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I always tell my coworkers that the day I’ll win the lottery, the next day I’ll send them a postcard from Waikiki Beach!
Team Hoyt finishing IM Hawaii
Marc Herremans participating in the Ironman of Hawaii in 2002, only 10 months after his accident.
And finishing first in 2006…
link to youtube.com
Watching the live streaming wondering WTF I have do to do qualify
Two words: Team Hoyt!
Running on the queen k this summer!
Never been there, but hopefully…
Would be a dream to participate one day…competing wouldn’t necessarily be paradise, but aftewards would be!
The blue sea and sky
seeing the nature!
Hellriegel, Leder, Al-Sultan, Bracht, Raelert etc.
GERMANS!!!! GoGoGo!
Just watching it for the first time.
Never been to Kona, but I really enjoyed running during my recent vacation on Kauai. Later I realized that I ran a couple of segments of The Kauai Marathon route.
Watching Kona fragments for the first time and now training for my first triathlon.
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For an Estonian – Marko Albert ranking as M Pro 13 in 2011
Some days ago pro triathlete Bockel did fracture his hand … he will nevertheless race …
One of my distant dreams to do
08:03:56 oh my!
I’ve no a Kona memory… I’ve never been in Hawaii. But I hope I’ll be able to be there soon!!
Allons-y!
I’m always exited to watch Kona race as at least one of my fellow countryman (estonian) participates :)
But year 2010 was epic battle between McCormack and Raelert, leaving 2-times defending champion Alexander into dust – cleaver “team”-tactics!
A place for me to be in five years.
Chrissie Wellington 2011
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Easy! Last year I travelled with my wife to Hawaii for the first time. Got some running in too; in Waikiki and then in also a nice but hot run in Maui!
Watching Luc Van Lierde win in 1996. It was the first time I ever saw a triathlon on TV and stayed up all night to keep watching.
Chrissie Wellington managing to win last year despite the training crash weeks before the event. Inspirational. rich_kitch69@hotmail.com
I once visited Hawaii and I love macadamia nut cookies. That’s about the closest I come to Kona Ironman!
I live in Sweden, and because it is veeery far away from Kona and I have never been there. So, the closest memory I have of it is when I was wearing a “hawaii-shirt”. :)
Watching an exciting race in one of the most beautiful places in the world!
Hostelling in Waikiki!!
Marc Herremans winning in 2006 in his hand-cycle
Nice
Dave Scott – Mark Allen Kona 1989
Go Mirinda, go like a Hawaian wind!
1988 was my first watch…in the years following mark allen became my superman.
Awesome!
My own 910 is feeling sooo lonely… This is her only hope for reproduction (at least in my household ;))
No Kona memories yet. But this time our competitor Petr Vabrousek will be racing again after a car crash aftet that he was in a hospital for a few days. I’ll cross fingers for him!
Stumbling across kona on YouTube. Amazed and in awe of these guys inspired me to take up triathlon.
Hadn’t heard of Kona before now. Sounds awesome, going to be following it now.
Gordon B
seeing everyone riding the week before the race in 2010 got me started training for triathlon.
No Kona memories yet, as I just “discovered” this year what was all about.
So fat I have read lots of epic moments in, arguably, the best scenario in the world for an ironman
The moment I first saw Ironman Hawaii – it was magnificent! Than I realized I had to get back in shape. So 1 year later, tomorrow I’m taking part in a trail running race! In couple of years I hope I can make it to a full Ironman somewhere in Europe!
cheering for Luc Van Lierde while he was participating!
sand on my feet
First time I have heard about Kona was from your post few years back..
hawaiian guitar
Sun, ocean, beach and running what a lovely combination.
I would love to ride the bike portion of Kona and be a Kona Iron man spectator.
Just a dream to be there in somes years
Kona coffee
Sun, ocean, beach and running what a lovely combination.
Dolphins riding bikes and sea turtles running the marathon.
I’ll never forget the legendary Marc Herremans. I’ve read his books and since then, he’s even more legendary :-)
The typical shirt full of flowers and the roasted coffee beans that a friend of mine brought back to me when he visited Hawaii for a PHD.
Rasmus Henning, DK, is ending his career at the race – what a spectacular place to do it…
link to rasmushenning.com
Haven’t ran Kona……. Yet.
I’ll put my hawaian shirt this week-end during the race !
Checkin a friend’s progress a couple of years ago.
He was out of the simw when I went to bed and should be finished when I woke up – found he was still running and realised it had gone wrong.
Brought home how long/hard these things are
I visited the Big Island oh Hawaii 10 years ago in November 2002. I still remember this great place and consider it as one of the nicest places on earth. I checked out some the locations connected to the Ironman World Championships.
I have total respect for all the people participating in that race as the weather conditions are quite tough.
Good luck to everyone for this years race.
Droffen
Remembering me that i should train harder to ever enter a Ironman.
Melting in the lava fields
Chrissie having a flat and accidently wasting her co2, before being thrown another by one of the other racers.
Great blog! Best memory: watching last year recap on youtube.
Paris is nice
fellow Belgian Luc Van Lierde’s first victory in 1996 in his first entry!
Following Rasmus Henning from Dk, fantastic sports man:-)
Greetings from Greece, keep running!
will be flying to San Diego that day (from Paris). Hopefully i can squeeze some run there.
in a few years Im hoping ot call my self an ironman, untill then I watch and learn :)
Ironman Hawaii 2010 – Macca vs. Raelert
Watching Breakfast with Bob online from London. Makes me really envious of not being in Kona.
Never been in a Ironman, never been to hawaii…. but guess the best part of hawaii is the weather compared to the Netherlands
Panicking about the Ultra I’ve signed up to near Honolulu.
Never been to Kona or Hawaii, but that doesn’t stop me from trying. :)
who cares the gift, I just like to run the race as usual ;)
thanks anyway for you giveaway!
Great!
Tracking my TAFE lecturer when he does Kona. He still wins local races even though he’s in his fifties now.
One of the reason that made me start running was the story of 1989 Kona Ironman tell by an italian triathlete.
I hope one day to be able to be there…
Watching last years live stream.
Never been there, but this seems to be the best locations to swim, bike and run!
Turtle town
groeten uit Holland
They shot Lost at the Hawaii, that’s why I can’t wait to get there.
Watching the banana hammock & egg shell helmet races from before 2000 ;)
Watching my friend finish top 10 in her AG last year and just miss cracking 10 hours!
My memory of Kona are the FB photos
link to facebook.com
Kitesurfing in Maui
What about it? I’d love to go there at least once.
Cheers from Poland
Hard to choose from my Belgian perspective: I was doubting between Luc Van Lierde with his two wins and his record time, or Marino Vanhoenacker who took bronze in 2010 and trains at the gym I used to go to. But I’ve got to go for Marc Herremans who took sixth place in 2001, got paralyzed after a cycling accident in 2002, and went on to take bronze (three times), silver (once) and gold (once) in the handcycle category at Kona.
the hot desert
Someday I’ll be there…
All those stories (and pictures) about swimming out to the coffee boat in the bay!
Watching the difference between the winners and the folks finished just before the time cut-off.
Watching Kona in the UK is like watching porn back in the 90s.
You spend hours searching for a link to a dodgy stream and then sit up all night, trying not to wake the wife getting excited by blocky images.
Participating in the Underpants Run and being able to be a part of the whole experience in Kona.
Chrissie Wellington winning for the first time
Kona coffee
The age gropers competing in and amongst the pros.