As we were waiting for James to come back in from the bike, the 1st place finisher came running down Ali’I Drive. The crowd was going crazy as Craig Alexander came running past to win his third Ironman World Championship!
Aaron is a big Craig Alexander fan. He says “His last name is my middle name!” While I would have liked to see an American win, it was cool to see him break the world record that had held since 1996! 12 seconds put him into the record books. His race time was 8 hours, 3 minutes and 56 seconds. Fans of the sport are just waiting for the day when someone finishes the race in less than 8 hours! (The original first place finish time was 11 hours, 46 minutes, 58 seconds back in 1978. I was 2 ½ yrs old at the time!)
Another record was set since Alexander was the first person ever to win both the half and full Ironman World Championships in the same year! He had won the 70.3 World Championship in September, in Las Vegas. He is also only the fourth person in the history of the race to win it 3 times!
It was an amazing experience to be there and watch him already starting to celebrate as he knew the win was coming!
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