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Amy Marsh wins Ironman China
UPDATE
Amy Marsh emailed during a layover in Korea, on her way back to Austin. This is what she said about the race:
“IM China was a great experience. Some of the toughest race conditions I’ve ever experienced. Very windy on the bike and a hot hot run. I felt pretty good throughout the race but the run was just survival because it was so hot.”
Check her full race report here.
Austin triathlete Amy Cottrill Marsh returns to Austin this week after winning China Ironman on March 14.
Marsh was third out of the water, then recorded the fastest bike split of the day. After a conservative marathon, she crossed the finish line more than 10 minutes ahead of second place finisher Nicole Leder of Germany. Marsh’s finishing time was 9 hours, 52 minutes and 45 seconds.
Not bad for swimming 2.4 miles, cycling 112 miles and running 26.2 miles!
Brandon Marsh, Amy’s husband, came in ninth in the men’s race, with a finishing time of 9 hours and 52 minutes. (No, that’s not a typo. They finished practically together.)
Read more about Marsh’s accomplishment here. I’m hoping to talk with Amy when she gets back in Austin, so check back for that, too.
Amy Marsh is from Rochester , N.Y., but moved to Austin in 2001. A competitive swimmer most of her life, she started racing in triathlons in 2002 and went professional in 2006. She now races for Team TBB. She has been at a Thailand training camp for the last seven weeks.
Ironman China was her second long-distance win in recent months. She won Ford Ironman Wisconsin in September 2009.
The above photo, by Mario Cantu, shows Marsh last June, after winning the Buffalo Springs Lake Ironman 70.3.
“She is ecstatic,” her mother Marge Cottrill said this morning after chatting with her daughter by email. “She won by 10 minutes even after she had a flat tire.”
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