Seems we've been talking about this contest forever - can you believe its but 9 days away? Exciting stuff, to be sure.
Lets get the predictions going!
Battle for 1st
between Darrem, Henry, Heath, and Alves. Alves is more complete than Darrem - Darrem's legs are too small and lack sweep. If Troy nails his condition and loses all the water in his hams and glutes he'll take it. He'd better bring it though because Darrem is guranteed to be "on" as always. Heath could win but its hard to say since this is his pro debut. David Henry will win if everyone comes in too soft or holding water.
Gary Strydom - no back, weak legs - could make top 5 but doubtful
5th spot - between Ahmed Haider and George Farah - will be decided on conditioning - my money's on Farah
The Other Rookie Sensations - Bill Wilmore and Marcus Haley - easy top 10 favs - Haley could make a stab at top 5, what with the amount of time he's had to improve since turning pro.
The Mass Factor - Ed Van Amsterdam and Martin Kjellstrom - Eddy Van looked great at the 2005 Ironman - hope he does well. martin looked huge at this years Ironman - hopefully made some improvements - both good top 10 hopefulls
Guaranteed to finish dead last: Ken Jones