Thank you for being so honest and letting us be part of the journey. One of the best tri videos I have seen, just great.

Love your attitude!! "I just want to be a part of it"! Wow and wow and wow! You are going to be in it till the end!!!

obsessed with these videos, i literally watch one before every session

Holy shit. I’m LOVING these videos!!! Keep em coming quick.

Thank you so much for putting up these videos. The impact you are having is phenomenal, you are the man! To see your openness and honesty is humbling, to see your positivity is life changing! Thank you for doing what you do, for being who you are!

You are one of the best humans i‘ve ever seen💪🏼 i already did a Training today and i’m so tired but after that video i want to hit the front door again and show the world how powerful i can be! THANKS🙌🏼 Legend!

THIS IS SO GOOD! Thanks Talbot for making it, thanks LS for giving us access, and thanks October for being almost here!!

GREAT training insights and perspectives. You ROCK!! CRUSH IT in Kona!!

You will win Kona this year no doubt!! Opening up about your training shows who you are and what you stand for - a triathlete. A lifestyle that evolves like ordinary people lives. Decisions, changes, rethinking and correctly ones life.

Lionel, I don’t know if you realize it but you are changing the mindset of tons of athletes all around the world. Thank you so much!!!

Love the constant learning approach, bro -- greatest of luck for Kona

You are the Man, thanks for being so authentic, great info about heart rate

Your continuous learning/improving videos here on KZfaq are so motivating. I regulary watch one of these videos before a hard session - really motivating!!! Thanks alot for sharing all these insides of your training. Wish you all the best for Kona.

This was one of the most powerful videos of the season. I love how you are always honest.

These videos are so inspiring. And I can definitely attest to how training with a faster runner helps. Years ago when I ran my second half I trained frequently with a buddy who was the state cross country champion and he would leave me in the dust every time. I would try my hardest to keep up with him in all the drills, hills and sprints we did. Ended up shaving 15 minutes off from the first time

Smart moved...your new bike position looks better, very noticeable on the shape of your back and knee angle.. . it seams that your hamstring has more equal work. Great!!! Always training partners are an asset !!! We r cheering so bad for you!!!! Race day morning will pray for you!!!!!!!

Lionel, your attention to detail, your motivation, your work ethic and your focus on all aspects of being a high-performing human being is not only very inspiring to all us age-groupers but you are also a role model in terms of being a high performer whether it be in athletics, business or daily life. I wish you the best for Kona. And PS: Man, you look so much better on the bike than in the past!

My favorite athlete by a mile. Hope it all materializes for you on the day and everything goes as planned. Bring Kona home 💪

Yessssss!! 👍. Can't get enough. Thanks Lionel and Talbot.

This video is straight up awesome! Way to go Talbot on producing great content. And much respect to Lionel for keeping a straight head given no coach. Hopefully Corey not only gets you faster in workouts but also works on your overall efficiency in running. Can't wait to see where this goes.

I like that wisdom on the hills when running 6:27 I've always pushed hills and paid the price...

Love how you are taking us on your journey towards winning at Kona. I’m learning with you. Inspirational.

AWESOME video. So cool to be out here in Kona bearing witness to your journey towards the ultimate goal. And thanks again for the photo at the Aquatic Centre the other day!!!! Team Sanders!!! Keep up the amazing work Erin, Corey and Lionel.

You are a natural in front of the lens! Awesome awesome videos good luck on race day I’ll be watching from Canada!

Great vid. Great mental setting, and such growth over the years! Champion of the mind = champion in life.

Lionel is going to kill it on race day. So cool to let us watch the journey!

Your attitude is as much an inspiration as your success. This channel is awesome

Lionel, am praying for you. All the best for Kona. We want you to win.

Thanks for keeping me motivated Lionel!

Aloha Lionel and welcome to Hawaii, We r solid Cheering for YOU!!!! congrats for all the hard work and your amazing support!!!! Good luck and best of wishes for 2018 World Champ!!! We love you!!! From Maui!!!!!

Those 6 min 2k training track runs and keeping your heart rate down uphill are sure to benefit time, love the vid. Sunday morning and inspired to run 22k, love the video.

Be one with the Big Island! Also thank you for the insight on how helpful a training partner is. I lone wolf it a lot too!

Liked the whole video with drone shots and everything, but... I really liked the pool session. Super nice under water shots from different angles and so on. Keep it up and good luck!

the best thing what you did this year, to change all back, you was already close, so it is indeed just to close the last six mile, and if you stay with wurf and kienle in the swim , the 3musketeers can do some damage again. Have fun and patience, you are so fresh in years compared to the others.

I'm so addicted to these videos and I'm not even a triathlete. Lionel is so charismatic IMO.

Wow loving it, keep em coming. I just wanna see more...

What a feeling to hear this 0:45 finally again. Great job, looking forward for next videos.

Good luck bro!!! I’m routing for ya!!! When it gets hard and you want to slow down remember those demons from the past! Thank you for the content and do work out there!!!

I learn something each time i watch these videos, primarily to train harder!

