Timothy Reed of Australia and Parys Edwards of Great Britain won Ironman 70.3 Subic Bay in the Philippines Sunday.

Men

Josh Amberger of Australia led the swim in 22:18, followed a minute later by Tims Green and Reed as well as Michael Murphy and Mitch Robins, with Luke McKenzie 1:51 later. Amberger extended his lead with a race-best 2:04:12 bike split which gave him a 3:15 lead in McKenzie (next-best 2:05:44 bike leg) 3:25 on Reed (2:06:44 bike leg) and 6:54 on Robins (2:10:19 bike split).

If not for the bike leg, Reed and Robins would have had a photo finish as they essentially mirrored swim splits – 23:18 to 23:23 – and run splits – 1:18:59 to 1:18:57. While Amberger and McKenzie were faster on the bike, their 1:27:34 1:25:17 run splits left the two Aussies in 3rd and 4th places. Reed hit the finish in 3:51:59 with a 3:49 margin on Robins and 5:13 on 3rd-place Amberger, with McKenzie 1:07 further back in 4th place.

Competitors and fans were disappointed as Craig Alexander did not start due to a longstanding back injury that cropped up two days before the race.

Women

Emma Bilham of Switzerland led the women's swim in 25:17, well out in front of Belinda Granger (27:23), Beth Gerdes (27:47), Katy Duffield (27:49), Jenny Guerrero (28:09) Dimity-Lee Duke (28:26) and Parys, who was 3:19 back of the leader.

After her women’s-best 2:20:33 bike split, Edwards led Gerdes by 4:36, Duke by 5:04, Granger by 6:18 and Bilham by 6:19. After posting a women's best 1:25:31 half marathon, Edwards finished in 4:18:13 with a 5:52 margin on Gerdes (1:26:45 run) and 9:26 on 3rd-place finisher Duke.

Edwards could be additionally proud as she finished 6th overall, beaten only by the top 5 men.

Ironman 70.3 Subic Bay
Subic Bay, Philippines
March 8, 2015
S 1.2 mi. / B 56 mi. / R 13.1 mi.

Results

Men

1. Timothy Reed (AUS) 3:51:59
2. Mitchell Robins (AUS) 3:55:48
3. Josh Amberger (AUS) 3:57:12
4. Luke McKenzie (AUS) 3:58:19
5. Matthias Knossalla (GER) 4:03:11

Women

1. Parys Edwards (GBR) 4:18:13
2. Beth Gerdes (USA) 4:24:05
3. Dimity-Lee Duke (AUS) 4:27:39
4. Emma Bilham (SUI) 4:37:39
5. Katy Duffield (AUS) 4:40:03