Here’s the official Crushing Iron – Ironman Wisconsin 2016 tribute video. I just can’t say enough about this race and the volunteers, hopefully this catches some of its splendor. Special thanks to my mom and brother.
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Here’s some pretty cool shots from the run course at Ironman Louisville 2015. We’re working on one that combines all three and should have that up soon. Please follow Crushing Iron on Facebook (or by email on this site) to get much more from Ironman Louisville. (And Chattanooga, which we still have to finish as well). Not to mention an onslaught of general talk about Ironman. Also, if you like what you see, please share with friends, groups, etc. Thanks for reading Crushing Iron.
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Since I’m doing video full time (and available for hire) I thought I would start making little videos like these with all of my footage. Let me know what you think.
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Here’s something I did for the Middle Half in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. I’ve done their videos for the last few years and it’s always a good time/race. I ride around on a mountain bike and pick up all these shots in about two hours. Feel free to give me a shout if you put on a race and would like a good/affordable video to remember/promote it with. The awesomeness that is Lanni Marchant won the woman’s overall with a time of 1:16:56. Men’s winner, Patrick Cheptoek, at 1:06:23.
FEMALE OVERALL (1st, $500; 2nd, $250; 3rd, $150) - Course Record Lanni Marchant 1:15:32 (2013)
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Place Name Plc Plc Age Time Pace City & State
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1 Lanni Marchant 9 1 30 1:16:56 5:53 Chattanooga TN
2 Emmy Chepkirui 12 2 26 1:18:21 5:59 Hardin KY
3 Amanda Dunne 20 3 31 1:23:00 6:20 Murfreesboro TN
MALE OVERALL (1st, $500; 2nd, $250; 3rd, $150) - Course Record Micah Tirop 1:05:43 (2010)
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Place Name Plc Plc Age Time Pace City & State
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1 Patrick Cheptoek 1 1 28 1:06:23 5:04 Bowling Green KY
2 Justus David 2 2 27 1:07:12 5:08 Murfreesboro TN
3 Scott Wietecha 3 3 33 1:07:29 5:09 Hendersonville TN
Here’s another in my growing list of Ironman Tribute Videos, this one from Chattanooga. I didn’t make it to the bike, so hopefully the swim and run suffice.
The guy after Mike Reilly (The Voice of Ironman) raced in the very first Ironman, allegedly in cut off jean shorts, so I thought he deserved some special video love.
Special thanks to Brad Garrison for helping me pick up shots from the Swim Start.
I’m available to do something like this for your races, so feel free to email me [email protected].
Note: Video is cut to “The Man” by Aloe Blacc (more info on this below) from his album “Lift Your Spirit.” (Vimeo and YouTube versions below).
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VIMEO VERSION
YOUTUBE VERSION
The first time I heard “The Man” by Aloe Blacc was in Dallas at the Final Four. I was culminating my childhood dream of watching the Badgers play for the National Championship.
We went to the Jerry Dome about 5 hours early and spent much of that time at a Pep Rally, where they unveiled a preview video showing Wisconsin player highlights cut to “The Man.”
My first thought was, this dude totally ripped off Elton John’s “Your Song,” and I kept expecting him to say, “And you can tell everybody . . . this is your song,” instead of “I’m the man, I’m the man, I’m the man.”
I don’t think I heard it more than once or twice since Dallas, but it really stuck in my head. I’m not sure about the bridge where it goes into long and drones about how he really is the “maaaaaan,” but it may be growing on me after hearing it 50 times.
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Little Debbie is getting serious about this Ironman business. I think it’s pretty shrewd, actually. They hired a film crew and shot all day at Ironman Chattanooga. Below is the excellent product.
I met one of their photographers on the bridge and he was a cool guy (who will also be in my video). It’s pretty wild to shoot a 12-15 hour race and edit it down into just over a minute, but I think they did a great job with this.
Scroll down to find a ton of raw video I shot while at Ironman Chattanooga.
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Here are the 8 Pros I caught running out of T2 at Ironman Chattanooga.
List includes Per Bittner, Devon Palmer, Gergo Molnar, Patrick Evoe, Rene Vallant, Matthew Curbeau, Kyle Pawlaczyk, and Darrel Williams. My buddy Brad Rollins is also with this crew and unfortunately missed a trip to Kona by one slot.
This was the first Ironman Chattanooga and nobody really knew what to expect on this run course, but I think it proved to be tough but fair. Per Bittner ran the best of this crew with a 3:00:50 marathon at Ironman Chattanooga. Matt Hanson had the fastest run split of the day at 2:47:40.
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This guy is hands down my favorite Ironman reporter. I mean, how many Ironman reporters do you even know?
In this first piece he is blowing the lid off the $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of “Oil and Tack” Saboteur.
And here he is, confirming the breaking news that Little Debbie would be the title sponsor for Ironman Chattanooga.
This isn’t quite as riveting as watching the last person finish an IRONMAN, but it’s still pretty cool. Lots of encouragement from the fans and Voice of Ironman, Mike Reilly.
“You got it! You got it!,” he yells . . . he even tells her to doggy paddle!
You can see her at one point look up, mere feet from the finish and seemingly say, “I can’t make it.” I’ve been there early in my triathlon career and that is not a good feeling.
I believe her swim time was 1:47:45. Pretty amazing what the body and mind can get you through.
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Here’s the 2nd of three videos showing age groupers leaving the swim exit toward T2. Probably 2-300 people run by this camera.
Feel free to link this post in your groups, Facebook, etc. if you think they will be interested and be sure to follow Crushing Iron by email at the top right of this page. I will be posting a bunch more stuff from IM Chattanooga.
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