At Ironman BrazilTyler Butterfield got off the bike with a group of three other pre race favorites, Canada’s Brent McMahon, Brazil’s Igor Amorelli and the USA’s Tim O’Donnell. They trailed Belgium’s Mario Vanhoenacker by 6 minutes going into the run but Tyler was forced to stop to take an infraction penalty before starting the run. McMahon is quickly eating into Vanhoenacker’s lead and has about two minutes on Amorelli. Tyler is 11 minutes behind the leader in 6th early in the run.