Chris Leiferman turns in an amazing 2:45:09 marathon to earn the victory in 8:24:59.
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The pro men kick off the day by running in for the 2.4-mile swim.
The pro women are next
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.
Paul Ambrose emerges from the water in fifth at 58:48.
Amanda Stevens was the first female pro out of the water, completing the swim in 58:38.
Matt Russell and Chris McDonald come out of the water in just over an hour with some work to do to catch the leaders.
Mary Beth Ellis is second out of the water in 1:00:59.
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.
American Kyle Pawlaczyk
American Amanda Stevens on the bike
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”
Australia’s Paul Matthews was third off of the bike and fourth at the finish line.
American Jordan Rapp was second off of the bike with a 4:30:35 split.
American Chris Leiferman was seventh out of the water and fourth off of the bike.
Romain Guillaume had the fastest bike split at 4:30:34, but ended up pulling out on the run.
Jordan Rapp
Canada’s Stephen Kilshaw
The roads get wet as rain starts to pound on the athletes.
Romain Guillaume puts his head down and focuses in the slick conditions.
American Chris Leiferman had the fourth fastest bike split in 4:36:09.
Amanda Stevens
Mary Beth Ellis was dominant in the women’s race.
Mary Beth Ellis works to get as aero as possible on the (very wet!) downhill.
Ironman Mont-Tremblant race day
Jordan Rapp quickly took over the lead from Romain Guillaume
Paul Matthews turned in a 3:01:26 marathon to finish fourth.
Leiferman came off of the bike in fourth and then slowly picked off every athlete in front of him.
Paul Ambrose was third off of the bike and fourth at the finish line.
Romain Guillaume eventually dropped out on the run.
Chris McDonald works to get to the finish line.
Chris Leiferman turns in an amazing 2:45:09 marathon to earn the victory in 8:24:59.
Chris Leiferman turns in an amazing 2:45:09 marathon to earn the victory in 8:24:59.
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.
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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