Kona predictions: men’s top 10
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From ITU and Olympic champions to previous Ironman World Championship winners, there are a host of contenders to take the title in 2015, including Brits Tim Don and Joe Skipper, with the potential there for a fiercely-fought battle akin to Scott and Allen in 1989 and McCormack and Raelert in 2010.
Here 220 columnist Tim Heming counts down his predicted top 10 finishers…
10. Matt Hanson
Past results: ninth in Age-Group 2013; IM Texas winner 2015, IM Chattanooga winner 2014
There can’t be many professionals in Kona newer to the sport than Hanson, who only took up triathlon in 2011, but as a professor of exercise science and director of the human performance program at Buena Vista University, he’s well placed to optimise his training and the rise has been impressive.
Two years ago he finished a mere ninth in his age-group (25-29) in Hawaii, but hinted at his potential with a 2:53 marathon, the fastest amateur split. Since turning professional he has won Ironman Chattanooga in a course record 8:12:32 last year and did the same this time around in Texas with 8:07:43 where he ran down a 9min deficit to Joe Skipper and extended to a 9min margin of victory. That 2:45:47 showing was not even Hanson’s fastest marathon in an Ironman – the 30-year-old ran a 2:41:38 on the same course last year and a 2:42:07 in Coeur d’Alene, both course records.
The likelihood is that Hanson will struggle in the swim and suffer on the bike, but with few expectations, the man from Concord, Massachusetts, might just fly on the run.
9. Tim Don
Past results: IM Mallorca winner 2014; IM 70.3 Monterrey winner 2015; 2006 ITU World Champion
Don validated his full distance race requirement by winning with a comfortable 4min cushion on debut in Mallorca last September, with his qualification chances already buffered by a glut of points from last year’s third place at the Ironman World 70.3 Championship.
The Boulder-based Londoner wisely elected not to fit in another full distance effort, and instead took to the 70.3 circuit with victories in Monterrey, Brasilia, Utah and Ecuador; a predominantly South American schedule linked to a Coca-Cola team endorsement signed alongside British female professional Rachel Joyce.
It was all going so well until Don came off his bike just before the business-end of the season. Thirty-six stitches in his face, two in his knee, six internal and two to save his thumb meant he flew to Austria for the 70.3 worlds topped up on antibiotics, and pulled out before the end.
Missing the last big training block is far from perfect preparation for a first crack at Kona, but enforced layoffs can be turned to a positive, and Don is of that mindset, with assurances he’s fit and firing if a little fatigued. In some ways it’s exactly where you should be a few weeks out, and he does have a lifetime of endurance conditioning to fall back on.
8. Joe Skipper
Past results: Second place IM Texas 2015; three podiums at IM UK
This could be the highest achieving year yet for British male triathletes in Kona, with debut appearances from Tim Don and David McNamee. Skipper, though, could top the lot. Unlike the others, the 27-year-old from Norfolk has not come through the British Triathlon system but since stepping up to long course action has been a breath of fresh air, with his honest endeavour, candid views, heavy-hitting bike legs and slick run splits.
He’s had three consecutive podium finishes at Ironman UK, a race he’s desperate to win and must surely land within a couple of years. But the result that really put his name forward as a contender – and into exalted company in the saddle – was a runner-up spot in the Ironman North American Championship in Texas. A 4:10:07 bike split was the fourth fastest official Ironman bike ride ever. Given the company he’s keeping, the reality is Skipper is only a dark horse for the top 10, but his strong bike leg could make him an exciting prospect.
7. Eneko Llanos
Past results: IM 70.3 Lanzarote winner 2015; Ironman Europe Champion 2013; Three-time XTERRA World Champion
Of the four Spaniards on the startlist, Llanos looks to have the all-round talent to produce the best result in Kona. At 38, there are plenty of miles on the clock with an Ironman career stretching back over a decade, three XTERRA world titles and an appearance in the first Olympic Games in Sydney in 2000.
He DNF’d last year in Kona after the bike leg and an eighth place in the Ironman European Championship in Frankfurt with a 3:18:34 marathon was also below par, but Llanos is still a regular top 10 performer and retains some of his short course speed, as proven by a 1:11:16 half-marathon in a packed Challenge Dubai race in February. He’s also proved he’s in good current shape with a win at the recent Lanzarote 70.3 race, so expected to be in the mix.
