Watched this race all day. My 12 yr old stepdaughter had her birthday dinner w friends during the last hour of your run (*she ran her first 5k road race that morning in 22:48 and she is a fierce long distance swimmer so I have her hooked on you!!)… she and her Friends and my 10yr old stepson and their dad - we all watched your incredible win!! The next day my parents (in their mid 70’s) heard the whole recap. Lol. Your grit is an amazing inspiration to everyone ✌🏼💞💪🏼🙏🏼
I love the honesty of Heather on all of these videos. Im a huge fan of hers and Wattie, such a beautiful life project together. Congrats to you both for a great win!
This brings tears to my eyes, Heather...so happy to see you GLOW! And dang, what a freakin fantastic tribute with the gloves on the bike. Keep on rockin it girlfriend (and Wattie) and God bless, Megan
To watch grit, meet wholesomeness is entirely rare to find in racing, but it is so identifiable when you get to spectate HJ. The extensive willingness is wonderfully constructed in Heather’s DNA. That’s why we keep coming back for more; your drive pushes me harder. You’re a champ. Heather Jackson will never be able to fathom the amount of inspiration she fuels triathletes with. From training, to prep, to lifestyle, to race execution, to smiling more than any other triathlete I’ve ever seen NO MATTER WHAT. We appreciate these videos more than you will ever know. I promise when I say this, I am saying this for ALL of us. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO!
So so happy for you Heather!! So pleased you got the win and what a performance you put down. Massive congrats to the nicest pro in triathlon!! And well done to Wattie as always for the awesome videos.
Great race and a great video HJ & Wattie. So happy for you taking the top step at Florida after the hardest of times. I lost my grandpa 13 years ago and I’ve achieved every single one of my race goals since then. He would be shaking his head at the magnitude of the racing I’ve done, not understanding the distance but being so proud. Yours will always be with you no matter what. Races where it starts to slide it will come together because they are always with us. Enjoy the off season and I can’t wait to see you crush it in 2022. All the best guys 🙌🏻
So incredibly happy for you, Heather! Way to end the season on such a positive note! I’ve never clicked on a video so quickly, haha. Congrats Heather and Wattie!
A true role model. Amid a challenging year, choosing to celebrate the small victories; acknowledge the toughness of her competitors; and show immense gratitude for her team. Her growth mindset is key.
Great race Heather!!!! It was a joy to watch you race last Saturday. I missed the swim, but went back and watched it afterwards. OMG, it looked like a very tough swim. You did such an awesome job!! Loved this video, you are such an inspiration. Loved the gloves!!!! I thought Greg and Dede did a really good job on commentary. We are lucky Ironman and Facebook give us coverage. Can’t wait to see how your 2022 goes. Congratulations!!!!!! Enjoy your off season.
I'm not crying, I'm cutting onions at 8:30AM. I'm so happy for you Heather, there's something about your energy that always has me cheering for you! The bounce back is very real. Let me get this motivation to get my schedule together for 2022.
It was fun to watch. A bunch of us in Lionel's Discord server were cheering you on. Great to see you come from 10 minutes down or whatever and do the run you know you can do.
You are such a special Human Being Heather :) So happy for you and Watty - You deserve every ounce of this success! Enjoy your down time. You guys need to start working on a Masterclass or a online course for mental toughness! You have that X that the world is missing right now!!
What a team, Heather & Watti!! I’m so honored to witness your battle with Sky on the run course & seeing Watti going up & down on the bike. I was so excited to see you 2 miles to go all by yourself! Huge congrats on your win!! Hard work paid off! 💪🎊👏👏👏
BIG LOVE FROM ONTARIO CANADA! Love following you and Wattie. 1) So sorry for you and your families loss (Wattie included). My deepest sympathies. 2) A HUGE HUG, HIGH-FIVES AND CHEERS (CRAFT BEER ONLY) to your heart-moving win in Florida (Wattie included). I wish you and both your families comfort and success now and forever in this, at times, crazy universe. Peace and love, Mike T^^
Your UA-cam videos have shown your journey thank you for showing us that journey. You are as true and real as they come routing for Heather every race!
