Rule, Britannia!

Forefathers of Britain would be proud of Saturday’s performance.

On the archipelago of one of their former colony’s southernmost states, two athletes (both subject to the Monarchy) were victorious in their quest to be the fastest Iron-people on the planet. Mr Craig Alexander (aka Alexander the Great) of the former colony of Australia and Ms Chrissie Wellington formerly of Feltwell, originally from Bury St Edmunds (Suffolk) partook in the Ironman Triathlon on the island of Kona. And they were resplendent in all their glory. Britannia, it seems, is slowly edging its way back on to the map.

Men’s Top-10 Finishers (Time, Name, Country, swim, T1, bike, T2, run)
1 8:17:45 Alexander, Craig AUS 51:43 1:41 4:37:19 2:04 2:45:01
2 8:20:50 Llanos Burguera, Eneko ESP 51:39 1:48 4:33:27 2:10 2:51:49
3 8:21:23 Beke, Rutger BEL 54:44 1:50 4:34:45 2:16 2:47:49
4 8:21:46 Schildknecht, Ronnie SWI 54:56 1:58 4:34:26 2:08 2:48:20
5 8:26:17 Brown, Cameron NZL 51:50 2:04 4:36:47 1:59 2:53:39
6 8:30:23 Vernay, Patrick NCL 51:58 1:52 4:42:49 2:06 2:51:40
7 8:33:50 Potts, Andy S CO USA 48:38 1:50 4:46:00 2:51 2:54:31
8 8:34:02 Hecht, Mathias SWI 51:42 1:46 4:36:55 2:28 3:01:13
9 8:34:47 Lovato, Michael CO USA 52:58 1:52 4:45:21 2:27 2:52:12
10 8:36:53 Sturla, Eduardo BS ARG 54:47 2:02 4:34:27 2:20 3:03:19

Women’s Top-10 Finishers (Time, Name, Country, swim, T1, bike, T2, run)
1 9:06:23 Wellington, Chrissie GBR 56:20 2:06 5:08:16 1:59 2:57:44
2 9:21:20 Van Vlerken, Yvonne AUT 1:06:49 1:50 5:05:34 2:42 3:04:27
3 9:22:52 Wallenhorst, Sandra GER 1:03:21 2:33 5:14:57 3:28 2:58:36
4 9:24:49 Csomor, Erika HUN 59:09 2:19 5:18:12 2:06 3:03:05
5 9:28:51 Corbin, Linsey MT USA 1:00:35 2:22 5:14:33 2:07 3:09:16
6 9:29:15 Berasategui, Virginia ESP 58:50 2:10 5:22:17 2:12 3:03:48
7 9:34:08 Comerford, Bella SWI 59:02 2:27 5:21:46 2:25 3:08:31
8 9:36:53 Ferguson, Gina NZL 54:45 2:15 5:26:29 2:07 3:11:19
9 9:37:06 Kehr, Gina Ci CA USA 54:45 2:00 5:21:46 4:02 3:14:36
10 9:39:53 Griesbauer, Dede MA USA 54:52 2:06 5:20:52 2:48 3:19:17

Where were the Germans and the Americans you might ask? Well, here’s Faris showing how he got a drinking problem from too many Oktoberfests.

And TJ Tollakson puts into practice what he’s picked up from the fighter pilot engineers at Top Gun.

Think outside the box,
~RobbyRicc

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