6. Brent McMahon
Past results: IM Arizona winner 2015 (course record); three-time IM 70.3 North America champion
Owner of the fastest Ironman debut time ever at Arizona last year (7:55:48), the Canadian certainly has the speed to impress on debut in Hawaii.
Now 35, he experienced two Olympic Games eight years apart in Athens and London, improving from 39th to 27th, and will not have lost all the speed from the 31:09 10km split he put in at Hyde Park. Hailing from Victoria, British Columbia, McMahon has also worked with the same coach, Lance Watson, for two decades and despite the extended short course career, Watson believes his protege was always destined to go long, saying: “I knew when he was in his early twenties that he’d be best at Ironman, but Brent’s complete commitment to what we were doing long-term gave us the luxury of not rushing him to that distance.” The pair will hope the cool, calculated approach pays off on October 10.
5. Andy Potts
Past results: 4th IM World Championship 2014; IM 70.3 Calgary winner 2014; Escape From Alcatraz winner 2014
At 38, time should be running out for the ever-dependable Potts, and yet he’s showing few signs of slowing down, particularly in Hawaii. Save 2013, when he pulled out injured on the morning of the race, the American has been competing on the Big Island since 2008, collecting three top 10 finishes in the process.
Such is Potts’ reputation and history as the perennial swim leader, the lead kayak might as well be assigned as his personal companion, although Jan Frodeno tried to upset the etiquette by out-muscling him on to the pier last year and it’s likely New Zealand’s Dylan McNeice will have a say this time around. A 2004 Olympian in Athens where he was first out of the water and finished 22nd, Potts will undoubtedly lose a few spots on the bike, before – if he’s having a good day – forge back into race on the run.
Log on to Potts’ website and the first thing that greets you is a slogan saying: ‘Andy Potts is always a contender’. I don’t see anything changing here.
4. Bart Aernouts
Ninth IM World Championship 2014; IM France winner 2014; IM 70.3 Wiesbaden winner 2014
Two things to know about Aernouts: he won’t win, yet he won’t be overtaken on the marathon. On dry land, the former duathlete and Uplace BMC team member excels.
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The Belgian is the type of athlete you don’t hear about all day then pops up on Ali’i Drive in an impressive position having clocked just about fastest run split. In 2013 the 2:44:03 was good enough for eighth, last year’s 2:50:12 resulting in ninth. The non-wetsuit swim is where he suffers, but he’s improving – in 2012 he couldn’t break the hour, last year it was down to 55.43.
This year does offer more hope, as neither Kienle or Skipper are front-pack swimmers either, but will be amongst the strongest bikers in the race. If they come out of the swim in dribs and drabs it may not suit, but as a combined second or third chase pack it will be fun to watch, fireworks will fly and it could set Aernouts up perfectly to unleash yet another impressive run.
Find out who our tip for the top spot is on page 3
3. Freddie van Lierde
IM World Champion 2013; eighth in IM World Championships 2014; IM Port Elizabeth winner 2015
Just as in 2013, Van Lierde will not be many people’s pick to win Kona – including the Ironman public relations department – but if you had to choose a top 10 certainty, it would be the Belgian. Van Lierde just gets the job done.
He keeps a low profile, as low as any world champion as he controlled the race to claim victory two years ago. He also rarely has a bad day, the worst of Van Lierde probably arriving last year when suffering from stomach cramps to finish eighth.
Rarely found wanting in the swim, a smart, strong biker and consistent runner, Van Lierde is coached by namesake and two-time Kona winner Luc van Lierde. He doesn’t race too often, but will be as well prepared as any athlete on the island.
But can he live with the best of the best? It may sound like it’s detracting from his 2013 win, but the field is considerably stronger that it was two years ago. Van Lierde could even perform better than the 8:12:29 he produced in 2013 and still finish third.
2. Sebastien Kienle
IM World champion 2014; IM 70.3 World Champion 2012, 2013; IM European Champion 2014
The reigning champion. One of the sights of the Ironman World Championship is to watch Kienle, having clawed back the deficit from the swim, power past a paceline of 20 or so triathletes and burst into the lead on the Queen K. If this scenario plays out again then there’s no better front-runner in the sport than Kienle, who melts out fearsome power on the bike and always produces a measured, unflappable run. But will it be enough to retain the title?
