With an 18+ minute lead at 25k it would seem she could stop for a quick nap and still take this.

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Genetics load the gun, lifestyle pulls the trigger.

Yes. Great race for Lucy. And the men's winner didn't do half bad either. Bart Aernouts for the winner 8:35 I believe.
Hopefully Jesse Thomas will secure 3rd.

How old is Lucy?

24, she has an amazing future ahead! Wonder if she will attempt another IM to get into Kona 2017?

I think she will definitely try and qualify for Kona. Should be fun!

I think for the men you have to pretty well win 2 IMs (or definitely top 3) and and place top 3 at a number of 70.3's. For women it is even harder to get to Kona

Surprised no one has noticed that she was 6th OA out of the water with a 47:06, only 8 sec slower than the two fastest men who came out together in 46:58. The front page article says she swam 47:30 but acc to the results she went 47:06. Apparently she swam in a couple of swimming world cup events and in the finals of the British Oly trials in the 800 m, so she's quite the swimmer. :)

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"Anyone can be who they want to be IF they have the HUNGER and the DRIVE."

I definitely noticed her 47.0x swim....that 10K elite swimmer background coming in handy there.

She was/is quite the pool swimmer also. I couldn't find the Brit Oly Trials results but at the 2012 Brit Nationals, she went 4:19.90 for 400 LCM, which would be roughly 4:14 for 400 scm. To put this into 500 free (scy) terms for Americans, that would be about 4:46 for the 500, pretty darned fast IMO.

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"Anyone can be who they want to be IF they have the HUNGER and the DRIVE."

She lives (or used) quite near me and her and her fiance Reece Barclay turned up at a local Oly distance tri. He won the Standard overall, Lucy did a relay with a friend.

I am a fairly good swimmer. It thought I would see how long I can cling on to them for. I lasted about 10 metres. She was 1st out the water, Reece 2nd. I was 7th.