 Alex Pilgrim in Action IslandStats.com
Leading the way was 13 year old Alex Pilgrim competing in the F1 Youth Super Sprint event for 12 to 16 year olds. Despite being one of the youngest competitors in the race and in a strong field of US elite juniors, Pilgrim finished 6th out of 33 over the 375m Swim, 10km Bike and 2.5km Run in a time of 36:58. Pilgrim exited the water in 6.29 and then put together a strong bike of 17.57 and run of 10.34. The race was won by Ricardo Reyes of Florida in 34.27.
Meanwhile over 8,000 miles away Gary Taylor and Tats Hoshina competed over 3.9km Swim, 180km Bike and 42.2km Run in the New Zealand Ironman in Taupo. Hoshina, the CEO of Tokio Millenium who recently announced the renewal of Tyler Butterfield’s sponsorship deal, finished 63rd out of 142 finishers in the Men’s 50-54 Age Group and 673rd overall in a field of 1,586. After exiting the water in 1:26:36, Hoshina worked his way through the field with a Bike time of 6:16.43 and a run of 4:24:27 for the Marathon.
Taylor, competing in the Men’s 55-59 Age Group finished 53rd out of 87 finishers and 1108 overall in a time of 14:06.10 with splits of 1:13:04 on the Swim, 7:22:00 on the Bike and 5:13: 55 on the Run.
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