2011 Kona Ironman in our forum

Every year, we have a great forum thread, with folks from the island and folks watching at home all chiming in on the action. This year is no exception...

Kona 2011 – day 4

The 4th day of our 2011 Kona coverage is filled with images from the bike check-in. Athletes had time from noon until 5:30pm to drop of their bike, helmet and transition bags.

Mary Beth Ellis – Iron comet

With three Ironman wins and two race records this summer, Ellis has shown that her two Ironman 70.3 World Championship silver medals were just the beginning of her stardom.

Julie Dibens’ toe hurts

The two-time Abu Dhabi winner, 2009 Ironman 70.3 World Champion and 2010 3rd place Kona finisher is fighting a painful toe injury.

Vanhoenacker – a confident man

Marino Vanhoenacker had a breakthrough 3rd last year at Kona. In 2011, a 2nd at Abu Dhabi and a brief Ironman distance record of 7:45 at Austria give the Belgian a winning belief.

Kona 2011 – day 2

We are another day closer to the 2011 Ironman Hawaii and it was another busy day. The highlight of the day though clearly was the annual slowtwitch Kona gathering.

Kona 2011 – Underpants Run

The strange and terrible saga of the Kona Underpants run, the wicked brainchild of Paul Huddle and Roch Frey, carries on. Photo Gallery by Timothy Carlson

Dirk Bockel – wild card

The Luxembourg killer cyclist has an all around game that can make Bockel a factor at the very end of the day at the Ironman World Championship. We had a few words with the man also known as DeBockel.

Kona 2011 – day 3

Thursday in Kona is mostly known to be about the underpants run, the Pro press conference and the E Komo Mai dinner, but it is certainly not limited to these 3 events.