Ironman 2011

<p>SHAWN GUST/Press An age group competitor swims among thousands in the first lap of the 2.4-mile leg of Sunday's Ironman Coeur d'Alene.</p>

<p>SHAWN GUST/Press A professional triathlete races another competitor in the swim portion of the Ironman.</p>

<p>SHAWN GUST/Press Brian Hadley, of Coeur d'Alene, grimaces as he tries to unzip his wetsuit in the transition area Sunday prior to the cycling leg of the 2011 Ford Ironman Coeur d'Alene.</p>

<p>SHAWN GUST/Press Brian Bulkowski, of Green Bay, Wisconsin, exits the water on after swimming the first of two laps.</p>

<p>SHAWN GUST/Press Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania resident John Potter steadies himself while putting on his cycling shoes during the 2011 Ford Ironman Coeur d'Alene.</p>

<p>SHAWN GUST/Press Ally Hericks, of Denver, Colorado, 9, looks for her father in the field of competitors during Sunday's Ironman.</p>

<p>SHAWN GUST/Press Tim Snow races on a scenic portion of the bike course in Hayden.</p>

<p>SHAWN GUST/Press Caitlin Snow climbs a hill on Hayden Lake Road during her first lap of the cycling leg of Ironman. Snow finished second in her division with a time of 9:29:18.</p>

<p>SHAWN GUST/Press Angela Morelli, a volunteer at a bike aid station, hands off a performance drink to David Matheson dressed as a chili pepper.</p>

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<p>SHAWN GUST/Press Paul Lamphier shouts in support as his son Tom zooms passed in the 2011 Ford Ironman Coeur d'Alene.</p>

<p>SHAWN GUST/Press John Skroch, of Renton, Washington, holds a steady pace along Coeur d'Alene Lake Drive.</p>

<p>SHAWN GUST/Press Julie Dibens, who set a course record with a time of 9:16:40, races up the Bennett Bay hill in Sunday's Ironman Coeur d'Alene, her second. Dibens was the top-finishing female.</p>

<p>SHAWN GUST/Press Kyle Pawlaczyk, of Orchard Park, New York, cruises through his second lap of the run portion of the 2011 Ironman Coeur d'Alene.</p>

<p>JEROME A. POLLOS/Press Craig Alexander celebrates crossing the finish line of Ironman Coeur d'Alene in a record-setting time of 8:19:48 to win the event Sunday. Alexander's bicycle and marathon times established new course records.</p>

<p>JEROME A. POLLOS/Press Great BritainÕs Julie Dibens celebrates with spectators as she approaches the finish line of the Ford Ironman Coeur dÕAlene where she set a course record of 9:16:40 in only her second Ironman of her career.</p>

<p>JEROME A. POLLOS/Press Coeur d'Alene's Brian Hadley crosses the finish line in fourth place overall in his seventh Ironman event.</p>

<p>JEROME A. POLLOS/Press Dixie Ziegler, from Post Falls, crosses the finish line in 12:08:09.</p>