Shane McCauley, Brett Schweitzer and Bob Sinclair raced in Port Macquarie on May 1 in wet weather conditions, which made life more difficult for the competitors.

The gruelling distances of a 3.8km swim, 180km bike and 42.2 km run made it a tough day out for athletes.

Shane McCauley, competing in the 40-44 age group finished his third Ironman in a credible time of 11 hours, 53 minutes and 43 seconds, giving him an overall finish of 519th out of 1294 finishers.  

McCauley swam 1:11:15, cycled 5:57:28 and blitzed the marathon in 4:35:07.

Schweitzer, competing in the 45-49 age group finished his fifth consecutive Ironman Australia with a 1:10:53 swim; 6:20:37 bike and 5:56:43 marathon, a total time of 13:37:35.  

He was recognised on-stage at the awards night as a five-time finisher.

Sinclair, the stalwart of the Ironman family, finished his 22nd Australian Ironman. He competed in the 55-59 age group.  

After undergoing hip surgery in March 2015, Sinclair completed the course in 14 hours, 51 minutes and 50 seconds.  

He had a swim time of 1:03:19, bike time of 7:31:41 (increased due three tyre punctures and having to walk the bike 4km to the finish) and a 6:05:31 marathon.

He took one hour off his last Ironman marathon time.

Another Kiama municipality resident to compete in the event was 16-time finisher Graham Hammell in the 45-49 age group.  

His Ironman finish time this year was 11:07:53 with a 1:02:06 swim; 5:24:17 bike and 4:33:26 marathon.

Ben Hartley competed in the 35-39 age group and broke the hour mark for the swim, racing the Ironman in a credible 00:59:04 swim, 5:37:46 bike and fast marathon of 4:04:28.

His overall time was 10 hours, 47 minutes and 19 seconds.

Also run on the same day was the Ironman 70.3, with distances of a 1.9km swim, 90km bike ride and 21.1km run.  

Kiama Downs resident Jamie Williams was close to breaking the five-hour mark, finishing with five hours and 44 seconds.

Williams competed in the Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii last October.