Aw this is beautiful. Especially the ending. Makes me so happy to see you ended your session on such a high. You truly deserve that after all your hard training and for being such a good person 😊
Hey Heather congratulations for Iron-man Florida sooooooo well deserved I was so made up with your performance. Your diaries inspire me to get back into training after a break of last few years and the music and content is well cool always enjoyable. Enjoy a chill and look forward to following your progress to Kona! Xxx
I love the stoke videos, but this is my favorite video of all time. I had a long session on the trainer last weekend, and so I got to watch a lot of this race. I was in absolute awe of your performance. Truly inspiring. You had me in tears when you were hugging Wattie at the end. That emotion on both of your faces; I just knew this win meant a lot. Thanks for putting these videos out there. I’ll be channeling that courage in Arizona next week! 🥰
That’s what I call a video Heather... so inspirational from you and a great lesson for my own relationship from how you and Watti are as a couple. Fabulous and your the best !! Let’s have some winter training program from you and we will all follow 😄😎
Love everything you had to say. Thank you for sharing about your paradigm shift in mentality and nutrition. You can seem larger than life, yet you are so grounded, humble, kind, grateful, and relatable. I also liked learning more about the garden gloves (I had mine in my bike gear bag for California, which thankfully was cancelled!). Geez, you got me choked up when you made the break from Skye on the run, then as you ran down the chute, then when you jumped into Wattie's arms, and now again as you talked about your grandfather at the end. ❤Oh, and silly as it is, I loved seeing you eat pizza right after the race! My post-race meal is always pizza; I even got one after California because just dealing with the whole setup and morning exodus was a feat 😂
I love following your journey! The training diaries continue to become more and more Epic!! Simply incredible performance! Thank you for being such an open, brutally honest and real athlete and continuing to inspire us all!
Thanks for sharing the race recap so we could hear what you were thinking during the race. its amazing how your failures affect your thinking. Big Congrats on such a great performance after a crazy emotional past year. no one deserves it more!!
Wow Heather, HUGE CONGRATS to you on an amazing race!!! That beginning on the video couldn't sum up the win any better.... hard work... great race.... hard work... win race!!! Loved it!!! I couldn't be happier for you. You super deserve it, you seriously do!!!
Wow, what a way to cap off the season! Congratulations Heather, well earned and well deserved, and thanks Team Wattie for sharing the journey! Epic finish line hug too 🎉👍👏💪
What a great way to end the year! I had a DNF IM Florida 2018. That DNF haunted me for 3 years. It took a toll on me mentally at home and at work. I erased that this year in Tulsa with my 2nd IM finish! That could not have happened without the support of my teammates on a team you and Wattie created! That team lifted me to places that I never thought possible. For that I thank you and Wattie! I feel like me again. Living my best life at 48! 2 IM in 2022 is the new goal! Enjoy a break and keep being awesome! Thank you! #plushglobal
The embrace at the finish line with such raw emotion and jubilation was great to see. I saw it in the fitter radio stories and again in the intro. Great to capture a really human moment. Congrats on the win. You could see how much the performance meant.
Wow - thanks for getting me all choked up! Congratulations Heather! I was rooting for you - one of the hardest working triathletes out there and so deserving of this win!
Watching this video is the biggest satisfaction for me this season, I wanted to see you racing and you came out first. I am very happy for your accomplishment this year, well deserved you worked hard for it. Shout out to your husband for the gloves Engineering, 😎
That was a fabulous recap and answered my question about how you were able to tolerate the cold coming out of a freezing ocean swim to freezing conditions on the bike. We always get our first real cold front here in Florida the first weekend of November, just in time for IMFL and that's one reason I have always been reluctant to try that race. So happy everything came together for you because you definitely earned it. Congratulations!
Do you know what I love about you? You are very honest, and you make me feel motivated and inspire me to train and improve. Without a doubt, they are a great team! All my admiration for you
Heather, great racing, hard training,,,, and a great team 👍 Humans are machines, we all need a reboot, a change is really important to drive you forward, never stop thinking of changes and don’t ever be afraid to change 👊 You’ve had a great season with many bumps in the road on the way, what can you achieve,,,, Heather, you, your team are unreal, I can’t wait to see what you achieve in the 2022 season 💪 I love the UA-cam stuff and also the gear/clothing is quality 😜 Christmas is coming, don’t eat to much Christmas pudding 😆
They way HG gives massive respect to Wattie for the huge support in getting her to where she is today. I felt that! Beautiful!
Watched this race all day. My 12 yr old stepdaughter had her birthday dinner w friends during the last hour of your run (*she ran her first 5k road race that morning in 22:48 and she is a fierce long distance swimmer so I have her hooked on you!!)… she and her Friends and my 10yr old stepson and their dad - we all watched your incredible win!! The next day my parents (in their mid 70’s) heard the whole recap. Lol. Your grit is an amazing inspiration to everyone ✌🏼💞💪🏼🙏🏼
I love the honesty of Heather on all of these videos. Im a huge fan of hers and Wattie, such a beautiful life project together. Congrats to you both for a great win!
