Thoughts after Ironman 70.3 Oceanside

The Lion🦁 Never in doubt! #nolimits

Thank you Lionel for mentioning Erin so much…it really honors her role in this win and what she brings to the table. You are setting a great example with the incredible amount of respect you show Erin. Congrats to both you and Erin on an amazing win.

An age grouper, I crossed the finish line of this race already feeling a high from the run. I walked up to my coach and immediately asked, "who won?!". When she said "Lionel", I was filled with so much joy that I cried. No one has been more of an inspiration to me, and nobody makes me happier to see succeed.

I have been checking youtube every 2h since Sunday looking for this video, let's goooo🔥🦁

Lionel is that guy

Love how humble and introspective Lionel is, and it’s great seeing Talbot in front of the camera!

I know thousands are like me sitting in front of this video with tears in their eyes thinking: "thats my guy!" thx lionel thx talbot

By far one of the best triathlon interviews ever. The Lion is here to stay 🦁

Hate that I can only hit the "like" button once. Aweseom recap and format. Talbot if you haven't watched the coverage go and take a look. When Lionel comes out of the water and the announcers hear the deficit is only 90 seconds back the male announcer flat out calls it for Lionel. Unapologeticially announces the race is his.

The lion is back 🔥

Seeing Lionel win made me so happy. Been following the journey for a long time. Pretty epic

Brilliant Lionel. Your our hero and reason why I still race at 58🎉

For a pro athlete, and one who has been at the top or up near the top consistently over many years, to hear the vulnerability of “mental breakdowns” and doubt and insecurity is really quite rare and LS should be applauded for speaking out about himself like that. Undoubtedly there are many others out there in all sorts of sports, or life in general, who need to hear that people that we hold so high are human too, and have moments that they need to dig deep within to overcome. Cheers LS!!! It was great to watch you win Oceanside!! Been a big fan for years even though I do not do Tri at all. Here at the fire station in Canada we always watch your videos and have been cheering you on through the years!! Cheers to Erin and your baby, Aqua Bear and to Talbot for great vids!!!!

Lionel is so transparent. Gotta root for him! Go Lionel! Glad to see you back where you know you can be!

Impressive man, very impressive. Lets get it Lion!

These two have had more influence on the sport and the way we see athletes and the races than anybody in the past decade. So happy Lionel had a great race and there is more to come. Will never forget to ride along Queen K in 2017 WC Kona, when this a young guy on a scooter with a big camera (Talbot 🙂) joined our ride in the rain to do some shots.

It’s so interesting listening to this and hearing your perspective. From our view, you have never stopped training and you’ve been the most dedicated athlete in sport for these past 14 years. Really happy for you, your family, and your team for this win!

Love the e new structure!!! Will definitely listen to a two hour long podcast of Lionel

Lionel and Talbot have done so much for triathlon with their videos. This format is so much better than a podcast. Thank you!

Hearing you talk about fear of failure really resonated with me. You inspired me to push myself in a marathon I ran today… to get out of my comfort zone and see what I could do. Also to be okay with however it played out. I had been planning to ‘run easy’ to start and ‘see how I felt’. F that… I went out at an ambitious but manageable pace from the beginning. I came at this race with a different mindset than I normally do… I PR’d the course by 10 minutes and made the podium in my age group. Thank you!!