Is IM 70.3 Lanzarote next week? Seems to be on that (well, was last time I looked).
Edit: no, she was listed but now not there. Haug #1 and Matthews #3 (and think Charles must have been #2).

Lucy Buckingham...the other super swimmer from Britain named Lucy...is all I could find.

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She posts pretty regularly on Instagram. Lately it’s mainly been workout posts, so she doesn’t appear to be injured and just preparing for the upcoming season.

Any running ones?

She posted riding indoor 16 hours ago in Instagram. She’s well.

I don’t think you can read too much into pros being added/removed from start lists, often they’ve been on a start list for months and then plans change for whatever reason as the race gets closer.

Kat Matthews was on Challenge Salou start lists up to a week or so ago, it looks like she’s now doing Lanzarote 70.3 instead. Interested to see how she goes against Anne Haug, I’m not sure they’ve ever raced before and both are great runners.

Looking at the PTO pages, Collins Cup is, I think, the only common race, and Haug was below par (though she ran faster off a slow bike, but then excelled for the year's standout long performance at Roth only 8 days later).
https://protriathletes.org/athlete/anne-haug
https://protriathletes.org/...ete/katrina-matthews
The Lanzarote bike course is a good tester for St George: 13m per km, though with the climb spread throughout:
https://ridewithgps.com/.../38735659?beta=false
StG IM is 12.5m per km - RwGPS: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/38499172
Anyway, off topic. Let's hope Charles is OK and she just hasn't make up her mind whether to race before St George (or not; or is not telling)

Not sure she is injury free would be an accurate position!

Theres plenty of recent posts and videos? She looks quite pleased in todays post biking with her dog in a back pack

She hasn’t posted any running updates at all. Read into that what you want.

Normally over the winter she will do the park runs and occasionally X-Country but not seen any of that recently. She also normally posts a lot more about going to La Santa on training camps. Perhaps she is staying in UK to receive treatment, perhaps to avoid COVID, perhaps a new training regime.

You can read anyway you want to but there is a definite difference to last year.

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Lucy is among a small group of pros that derive good money from the sport. I suspect that means she can manage her schedule with no mind for hitting incentives based on winning second tier races, etc. If she doesn’t need to train by racing, she’ll be good to go.

Even the best athletes don't do a 'start the season' race to 'hit incentives'. They race one to see where they are, validate the winter months of training, check nutrition and eating regimes, and remind their bodies what 'full on' racing is like: a key part of preparation for the hard yards in the first 'A' race of the year. And because they enjoy racing: or is that a 'need' you think she hasn't got @Waingro ?
And to make some money, which means Miami was a bummer for Sala, Pallant and Sodaro.

Where did you check? Easy to see on insta that she did the los santa camp Jan-Feb. Three or four A races this year is probably enough

She normally goes to La Santa at least 3/4 times but has only been the once.

I agree most athletes do some B races in preparation for the A races, but some of the highly compensated athletes race less. For years, Jan typically did a spring 70.3 like Oceanside, a mid-Summer full, 70.3 WC depending on the venue, and Kona. Lucy has three WCs, the breaking 8 thing, and I’m not sure what else. That matches Jan’s typical season right there.

Nope - no match: see Frodeno's first of the year results here:
https://protriathletes.org/athlete/jan-frodeno
Always a middle distance race first, presumably as advised by Lorang. Who else does he coach? Haug: racing next w/e.

I think she had a year of fun last year, trying stuff - ITU, marathon, 1500m swim Olympic trial etc.

But very noticeable that she focussed and zeroed in on the 70.3 WC later in the year, and nailed it huge.

Perhaps a more focussed Lucy this year just chasing the big wins, no need to work hard building the brand - the brand is established and will look after itself if big wins keep coming.

i think lucy had more fun than anybody in pro triathlon last year. she was doing so much cool stuff.

of note is also that she switched coached to dan lorang, so it's possible that he wants her on a more frodo/haug pathway of less racing and more specialized prep.

also: i think lucy's win at 70.3 was criminally underrated - a staggering performance. she wasn't going to lose that race, not to a fit daniela, annie, laura, holly . . . hell, bring back michellie jones or karen smyers or whoever, lucy was untouchable that day.

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She posted on 1/21/22 "Warming up for my biggest race season yet".

I'm guessing she has an injury that is preventing her from running/racing.

On the same IG post she said she was doing the volcano tri on Lanzarote at the end of Feb.......she isn't in the results.

They mentioned her potentially being injured on the pro tri news podcast this week.

She's secretly training with Ben Simmons

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"mentioned her potentially being injured" - was complete conjecture. https://duckduckgo.com/...br&ia=definition

Yep, I heard that too. She's been biking a lot on zwift... but that could mean injury too. I don't know what to make of it really...

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"What's your claim?" - Ben Gravy
"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin

All due respect, the style of her win is OVERrated. Yes she did ride away in an impressive manner, but I am going to venture a theory that she wouldn’t have soloed like that without the motos.

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BRILLIANT!!!!!

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" with all due respect" where did you get the impression? Were you there? did you see it on the video coverage? Did you hear about it? Did you read it in coffee grounds? Whats your basis here?