I just love how everything you say throughout this interview is the two of you together.
Yes, it's always "we" when Heather speaks. The fabric of her personality has humbleness and gratitude weaved into it.
This brings tears to my eyes, Heather...so happy to see you GLOW! And dang, what a freakin fantastic tribute with the gloves on the bike. Keep on rockin it girlfriend (and Wattie) and God bless, Megan
When you race fearlessly you win. Best race ever. Th greatest USA ironman/women
I’m not crying! Congratulations young lady! No one deserves it more than you. Keep kicking ass!!!!!!
The opening 2 minutes to this video are just so perfect. Well done HJ, it was so much fun watching you win. (From a random Australian supporter.)
To watch grit, meet wholesomeness is entirely rare to find in racing, but it is so identifiable when you get to spectate HJ. The extensive willingness is wonderfully constructed in Heather’s DNA. That’s why we keep coming back for more; your drive pushes me harder. You’re a champ. Heather Jackson will never be able to fathom the amount of inspiration she fuels triathletes with. From training, to prep, to lifestyle, to race execution, to smiling more than any other triathlete I’ve ever seen NO MATTER WHAT. We appreciate these videos more than you will ever know. I promise when I say this, I am saying this for ALL of us. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO!
That was one of the most memorable chases in Ironman history. So happy for you!
So so happy for you Heather!! So pleased you got the win and what a performance you put down. Massive congrats to the nicest pro in triathlon!! And well done to Wattie as always for the awesome videos.
Great race and a great video HJ & Wattie. So happy for you taking the top step at Florida after the hardest of times. I lost my grandpa 13 years ago and I’ve achieved every single one of my race goals since then. He would be shaking his head at the magnitude of the racing I’ve done, not understanding the distance but being so proud. Yours will always be with you no matter what. Races where it starts to slide it will come together because they are always with us. Enjoy the off season and I can’t wait to see you crush it in 2022. All the best guys 🙌🏻
Congrats! So so happy for you, heather!!!! And of course congrats to Wattie also!!! You both made it possible.
Congratulations Heather, love the aerodynamic gloves 🧤 you and Wattie are one of my favorite couples.
This video is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥. Let’s go Heather you killed it you deserve it girl. Wattie with the beats all day 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
BEST INTRO EVER SEEN IN THE WHOLE INTERNET !!!!!!
So incredibly happy for you, Heather! Way to end the season on such a positive note! I’ve never clicked on a video so quickly, haha. Congrats Heather and Wattie!
For me it's simple, Heather (if I can call you by your first name): You're a legend. Massive respect from Belgium.
LFG! So freaking excited for you. Fantastic job.
Love when good humans find success. Massive congrats to you and your team!
Congratulations HJ!!! What a race!!! 🙌🏼❤️. Love the PLUSH tank!! Can’t wait to order the street gear!! Great video as always Wattie!! #plushglobal❤️
A true role model. Amid a challenging year, choosing to celebrate the small victories; acknowledge the toughness of her competitors; and show immense gratitude for her team. Her growth mindset is key.
Great race Heather!!!! It was a joy to watch you race last Saturday. I missed the swim, but went back and watched it afterwards. OMG, it looked like a very tough swim. You did such an awesome job!! Loved this video, you are such an inspiration. Loved the gloves!!!! I thought Greg and Dede did a really good job on commentary. We are lucky Ironman and Facebook give us coverage. Can’t wait to see how your 2022 goes. Congratulations!!!!!! Enjoy your off season.
So happy for you Heather! What an inspiring video and race. Love the gloves! Congratulations to you and Wattie! ❤️🔥
Congrats Heather! You did it!! This is so well deserved 👊
I'm not crying, I'm cutting onions at 8:30AM. I'm so happy for you Heather, there's something about your energy that always has me cheering for you! The bounce back is very real. Let me get this motivation to get my schedule together for 2022.
It was fun to watch. A bunch of us in Lionel's Discord server were cheering you on. Great to see you come from 10 minutes down or whatever and do the run you know you can do.
You are such a special Human Being Heather :) So happy for you and Watty - You deserve every ounce of this success! Enjoy your down time. You guys need to start working on a Masterclass or a online course for mental toughness! You have that X that the world is missing right now!!
