipline with yourself but and maybe I’m the only one that thinks this but on multi-loop courses like we have here uh at Iron Man Victoria gestes it’s like that first that first lap just melts away you’re like oh one lap down already second lap third lap then all of a sudden you get to the fourth lap you’re like this is taking forever yeah somebody made this lap longer from the last time I was out here and it just the miles you know the kilometers just don’t come as as quickly as they used to um and that’s just a sign of the fatigue and and what the body has gone through on the day uh but uh right now Ruth AEL willing herself to keep running keep moving forward stop the walk breaks if she can at all important to get the nutrition in um because we don’t want to see an outright collapse certainly by any means but uh needs to keep it moving to to preserve that Podium spot yeah and Cat Matthews just knocked off another segment 415 pace so it’s just so consistent almost annoying yeah it’s amazing it’s it’s really uh fantastic running here she’s just passed through the 39.3 km Mark so uh yeah we’re two well she’s gone past that now so she’s probably about a mile and a half 2.5 2.6 kmet uh from the Finishing Line you know often time we see an athlete like cat Matthews who has the speed that she does we look at and see how um how well she races the 70.3 distance uh second place at lockd a year ago uh at the world Champs there she she really does excel at that distance so to see someone with that kind of speed be able to lock in that kind of consistency often times the curse of someone with that kind of speed is that they can’t necessarily control it across the Iron Man distance um as we see Ruth Asel walking here another aid station she’s got to get it going again I don’t mind you walking the Aid Station but Ruth as soon as your foot crosses the the the plane of that last table you got to get it going again you got to get it going again and and I know in her head she knows that uh but in her legs are telling her a very different story yeah I I think you’re right I I don’t see she’s not walking with a limp or anything I think it’s just lack of conditioning and yeah lack of running who knows how little running she’s actually been doing but yeah this is this is painful feels like your quads are splintered and you try to have that disciplin to say okay I’m going to let myself walk the eight stations because that’s important and as soon as my foot crosses the plane of that last table I need to start running again but she can’t even she can’t even get that going we just oh Ruth come on on so many people pulling for her but a lot of people pulling for Daniela blel too to land on that Podium and it’s going to be a battle if this walking keeps up it is she needs to start soon uh yeah we’ve all been there well I have it’s a long walk on the queen K apparently long walk across every Iron Man Marathon course who look who you’re talking to that one in particular doesn’t have much shade oh here she goes okay okay she’s moving again yeah that’s it really there’s just no stride left like there’s just no pep and or step she’s you almost think at at this rate um you know those carbon plates are almost working against her cuz she’s just plotting so much on the ground they’re not giving her any propulsion forward it’s just everything’s working against her right now but the will is what’s carrying her forward you compare and contrast that to how well cat Matthews darn you cat Matthew still looks yeah she just she’s just a ground cover she just just covers ground just chews it up and uh yeah super that’s what I’m saying about cat is like for someone who has that kind of speed the fact that she can be so consistent like a metronome through the entire marathon is just so super impressive to have that range well comes down to she moves very very well and she is able to tap into that top end weed cuz she moves that well and she does have that a lot higher ceiling than most Iron Man athletes so so Iron Man race Pace as a percentage of her V2 Max is like a this is nearly probably how she finishes off her long runs yeah whereas for some other athletes this is like they have this is a session to run this pace but this is just her in her Rhythm um because she does have uh that top end and um I think actually I did hear she’s been doing back she’s able to since the C recovery she’s able to do it back do doing V2 work on the run which when you’re doing V2 work like that’s stressful on the body like to run like and run pure V2 so if she’s doing that then just the economy already steps up a notch if you can stay injury free and obviously she is and with that Foundation of B base and strength uh this is why she looks so good and yeah she’s nose breathing she has not been undressed she’s definitely tired yeah