Lucy Charles took charge of this race last year from her very first swim stroke and built a five minute lead on the bike to the great Daniela Ryf and forced Ryf to go deeper than she might have wanted to make up that margin in the last 40K of the bike. Lucy held on to finish second in her debut at the age of 24 and it looks like this year the game plan will be exactly the same. The big question: Can she build a big enough lead in the bike to hold off Daniela Ryf in the marathon?
Lauren Parker was on stage with Mike Reilly and me here in 2015 when she took second in the 25-29 division. She went pro in 2016 and was training for Ironman Australia in 2017 when both tires went flat at the same time, sending her into a guardrail and leaving her paralyzed from the waist down. N...
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 t...
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...
