Life changes when you’re a World Champion

Congrats Lucy! You’re an unwavering example to keep working towards our dreams. Come to Ironman Japan!

This was fun to see...especially Lucy getting down with a slice of pizza in a gorgeous dress! Reece looks so happy and proud. What a well deserved celebration! 🎉 ❤

Congratulations on your win Lucy! You so deserved it! I did my first half Ironman this year and I can truly say you’ve been one of my biggest inspirations for getting into triathlons! Thank you for always bringing humility to the sport - you have such an incredible personality that sets you apart from most. Hope to see you race in South Africa next year 🇿🇦.

Love you Lucy! You’re an inspiration to all us youngsters! I think you’ll do really well at Ironman Alpe d’Huez!

It’s so nice seeing this side of a pro athlete’s life ❤ I think a bit part of your success is being able to embrace and enjoy the downtimes and not worry about “missed training” to allow the body and mind to reset 😊

Congratulations Lucy!!! You truly are an inspiration to all of us! To be honest, I would love to have you back in the USA racing! Texas again 👍🏼👍🏼

"A bit of inspiration", haha girl you are the most inspiring person I know of! My sister and niece literally has a saying about you that they say whenever she struggles with something along the lines of: "What do we do when it's hard?" and she will answer "Do like Lucy Charles-Barclay!" It's the most adorable thing in the world and I really hope you know how much of an impact you've made with your amazing story of resillience!

Well Done Lucy! we cant wait to have you return to South Africa and the Walker Bay Tri! We love you :) you are a true legend!

Congrats Lucy and the team! Loved seeing you at the KASK event. Come to Ironman Taiwan!

Hi Lucy! My wife and I are age-group IM athletes and have been following your ascendency. Barbara just commented, “Lucy is such an inspiration; her placing first at Kona is a validation that consistency and hard work pays off.” Barbara’s goal is to qualify for Kona, so thank you for role modelling excellence as well as niceness. (And we love your dogs!)

Lucy, you have been an inspiration to me and my daughter. Thank you for featuring little girls on your social. She was featured and it meant SO much! We’d love to see you race wherever you want to race! Being an athlete and a woman is empowering so fly where you WANT to fly!

You are an example, so much inspiration! Hope to see you race or train in the UK very soon! Keep up those videos, love being involved in your journey!

You are such a warrior! I’ve been in this sport for 20 years and the last 5-10 I’ve been riddled with injuries. Watching your journey on the run at IMWC was such an inspiration to me. Thank you for inspiring girls and women of all ages, and being a model of kindness, dignity, humility and grace. Please come to the U.S. to race this year! Would love to see you dominate out at one of the tougher courses, like IM Lake Placid or the St. George 70.3. Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and enjoy your last weeks of off-season. ❤️

Dear Lucy, Congratulations 🎉❤😅 to you! I’ve been following your journey since 2018 when I attempted my first ironman as a 45yr old female. Hope you fully recover from your injuries. I think you should end your season next November with Vinfast Phu Quoc in Vietnam!

Congratulations Lucy! You are so inspiring and has motivated me to start triathlon and train for my first ever half ironman. I would love to see you race in Nice, France in June before you eventually come back in September to win your second Ironman World Championship. Cheers from France <3

Congratulations on your well deserved win - what a way to do it!! Your resilience and attitude is so inspirational. Love that you always talk about the ‘team’! I’d love to see you do Ironman Wales - the support would blow you away

Couldn’t be happier for you Lucy (and TCB!), congratulations!!! Been following your journey for years now and can’t describe how much you’ve inspired me on my own IM journey. I would lose my mind if you ever raced in Edmonton Canada (if the PTO Tour comes back again), but of course, can’t wait to watch you smash it in Nice this year and defend your title. Love love love and congrats again 🙏🏻🩷🎉

Lucy, Reece, and team! Congratulations on this milestone! I've been following your journey for a while now, and it's great to see you clinch the win. I've always respected the way you focused on the process more than on the result itself. And you're right – in sport and life, it's easy to skip the celebration and move on to the next thing. Glad you savored it. I'd love to see you out at Challenge Madrid! Greetings from Europe!

That red bull print is so good! Love to watch you race Ironman Austria and red bull would love it too I’m sure

Dear Lucy! Congrats on finally placing first in Kona and absolutely smashing it after so many roadblocks on the way! I‘d love to see you race in Austria sometime since I saw your hip injury rehab video here at the Fuschlsee, I think you‘d love all the landscape Austria has to offer. But first I‘d love to see you win the Ironman World Championship next year once more! I‘m sure you would crush your time once again with all that training dedication you‘ve got! Whatever you decide to do, I‘m sure you will absolutely succeed at it, your body is so strong and your mind even stronger. Lots of love and greetings, thanks for inspiring us all! I‘d be so grateful to win one of your Kona jerseys since I‘ve been following your journey for a long time now and even watched you winning Kona live this year, which I may have shed a few tears haha. Lots of love!