everyone would be but um she’s just got that economy because she does have that range um which yeah it’s uh exceptional and again uh back to Ruth AEL I mean she doesn’t look as well as she did at the start but when she’s moving she’s actually moving okay she just has to keep moving yeah she stops it’s so hard to get going again yeah it really really is and and even if at this stage important to get those fluids in important to give that body that mini break but if she could just start jogging the Aid Station so she doesn’t have to restart that stop start becomes really really difficult this late into an Iron Man um we’ll get a check at 39.3 kilm where cat Matthews is already through um again uh Ruth is going to be about 10 minutes back of cat so it’s going to be a minute uh before she gets to that stage but to see if the threat still is coming uh from Daniel blind in fourth place here we go and here’s cat she’s got the hat backwards she keeps changing I’ve noticed she like goes from front to to the back I think a little bit of it I think it almost seems that her preferred position is hat back but when she puts the ice in it sits on her head better if it’s uh if B forward so uh I think that I mean I I try to observe I don’t know for sure but I’m guessing that she when she’s turned it around it’s CU there’s ice in there and it just sits on her head a little thought she might just be a big fan of Chris Gamel that’s where how he was used to wear the hat to but he’s bit crooked though yeah well his head would be back into to the left sorry to good luck at xtera today yeah oh goodness so she’s uh definitely rolling and uh really closing in on this Finishing Line and I’m sure she’s pretty pretty happy to to get there she it’s been a long day but look at that look at that female time right now 8216 just getting faster and faster yeah like phenomenal I you know we knew the day was going to set up that way when the the the you know Lake was so glass you know mirror glass uh not a stitch of wind out on the bike the humidity maybe played a role and certainly things are heating up uh particularly for the women here on this last couple of laps of the of the marathon um but really super conditions this isn’t necessarily a fast course as we see another uh turnaround here you lose that momentum uh with so many twists and turns on the course but it is flat uh and there is a ton of crowd support out there so it can be pretty fast uh but with all those turns turnarounds it’s hard to keep that Rhythm uh and if you’re looking to do a course like this good to practice things like that right like get out there and and do circular routes and do you know turnarounds to try to keep that momentum and keep it going and practice what you’re going to face on race day yeah look it’s it’s a very engaging course but all those turns when you’re extremely fatigued are really hard you feel every bump of the pavement you feel every turn you go around a corner and you’re starting to get blisters you just feel it’s yeah it’s really hard um amazing for The Spectators like it’s a support but it’s it’s he’s very hard on the body and a lot of this run running on like hard sort of concrete as well it’s it’s it’s uh yeah the ancient city the stones and the yeah uneven surfaces it it is quite a a reprieve when they got out there to the crush gravel section of the course and the tree lined uh probably a little bit uh easier on the body but uh cat really enjoying the crowd now uh thanking them for the support um cut off there by an age group athlete just again in his own world of hurt uh unaware but a quick stop and restart there forget Matthews as she continues to play up the crowd and make her way towards the Finish Line yeah she’s motoring within a kilometer to go now of the Finish she can I’m sure she can hear the Finishing Line Paul K down at the fishing line will be greeting her as she hits the red carpet and takes coming in to take her second uh Iron Man Pro Series victory of 2024 and we’re only in July and she’ll add another 5,000 points to her points tally in this Pro Series writing the horrible wrong of uh of Hamburg uh rescripted the season once again uh she’s got another race in a couple of weeks um and then she conscript the rest of the season going into her assault on world championship season yeah absolutely an exciting year for her and well deserved after a couple of tough years but obviously cat Matthews back to her very very best amazing swim super strong bike very aggressive and just a very classy run to really Come Away with an amazing Victory here from Great Britain your 2024 Iron Man Victoria Gast Champion for the women cat [Music] [Applause] Matthews very well executed race incredible let’s get a look at that run split when it comes up the wahoo element rival 25440 for cat Matthews of Great