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- Morning Trainiacs, race day.
70.3 Puerto Rico, let's do it.
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- From Lexington Kentucky.
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- Taren Gesell!
Triathlon Taren is in the house!
- There you go!
Double T!
- Taren Gesell from Winnipeg, Canada.
- That hurt, that hurt a lot.
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- And so this year we're very honored
to present two grant awards
to two different organizations.
The amount we're granting this year is $50,000.
It's been raised by many of the athletes
who are here, who've raced today,
if you're part of the Ironman Foundation team
will you please raise your hand,
let's give them a round of applause.
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- Four spots, four spots.
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Dustin, Dustin Luttenegger
- He's not taking it, okay, okay, okay, getting close.
We need two more to drop off.
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- Yeah Jonathan got one, we got three spots.
Angel, Mario, Pedro.
Angel Mario Pedro!
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- Let's go three, there's one more.
- Marcos Odering, (speaks in foreign language) Marcos,
Marcos, yes.
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- He passed me at the end too.
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We're gonna have to lighten that up in post.
So, did not get a spot to Worlds,
that was the goal, but, I gotta say
I'm not upset with the day.
It's hard to be upset with a 13th overall,
8th in the age group,
31 and a half minute swim, with no wet suit
which would probably be like a 28 and a half minute swim
with a wet suit, a PR on the bike
like a 2:18, was it?
Second fastest bike overall, fourth fastest bike overall?
- Second fastest bike in your age group.
- Second fastest bike in my age group.
Got off the bike in second.
Overall or in the age group?
- Age group.
- Age group, and the run-- - And there weren't
too many people in transition before you
it was kind of weird and cool.
- And then the run,
I'm not massively strong on the run
but, do a 1:41,
in, you guys gotta try that course,
that is hands down the hardest run course,
run I've ever done.
It is nothing but hills, and 28 degree Celsius weather, so.
- The announcer kept saying, - 86 Fahrenheit.
- In the heat, uphill both ways, and it is.
- It literally was.
So that's like, take somebody who is,
1:32 half marathon
in a race kind of fit.
Add heat and hills, 1:41.
One that we were talking to, said that three weeks ago,
he ran a 1:24 flat half marathon and he did a 1:42.
- You know, when you qualified for Worlds
last time, it was at Austin
and they had to take you away in a medical,
into the medical tent and in a wheelchair.
This time you finished looking strong
and fresh and great really,
so you looked strong on the bike, strong,
despite the heat, strong on the run so I'd say
a very good improvement good showing.
- If I was to say I'm not upset
about not making Worlds I'd be lying.
Slightly, but, this is a step forward.
It was an awesome race, 13th overall,
this is a better race and not having qualified
than the race where I kind of executed
but still qualified so,
its all about the journey, its not goals,
and its also not all about PRs
because not every course is a PR course.
So I'm happy, I'm pumped.
Thanks to everyone who shouted out,
I was just saying that this was the hand down,
most cool, shout out, cheering on, taking selfies
event that we've been to, so,
thanks everyone. - Traniacs showed up
in Puerto Rico.
- Big time.
Puerto Ricans are Trainiacs.
Now, sangria!
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Later Trainiacs, thank you.
And also thanks to MTK for doing a great job
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