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2016 Ironman Mont-Tremblant

American Chris Leiferman turned in an impressive debut at the Ironman distance.

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2016 — The pro men kick off the day by running in for the 2.4-mile swim.

2016 — The pro women are next

2016 — As the last weekend of Kona qualifying, several professionals were doing the race for a last-ditch effort to earn enough KPR points to be offered a spot.

2016 — Paul Ambrose emerges from the water in fifth at 58:48.

2016 — Amanda Stevens was the first female pro out of the water, completing the swim in 58:38.

2016 — Matt Russell and Chris McDonald come out of the water in just over an hour with some work to do to catch the leaders.

2016 — Mary Beth Ellis is second out of the water in 1:00:59.

2016 — American Mary Beth Ellis hammered through the bike course in 4:59:24, earning a lead of 12 minutes over fellow American Laurel Wassner to start the marathon.

2016 — American Kyle Pawlaczyk

2016 — American Amanda Stevens on the bike

2016 — This was Chris McDonald’s second Ironman in eight days. McDonald finished second and Ironman Vineman and then seventh at Ironman Mont-Tremblant. After the race he tweeted, “This whole backing up Ironmans thing was a lot easier 8 years ago”

2016 — Australia’s Paul Matthews was third off of the bike and fourth at the finish line.

2016 — American Jordan Rapp was second off of the bike with a 4:30:35 split.

2016 — American Chris Leiferman was seventh out of the water and fourth off of the bike.

2016 — Romain Guillaume had the fastest bike split at 4:30:34, but ended up pulling out on the run.

2016 — Jordan Rapp

2016 — Canada’s Stephen Kilshaw

2016 — The roads get wet as rain starts to pound on the athletes.

2016 — Romain Guillaume puts his head down and focuses in the slick conditions.

2016 — American Chris Leiferman had the fourth fastest bike split in 4:36:09.

2016 — Amanda Stevens

2016 — Mary Beth Ellis was dominant in the women’s race.

2016 — Mary Beth Ellis works to get as aero as possible on the (very wet!) downhill.

2016 — Ironman Mont-Tremblant race day

2016 — Jordan Rapp quickly took over the lead from Romain Guillaume

2016 — Paul Matthews turned in a 3:01:26 marathon to finish fourth.

2016 — Leiferman came off of the bike in fourth and then slowly picked off every athlete in front of him.

2016 — Paul Ambrose was third off of the bike and fourth at the finish line.

2016 — Romain Guillaume eventually dropped out on the run.

2016

2016 — Chris McDonald works to get to the finish line.

2016 — Chris Leiferman turns in an amazing 2:45:09 marathon to earn the victory in 8:24:59.

2016 — Chris Leiferman turns in an amazing 2:45:09 marathon to earn the victory in 8:24:59.

2016 — American Mary Beth Ellis put together a 1:00:59 swim, a 4:59:24 bike and a 3:18:48 marathon to claim the win in 9:26:37.

2016

2016 — Jessica Jones greets the crowd as she rounds out the top three.

American Chris Leiferman turned in an impressive debut at the Ironman distance, earning the victory at Ironman Mont-Tremblant thanks in large part to his 2:45:09 marathon. In the women’s race American Mary Beth Ellis earned her second victory of the season in dominant fashion. Read the recap and see complete results at Ironman.com.

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