Britain an amazing run I think she had a little bit more in the tank there DD if she really needed it but that’s all she needed to do today to Come Away with the win all she needed to do El viser kept her honest through the mid midsection of that uh that Marathon uh really started to eek away at uh at cat’s lead uh brought her to within 2 minutes but uh at the end of the day cat was just too strong uh kept turning in those 415 420 410 splits um just so so consistent throughout that entire Marathon yeah no it was yeah absolutely kept it honest through the majority of of the run and uh just coming through the 41 coming up to the 41.1 km so not far to go for L’s either so here we go just finishing up this last gu we waiting for Ruth to come through her checkpoint see how she’s going but we’re going to take a short commercial break and come back with the closing stages of uh this women’s race for second and third don’t go away we’ll be right back your new vehicle Mr Lawrence the vinfast vf8 are the latest tech precisely whoa cut great delivery Joey I’ve had a lot of practice saying that word it’s pretty cool huh the vinfast yeah it’s got action 42 horsepower all re drive over air updates and a 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the hurt in the legs if you can imagine the last 10K of of any Iron Man tlon and and how much those quads are just yelling at you and what this woman has been through in the last week with another full distance race just a week ago is really extraordinary yeah it really is D you can see the determination across the face right now and yeah she longing to get to that uh last checkpoint 41.1 and here we see a replay of C Matthews coming across the line to take the victory in a very impressive fashion 55 minute swim 430 bike and a 250 255 four 40 run amazing and back to El viser she now can hear the Finish Line sounds and will enjoy her Finish Line celebration momentarily uh ell’s did a lot of work on the bike was back and forth with cat Matthews a whole bunch um and and really put up a good battle try to keep cat honest um throughout this entire Marathon made a go of it brought her to within 2 minutes uh but uh cat just sort of found another gear or El’s faded a bit not necessarily surprisingly uh given what she’s been through but uh what a great performance she will wind up second today yeah no really strong performance and although yeah she has dropped the pace uh a little bit not much at all and her form has sort of stayed really strong throughout and she just she just moved really really well uh yeah like when she’s uh maybe a little bit more rested and uh freshens up for and focuses on One race who knows what this lady can do well you have to wonder like maybe this is just her Rhythm like maybe she just isn’t she maintains the fitness by racing at the volume that she does she just races recovers races recovers races recovers sometimes when you get into the doldrums of just those Long training blocks it doesn’t work out for you maybe this is just the me the the menu that works for her yeah you race recover and just go there we go oh she Grimace and now she sees now I can smile yeah we’re into the closing stages about a kilometer to go so at this pace about four 4 minutes uh so yeah she’s getting very very close and she can I’m sure she can hear uh the Finishing Line uh uh from from this far away but we’re just waiting for for uh Ruth AEL she came through the 39.3 km Mark um and still no I’ve been keeping my eye still no sign of Daniela blim which for Ruth AEL is good news is good news yeah it could have been that Daniela blel who brought her within just under four minutes um has had a little stall of her own speak of the devil three there 3113 behind Okay okay with yeah two and a 12ks to go uh 2ks to go it’s pretty much 3K to go so she’s got a minute per kilometer she can lose she should be okay let she walking I mean I want to see Daniela blind will take her to the line like I want to see her R want to see herce yeah um you know it it it’s you know Ruth AEL still will preserve the the qualifying slot she is still sitting in the first slot uh up for grabs uh as we check out El’s viser here making her way to the Finish Line Stadium just charging so hard surge of energy amazing just the alternating between the Grimace and the smile and the Grimace and the smile and oh my gosh this hurts acknowledge the Crowd Oh my gosh this hurts acknowledge the crowd it’s it’s just oh it’s just so mindblowing yeah it’s a little further than maybe the athletes think they’ve still got to go around this corner and then another Bend and then they get to finish so but yeah amazing change of speed there dropping it back down to probably closer to 4minute K Pace um with the energy of this amazing [Applause] crowd and into the Finish Stadium here acknowledging