Only four men have ever successfully defended the No 1 position on the Big Island, Dave Scott, Mark Allen, Tim DeBoom and Craig Alexander, and the year-long extracurricular commitments for reigning champions have only intensified. Ever candid, Kienle is also not one to turn down interview requests and has worn the mantle of champion with distinction.
In 2015, though, he hasn’t been quite as dominant. Out-split by 2:24mins by Frodeno in Frankfurt, and 2:19mins by Andreas Dreitz at the 70.3 Worlds in Zell am See, it could be his way of holding back the throttle to fathom the fastest combined bike-run strategy in Kona. Certainly the run is looking sharper than ever, including out-splitting Javier Gomez at the 70.3 Worlds over the half-marathon.
Expect Kienle to revert to type on October 10 and lay it all out in the second half of the bike leg, because he knows he needs a cushion leaving T2. From there a 2.50 marathon might pressure the faster marathoners to falter, except this year, I think there will be just one that won’t…
1. Jan Frodeno
Third IM World Championship 2014; IM 70.3 World Champion 2015; IM Frankfurt winner 2015 (course record); Olympic Champion 2008
Frodeno heads to Hawaii looking to repeat the performance of Craig Alexander in 2011 by winning both the 70.3 and full Ironman world championship crowns.
The big German also looks without a weakness to attack. Any remaining questions over his step up from ITU racing hung over race management and nutrition, and he’s answered both. This year Frodeno returned to Frankfurt for the Ironman European Championship and set a course record in unseasonably hot conditions of 7:49:48.
Most notably, astride his new-fangled Canyon, he biked away from compatriot Sebastian Kienle – despite the nose cone dropping off. Kienle’s weapon of a second discipline may still re-emerge to full effect if the crosswinds take hold in Hawaii, but Frodeno has laid down a powerful psychological marker.
It hasn’t always been smooth progression – since winning gold at Beijing 2008, Frodeno only stood atop the World Series podium twice in ITU racing and not since 2010. Sixth at London 2012 having battled an injury was impressive, however, and now we’re witnessing a reinvigorated champion, and one who is unlikely to be stopped.
Given favourable conditions, even a course record – as Alexander achieved in 2011 – could be on the cards, and, whisper it quietly, maybe even a finish time under eight hours.
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This was the seventh edition of the annual event, as competitors took on distances ranging from the new starter-sprint triathlon aimed at beginners, (200m swim, 10km bike and 2km run) up to the challenging Gauntlet Half-iron triathlon (1.9 kilometre swim, 90 kilometre bike and 21 kilometre run). Over a quarter of the field were first timers, a third took part last year, 800 braved the cold and camped next to the Castle and thousands of spectators lined the course.
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The event was rounded off by the world’s biggest children’s triathlon, with 1,600 children aged 7 – 15 taking part – many for the first time – in the supportive surroundings of the Hever Castle Estate.
Champs crowned at Hever
The Hever Castle Triathlon attracted elite athletes, drawn by the prestigious champion’s title, prize money and atmosphere – including Commonwealth Games participant Liam Lloyd, Brit pro Catherine Jameson and World Aquathlon Champion Hannah Kitchen.
The first title winners were crowned in the Olympic distance race. Despite having the early lead on the swim and bike, Sam Wade couldn’t hold on and it was the fast running and talented Calum Johnson who would take the title, and Johnson crossed the line in 2:02:30 ahead of Wade who completed in 2:03:15. Liam Lloyd completed the podium with a time of 2:07:19.
In the women’s race it was the class act in the field who took the title true to predictions. Catherine Jameson had a huge lead after the bike and rounded off the race in first and a time of 2:18:31. Following her over the line was Sarah Lewis in 2:21:38 whilst Hannah Kitchen finished third in 2:25:25.
Endurance specialists take on The Gauntlet
The next race winners would come from the middle-distance Gauntlet race. Over 800 took on The Gauntlet in 2015, growing from 200 in its first year in 2013.
On top of the pile was Ashley Hurdman who was making his debut at the distance and finished ahead of top elites who suffered in the warm conditions (Cedric Lassonde and Matt Dewis would DNF).
Hurdman led from the bike and gave it everything, collapsing over the line with exhaustion in a time of 4:47:14. In second was pro biker turned triathlete and another debutante, Brennan Townshend in 4:48:04. Third was Pete Dyson in 4:51:28.
