After a hard-fought day, Steve McKenna has actually simply won Ironman New Zealand. In the ladies's race, the win went to a released Chelsea Sodaro, who handled to win by a broad margin.
McKenna began the day ahead group throughout the swim and therefore began the day completely. He came out of the water after 52:07 minutes and saw himself surrounded by Michael Boult, Justin Metzler and likewise Dutchman Niek Heldoorn at that time.
On the bike, it was then Heldoorn and McKenna who at first removed in sets and got a little lead over the other guys, however ultimately a bigger lead group formed. Boult might not stay up to date with the rate, however Heldoorn and McKenna were signed up with by Metzler and likewise Mike Phillips.
It was the latter professional athlete who showed to have the greatest bike legs in the 2nd half of the bike leg, as Phillips removed on his own and ultimately got a lead of simply over 2 minutes over Heldoorn and McKenna, while Metzler began the last 42.2 kilometer perform at simply over 3 minutes. That left the fight totally open.
While McKenna and Heldoorn remained together for the very first couple of kilometers of the run in pursuit of Phillips, McKenna showed to leave to a more energetic start: he reached the leader quicker and in the meantime handled to put the Dutchman at a somewhat growing drawback. Halfway through the marathon, it was McKenna who was currently in the lead and in the meantime Heldoorn had actually added to Phillips, who together followed in 2nd and 3rd position at simply over a minute.
From that point on, nevertheless, Heldoorn started to press much more, escaping from Phillips and likewise beginning to reach McKenna. Simply past the 30 kilometer mark Heldoorn even took control of the lead in the race and for a minute it appeared like he would win Ironman New Zealand. His lead ended up being over half a minute and with just 5 kilometers to go, Heldoorn was still in the lead, however in the end McKenna likewise understood not to quit and ultimately passed Heldoorn once again.
McKenna won the race in 8:01:13. Heldoorn ended up second in 8:03:46 and Ben Hamilton, who passed Phillips in the closing phases, ended up third in 8:08:13.
Women's race: Sodaro Supreme
In the females's race, it was eventually one female who showed supreme; Chelsea Sodaro. In advance she was viewed as the greatest preferred and she measured up to her preferred function and ultimately won by a large margin. Sodaro likewise began the day the very best method possible and came out of the water in a prominent group of 5 females. At that point, Sodaro saw herself surrounded by Jocelyn McCauley, Barbara Riveros, Meredith Kessler and Regan Hollioake.
On the bike, Sodaro and McCauley right away removed in sets and showed plainly too strong for the other females who at first swam in the lead group.