the crowd they’ve been so supportive of every single athlete out there all day long as they now find their way to the Finish Line an emotional finish for ell Visser who my goodness to back up what she’s done just a week ago and and come at it again just an extraordinary performance that she is on the red carpet will come home your 2024 Iron Man Victoria gastes second place for ‘s Visser from the Netherlands empty I think D there’s nothing tell that was bad idea we heard we heard in her interview pre-ra she thought well I just love both these races so I figured why not um next time she’s going to say I know why not yeah no I’ve only heard good things about this race and look at the where they get to finish this amazing Iron Man just such a special uh Finishing Line for these athletes and uh yeah she is spent yeah she is absolutely spent just emotionally if not physically I mean definitely physically but tionally as well to put up that kind of fight uh backto back weekends is is extraordinary and I really hope she gives herself the time to recover and rebuild uh for her next uh assault on whatever races come next but she my goodness she needs a break just to make me happy please Els yeah absolutely what a great race so yeah we’re just going to keep checking back um for that um that final run check uh 40 1.1 km looking to see Ruth assel um come through Daniel Bame is coming uh yeah definitely making it up some ground there and here we see on right of screen Ruth AEL coming up hopefully coming up to that uh checkpoint but uh only has about a 3 minute lead and that is shrinking uh by the step right now so yeah it’s going to be Touch and Go I mean I think the good news if I’m correct she’s moving forward and I don’t know that there are any more Aid stations to be Temptations for her to stop um and so maybe she can just keep like I said she’s been looking not as good as she did at the beginning but when she’s moving she’s moving y it’s when she stops to walk that she’s really bleeding that time she’s got the zipper up uh it looks like she’s eyes towards the Finish Line good she should make it uh she is smiling a little bit now so it does look like uh she will be able to hold off uh and come home in third yeah still hasn’t made it to that 41.1 km so at that Mark she have 1.1 km to go uh just under 3/4 of a mile so still some a little bit of running to go and I’m sure she’s feeling every little step right now but uh very close to that final checkpoint um and then we’ll be keeping an eye out on Daniel and see how she’s moving but right now she’s she’s running and it’s going to be really hard uh when she’s running she’s running sub five at K so um the only way she was going to lose this spot was if she actually she started walking which not that long ago we weren’t sure if she was going to get going again so it’s great to see her back up and running and uh moving towards that Finishing Line and just such stories of Triumph for our three likely Podium finishers today with cat Matthews coming back from the disappointment of the disqualification at Hamburg uh putting that firmly in the rear view mirror setting 5,000 points onto the board El Visser back-to-back longdistance races weekend after weekend um what a Triumph for her and Ruth AEL uh returned to racing after battling so many injuries for so long um getting that world championship qualifying slot uh so so many reasons for these women on the podium to to really celebrate yeah and the good news is Ruth just come through that 41.1 kilometer uh she’s probably uh 1.1 km from that checkpoint but she’s probably covered at least another 100 m So within 1 km of the finish so as again she’ll be able to start to hear the Finishing Line as we throw down to the pro with Paul Pro Series what a day for our woman C Matthews that was phenomenal smashing the previous course record on a challenging hot day oh cool course record yeah didn’t know wasn’t aware but great talk us through your day um honestly I had a bad swim um I felt really disconnected um uh I felt like I was having fun on the bike my peers El’s um Daniela blore they were pulling turns we were riding I thought it was just so fair so honest such a great course um and then the Run was a bit of a just a get get through it sort of day um and and honestly I the course is so crazy here that I didn’t know where I was at any point in the whole day I barely looked at my watch for me and I just thought about when where are the crowds where are the crowds so they’ win in Iron Man Texas Pro Series race win here Victoria G Pro Series race it’s looking good yes I came here to get the 5,000 points for the pro series that was my honestly the only goal um and I found it really hard to go into a race with that as a goal so just to win it doesn’t it’s hard um but I’m really really cha and I’ve