See, in Jersey, it's understood that once you say "With all due respect ..." you are pretty much allowed to say whatever you want afterwards, no matter how insulting it may be, because you're really just expressing your opinion

The only acceptable reply is "Point taken" which loosely translates to "Yeah? Well, fuck you!!!"

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"What's your claim?" - Ben Gravy
"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin

"Not to be mean, but..." *insert mean comment*

No offence but...

I guess... for this to become a proper shitstorm I'd have to strike back now?

Not in the mood.

And I accept I didn't have a sufficient basis for my claim, as regards this particular race. So I take it back. Lucy demolished the field and 100% of the demolishing force was her own.

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If I remember rightly the cameras spent more time following the battle for second place, with all due respect. Could be wrong, etc etc

Just to kick the argument along a little,if anyone wants to check, Lucy starts the bike at about 1:05:45 into the coverage on Facebook...
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Last I heard, Lorang was coaching/advising Lucy - possibly changed since my ear isn't to the ground.

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Too funny, my GF is from Jersey, moved up to central Mass in 2000 or so...when I want to piss her off, I'll start with..."with all due respect..." Works like a charm.

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With all due respect, can’t you just say who’s right and/or wrong 😂

Is this the time for me to launch the "not a native English speaker" defense? (True, incidentally).

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With all due respect, that's not a valid excuse.

without undue disrespect, 'with all due respect' implies little or no respect is actually due

@iron_mike = your hyperbole "criminally underrated" deserved a response: excellent dominant performance: 'yes'. Who exactly do you think is doing the 'underrating'? And 'criminally'! ffs
And in the same vein, @kajet's assertion of moto drafting has no foundation from all the evidence available, any more than Knibb benefited (which in America would surely have been less unlikely). Who is "overrating" her performance? Do you think the number of PTO ranking points (124) was unreasonable? Do you think Haug's performance at Roth was better or worse (I call the latter the outstanding WPRO performance of the year btw - look at the margin to Lange (NB 24 minutes for a 113 mile race as opposed to Iden-Charles margin of 23 minutes for 70.3)). All in the past.

Anyway, back to the thread topic: what might Charles' preparation plan be for St George, will she race a middle distance beforehand and if so where, and what might be the reason she pulled out of her planned race (end Feb) but not entered another one in the future. (Note she was on Lanzarote entry list and/but Haug was on that too: she races tomorrow, against debutant Learmonth.)
Maybe she's keeping the calendar free for a short race to earn WT points, and as a sharpener?
Is this driven by Lorang being in charge (advising) of her training and race programme?

You’re doing just fine :D

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Were they your meds he got contaminated with?

Is this still the case? Is Frodeno on another entry list after pulling out of Oceanside? Maybe both are wanting to start their season later (on Lorang's advice) so they have the optimum run in to Kona and plan to let others enjoy the 'hot air' of St George? ;)

Just posted on the Gram that she has a stress fracture in her hip. Bummer.

Yup ... here's the post, picture has her with crutches like walking sticks:

"lucycharles93
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Sport can be cruel sometimes.

Unfortunately an MRI scan on Friday confirmed I have a stress fracture in my left hip and I will need some time to heal

For now the 2022 season is on pause & my focus is on rest, recovery & healing

I would like to thank my team & sponsors at this time for their incredible support. Together we will get through this & I will come back stronger.

For now we will be bringing you along on my journey to recovery via YouTube. Our first video is out now, link in my bio. 🔗"

Bummer.

Definite bummer.

YouTube video just posted. Sounds like Reese had some health issues too, which explains the quiet spring on YouTube. But Lucy, please don't take any health advice from the YouTube comments!

Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZl25TebWO4
More dairy and bone broth seem to be key comment diet recommendations which I suspect might fall into the 'thanks but no thanks' category.

I suspect/hope that she is just engaging with fans here, and that she has no intention of taking their advice.

Smart marketing if she is just inviting people to buy into the recovery process, should lead to lots of clicks for sponsor related content.

During the time and therapy needed to heal and rehab, perhaps we can look forward to more about the dog. That too "should lead to lots of clicks for sponsor related content".

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Seemingly the dog is more popular than most of us on social media, so your comment is probably right, whether that was your intention or not.

So I had pretty much the exact same stress fracture a year and half ago. In my case, I'm pretty sure I know what caused it. I was in a bit more pain than she is as I felt mine even though it was just a dull ache. It's a bit of weird injury as you aren't in a ton of pain that slowly goes away like a fully broken bone. It's hard to feel/see positive progress without another MRI to see how the bone is healing. She was smart to get it checked out right away as a few more weeks of training on it (like I did) will only lengthen the recovery. She should be able to still swim with buoy and limit herself to only pushing off the wall with 1 leg. IME and barring any setbacks, she should be back to full weight bearing exercising in about 8 weeks.

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Was an entirely straightforward comment, and meant (we have a dog): her sister does all the media aiui and if the plan is to keep the SM stuff going, the dog play is an obvious avenue (and reaches out to a wider community of interest). As well as tracking the hopefully steady and successful recovery process.