2x Ironman Hawaii Champ goes 2:32?!?

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16 years ago 10/28/2007 9:03pm EDT

Some Disclaimers:

Yes I know YOU are faster.

Yes I know he isn't the fastest triathlete runner and there were/are others who have run faster open marathons.

Yes I know it's probably about the 1000th fastest marathon in the world this yr (or whatever), but....

How many of the above have also won Ironman Hawaii 2x?

Not to beat a dead horse today w/ the triathlete threads, but Norman Stadler is a pretty stocky guy and just went 2:32 at Frankfurt. I think that's pretty impressive for a guy peaking for Ironman not at 5:40 pace.

16 years ago 10/28/2007 9:07pm EDT

re: See This??

Don't you need to usually run a sub-3:00 marathon at the end of the Ironman if you want to win? It seems like if you can do that then running 2:32 fresh should be possible. What have other Ironman champs run for a fresh marathon?

16 years ago 10/28/2007 9:13pm EDT

re: Popeye the Sailor Man

This is two weeks after the Ironman world championships. I would like to see you walk two weeks after completing that

16 years ago 10/28/2007 9:16pm EDT

re: runfaster

Stadler DNF'd on the bike in Hawaii due to being sick.

Still impressive in my eyes

16 years ago 10/28/2007 9:34pm EDT

re: Popeye the Sailor Man

Popeye the Sailor Man wrote:
Don't you need to usually run a sub-3:00 marathon at the end of the Ironman if you want to win?

in 2006 he ran a 2:55:xx for the win.

16 years ago 10/28/2007 9:34pm EDT

re: Didnt Race

Mark Allen and/or Dave Scott went 2:40 at the end of the Ironman. Those two could have run 2:20 fresh for sure.

Alan

16 years ago 10/28/2007 9:44pm EDT

re: Runningart2004

didnt the winner run low 2:40 this year to close it? I cant imagein doing that after biking 100+ miles at 25 mph.

16 years ago 10/29/2007 4:33am EDT

re: Runningart2004

I don't know that for sure - many triathletes I know become so specialized in their game that the gap between their fresh and IM marathons are very small. I believe it was sometime in the mid-90's, mark Allen tried to run an OTQ in Berlin or something and couldn't go 2:30 (I believe he dnf'd).

The truth is we'll probably never know what these best guys could run because they're not going to 'waste' their fitness on doing an open marathon to go 2:2x and by the time they probably focus on the marathon exclusively, they're past their prime.

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