done so I’ve now I’ve done two Iron Man’s 10,000 points and I’ve got a 73 European Champs tand coming up was looking good all the best for tand thank you so much our women’s champion C Matthews congratulations we’re going to get El fisser in the hot seat now I don’t know how they get up after that El fissa race here last year had a really challenging challenging race what a race today El fissa well I’m just super happy that I made it to the finish line and that I stayed strong um it was a really tough battle to go back to back and last night I was in tears and I had a call with my coach I said I just don’t want to race but he said else you go to that ring and you’re going to fight there’s no other option so the only way was to challenge myself today you overcame in a big way I mean at 8:32 8:32 on this course with like 452 km of racing in a week you said you were emotional you didn’t think you could do it yesterday but look what your body’s done today yeah I’m just like super proud and it’s such a mental mental game you know and I really had to stay strong not to give up that last lap On The Run was like super super hard um but yeah just like super like happy and the Spanish crowd they really made a huge difference as well you Felicity congratulations El your second place we’ll chat to our third place momentarily well that’s it with Paul K from the hyper I recovery zone we’ll head back down with Ruth AEL uh who did make it across the line in a 30824 marathon time which for Ruth I think is an outstanding time uh for her Marathon I don’t know that she’s had a ton of marathons that are faster than that what a performance from Ruth Asel off of minimal run training uh and a really bothersome injury uh that plagued her on and off for months now yeah no that was really impressive great way to come back into the Pro Racing scene and uh yeah without a few of those walks it would be even like closer to 3 hours so and that just comes down to consistency so here’s a replay of Ruth Asel finishing and coming across the line as our third female in today IM man Victoria gestes world of hurt but also a world of Pride there and what she’s accomplished today she really did uh accomplish everything she set out to do right uh she threw some good points up on the board uh for the pro series and uh got herself that qualifying slot to the world championship so many things for her to celebrate tonight no absolutely yeah and celebrating with her good friend our winner cat Matthews uh yeah it’s great to see you there all great such a great camaraderie between the three of them and uh yeah obviously pushed each other to the absolute limit today and uh look at those times the we 820 like it’s it’s like yeah it’s phenomenal what they’re doing absolutely amazing so we’ll head down to the Finish Line momentarily to chat up Ruth AEL about her thoughts and performance on the day from the hyper ice recovery zone as we wait for Daniela blell who fought so valiantly she had such a good performance on the podium at Hamburg a handful of weeks ago backing it up here with a fourth place finish some good valuable points for her in the Iron Man Pro Series yeah and she was in a really good position uh coming into this uh so yeah this she needs to fight for every second uh to get as many points as possible because she’ll definitely make a big jump up in the standings today uh we are hearing that the panel has listened to lad’s protest uh and declined it he is officially disqualified from the race okay so LEL 310 Marathon 841 12 so Ruth ASO actually ran on really strong in that last and actually hel held the speed so uh yeah amazing performance by Daniel blel uh really solid performance there here’s a replay of her across the line fourth place from Germany Daniela blo she looks pretty wrecked too yeah yes see every second matters you don’t leave anything out there do you Dy uh you can’t uh not with the level of competition now um there is no room for weakness um she fought really really hard we knew she wasn’t feeling a 100% great uh coming into the race but uh really stuck it out uh great performance Simone uh Mitchell coming in in fifth place very close to very close to Daniel so Daniela held her off but Simone Mitchell uh will take that k sorry that nce qualifying slot uh the second one up for grab so we’ve got two of those three qualifying slots spoken for uh for Ruth AEL and for Simone Mitchell um just one left to go yeah just going back to the points allocation like you just don’t know like that five points that maybe eased off in the last kilometer that could cost you like a top 10 finish like it could you just don’t tell to Ruth as who walked all those Aid stations yeah don’t she no there was nothing left in the tank for but she did all she could do all those high five in the crowd and stuff like yeah