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Running past the brightly colored housing along Copenhagen's famed Nyhaven.
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Elite swim start on Amager Strand.
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Swim finish.
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Spectators cheering triathletes leaving T1.
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Wünderbiker Bjorn Andersson had a first-pack 45 minute swim, then blazed to a race-best 4:19:47 bike that gave the Swede a nearly 15-minute lead into T2. He held the lead for 20k then, sadly, his running wheels fell off.
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Egoitz Zalakain Erbiti of Spain passes a windmill during his 4:42:43 bike split. He finished 6th overall in 8:26:52.
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Current Ironman 70.3 World Champ Jodie Swallow pushed Team TBB teammate Rebekah Keat all through her 49:33 swim and 4:54: 41 bike. But a six month plantar fascia injury torpedoed Swallow's race after 2 painful kilometers of the run.
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Danish physically challenged athlete Gert Rune finished in daylight.
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Who says Denmark doesn’t have hills?
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Spectators on the course's big hill inspire with a colorful Danish message.
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Ultimate race winner Tim Berkel bites his tongue to avoid further trouble with a race marshal enforcing a 4-minute drafting penalty at the start of the run.
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Berkel's 2:46:16 run was topped by four men, including a 2:38:59 by 4th place finisher Mads Vittrup-Pedersen. But Berkel had enough to stave off Jimmy Johnsen by 35 seconds.
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Once Team TBB teammate Jodie Swallow dropped out, Rebekah Keat set off alone to a women's race-best 3:05:02 marathon and a record 8:52:42 finish, winning by 42:49.
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Croatia's Dejan Patrcevic was hot on the heels of Tim Berkel and Jimmy Johnsen near the end. His 2nd-best 2:44:00 marathon brought him home in the final spot on the podium.
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Very tall 25-29 Danish age grouper Oystein Vergeland ran through the popular Nyhaven area on his way to a 3:20:21 marathon to finish 60th overall in 9:31:19.
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Denmark's hero Rasmus Henning joined Danish 8-time Le Mans champion Tom Kristensen on a relay. Henning finished his 13.1-mile half run stint in 1:14 and change.
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Running toward the finish in one of Copenhagen's historic plazas.
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Tim Berkel held the finish banner aloft for the second straight year.
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Denmark's Jimmy Johnsen gave it his all in a third-best 2:44:02 marathon which fell 35 seconds short of the win.
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Germany's Linda Schuecker was ecstatic that the pain was over - and for her 3rd place finish.
