Up close & personal at the 2009 Kona Ironman World Championships

[realv0310]

You re not alone du, I follow every single iron man such as 70.3 or the original at kona hawaii, and I like Macca philosofy... just enjoy the trip do not see it like a dark journey.... just enjoy it..

[smorales3308]

I loved this!! this something that you have to do for yourself!! It takes mostly mental strength!! This video made me think about a movie I saw last week, “Discover the Gift”. it talks about being true to yourself and do whatever you do best giving 100% all the time. I loved it! u should check it out!! facebook. com/discoverthegift

[alco48]

Craig drinkin´ beer and destroying all his physical power...

Tja, ihr Lieben, was soll ich sagen???

[0710442022]

As long as I look good on camera I dont give a shit if theres Chrissie Wellington standing besides me^^

[earthsbrawler]

i would love to do an ironman but i can't swim :(

[TheLakemann]

I abhor unneccesary exertion.

[ToxicFrog]

So I take it if Chrissie finished 40 minutes behind Craig then my hopes of not being destroyed by a woman are extremely unlikely...my ego can't handle that.

[cesarduartesilva]

kona in portugues mean pussy and im not talking about cats im talking about a womans part of the body that i like

[TyreezyTyrak]

8 hours and 20 minutes.... that's ridiculous

[luckydirtbag]

Chrissie says at the end that she "might be" back in 2010. OOOOPS... JINX!!

[stevemehne]

i know that they have traveled over 130 miles altogether but i hate that the pros WALK across the finish.

[phusick]

i would like to fuck these girls....

[Vazquez71]

Same here dude.. almost there.. almost there.. good luck!!!

[glaros0]

We shouldn't forget of Lieto too, he did a huge achievement to finish 2nd in 2009 from 23rd (if I am not wrong) in 2008.

[tmdavinci]

IRONMAN sooner or later for me too!

[AnihilatorElijah]

I'm right there with you. Trying to get started in my youthful years!

[jsbruzina]

Ironman Kona is my goal for this decade of my life - sooner or later. Anyone else????

[ebbry2013]

@jsbruzina Me too! :)

[foolproof8]

@jsbruzina i just want the opportunity to do one! i cant afford a bike yet but i have been running 4 marathons so far, i hope to run atleast 10 marathons before my attempt at this amazing race first...

[Lee7281]

@jsbruzina Right here. I plan on doing my 1st. one in about 2 yrs.

[lukynho]

@jsbruzina me too.... is gonna hurt but i'm gonna make it

[rylandel]

great vid - is it lame that I am watching IM videos while on the trainer in the basement?????

[lloydram]

@rylandel hahah hellll no, i do the same and i can speak knowing almost for a fact that we arent the ony ones bro!

[kickerstr1]

i do that too

[Cornampoo]

@rylandel ROFL! Way to go dude.

[deckomanilo]

@rylandel lame and also gay, you fucking homo rylandel

[stevemehne]

@rylandel at least you aren't sitting on the couch eating birthday cake like me.

[livetotri08]

@rylandel im glad im not the only one who does that lol

[TyL3R458]

Epic achievement Chrissie!

[misterstamper]

I like this way better than the NBC version with the overblown music soundtrack. Hearing the crowd and street noise is almost like being there.

[parnefl]

This is better than what is on the Ironman site.  Good job!

[seiya891]

good stuff

[irontri455]

brendanmercado you rock so much thanks so much for helping out! without you guys we could never have an event like this :) I hope you enjoyed it!

[Trashjack101]

It has to so hard swimming around that many people

[brendanmercado]

i live in kona and wwas helping it was awesome

[scheersje]

Not many videos about this and to bad it wasn't on tv here. Nice vid

[LittleMegha]

Many thanks for the post. The field of videos is very thin. Watching Chrissie is just what I needed to pump me up for my ride today!

From MA Little Megha

[jdkock1]

notice how clear the water is!

[SconeMason]

This is great, thanks for posting this.  One would think there would be tons of video available of this event, but it still gets short shrift. Chrissie is the greatest.

[Peekingduck]

Awesome

Thanks

[huudacris]

Great job on the recap