Ironman Lanzarote: Jammaer and Comerford win
The Lanzarote Ironman. Just those three words are enough to get you respect among any group of athletes. It's tough, it's relentless, it's unpredictable. It's as near to the pure Ironman ethos as you'll find anywhere in the world. It's a race that takes favorites and shatters their dreams in an instant -- or, rather, somewhere around nine hours...
And so it was today when Ironman Lanzarote crowned Bert Jammaer and Bella Comerford as the new champions. Those weren't the names that had been whispered as out-and-out favorites, although Jammaer had tipped the balance in his favor by winning the Volcano Triathlon two weeks ago. That is always supposed to carry some form of blessing with it. Although, as anyone who has been here knows, blessings sometimes don't work...
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About the Race
The motto says it all. "Normal limits do not apply."
It's hard to say what makes the Ironman Lanzarote course so tough. There's heat, high winds, and a challenging bike course that winds its way up and down two mountains.
A swim is a swim, and the 2-loop ocean swim is a great way to start the long day.
The bike course is where things get really tough for the roughly 700 competitors. By the time all is said and done, they will have climbed more than 2,600 meters (that's 9,000 feet!).
Oh, lest we forget, there is still the run. The out-and-back run course is relatively flat. What makes it so tough are the winds, and the heat ... and the fact that it's a marathon.
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