Lauren Brandon got out of the water with Britain’s Lucy Charles and the two put five minutes on the great Daniela Ryf during the bike ride. Eventually Ryf caught and passed them, but Charles was able to hang on and take second. Lauren dropped all the way to 26th place. Don’t be surprised to see the swim and bike play out this year the same way as it did last year, but Lauren is ready to run much faster this time around.
Jan Frodeno was having a magical season where he knocked off Lionel Sanders at Oceanside 70.3, Patrick Lange at Ironman Frankfurt and Javier Gomez and Alistair Brownlee at the Ironman 70.3 World Championship. Then, not long after 70.3 Worlds, he was forced to pull out of Kona with an injury. What...
Javier Gomez is one of the living legends in our sport. Even though it is his first time to Kona, he has the tools to win any race he enters, no matter what the distance. Is he intimidated by the sport’s biggest spotlight? Not in the least.
Laura Siddall has had a great year in 2018 with wins at Ironman New Zealand and her second straight win at Ironman Australia. She is fresh off winning the Challenge European Championship at Challenge Madrid. She finished fifteenth here last year and would love to finish off her season with one mo...
