Kona time

The annual pilgrimage of the best tri-geeks take place this Saturday at the Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii.

Prediction time:

Men's winner - Chris McCormack, he's hungry & like when fellow Aussie Greg Welch fially won, he's finally committed his focus to Hawaii at the expense of shorter races. Two-time winner Norman Stadler will dominate the bike again but falter on the run & come in a distant 2nd.

Women's winner - Natascha Badmann who even at 41 will relive her glory days on the bike and waltz herself thru the lava fields with her trademark Heidi smile and hold off last year's winner Michellie Jones who'll close on the run but run out of pavement.

Good luck to 70-something France Coken - going after his umpteenth age-group win.