41 Mainers on the road to Ironman LP.

July 7, 2008

With an international field limited to a little more than 2,000 racers, 41 Mainers signed up to compete in this year’s Ironman USA Lake Placid, New York, on July 20.

That in itself is a feat, considering last year online registration closed within a couple of minutes. Only 800 spots were available online after a record number of athletes signed up on-site earlier in the day. Last year it was still possible to sign up yourself and a friend on site, and people waited in line for hours in order to secure slots. This year, no more signing up friends.

The Ironman is the most internationally renowned race of its kind, drawing people from all over the world for the chance to swim 2.4 miles, then bike 112 miles, then run a marathon (26.2 miles)

Other Ironman races are held each year in Tempe, Arizona; Coeur d’Alene, Idaho; Panama City Beach, Floridal; Louisville, Kentucky; and Madison, Wisconsin.

As one Ironman scribe once wrote, there are probably more people who talk to cheese than do an Ironman.

Athletes have been training long and hard for the chance. Rob Smith, who has competed in eight Ironman races hopes once again to secure a qualifying spot at the Ironman Triathlon World Championship in Kona. He says race day is the day you celebrate your training. Of course, he adds, it’s also a day you race.

Ford Ironman USA Lake Placid 2008 Participants from Maine include:

ACKERMANN, RICK      60    M    AGE    M60-64    PORTLAND
BAKER, MICHAEL       40    M    AGE    M40-44    TOPSHAM
BARSCHDORF, JASON    31    M    AGE    M30-34    YARMOUTH
BOUCHARD, PAUL   48    M    AGE    M45-49    SANFORD
BRACKETT, DAVE       38    M    AGE    M35-39    WESTBROOK
BRADBURY, PAUL       38    M    AGE    M35-39    SCARBOROUGH
BRUCE, TIM        43    M    AGE    M40-44    HANOVER
FALL, GREG     43    M    AGE    M40-44    SANFORD
FAVREAU, MARK        47    M    AGE    M45-49    BOWDOINHAM
FAVREAU, JIM     48    M    AGE    M45-49    BRUNSWICK
GAUDREAU, GREGORY    45    M    AGE    M45-49    SPRINGVALE
GAUDREAU, LAURIE 39    F    AGE    W35-39    SPRINGVALE
GIGUERE, VALERIE 44    F    AGE    W40-44    WELLS
GILL, CHRIS     52    M    AGE    M50-54    GRAY
GRANDONICO, MARK    49    M    AGE    M45-49    PORTLAND
GREENLAW, MICHAEL    31    M    AGE    M30-34    FARMINGTON
HEDSTROM, THOMAS    33    M    AGE    M30-34    CAMDEN
JUNEAU, MICHAEL    41    M    AGE    M40-44    PORTLAND
LARGE, SOOZIE    57    F    AGE    W55-59    PORTLAND
LISA, OWEN     31    M    AGE    M30-34    NORTH YARMOUTH
MARTIN, ROBERT    40    M    AGE    M40-44    PORTLAND
MCADAMS, ELIZABETH   42    F    AGE    W40-44    BRUNSWICK
ALEY, RICK       36    M    AGE    M35-39    FARMINGTON
MORRISON, KATHRYN    38    F    AGE    W35-39    FREEPORT
NEMEC, KIMBERLY    45    F    AGE    W45-49    FALMOUTH
PROULX, TODD     29    M    AGE    M25-29    SOUTH PORTLAND
RICCARDO, THERESA    35    F    ATH    W35-39    YARMOUTH
RILEY, ROBERT    36    M    AGE    M35-39    CHELSEA
ROSENBLATT, JEFFREY 52    M    AGE    M50-54    GORHAM
SEDGWICK, PETER      38    M    AGE    M35-39    NORTH YARMOUTH
SEDGWICK, AMY        35    F    AGE    W35-39    NORTH YARMOUTH
SMITH, ADAM        21    M    AGE    M18-24    MORRIL
SMITH, ROB     50    M    AGE    M50-54    CUMBERLAND
SMITH, DAVID     41    M    AGE    M40-44    WEST BATH
ST. HILAIRE, RANDY   41    M    AGE    M40-44    WINDHAM
STEWART, DARRYL 32    M    AGE    M30-34    AUGUSTA
TAYLOR, ALAN     44    M    CLY    M40-44    STANDISH
TOOTHAKER, DAVID     45    M    AGE    M45-49    BRUNSWICK
TOWNSEND, JOHN       48    M    AGE    M45-49    SCARBOROUGH
TURNER, ROBERT 38    M    AGE    M35-39    WINDHAM
WHITEHOUSE, PAUL     59    M    AGE    M55-59    BRUNSWICK

We will be onsite at Lake Placid with our Ironman support crew loaded with bike parts, food, cool drinks and more.....have your family and friends look for our blue Peak Performance tents if you need anything!

Good luck to all!!