you’ve got to really uh take it all the way to the line uh so and these athletes absolutely did that so amazing racing out there absolutely as we wait here to see who will collect that final slot for the women for the world championship in nice just one more qualifying race for the women left to go for their opportunity that will happen next week uh in Lake PL at another classic Iron Man race course but for now uh we’re going to take a quick break we’ll come back to you with our post race celebrations don’t go away for 12 years for 4,383 sunrises across millions of mornings we’ve been working to make one thing better this ag1 is foundational Nutrition a science-driven formulation to support whole body brain and gut health with just one of these or one of these once a day welcome to foundational nutrition welcome to ag1 start at drink a1.com [Music] [Music] n [Music] and here we are back at the finish line is our age group athletes continue to take turns uh for their uh whatever lap they are on we are waiting to see who in our women’s field will collect that third place um slot uh for the vinfast sorry for the Iron Man World Championship in nce uh to take place on September 22nd this is the second to last opportunity for our women to qualify the last one being at Lake plid a week from now so eagerly awaiting to see uh who will collect that final slot the first one went to Ruth Asel second one went to Simone Mitchell of course cat Matthews El viser and Daniela blell already qualified for the world championship event um record-breaking performances here today Joe yeah all around across across the board women and men uh so Katrina wolf uh at the last check was uh the next woman uh on on the Run uh so she should be Crossing shortly uh the German uh so she was very strong on the bike and uh set up a great performance there and uh should see her come across the finishing map very shortly well what a did that would be for her what an exciting uh opportunity uh to race uh in nce uh on September 22nd so competitive in this day and age to get one of those coveted slots so uh much to celebrate yeah no absolutely it’s just to get a spot to the World Championships to to the big dance is uh is quite just an achievement itself so yeah we saw uh Dave M toy uh close friend of mine uh Brad wi as well get those spots uh which which was uh amazing to see cuz this is their one shot and they deliver it on the day which is really hard to do and cam Worf turning himself into a triathlete finishing rounding out the men’s Podium uh how exciting for that uh we’re going to go down um oh sorry sorry we are at our Podium celebration for our women in third place from Great Britain she secures herself a qualifying slot for the Iron Man World Championship in niece France it’s been a really tough year for Ruth AEL but she comes home in third pleas and in second place we have El Visa uh from the Netherlands sorry uh yes from Netherland sorry the podiums off uh in second place but in our female Victor is cat Matthews of Great Britain in an amazing time of 82146 with an amazing run time of 25203 so amazing women’s Podium there today great racing all around uh 824 23 for cat Matthews yeah uh really really fast racing out there all around uh our women the group of four of them together out of the swim onto the bike wasn’t really separation until the end there and then of course the battle on the marathon uh for cat to redeem herself after Hamburg throw another 5,000 points on the board towards her pursuit of the series win her her real goal for this year uh ‘s Visser backing up doing what she thought even 24 hours ago wasn’t possible uh such a display of of mental and physical strength and of course Ruth AEL coming in perhaps a little UN underconfidence in her run but um coming home to a 308 uh marathon and securing herself an opportunity to race at the Iron Man World Championship uh was a big goal for her and hopefully she achieved goal number one to get there in one piece in one piece absolutely uh yeah I think it looks like she is she looks like she had a little of blood on on her sock but uh it goes with ir man racing but a great race there by Ruth AEL to Come Away with the bronze medal today and it was Katarina wolf from Germany who uh will take that third place uh third qualifying slot for the Iron Man World Championship was quite a battle between her and Jana UDOT um they were in the chase group together all day Katarina wolf comes out with that qualifying slot yeah that’s it’s a a great feather to a cap getting that spot for the nce World Championships in September not far away uh for that world championship is going to be exciting to tune in in a couple of months time that’s for sure so as we enjoy our women’s athletic Brewing Podium presentation uh we will turn to our men next again that needed