285. True Redemption: Ironman World Champion Lucy Charles-Barclay On the Power of Perseverance & Impact of Positive Self-Talk
Hurdle with Emily Abbate
iHeartPodcasts
4.9 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 15 January 2024
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
When Googling “perseverance”, a photo of Lucy Charles Barclay should show up in your top search results. After coming in second four times at the Ironman World Championships in Kona, Lucy broke the tape last year while also setting a course record. We sit down and talk about Lucy’s journey to competing professionally in the triathlon, the continuous balance that comes with training both the body and the mind for big events, and her experience at Kona this last year as the first time Ironman World Championships included a split race event.
The perseverance behind coming in second four consecutive times in the Ironman World Championships (4:40)
Lucy’s introduction and quick rise into the world of triathlons and competing as a professional (6:35)
How far is an Ironman triathlon? (10:15)
How to train and progress your fitness while dealing with injury (11:20)
The importance of adopting a reframe mindset and how to accept change (13:45)
What triathlon training looks like for Lucy during peak race season (17:42)
How to combat overtraining and emphasize quality over quantity (21:40)
Balancing training commitments with personal relationships and events (30:35)
Caring for your mindset and the importance of training your self talk (32:48)
Ironman Kona’s first split race experience and the media coverage involved with the women’s world championships (38:15)
Partnership obligations that comes with sponsorships in competing professionally (43:28)
Handling nerves the day of a big race/moment/event (47:16)
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| 0:00.0 | They say it a lot, but you have to see it to be it. |
| 0:03.2 | We need to be seeing women's sport to inspire the younger girls and women to actually take up sport and give it a go. |
| 0:24.9 | What's shaking and Hurtlers. |
| 0:26.3 | Emily Abadi here. |
| 0:30.4 | You are listening to episode 285 of Hurtle. A wellness focused podcast where I talk to inspirational people about everything from their highest, |
| 0:35.7 | highs and toughest moments to essential tips on how to live a |
| 0:39.5 | healthier, happier, more motivated life. We all go through our fair share of hurdles. My goal through |
| 0:46.7 | these discussions is to empower you to better navigate yours and move with intention so that you can |
| 0:52.4 | stride toward your own big potential. |
| 0:54.9 | And of course, have some fun along the way. |
| 0:58.9 | We are in it. |
| 1:00.6 | We are in a new groove. |
| 1:02.3 | The new year is officially underway. |
| 1:04.2 | I think we're about at that time where we stop saying happy New Year to people that we |
| 1:09.2 | haven't spoken to yet this year in our emails. |
| 1:12.4 | I know that's a controversial opinion. I'm so excited to be bringing you for episode 285 today. |
| 1:19.5 | My conversation with the one and only Lucy Charles Barclay. She's a Red Bull athlete as well |
| 1:25.6 | as the Ironman world champion and course record holder. |
| 1:31.3 | Let me tell you, I became really interested in triathlon. |
| 1:34.7 | I would say at two different points in my life thus far. |
| 1:38.4 | The first time was I want to say maybe about seven or eight years ago. |
| 1:43.1 | Because of an injury, I leaned heavily into cross training and found a lot of solace doing a bunch of different modalities, including swim, bike, and run. |
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