* A professional woman will be the first person across the line! To our knowledge, this has never happened. NB – we have since learnt that this has been trialled in the past, so a pro woman has grabbed the tape first in the past.
* The professional women will have a fairer race with no interference from the professional male field in the swim.
* The professional women will have a fairer race with no interference on the bike from the professional male field.
* Trialling new ways to make racing fairer is a great step forward from Ironman.
* The professional women (and obviously men at the other races) have a more concentrated coverage of their race and themselves potentially.