Alicia Kaye continues to push on the bike, eventually extending her lead to 4:40 at T2.
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Husband-and-wife duo Jarrod Shoemaker and Alicia Kaye have a moment to relax before the start of the race.
Some of the top female pros line up to get in the water. Kelly Williamson, Helle Frederikson, Alicia Kaye and Linsey Corbin are a few of the top athletes in San Juan to race.
30 professional men kick off the Ironman 70.3 Puerto Rico action.
Andy Potts is out of T1 with the lead pack.
American Alicia Kaye comes out of T1 in first place and never looks back in route to her victory.
2016 Olympian Ben Kanute is near the front of the race.
Ultimate winner Canadian Taylor Reid is in close pursuit of Ben Kanute at this point on the bike course.
Less than a quarter into the bike course, Alicia Kaye has built up a two minute lead over her nearest pursuer.
2013 and 2014 winner Helle Frederiksen has battled injury the last couple of years but returned to San Juan this year to try to get the title back.
Linsey Corbin puts the hammer down on the bike.
2016 champion Tine Deckers looked strong early in the day, but had to pull off of the bike course and DNF.
Andy Potts puts the hammer down and moves into the lead.
Taylor Reid is working hard to stay in contact with Potts, who sits in the lead at this point in the race.
Panamanian Billy Gordon on the bike course.
Alicia Kaye continues to push on the bike, eventually extending her lead to 4:40 at T2.
Tim Clark pushes on the bike.
Lesley Smith on the bike.
Canadian Jackson Laundry pushes to an ultimate seventh place finish.
Reid, Ambrose and Potts head down a steep, wet hill into T2.
Reid is the first out of T2 and on to the run.
Ben Kanute is give seconds behind Reid, but Potts seems to be MIA at T2.
Andy Potts crashed coming into T2, suffering a broken bike and sore hip. The incident put him in third place at a minute back of second-place runner Ben Kanute to start the half-marathon.
Paul Ambrose runs in fourth heading in to Old San Juan for his first lap of the run.
Ben Kanute, with his Stars and Stripes Rio hat, is running strong.
Taylor Reid continues to push out front.
The gap before the first big climb shows the strength of Taylor Reid on the run.
Returning from the run along the wall, AKA ‘the microwave” because of the lack of shade or breeze, Reid is extending his lead over Kanute.
Paul Ambrose on the half-marathon course.
Colombian Pro Javier Quinchara heads out along the wall.
Jackson Laundry heads back in from his first trip to the wall.
American Pro Lucas Pozzetta runs the La Puerta de San Juan – the entrance once used by Spanish Royalty to enter the city.
Jarrod Shoemaker nearing the end of his first lap on the run.
Heather Lendway on the run.
Alicia Kaye moving up through the field of men in Puerto Rico.
Stephanie Roy ran a 1:22 to earn second place.
On her first race back, Helle Frederiksen was strong at only1:30 back from eventual winner Kaye.
Taylor Reid celebrates on his final steps of the race.
American Alicia Kaye shows a strong start to 2017 with the victory.
Canadian Taylor Reid put together a 25:14 swim, a 2:02:11 bike and a 1:18:18 half-marathon to claim the victory in 3:49:50. American Andy Potts suffered an unfortunate crash coming into T2, losing significant time before the half-marathon. He rallied with a 1:19:19 run to earn second place in 3:51:22. American Rio Olympian Ben Kanute showed promise at the 70.3 distance, rounding out the podium in 3:51:32.
American Alicia Kaye was the top finisher for the women, dominating from start to finish with a 25:33 swim, a 2:17:57 bike and a 1:30:04 half-marathon to take the victory in 4:18:04. Though Kaye led from start to finish, Canadian Stephanie Roy got close by the end of the race thanks to an impressive 1:22:59 run—putting her across the line just 29 seconds after Kaye. Denmark’s Helle Frederiksen, who has won this race twice, rounded out the podium in third.
2017 Ironman 70.3 Puerto Rico
San Juan, Puerto Rico – March 19, 2017
1.2-mile swim, 56-mile bike, 13.1-mile run
Men
1. Taylor Reid (CAN) 3:49:50
2. Andy Potts (USA) 3:51:22
3. Ben Kanute (USA) 3:51:32
4. Stephen Kilshaw (CAN) 3:53:21
5. Raul Tejada (GTM) 3:54:07
Women
1. Alicia Kaye (USA) 4:18:04
2. Stephanie Roy (CAN) 4:18:33
3. Helle Frederiksen (DEN) 4:19:30
4. Lesley Smith (USA) 4:23:28
5. Skye Moench (USA) 4:27:53