to be sorted uh until the protest uh from Sam ladow was heard that protest was declined uh he is officially disqualified so the men’s Podium officially stands Antonio bito Lopez your winner David mamy second Cameron Worf third so we will have that Podium celebration soon once the women get done celebrating as cat enjoys her moment at the top of the podium yeah definitely a lot of relief there across all three ladies amazing racing and well well fought throughout and yeah the camarad was amazing just yeah I think they really enjoyed pushing each other to the absolute limit so here going to enjoy a cool beverage to celebrate no doubt they’re going to dump it on one of their heads there we go no love lost there no absolutely after after a hot day you know it’s when they’re cold that they’re sometimes a little bit more polite with the beer but after a hot day I think uh a nice cold athletic Brew Over the head might actually feel good until you realize what you smell like [Music] absolutely and we’re going to take a quick break we’ll come back with our men’s celebration don’t go away we’re coming back to you introducing the Iron Man Pro Series virtual Edition on fullgaz join athletes from across the globe as they conquer bike coures from the Iron Man Pro Series [Music] challenge yourself travel the world and earn your exclusive finishers medal push your limits and make your mark exclusively on fullgaz Unleash Your Inner Champion register now at full gas.com you know and we know the thing about challenging yourself is you’re always looking for what’s next [Music] [Music] and welcome back to the finish line online at Ironman Victoria gastes what a day it’s been Joe gambles yeah it’s that was an epic battle across the women’s and the men’s field today and amazing performances all around and and of course records uh yeah the Records books got Rewritten today that’s for sure oh absolutely I mean from outstanding performances and that like glass uh swim uh to the record setting performance from uh um Callen on the bike uh to course bests uh almost across the board Swim Bike and run across both genders well when you have it part of the pro series uh it’s going to bring the very best athletes and they all performed at their very best today so yeah amazing amazing to watch you know the privilege to to be part of it yeah so many great achievements uh from a first-time Iron Man winner for our men uh to uh World Championship slots hardfought World Championship slots as we take a look at our men’s top 10 results it was Antonio Bonito Lopez from Spain who takes home his first Iron Man win and 5 points David mamey Cameron Worf Bradley Vice Christian Hogan hog James teagle Matias peton Robert Callen after Amazing by extend G and wars and Thomas bremore as well uh rounding out the top 10 and as we take a look at what happens to the point standings incredibly Matt Hansen stays at top the leaderboard uh but it’s St ghost hours uh who moves up 15 spots into second place Jackson laundry down a spot other big mover on the day Robert Kalen off that record setting performance on the bike he moves up 25 spots uh with perin uh panel moving in uh to Seventh Place up 22 spots yeah some big moves and shakers there today DD and then we take a look at our women’s uh top 10 results it was cat Matthews uh ell’s Visser Ruth AEL Daniela blel Simone Mitchell Katarina wolf and Jana uter with Ruth AEL um Simone Mitchell and Katrina wolf securing uh qualifying slots for the women’s world championship in N yeah checked a lot of boxes and in the point standing we have my sge Nelson still leading uh with 11,000 uh just over 11,000 points klie sson Danielle Bell big mover yep up 10 spots into third cat Matthews huge 10,000 points from two races up to Fourth finel Langridge Jackie Herring L Williams hanberry Danielle Lewis and elves Visa moved into the top 10 with that uh Second Place today absolutely well this concludes Iron Man now coverage of Iron Man Victoria gastes the Iron Man pro series season is half over as the fourth Iron Man race in the series a total of 5,000 points went to our Pro winners and those finishing after do their best to claim as many points as possible you can watch even more Iron Man Pro Series coverage with exclusive on demand race replays in the United States and Canada by signing up for outside plus today for those not in the United States and Canada you can watch on demand R replays by visiting Pros series. ironman.com the next Iron Man now broadcast will take place next week Sunday July 21st at the athletic Brewing Iron Man Lake plet part of the vinfast Iron Man North American series it will be the 25th anniversary of the race and coverage will begin at 6:00 a.m. eastern time you can watch the live broadcast for free it will appear 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