Just back to training , and these videos are great motivation to get my ass in to gear ......

Super Video-es macht gleich wieder Lust auf Training👍✌️

you are such a warrior dude, glad to be on this journey with you

Lionel Sanders trains outside? :D

Awesome video, it’s been great following your journey. I hope to see you in Kona 👍, 6 day countdown for me

Fingers crossed for gr8 performance Lionel! At the same time expectations are so high and the hype so big that I have a feeling we are in for a surprise.... Best of luck anyways!

Merci pour la vidéo Lionel ! Great to watch !!!

Great attitude! keep it up! Good luck & we love your videos.

the music really ties this episode together

Favorite KZfaq video of the week as usual.

Thank you for these videos, very inspirational. Having done my first IM 70.3 last year this gives me the energy and motivation to analyse my weaknesses and improve as much as possible. Good luck in Kona, keep up the good work!

Jan ran 66mins for the half because he is an elite runner, end of story.

man this brings this Hawaii Five-0 feeling up. The island is just beautiful

Amazing! So inspirational, I wish these epic videos would come out everyday talbot editing is epic

I never comment on videos, but this is the third one I've written now...why? IRONMAN needs this so much! It's so hard to find quality videos on the pros. thank you!

Luv following this build up to Kona! Great stuff.

Seen you running a few times. My wife works over at West Hawaii Community up the road from Kealakehe High. Coming out early is smart as it's still hot as hell so you'll be well acclimatized. Good luck in the race.

Hey, let's go Kona 3 weeks early!? Wish I could go to Hawaii for 3 minutes. Good luck kidda.

Man your form is looking so much better on the run. really looking forward to seeing what you can do

Another great video, thank you. Why doesn't anyone wear speedos and a crop top anymore to race an Ironman...those were the days...

Lionels most used words "well to put it into perspective" "sauna" "become one with " "well the last thing ive learned is that"

Another great, insightful video!

Lovin being part of the journey.

What an awesome share! Thank you!

Go and get them!!

You are the best, greetings from Poland !!!

He is such a student of the sport. Unreal.

Hope you win in Kona. Love your warrior attitude.

that's why im pretty sure you're gonna win Kona this year! your attitude determines your altitude!

These videos are so good

“I just want to be a part of it”

Love the Music: Kona, here I come :-)

When I first saw you on your new bike you looked more comfortable and more stretched out. Then you said you went back to the larger frame it made sense. When you were using the small frame your back look curled up and you looked uncomfortable, although you were still pounding huge watts. Good Luck in Kona 👍

Isn't Corey Bellemore the beer mile guy?! That is utterly amazing! Another Windsor kid!

Dedication ... beyond Obsession

I think you're on track, stay within yourself. Keep in mind Jan injured himself to do that 1:06. You have to run your own best race. Make sure you're getting plenty of cool-down time indoors (A/C) for recovery.

I can’t wait!

Love it. Can’t wait to see you implement training with someone else - we all need a little oxytocin in our training :-) can’t wait to see how it goes in Kona!!

This guy is such a beast !

Great effort Thomas Gerlach , Clermont Fl finest

I think he's the one who is maybe more disappointed than jan that he can't race this year. I absolutly admire both.

Gotta find someone to train with in each discipline. You never know what you're capable of until you're competing with someone day in and day out in training.

You know who else did not succumb to 2nd-place-syndrom? Mark Allen. Just sayin', dude. You've got this.

love seeing you guys training together :}

"My heart sunk to [...] I don't know, my intestines". Having your heart up your ass should make for an interesting training circumstance! Keep these videos coming, the quality is superb and I'm so glad you brought the channel back to life. In all honesty though a bit more Sanders-like hilarity might spice it up even more!

Awesome

Rooting for you Lion!

Living the dream. Luv it

Not a triathlete but LOVE these VLOGS. Interested to know who you bounce ideas off? You're putting across some simple but hard earned truths. P.s In the future (after Kona) would you play around with run technique to get a little more of what Corey's got? ;-) Keep up the good work, rooting for you!

Hope LS sees how much his head moves with the snorkel footage. We used to se the snorkel for visibility of head movement more than almost anything.

This channel will blow up

fu$$ing SO inspiring!!

With Jan out for Kona, this should be a wild race!

Dude that was awesome as usual. You need to move to boulder or Denver. lots of training partners here in Co

How the fuck did Lionel make it so far training lone wolf....Amazing this guy is raw

Run technique and bike position and handling. That’s where Frodeno currently (injury aside) has Sanders. Grit, determination and brute strength and will power = sanders. But he needs to swallow his pride and get a coach to help him transition from heel plant to mid / front foot to become an efficient runner.

You will crush all in Kona!!! If ya'll want to see something cool look up " Beer Mile Record " and watch Corey run a 4:33 mile and drink 4 beers. Truly an inspiration

New bike!!! Sweeeeet!

keep posting this stuff man!

Regards from Guayaquil - Ecuador

You came out a month earlier just to fuck up the day of the race. Nice