A star is reborn!!!!!!!!! Congrats from the Netherlands
Congrats for an amazing race Heather and finishing 2021 on a high! 🏆
Fantastic race Heather! Congratulations 👏🏼👏🏼 You guys are a great team 👍👌🙂
Congratulations, your work ethic is second to none!!
Congrats Heather and sorry for your loss last year. We’re proud of you and stoked to see your championship run next year. -Steve in West Seattle
What a team, Heather & Watti!! I’m so honored to witness your battle with Sky on the run course & seeing Watti going up & down on the bike. I was so excited to see you 2 miles to go all by yourself! Huge congrats on your win!! Hard work paid off! 💪🎊👏👏👏
Congratulations Heather what an epic race and result so happy to see you on top of that podium Thankyou for sharing your journey 🤗🚀
Congratulations Heather! So well deserved. Now go for 2022 with that boost of emotion. It's gonna be fucking great :-)
Nice Job Heather!! A well deserved win indeed 💪👏💥🎯
Congrats on the victory - you earned it!! I appreciate your honesty and rawness! Excited for 2022 and IM World Champs x2.
You are the Lionel of the woman field 👏🏻 I love watching you race … next year will be a better year believe that
So happy for you 🤗
You are truly amazing & very inspiring 🤩
Thanks for sharing your journey with us!
Allison from Switzerland 🇨🇭
( big fan )
Congrats to the power couple of triathlon!! So happy it all came together for u Heather now go enjoy some time together!
I’m so glad and happy for you and your entire crew. Way to go CHAMP
You worked so hard for this and earned ! Congratulations so happy for you 👊🏻💪🏻💪🏻👍🎉🎉🎉🥰
BIG LOVE FROM ONTARIO CANADA! Love following you and Wattie. 1) So sorry for you and your families loss (Wattie included). My deepest sympathies. 2) A HUGE HUG, HIGH-FIVES AND CHEERS (CRAFT BEER ONLY) to your heart-moving win in Florida (Wattie included). I wish you and both your families comfort and success now and forever in this, at times, crazy universe. Peace and love, Mike T^^
It was so awesome to meet you and race on the same course with you. Such an inspiration looking forward to seeing you at the world championship.
So cool, congratulations Heather!!! And Wattie. And great vlog too.
Your UA-cam videos have shown your journey thank you for showing us that journey. You are as true and real as they come routing for Heather every race!
Truly great intro and music. Love the partnership and mutual support you two exhibit.
Aw this is beautiful. Especially the ending. Makes me so happy to see you ended your session on such a high. You truly deserve that after all your hard training and for being such a good person 😊
Heather! I couldn't be more proud and psyched for. your win! I love how real you are. I am vying for the title of your biggest fan!!!
Hey Heather congratulations for Iron-man Florida sooooooo well deserved I was so made up with your performance. Your diaries inspire me to get back into training after a break of last few years and the music and content is well cool always enjoyable. Enjoy a chill and look forward to following your progress to Kona! Xxx
Well done Heather, so happy for you!!
Hooray!!!!!! You are AhMAZING!!! Such an inspiration.
I love the stoke videos, but this is my favorite video of all time. I had a long session on the trainer last weekend, and so I got to watch a lot of this race. I was in absolute awe of your performance. Truly inspiring. You had me in tears when you were hugging Wattie at the end. That emotion on both of your faces; I just knew this win meant a lot. Thanks for putting these videos out there. I’ll be channeling that courage in Arizona next week! 🥰
Love the happy tears, Heather you are such a positive inspiration and I'm sure your special guy is watching over you from above!!!
Great work Heather, never doubted you!
Amazing video!!!
Congrats H. You deserve it !!! Huge respect 🙏
Honest race report, Heather. So happy for you
Love this. Love the tribute. So real.
Awesome win! Amazing come back after T1 💪
Fire video Heather, love the intro and huge congrats on the win!
Fuck yes!!! Congratulations!! So happy for you and can’t wait to see what you do next year!!!❤️❤️🍾
That’s what I call a video Heather... so inspirational from you and a great lesson for my own relationship from how you and Watti are as a couple. Fabulous and your the best !! Let’s have some winter training program from you and we will all follow 😄😎
Wonderful job, Heather!!!
Way to go! Still some time to jump into an adult hockey league this winter!
