What it takes to be a Triathlete

[cosg9531]

What does it take? Useless waste and sheer insanity.

[mombaren]

just amazing next year i´ll do my first ironman ...... where can i get/watch the whole viedeo ... or more like this thanks ..

[iiimke]

@mombaren

"Spirit of Titans" --> search for that youtube video.

Is one of my favorites. I did my first Ironman in july this year. And I am going to do it again ;-)

Loved it!

Good luck with your training and finding inspriring videos!

[skulz66]

awesome!

[NIEmiluchNIE]

this is from a move about tri ? I woudlike to know :)

[MrBozo88]

@NIEmiluchNIE It's from a video called 'what it takes'

It is a video running a full season leading up to Kona Ironman in 2005. It's about the four triathletes featured in the video - Peter Reid, Luke Bell, Heather Fuhr and Lori Bowden.

[loketc]

Cool's outta fashion. Triathletes just get things done. Nobody in the sport really cares about cool anymore...with all the weird clothing and star trek looking bikes. Just finish that thing you've got on sunday and move on to the next...that's how they live...Cool? Wasat?

[crazyyella]

True. Especially when we are wearing compression socks around the house for recovery and eating chocolate Gu gels for snacks.

[soncristo]

como se llama la musica?

[lksugarman]

It's "Lose Yourself" by Eminem.

[wardster10]

Such a cheesy commentator ha ;)

[Peekingduck]

Still, there is the swimming and the cycling to add.

Sure 100 miles is a hell of a distance to run as is an extreme marathon. But these guys doing the ironman cycle father and the adds a marathon and a bit of a swim to it.

Difficult to write that down...

[touge242]

it's 10 hours of racing in an IM, compared to 20 hours of racing in a 100m. Can't compare the two.

[crazyyella]

Yeah, I'd have to say that I definitely can not do a super marathon. I've done several half irons...and training for the full iron isn't so bad so far...but running 100 miles I'd say is much worse...even if I'm biking and swimming at race pace, I'd still worry about surviving a 100 mile run.

[frankiboy1111]

@crazyyella Disagree, its the combination of the three that makes it much harder

[Gibz101]

Doubt they do it for fun though ;)

[calvino16]

why do you doubt that?

[adamrecon]

great video but just once i would like to see a ironman video without eminem in the background

[deansmithisgreat]

lol.

vid would be sick with some Oh Sleeper or August Burns Red in the background

[Gaskell367]

fuck yeah, American Dream , by August burns red would own.

[crysclarke]

I completely agree. It's a little much after the 10th video!

[skulz66]

@adamrecon Running without Eminem's music in the back? I cant do that!

[CheesieBroccli]

If you've taken any Biology courses on the human body, you'll know that Protein isn't a myth buddy.

[bkermike]

Eminem - Lose Yourself, is the sound track throughout this video.

a good sound track to get u phsyced up for going fast on a bike or jogging, is.. 'Prodigy - Firestarter'

[scousemouse1978]

I agree totally, though Voodoo People (pendulum remix is AWesomE!!!)

[ustsharky]

i love being an triathlete...

nice !!!

[bkermike]

i'm going to do it in 2yrs when i'm old enough... i'm 18, but need to be 20 to take part. ive done the distance in one go in training twice.

[12josefer12]

lol u 18 and u can do a ironman! nice dude.

im 13 but i just can do olympic distance.

[iamreally9]

i do olympic distance but am doin a bit longer tomorow i think 200m swim 25k bike 12.5 k run i just turned 14 but im doin ironman when im 15, not competition tho=D training

[VandalAres]

Olympic distance is 1500m 26mi bike and 10k......so u will pretty much be doing an Olympic if at all.

[iamreally9]

i meant to say 2000mswim

[thejetdrvr]

Go see the documentry called Wildflower. MUCH better than this one. This was good, but WF was much better.

[dave4114]

When is this movie coming out?

[shaggy2D0p3]

Came out in 2006. Called "What is takes"