Kim Morrison, the European Age Group champion, was making her elite debut and set the tone for what could be a very successful pro career with a win. She led from the start to finish and a huge gap with 5:22:36. Second placed Ruth Purbrook crossed in 5:41:26 with Kate Mactear third in 5:52:21.
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The 2015 event was Olympian’s Alistair and Jonny Brownlee’s largest triathlon to date, with over 1600 registered participants. Participants got the chance to race around the brother’s stomping ground near where they grew up, in the village of Bramhope.
Elite triathlete James Teagle was the male winner of the sprint event in a time of 1:14:22, whilst Naomi Drakeford was fastest female in 1:31:31.
Commenting after the event, Alistair Brownlee said: “It’s been a fantastic day for all involved. It’s great that so many participants returned from last year, but it’s also important to us that the Brownlee Tri is inspiring new triathletes. Over 30% of our participants had never competed in a triathlon before and The Collective Kids Duathlon was always busy”.
The free Kids Duathlon, delivered by British Triathlon Trust, was in high demand throughout the day, with over 300 children of all ages trying out running, cycling and transitions.
The Brownlee brothers started the first wave at 9:30am, with Jonny completing the swim leg for his team in the Corporate Challenge relay wave at 10:30am. Participants took part in Sprint, Super Sprint and Relay races throughout the day.
Results
Female – sprint
1st Naomi Drakeford
2nd Stephanie Knott
3rd Rebecca York
Male – sprint
1st James Teagle
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2nd Carl Shaw
3rd Robert Saxby
Female – super sprint
1st Charmaine Sterling
2nd Maria Hobbs
3rd Lucy Khan
Male – super sprint
1st Geoff Wynn
2nd Matthew Crimes
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3rd Irenee Grayel
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Chattanooga in Tennessee has been chosen as the host the 2017 Ironman 70.3 World Championships. The championship race will be a two-day event with the professional and age-group women racing on Saturday 9 September 2017 and the professional and age-group men racing on Sunday 10 September.
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After its European debut in Austria in 2015, the 2016 70.3 World Champs shifts to the Southern Hemisphere for the first time – in Queensland, Australia’s Sunshine Coast – before returning to North America in 2017.
Ironman expects more than 185,000 registered athletes to race at over 100 Ironman 70.3 races around the world throughout the 2017 qualifying season. From those races, more than 4,000 athletes will qualify to race in the 2017 70.3 Worlds.
Home of Quintana Roo bikes, Chattanooga is an outdoor sports honeypot that already hosts a full Ironman (won last week in a sprint finish by Estonia’s Kirill Kotsegarov). The 70.3 event had a successful debut in May 2015, attracting over 2,000 athletes in its sell-out debut.
Chattanooga provides a fast course with a swim in the Tennessee River. Four bridges cross the river over the swim and a pedestrian Riverwalk runs along the entire swim course making it ideal for spectators, before the bike heads out to the rolling Tennessee hills.
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More info is at: www.ironman.com/ironman-70.3/world-championship
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Martin Hill, Triathlon Training Spain co-founder, a BTF Level 3 Coach and Certified Swim Smooth Coach, said, “To say we’re excited is an understatement. Thanks to increasing demand for our personal and tailored coaching camps, we can’t wait to kick off our new partnership with the Bonalba Hotel, which is just a 40-minute journey from Alicante airport.
“We can now offer all the facilities expected from a 4-Star hotel. In-keeping with our current approach, all our camps at Bonalba will be fully inclusive of airport transfers, food, coaching and attention to detail. Plus, with iconic bike climbs on the doorstep, a large leisure open air pool at the hotel and accessible trails for running – this is the perfect location to plan your pre-season training camp.”
With each training camp limited to six attendees, the team retains a maximum coach to athlete ratio of 1:6; although the ratio is typically 1:4. Starting in November this year, Triathlon Training Spain will run new camps with the Bonalba Hotel. These include specialist Swim Smooth Clinics and Swim-Triathlon Camps. Triathlon Training Spain will also continue to run camps at its Casa de Triatlo facility.
