Ironman 70.3 Miami Preview
Inaugural race goes Saturday.
The inaugural Ironman 70.3 Miami goes this Saturday at Bayfront Park in Miami, Florida.
The 6:52 am (EST) start will have athletes begin with a 1.2 miles (1.9 km) swim in the protected waters of Miami Florida. Once onto the bike, they will ride a 56-mile (90 km) bike ride along the quiet, scenic communities of Miami, passing great architecture work consisting of classic and modern mansions as well as a mini tour of the Mediterranean Style City of Coral Gables. The final two loop 13.1 mile (21 km) run will have athletes travelling through the scenic Port of Miami and the site of many of the world’s largest cruise ships.
Along with the professionals (the start list is below), former cycling star Laurent Jalabert, is another notable figure that will compete in the race on Saturday. Canadian’s Angela Naeth,
Christine Fletcher, and Tenille Hoogland are also in the start list.
Professional Start List
Andres Darricau                 M        34       ARG  PRO
Christian Carletto               M        31       ARG  PRO
Leandro Gonzalez Bonet  M        33       ARG  PRO
Lucas Cocha                      M        27       ARG  PRO
Mario De Elias                   M        26       ARG  PRO
Nidia  Kondratavicius         F         39       ARG  PRO
Oscar Galindez                  M        39       ARG  PRO
Velmar Bianco Bueno       M        33       ARG  PRO
Alison Fitch                        F         37       AUS   PRO
Leon Griffin                       M        30       AUS   PRO
Ana Borba                          F         26       BRA   PRO
Ariane Montileli                  F         28       BRA   PRO
Gilberto Farah                    M        39       BRA   PRO
Marcus Ornellas                 M        39       BRA   PRO
Reinaldo Oliveira               M        32       BRA   PRO
Santiago Alves Ascenco   M        29       BRA   PRO
Talita Saab                         F         27       BRA   PRO
Vanessa Gianinni             F         28       BRA   PRO
Angela Naeth                     F         28       CAN  PRO
Christine Fletcher            F         37       CAN  PRO
Tenille Hoogland              F         32       CAN  PRO
Mike   Schifferle                 M        37       CHE  PRO
Benjamin Munizaga           M        29       CHL   PRO
Francisco Pavez Cabrera  M        24       CHL   PRO
Fiorella Dcroz Brusatin      F         31       COL   PRO
Daniel Schmoll                  M        28       DEU  PRO
Nina Kraft                            F         41       DEU  PRO
Swen Sundberg                M        36       DEU  PRO
Robin Christel                    F         23       FRA   PRO
Tasmin Lewis                     F         31       GBR  PRO
Csaba Kuttor                       M        35       HUN  PRO
Lupita Abascal Castro        F         40       MEX  PRO
Gillian Paredes                  F         40       PER   PRO
Jorge Pun                           M        39       PER   PRO
Filip Kristl                            M        32       SVK   PRO
Jozef Vrabel                        M        37       SVK   PRO
Marek Nemcik                     M        35       SVK   PRO
David Plese                        M        27       SVN   PRO
Amanda Felder Derkacs    F         28       USA   PRO
Brian Fleischmann                     M        32       USA   PRO
ChristopherCasey             M        39       USA   PRO
David Siddons                   M        35       USA   PRO
Holden Comeau                M        32       USA   PRO
Josh Rix                            M        32       USA   PRO
Kate Pallardy                   F         25       USA   PRO
Maksym Kriat                      M        25       USA   PRO
Manuel Barreiro                  M        40       USA   PRO
Matthew Reed                    M        34       USA   PRO
Melissa Reifschneider       F         39       USA   PRO
Miguel Tellez                      M        39       USA   PRO
Mirinda Carfrae                  F         29       USA   PRO
Nick Waninger                   M        26       USA   PRO
Sara McLarty                       F         27       USA   PRO
Thomas Laffont                  M        34       USA   PRO
Tyler Barbour Butterfield   M        17       USA   PRO
Victor Zyemtsev                  M        37       USA   PRO
Markus Strini                      M        37                   PRO
Rafael Wyss                          M        27                   PRO
Sudrie Sylvain                    M        28                   PRO