Lucy Charles!! Wow

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Dang, huge gap early in. But is it the best strategy to be out there by herself which will take more energy on the swim and bike? Time will tell

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Yeah pretty sad that they have all that commentary about Josh and then all they do is pan to Lucy dropping Lauren and move on. Nothing to say. Just "oh shit she dropped her"

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What do you think of the water conditions? i.e. temp, swells? Just curious of people's thoughts.

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The rest of the womens are nowhere in sight. She a beast

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It's exactly what I thought, a off the front lead group forming now, then there will be a smallish lead group, and then the 2nd group will be the biggest. Good news for them is that they will not be the usual 4 minutes behind the lead group, maybe 4 behind the off the front one, but a couple minutes better than last year..

And who knows, maybe one of the uber bikers is making that split to the lead 2 group..

is Facebook live the same as Facebook watch. I know I am computer illiterate but I can not find this.
Anybody care to walk me through this?

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Yeah.... I hope she's not burning too many matches to get the swim course record. That is a HUGE gap.

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So help me w/ my math.....if LS and the "uber" biker group finishes 5 mins back of front swimmers, would that mean essentially Charles comes out of the water with some strong bikers...not that she is going to sit on LS's bike watts, but she's got some firepower to atleast "pace" off, right?

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Open your facebook account, search for Ironman world championship, and then it should be right there.

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Go on the facebook app - search Ironman Now and choose that page. then on that page there should be a video that says "Live" on it. click on it, should get you going

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Josh is pulling 10 guys at the turn around. The 2nd group is about 10 sec behind the last of those 10. Let's see if they all can hang on

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Looks to be a tail current on the way out, very fast time out, which will make the draft back easier for the followers. The guys just getting snapped off are going to lose a lot of time in the head current back..You have to suffer now to hold feet if you can..

I was thinking the same thing, looked fast on the way out

When will Lucy make contact with the men?

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Anybody poured their first beer yet? :). There’s a cream stout in the fridge begging to be poured.

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Thanks. kept searching Ironman Live and kept getting sent to sites to sign up for some crap.

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I was not expecting Lucy doing this so early. Her strategy will probably be putting Daniela on the ropes as long as she can. And it's smart. Is the best strategy for her, put as much time on Daniela on the swim and try to bridge some guys. I still think Dani will catch her and is way too early in the race but is nice to see Lucy not waiting for anybody.

OK so I am officially muting NBCSN on cable and turning up facebook now on the Mac (no ads) !

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You are assuming that Lucy will swim that 47 flat again, she will not be one second off of Josh today, she doesn't get to draft or pace off him. So she won't probably catch the uber biker group, but will catch the stragglers behind them..

Huge gaps in the women’s race. Wow.

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The men are cooking. I predict a bunch of guys around 47

Lucy will not set record? I see her at 48:00

Look how spread out the women are -- Lucy is just crushing them

Was actually just thinking of pulling out a Pittsburgh staple IC Light out of the fridge that has been there for a few weeks. My significant other would have one but after saying she was going to watch the race with me she passed out for a nap about 30 seconds after the gun sounded for the pro men start

Well Lucy is wishing a minute of josh at. the turnaround, so she will get the record easy, unless she gets lost out there.

Hasn't anyone taught these kids that you're supposed to bend the bill of your cap instead of leaving it completely flat? The youths these days know nothing

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