A number of camps are already full, although there is currently availability on:
17 October – One Day Swim Clinic / Triathlon Camp (Oxley Sports Centre, Sherborne, Dorset, UK)
13-11 November – Swim Smooth Clinic (Bonalba Hotel, Spain)
27-30 November – Swim Smooth Clinic (Bonalba Hotel, Spain)
4-7 December – Swim Smooth Clinic (Bonalba Hotel, Spain)
26 March – 2 April 2016 – Swim Smooth / Triathlon Camp (Bonalba Hotel, Spain)
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The event will mix ‘short-course speed with long-course endurance’, with a short individual time-trial taking place on day 1 (500m swim/8km bike/2km run) a draft-legal multi-lap race on day 2 (three laps of 500m swim/13km bike/3.3km run) and finally a non-drafting sprint-distance race on the last day. The prize purse is one of the largest ever offered for a triathlon event, and is rumoured to be in the region of $500,000.
The two races on Highbourne Clay won’t be accessible to the public and the entire event is strictly invitational, with the confirmed start list so far reading like a who’s who of professional triathletes. Javier Gomez, Gwen Jorgensen, Richard Murray, Mirinda Carfrae and Tim Don are all confirmed amongst the 19 athletes invited to race.
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Richard Murray and five-times ITU World Champion Javier Gomez, just two from the huge list of world-class triathletes whol will be competing in November
Mark Holowesko, the financier behind the race and owner of the Island House Hotel in Nassau, has devised a cycling-influenced structure to the huge prize-fund, which will include leader’s jerseys for fastest swimmer, cyclist and runner individually and an overall male and female winner’s jersey at the end of the event.
Pro triathletes Beth Gerdes and Luke McKenzie are the directors of the race (McKenzie is racing himself) with Gerdes telling Triathlete.com that the prologue stage being held on Nassau was a compromise to allow them to host the rest of the event on the private island of Highbourne Clay:
“Stage 1 will be held on Nassau at the Island House, and Highbourne Cay is a remote island in the Exuma chain, which would make spectating the entire event difficult this year unless you have a sailboat or sea plane – although it will definitely make for good TV!”
There will be social media coverage and live tracking of the races as it happens, and the event will be televised in January 2016.
Men’s line-up
Javier Gomez
Richard Murray
Aaron Royle
Ben Hoffman
Tim Don
Luke McKenzie
Leon Griffin
Barrett Brandon
Trevor Wurtele
Women’s line-up
Gwen Jorgensen
Rachel Joyce
Leanda Cave
Heather Wurtele
Lisa Norden
Lauren Brandon
Mirinda Carfrae
Rachel Klamer
Nicola Spirig
Alicia Kaye
You can find out more about the event at www.islandhousetriathlon.com
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The Always Aim Tri Series consists of three triathlons – the Slateman, Sandman and Snowman. The champion is determined by the individuals who have accumulated the best time over the three races.
Going into the Snowman Triathlon both Brown (pictured) and Seymour had established comfortable leads in the Tri Series, meaning that they could, in theory, ease off at what is one of the UK’s toughest triathlons. Yet both Brown and Seymour displayed a killer instinct and won the tri series in style by storming around the Snowman Triathlon course and finishing in first place.
As a result of winning the AAH Tri Series, Brown and Seymour will jet off to the island of Nevis in the Caribbean for an all-expenses trip as a reward for their feats throughout the Tri Series races. Furthermore, both Brown and Seymour will race in one of the world’s most beautiful events, The Nevis Triathlon.
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Held since 2005 and annually sold-out months in advance, the setting for the Elbaman is Elba, Italy’s third-largest Island after Sicily and Sardinia, and located 20km west from the mainland.
The 11th edition kicked-off at 7am on 27 September with two 1.9km swim laps in the warm 20°C plus waters of Marina di Campo Bay, before athletes exited onto the bay’s golden sands and commenced the three 60km loops (totaling 2,500m of elevation gain) around the island’s western peninsula.
With a pre-race goal to break the course record of 9:39hrs, the brilliantly named reigning champ, Lucky Berlage of Belgium, led the field at the halfway stage and would continue to dominate onto the three-lap marathon run. In rising September heat, Berlage broke the tape in 9:26hrs to overcome Alessandro Alessandri’s 2007 Elbaman record.
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Winning the women’s in full-distance race was Caroline Engelke-Horn, with the middle-distance winners being Marta Bernardi in the women’s event and Gabriel Hopf in the men’s.