Love everything you had to say. Thank you for sharing about your paradigm shift in mentality and nutrition. You can seem larger than life, yet you are so grounded, humble, kind, grateful, and relatable. I also liked learning more about the garden gloves (I had mine in my bike gear bag for California, which thankfully was cancelled!). Geez, you got me choked up when you made the break from Skye on the run, then as you ran down the chute, then when you jumped into Wattie's arms, and now again as you talked about your grandfather at the end. ❤Oh, and silly as it is, I loved seeing you eat pizza right after the race! My post-race meal is always pizza; I even got one after California because just dealing with the whole setup and morning exodus was a feat 😂
Love, love, love!! Congrats on a well deserved win. You are the definition of Perfect Level of Stoke + High performance, go team PLUSH!!
Congratulations Heather!!! 🙏❤️🥇
I love following your journey! The training diaries continue to become more and more Epic!! Simply incredible performance! Thank you for being such an open, brutally honest and real athlete and continuing to inspire us all!
Thanks for sharing the race recap so we could hear what you were thinking during the race. its amazing how your failures affect your thinking. Big Congrats on such a great performance after a crazy emotional past year. no one deserves it more!!
Wow Heather, HUGE CONGRATS to you on an amazing race!!! That beginning on the video couldn't sum up the win any better.... hard work... great race.... hard work... win race!!! Loved it!!! I couldn't be happier for you. You super deserve it, you seriously do!!!
Congrats, Heather!!
Very happy for you Heather, you seem so so happy. Wishing you all the best for next year 🙏🏻
Wow, what a way to cap off the season! Congratulations Heather, well earned and well deserved, and thanks Team Wattie for sharing the journey! Epic finish line hug too 🎉👍👏💪
What a great way to end the year! I had a DNF IM Florida 2018. That DNF haunted me for 3 years. It took a toll on me mentally at home and at work. I erased that this year in Tulsa with my 2nd IM finish! That could not have happened without the support of my teammates on a team you and Wattie created! That team lifted me to places that I never thought possible. For that I thank you and Wattie! I feel like me again. Living my best life at 48! 2 IM in 2022 is the new goal! Enjoy a break and keep being awesome! Thank you! #plushglobal
The embrace at the finish line with such raw emotion and jubilation was great to see. I saw it in the fitter radio stories and again in the intro. Great to capture a really human moment. Congrats on the win. You could see how much the performance meant.
Yeah ..... Congratulations Heather and Wattie. Gardening glove secret weapon :)
Wow - thanks for getting me all choked up! Congratulations Heather! I was rooting for you - one of the hardest working triathletes out there and so deserving of this win!
awesome job! and enjoy your mini break for your next year races!!
Well done Heather, absolutely awesome 🏊🚴♂️🏃♂️
congratulations Heather
What a wonderful wonderful video. Thanks for sharing. So happy for you
well done Heather, from your hockey fan from Canada
That hard work, tho. Much deserved. Congrats!
Watching this video is the biggest satisfaction for me this season, I wanted to see you racing and you came out first. I am very happy for your accomplishment this year, well deserved you worked hard for it. Shout out to your husband for the gloves Engineering, 😎
you two are an amazing team!
It Made met day to see you win this race. I could literally feel the emotion. Congratulations! Things had to come around at some point!!
That was a fabulous recap and answered my question about how you were able to tolerate the cold coming out of a freezing ocean swim to freezing conditions on the bike. We always get our first real cold front here in Florida the first weekend of November, just in time for IMFL and that's one reason I have always been reluctant to try that race. So happy everything came together for you because you definitely earned it. Congratulations!
The nicest and beautiful couple I’ve ever seen!! Team work makes dream work!! Congrats!!!
Such a heartfelt interview Heather! And a lovely tribute too! What a way to end 2021! I loved watching your journey! thank you x
Great job Heather!
Do you know what I love about you? You are very honest, and you make me feel motivated and inspire me to train and improve. Without a doubt, they are a great team! All my admiration for you
I'm happy for you. Such an inspiration. Keep it up
Congrats Heather!!! What an amazing race! So happy for you
That swim looked gnarly
Simply awesome Heather! Are you coming out with a new line of garden gloves:-)
Heather, great racing, hard training,,,, and a great team 👍
Humans are machines, we all need a reboot, a change is really important to drive you forward, never stop thinking of changes and don’t ever be afraid to change 👊
You’ve had a great season with many bumps in the road on the way, what can you achieve,,,, Heather, you, your team are unreal, I can’t wait to see what you achieve in the 2022 season 💪
I love the UA-cam stuff and also the gear/clothing is quality 😜
Christmas is coming, don’t eat to much Christmas pudding 😆
You deserve it Heather..amazing you are
Congrats. Love the videos. Happy for ya
Well done Heather! Super happy for you and your team 👊🏽