Race Results 1978-2009 - Triathlon.de

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celebrated his win with an overall time of 8:20:21. Other
top men’s finishers included Raelert, Chris McCormack
and Rasmus Henning. Great Britain’s Chrissie Wellington
won for the third-consecutive year, breaking Paula Newby-
Fraser’s course record that had been in place for 17 years.
Wellington took the lead early, dominating a competitive
professional women’s field and winning by nearly 20 minutes
in a time of 8:54:02. On her first attempt at a fulldistance
race, Australia’s Mirinda Carfrae, an Ironman 70.3
World Champion, placed second behind Wellington. With
more than 10 70.3 titles to her name, Carfrae swam a 58:45,
biked a 5:14:18 and ran a 2:56:51, finishing in 9:13:59. Her
first-ever marathon broke the women’s run course record,
set in 2008 by Wellington. Among the race field were many
inspirational age group athletes, including U.S. Navy Cmdr.
David Haas, who trained for the event while deployed on
the USS Thach; Elizabeth Thompson, a stroke survivor who
re-learned to walk just two years prior to attempting the
140.6-mile journey; and Mike Adamle, a former professional
football running back and well-known national and Chicagoarea
sportscaster, who tested his strength and drive for the
second time in Kailua-Kona.
Craig Alexander overtakes Chris Lieto at mile 21 of the run,
propelling himself to the lead and to a second-consecutive Ford
Ironman World Championship title.
2010 Ford Ironman World Championship
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