Ironman Kona 2008
October 12th, 2008 by Conrad Stoltz
photo by Rich Cruse
Just got home after midnight. Amber decided it would be fun to walk the WHOLE marathon. All 7h30 of it. And then spend some time in the Medical tent. Ouch. A long, tough day. Read more about it at www.ambermonforte.com
Chrissie Wellington had a flat, spent 10 mins fixing it and still won by 15 min. Amazing - she caught many of the pro men on the run including my Pilot Butte Burger eating buddy Matt Lieto.
In the men, Crowie (Craig Alexander) took it on the run. Macca said his gear cable broke. Lieto and Sindballe folded on the run and Paul Amey ran like it was a 10k in front of the crowds, but he must have walked out on the lava fields. Potts had a 4min drafting penalty early on, lost more time on bike but run up to 9th. Two time XTERRA World Champion Eneko Llanos ran into 2nd.
Dejan Patrcevic finished 24th.
Will do a proper blog tomorrow.
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