My Thoughts After the 2019 Ironman World Championship 

Likewise!!

same here

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Tru inspiration. I hope to see you at a 70.3 this year.. Stay classy my friend...

Same here

Right! Seriously. His pain is a different level pain🏃‍♂️ You the man Lionel! Come to Cozumel for some redemption👍

Lionel: I enjoy watching your videos. You're tough and a hard worker. But dude, get a coach and nutritionist. Get someone to drill it into your head. When you do brick workouts, you should be fuelling as if it were Kona. It has to be a habit. Just like checking your power meter or pool laps, eating and drinking just has to be a part of the workout. I remember watching one of your videos about a month ago, where you got very detailed in weighing yourself and calculating your water loss during exercise. You also got detailed on how many carbs and electrolytes you needed. It sounded like you had it down really well. You knew how often to feed during the race, and how much buffer you had (not much; very fine line) So many of your videos are talking about food. And all those Gatorade bottles? A tour of your pain cave with huge tubs of Gatorade. It's obvious you down Gatorade like it's going out of style...how does a guy that serious about hydration mess up during the biggest race of the year... Multiple times?!?! So Kona 2019 happens, and your biggest mistake was misfuelling? Not enough hydration during the ride? Missing water at an aid station? Finishing the ride confused with blurry vision? Dude, you said it yourself: once you're thristy, it's too late. Once you're hungry, it's too late. You can't catch up on nutrition unless you slow down or stop for a while. In another video, you said you never get hungry during a race. Like no food cravings. I'm not a pro, and I'm not even fast, so people can say I've got no room to talk. But whatever. You train too hard to screw up on race day with something simple like bottles and gels. You owe it to your family, friends and fans... And most of all, you owe it to yourself. Don't screw up the basics anymore. Good luck, but drinking Gatorade and downing some gels should be the easiest part of every workout. Just do it.

@@endokrin7897 You seem to know so much, where did you place in Kona?

@@DC66DC Lionel has the hardest part down - the discipline. The coach and external help is not for discipline - that comes only from within. The coach is for the fine details, and it's clear that Lionel needs help with the fine details to get to the next level.

@@DC66DC if he has to be a triathlete to give advice on nutrition then we need to revoke a lot of nutritionists licenses

The stuff you can’t control...volunteers misplacing a special needs bag....that’s extremely frustrating and it sucks that anyone has to deal with that EVER. It’s impossible to carry everything you need for a 140.6 supplemented by the bags in T1 and T2 while at the same time racing a personal best. Hopefully the right people will hear about things like your story (and other) and they can get their crap together next time.

Maybe idol. But BOSS?

Lionel is clearly a boss, with all the things he has experienced (personal problems). He has taken his life in his hands to become the best version of himself. He has a champion mind and a great physical condition. Certainly, he is not like Jan Frodeno who is undoubtedly THE boss of the long distances, but he runs in professional with the best athletes of the circuit and in Kona, which is the race dreamed by all the triathletes and one of the hardest. In addition, he has already won some races and came 2nd in Kona. So yes he is clearly a boss . Mr Sanders, hat off to you!

@@erickmAR92 there's no idols dude.

Hahahaha!! Exactly my thought! How would that be?? Took me 5 long hard hours :)

Very true he has taught me more than any other pro.

Mas sera atleta de distancia longa ou só de 70.3?? A grande fraqueza continua a ser a corrida...não vi uma grande evolução...antes pelo contrário!! Caiu na tabela ao longo da corrida...

Mas não deixa de ser um lutador !! E isso motiva muita gente!!