HELD IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, 30 AUGUST 2009. CONSISTED OF 2.4 MILE SWIM IN THE OHIO RIVER ... FOLLOWED BY A 112 MILE BIKE RIDE THROUGH THE KENTUCKY HILLS ... AND CULMINATING WITH A 26.2 MILE MARATHON.
PHOTOS IN THIS GALLERY WERE TAKEN AT ABOUT THE 100 MILE MARK ON THE BIKE RUN.
Ukraine's Viktor Zyemtsev and Germany's Nina Kraft won today's third annual Ford Ironman Louisville Triathlon, both winning exciting duels during the marathon to run their way to the win. Both used the picture-perfect conditions to set course records: Zyemtsev crossed the finish line in first with an overall time of 8:25:27, while Kraft celebrated her first full-distance Ironman win since 2007 in a time of 9:20:21.