WTS veteran Vicente Hernandez of Spain outran Andy Potts of the U.S. and Lauren Goss of the U.S. smashed the women’s field to prevail at Ironman 70.3 Lima.

Men

2016 Olympian Hernandez led the swim in 22:56 which gave him an 8 seconds lead on Potts, 17 seconds on Jose de la Torre, 23 seconds on Kevin Collington of the U.S. and Fellipe Santos of Brazil, 1:22 on Tim Rea of Australia and 1:56 on Marcus Herbst of Germany.

By 56km of the bike leg, Potts established a 35 seconds lead on Hernandez, 1:01 on Herbst, 3:27 on Santos and 3:30 on Collington. After a men’s second-best 2:01:02 bike split, Potts entered T2 4 seconds behind Herbst, who made up for his 1:56 swim deficit and more with a race-best 1:59:17 bike split.

After a 2:03:38 bike split, Hernandez started the run with a 1:33 deficit to Herbst and Collington hit transition 3:09 further back.

While Herbst held a lead at T2, he was out of gas and was soon gobbled up by Potts and Hernandez and Collington. Potts held on halfway through the run but could only manage an 1:18:26 run split. Hernandez had plenty left to post a race-best 1:13:53 half marathon and break the tape in 3:43:40 with a 1:44 margin of victory on Potts and 3:19 on 3rd place finisher Collington, who closed with second-best 1:15:30 run split.

Women

Goss started off with a bang, her 24:49 swim obtaining a 41 seconds lead on fellow American Kinsey Laine, 2:38 on Ada Bravo of Peru, 2:41 on Brittany Higgins of the U.S., 3:53 on Lucy Gossage of Great Britain, 4:31 on Sarah Piampiano of the U.S. and 4:42 on Cecilia Davis-Hayes of the U.S.

Taking on the flat, fast four laps on the Costa Verde road, Goss maintained her lead with a women's second-best 2:17:16 split that gave her a 90 seconds lead on Laine and Davis-Hayes, who made up 2:49 with a women’s-best 2:14:27 bike split.

Goss then took absolute control of her race with a women’s-best 1:20:24 half marathon that brought her to the finish in 4:05:56 with am 8:51 margin of victory over Laine (1:27:17 run) and 9:48 over 3red place Davis-Hayes (1::28:34 run split).

Ironman 70.3 Lima
Lima, Peru
April 14, 2019
S 1.2 mi. / B 56 mi. / R 13.1 mi.

Results

Men

1. Vicente Hernandez (ESP) 3:43:40 S 22:56 T1 1:39 B 2:03:38 T2 1:36 R 1:13:53
2. Andy Potts (USA) 3:45:24 S 23:04 T1 1:38 B 2:01:02 T2 1:16 R 1:18:26
3. Kevin Collington (USA) 3:46:59 S 23:19 T1 1:27 B 2:05:33 T2 1:12 R 1:15:30
4. Fellipe Santos (BRA) 3:47:16 S 23:19 T1 1:46 B 2:05:12 T2 1:25 R 1:15:36
5. Marcus Herbst (GER) 3:49:24 S 24:52 T1 1:31 B 1:59:17 T2 1:04 R 1:22:42

Women

1. Lauren Goss (USA) 4:05:56 S 24:48 T1 2:00 B 2:17:16 T2 1:29 R 1:20:24
2. Kinsey Laine (USA) 4:14:47 S 25:29 T1 2:03 B 2:18:18 T2 1:41 R 1:27:17
3. Cecilia Davis-Hayes (USA) 4:15:44 S 29:30 T1 1:45 B 2:14:27 T2 1:30 R 1:28:34
4. Lucy Gossage (GBR) 4:16:50 S 28:41 T1 1:49 B 2:18:40 T2 1:28 R 1:26:14
5. Brittany Higgins (USA) 4:24:54 S 27:29 T1 2:00 B 2:19:50 T2 1:22 R 1:34:15