Well, Lance may have been wrong - it is about the bike. Kip at age 45 blew - and I mean blew - away the field on the bike leg of this duathlon in 2008 averaging 25 mph. Maybe the tri guy could elaborate on the conditions and the topography of the course as 25 mph on a flat course is not uncommon. But no one else came close. Biked over 2 mph faster than the overall winner, 7 minutes on the next guy in his AG who led him on the run. Maybe he's a great biker, but the gap seems very large to be outbiking younger guys.
This just keeps getting more amazing. Could he have cut a bike course too???!!! WOW.
********** MALE OVERALL RESULTS ***********
**** 2.2MI R / 16MI B / 4.4MI R ****
Place No. Name Ag Sex City/state Rank Run1 Pace T1 Rank Bike Rate T2 Rank Run2 Pace Finish
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1 319 Matt Fecht 24 M Warren MI 1 9:46 4:27 0:35 10 45:05 21.3 0:29 1 24:35 5:36 1:20:28
2 303 Gary Ruddy 36 M Davison MI 3 10:54 4:58 0:55 3 41:56 22.9 0:44 2 28:09 6:24 1:22:36
3 5008 Dave Furey 50 M Ann Arbor MI 2 10:24 4:44 0:53 4 41:57 22.9 1:01 4 29:40 6:45 1:23:53
MALE AGE GROUP 1 - 19
Place No. Name Ag Sex City/state Rank Run1 Pace T1 Rank Bike Rate T2 Rank Run2 Pace Finish
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1 283 Jeffrey Turner 16 M Clarkston MI 1 14:58 6:48 0:54 1 57:15 16.8 1:03 1 40:11 9:08 1:54:18
MALE AGE GROUP 20 - 24
Place No. Name Ag Sex City/state Rank Run1 Pace T1 Rank Bike Rate T2 Rank Run2 Pace Finish
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1 259 Joseph Kowalczyk 22 M Gaines MI 1 11:37 5:17 1:25 1 48:34 19.8 1:17 1 31:07 7:05 1:33:59
2 244 Adam Deal 20 M Saginaw MI 2 12:45 5:48 1:05 3 1:14:33 12.9 1:26 2 33:46 7:41 2:03:33
3 281 Sam Spurlin 21 M Auburn Hills MI 3 15:58 7:16 1:06 2 59:24 16.2 0:54 3 48:14 10:58 2:05:35
MALE AGE GROUP 25 - 29
Place No. Name Ag Sex City/state Rank Run1 Pace T1 Rank Bike Rate T2 Rank Run2 Pace Finish
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1 285 Jeffrey Vandusen 26 M Bay City MI 1 12:03 5:29 1:02 1 44:31 21.6 1:04 1 30:05 6:51 1:28:44
2 271 Daniel Rohde 29 M Oak Park IL 2 12:29 5:41 1:26 2 44:32 21.6 1:10 2 34:20 7:49 1:33:54
3 252 Benjamin Horstman 25 M Clarkston MI 3 17:05 7:46 0:53 3 57:17 16.8 1:01 3 43:58 10:00 2:00:12
4 291 Nathan Yuille 26 M Marysville MI 4 19:47 9:00 1:07 5 1:08:32 14.0 1:17 4 53:30 12:10 2:24:11
5 258 Ron Kource 28 M Shelby Township MI 5 22:24 10:11 2:35 4 58:20 16.5 1:53 5 1:06:55 15:13 2:32:05
MALE AGE GROUP 30 - 34
Place No. Name Ag Sex City/state Rank Run1 Pace T1 Rank Bike Rate T2 Rank Run2 Pace Finish
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MALE AGE GROUP 35 - 39
Place No. Name Ag Sex City/state Rank Run1 Pace T1 Rank Bike Rate T2 Rank Run2 Pace Finish
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1 317 Andrew Correl 39 M Birmingham MI 1 11:14 5:07 1:19 3 44:43 21.5 1:00 1 29:09 6:38 1:27:24
2 242 Brent Crowder 36 M Clarkston MI 5 14:48 6:44 1:30 1 41:03 23.4 1:20 2 33:59 7:44 1:32:38
3 279 Darrin Soukup 39 M Oxford MI 2 12:54 5:52 1:04 2 43:33 22.0 0:57 3 36:17 8:15 1:34:43
4 268 Mauro Querio 39 M Macomb Twp MI 3 14:20 6:31 1:05 4 46:29 20.7 1:41 5 38:08 8:40 1:41:41
5 277 Ricardo Singson 36 M Royal Oak MI 7 15:20 6:58 1:04 5 47:47 20.1 1:16 4 37:06 8:26 1:42:30
6 290 Gary Williams 39 M Canton MI 6 15:17 6:57 0:46 6 50:53 18.9 0:50 6 40:15 9:09 1:48:00
7 255 Bob Jasper 37 M Clarkston MI 4 14:22 6:32 0:57 8 54:23 17.7 0:47 7 41:29 9:26 1:51:57
8 273 Jeff Schloff 37 M Clarkston MI 8 15:28 7:02 1:18 7 51:55 18.5 1:22 8 44:31 10:07 1:54:32
MALE AGE GROUP 40 - 44
Place No. Name Ag Sex City/state Rank Run1 Pace T1 Rank Bike Rate T2 Rank Run2 Pace Finish
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1 238 Christian Bechtel 43 M Haslett MI 1 11:34 5:16 0:55 1 43:33 22.0 0:31 1 30:20 6:54 1:26:52
2 302 Andrew Teberian 42 M Oxford MI 3 15:19 6:58 1:28 3 50:42 18.9 1:31 2 33:25 7:36 1:42:22
3 288 Mark Webb 43 M Clarkston MI 2 14:20 6:31 1:24 2 48:33 19.8 1:37 3 40:31 9:13 1:46:23
4 313 Mark Kenyon 41 M Waterford MI 4 15:46 7:10 1:26 5 53:46 17.9 1:03 4 41:47 9:30 1:53:46
5 249 Joseph Hansen 44 M Davison MI 5 19:37 8:55 0:47 4 53:31 17.9 1:01 5 1:00:04 13:39 2:14:58
MALE AGE GROUP 45 - 49
Place No. Name Ag Sex City/state Rank Run1 Pace T1 Rank Bike Rate T2 Rank Run2 Pace Finish
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1 260 Kip Litton 46 M Clarkston MI 3 13:06 5:57 1:02 1 38:08 25.2 0:34 2 31:49 7:14 1:24:37
2 265 Patrick Miller Ii 46 M Howell MI 1 11:33 5:15 0:59 2 45:28 21.1 0:55 1 30:08 6:51 1:29:00
3 240 Edward Chenhalls 47 M Waterford MI 2 12:56 5:53 1:40 3 46:35 20.6 3:32 3 33:35 7:38 1:38:15
4 248 Gregory Gilpin 46 M Grosse Pointe Farm 4 15:15 6:56 2:26 4 48:45 19.7 2:17 4 37:16 8:29 1:45:58
MALE AGE GROUP 50 - 54