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The 12th edition of the Elbaman takes place on 25 September 2016, with entry opening soon at www.elbaman.it.
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Marking its 15th anniversary, the E.O.F.T. will be headlined by a short film extreme alpinist Tamara Lunger, alongside a wide range of exciting short films. These adventures include trail running, longboarding, horseback riding, ice-climbing, single track riding, extreme climbing, snow freeriding and slacklining.
In 2001, the tour consisted of a total of 16 showings across Germany, featuring two hours of 8 hair-raising films. Today, the film tour keeps more than 200,000 fans on the edge of their seats with more than 300 events in 14 countries across Europe.
UK screening and venue details
Sat, 31/10/15 – Royal Geographical Society, London
Programme starts 14:00 (doors open 13.30)
Details/Book now: http://www.eoft.eu/tickets/details/event-european-outdoor-film-tour-20152016-royal-geographical-society-2015-10-31_14-00/
Sat, 31/10/15 – Royal Geographical Society, London
Programme starts 18:00 (doors open 17.30)
Details/Book now: http://www.eoft.eu/tickets/details/event-european-outdoor-film-tour-20152016-royal-geographical-society-2015-10-31_18-00/
Sun, 01/11/15 – St. George’s Bristol
Programme starts 20:00 (doors open 19.30)
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Tue, 03/11/15 – The Mitchell Theatre, Glasgow
Programme starts 20:00 (doors open 19.30)
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Wed, 04/11/15 – Portobello Town Hall, Edinburgh
Programme starts 19:30 (doors open 19.00)
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Fri, 06/11/15 – The Rocket Complex, London
Programme starts 20:00 (doors open 19.30)
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Mon, 09/11/15 – Sheffield Student’s Union
Programme starts 20:00 (doors open 19.30)
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Tue, 10/11/15 – The Comedy Store, Manchester
Programme starts 20:00 (doors open 19.30)
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Wed, 11/11/15 – St. George’s Bristol
Programme starts 20:00 (doors open 19.30)
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Thu, 12/11/15, The Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
Programme starts 20:00 (doors open 19.30)
Details/Book now: http://www.eoft.eu/tickets/details/event-european-outdoor-film-tour-20152016-the-crescent-theatre-2015-11-12_20-00/
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The visualisation platform shows the fitness habits of similar communities in twelve major world cities, namely Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, London, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Milan, New York, Paris, San Francisco, Sao Paulo and Sydney.
Info includes the most popular routes in each city, cities with the fastest runners and cyclists, cities with the most marathoners and facts like the most active times of day in each city.
Unsurprisingly, Londoners are most active between the hours of 7am-9am and 5pm-7pm. They also log the most rides and runs of all, however lag behind on speed and distance. In bike-mad Amsterdam the average length of a ride uploaded is over 40km, whereas Parisians average a swift 8:56mins per mile as opposed to London’s 9 minute mile average.
Paris is home to the fastest runners based on average pace, whilst Londoners are the most prolific Strava users
Over ten million Strava activities have been logged in London over the last 12 months, and the capital is also top for commuting, with almost 10,000 journeys to work uploaded every day.
Curious about how runners and cyclists in major global cities stack up? Here are some of the stats and rankings in so far:
City that is the most active before work
Syndey, Australia – 45% of bike rides and 30% of runs happen between 5:00 – 8:00 a.m.
Most active day
13/05/2015 – on the day of the London to Paris bike ride, 37,226 users logged cycling activity on Strava, the most active day of all 12 cities recorded in the last year.
Fastest city dwellers (running pace per mile)
Paris — 8:56/mi
London — 9:00/mi
Berlin — 9:11/mi & Melbourne — 9:11/mi
Milan — 9:13/mi
New York City — 9:15/mi
Amsterdam — 9:19/mi
Sydney — 9:33/mi
Barcelona — 9:41/mi
San Francisco — 9:47/mi
Los Angeles — 10:26/mi
São Paulo — 10:45/mi
Most marathons ran (completed over the last 12 months)
London — 12,888
San Francisco —5,479
Amsterdam — 4,678
Los Angeles — 4,528
Paris — 4,200
Barcelona — 3,485
New York City — 2,698
Melbourne — 2,255
Sydney — 1,912
Berlin — 1,397
Milan — 1,241
São Paulo — 1,170
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