Your one-stop guide to watching the 2015 Ironman World Championships
It's the second Saturday in October and you are a triathlon fan. Of course, you'll be spending Saturday night and well in to Sunday morning in front a PC or laptop. Won't you?!
The 2015 Ironman World Championship, as in previous years, will be available - free of charge - to follow via live video, text and online timing/tracker updates. Many of you, we know, will be aware of much of this already - but equally we suspect that there are an awful lot of triathletes out there that aren't aware or familiar that they can follow triathlon's annual 'big dance' in Hawaii from the comfort of their office, sofa or indeed by taking the laptop / tablet to bed. Best check with the 'other half' first on that one.
So, here is our Guide to following the 2015 Ironman World Championship. We have also put together - with UK timings to make it easy for many of our readers - a schedule of key race events to provide approximate times of some of the key moments during the coverage. You can now plan your viewing around important things like dinner or a few pints at the local... but still know what time to get back to see the marathon start!
Live TV Coverage:
Live (internet-based) TV coverage of the 2015 Ironman World Championship will be available via Ironman Live on the links below. As well as the video feeds, Ironman typically also provides a text-based commentary, photo updates and an online race tracker (timing) which allows you to check progress of individual athletes through the course as they pass various timing check points throughout the race.
Remember, if you are following / commenting on the progress of the GB & Ireland athletes via Twitter, please add hashtag #GBKONA.
Ironman Live Links:
www.ironmanlive.com
eu.ironman.com/triathlon/coverage/detail.aspx?race=worldchampionship&y=2015
Race Timings: Saturday 10th October 2015
(UK time = 11 hours 'ahead' of Kona)
*** NOTE - START TIME CHANGES FOR 2015 ***
Race Start (Male Pro athletes) - 6:25 a.m. local time / 5.25 p.m. UK time (Saturday evening, 10th October)
Race Start (Female Pro athletes) - 6:30 a.m. local time / 5.30 p.m. UK time (Saturday evening, 10th October)
Race Start (Age Group Men) - 6:55 a.m. local time / 5.55 p.m. UK time (Saturday evening, 10th October)
Race Start (Age Group Women) - 7:10 a.m. local time / 6.10 p.m. UK time (Saturday evening, 10th October)
Race Ends (Final finisher) - Midnight local time / 11.00 a.m. UK time (Sunday morning, 11th October)
Estimated Schedule of Events - ALL UK LOCAL TIMES
Event
*** ESTIMATED UK TIME ***
Date
Pro Men Swim Start
5.25pm
Saturday 10th (evening)
Pro Women Swim Start
5.30pm
Saturday 10th (evening)
First Pro Men reach swim turn (halfway)
5.49pm
Saturday 10th (evening)
Male Age Group Swim Start
5.55pm
Saturday 10th (evening)
First Pro Woman reaches swim turn (halfway)
5:56pm
Saturday 10th (evening)
Female Age Group Swim Start
6.10pm
Saturday 10th (evening)
First Swim Finishers (Pro Men)
6.14pm
Saturday 10th (evening)
First Pro Men Start Bike
6.16pm
Saturday 10th (evening)
First Swim Finisher (Pro Women)
6.22pm
Saturday 10th (evening)
First Pro Women Start Bike
6:24pm
Saturday 10th (evening)
First Swim Finisher (Male Age Group)
6.47pm
Saturday 10th (evening)
First Swim Finisher (Female Age Group)
7:02pm
Saturday 10th (evening)
Swim Cutoff (Last Female Age Grouper)
8:30pm
Saturday 10th (evening)
First Pro Men at Hawi (Bike turn, circa 59 miles)
8:45pm
Saturday 10th (evening)
First Pro Women at Hawi (Bike turn, circa 59 miles)
9:05pm
Saturday 10th (evening)
First Pro Men Finish Bike
10:40pm
Saturday 10th (evening)
First Pro Women Finish Bike
11:20pm
Saturday 10th (evening)
First Pro Men Start Run
10:42pm
Saturday 10th (evening)
First Pro Women Start Run
11:22pm
Saturday 10th (evening)
First Pro Men at 'Pay & Save Hill' (Palani, 10 miles)
11:47pm
Saturday 10th (evening)
First Pro Women at 'Pay & Save Hill' (Palani, 10 miles)
12:32am
Sunday 11th (early morning)
First Male Pro Finisher
1:30am
Sunday 11th (early morning)
First Female Pro Finisher
2:20am
Sunday 11th (early morning)
First Male Age Group Finisher
2:40am
Sunday 11th (early morning)
First Female Age Group Finisher
3:45am
Sunday 11th (early morning)
Bike Cutoff (10:30 after start time)
4.40am
Sunday 11th (early morning)
Race Finishes
11.00am
Sunday 11th (early morning)
Race Links
Here are some further links which may prove useful. The start list links below provide details of an athletes race number, which can be very useful when searching for timing data in the online race tracker. All of the GB and Ireland athletes are provided in one file, by category, on the link below, along with separate listings for the Professional division.
Race website: www.ironmanworldchampionship.com / Race pack: HERE.
Start Lists (All): HERE | Start Lists (British / Irish, by category): HERE | Pro Men | Pro Women