KONA??

Yo Yo Yo!
This video covers a lot. Enjoy!
Thanks to Topher from Ironman for the footage
Link to Zoot Collection
zootsports.com

[@ianweaver534]

Sam, I saw you biking last Saturday on Sunrise by la Paloma. I was the person who shouted “yo yo yo” at you! So cool to see you putting in the work!

[@SamYoYoYoLong]

That was nice encouragement!

[@princethumper]

Strongest legs in triathlon!

[@brulira44]

Really looking forward to seeing you in Cairns!!! 🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@katekelly691]

I love your shirt! And wish you all the best in your quest for Kona! I look forward to watching!

[@85klifter]

Hilarious 😂. Sam went full chimp. You never go full chimp. Shoutout to all the chips.

[@alisontriathlonlover]

You are an incredible athlete 🤩 Thanks for sharing your journey with us! Anything is possible!

[@stokular]

That was a very bizarre cut from talking about what he’s going to do to cutting to a golf course drone shot mid sentence.. had me a bit confused

[@SamYoYoYoLong]

I thought it was a “creative” cut and way to break it up but thanks for the feedback

[@maximegenionperron1356]

I actually really like the cut. Video footage was great. The only thing I would change is replacing the music by a voice over.

[@speedypablo5530]

I loved the whole cut 👌🤙

[@iznasni]

We’ll be following! Good luck Sam, you have positively evolved into a very professional & likeable athlete!

[@jonaturopath]

Cairns! So wonderful for Australia to have you come race 💪👏👍

[@billaronis3645]

What an amazing year Sam. Just got the Skull shorts! Yo (x3)!

[@nathanmclain9027]

Sounds like you've put a great team around you including guys like Lionel. Your star is rising and its so F'n fun to watch! PS, just grabbed a few Darkside pieces to add to my training gear. Love the design. #TeamZoot

[@BigKeith510]

Yo yo yo Sam. I love seeing the progression man.

[@larryp989]

Great news! I was just thinking about when/if you were doing a full this year. Good luck man!

[@malperro14]

Love to hear that you are coming to Cairns (pronounced 'cans"). It is a great race. I have done it 1.5 times (1dnf :( ) I will fly from Brisbane to Cairns just to watch you race knowing you will be there (1700km) Enjoy Australia!

[@garthingle7295]

Yo yo yo Sam. Love seeing the updates. Best legs in Triathlon

[@SandyWhisker]

Congratulations on what looked like a perfect execution in St George Sam. Best of luck with the trip to Australia and fingers crossed we see you on the start line in Kona. I’m looking to return to Oro Valley in March/April next, maybe bump into you again then. With that in mind, have you and Lionel ever thought of dropping by the Oro Valley triathlon in March and/or the Catalina State Park Half Marathon Trail Race in April, I’m sure it would be an inspiration for all those taking part. Cheers from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, Sandy

[@dbo4506]

Sam’s pre race energy will never be matched 😂🫡

[@yesitis1395]

Blummenfelt.

[@Mattzietsch]

Cringe Yank

[@sroche84]

Yo yo!! My mate just sent me this. Look forward to racing with you and cheering you on mate! Been awesome to watch this season in the T100!! Margaritas the next day on me if ya win!

[@markvanderlinden7722]

Awesome! FOMO.. I chose IM AUS at Port Macquarie this year, wish I chose Cairns.. have a blast! ✊🏼

[@dbo4506]

Hahaha same here mate 😂 we chose wrong

[@joemalone1836]

Wow, I did not see that coming. So excited to see how you get on against the Skipper... Yo Yo Yo.

[@Justin-uf9lc]

The run you’re on right now is incredible, peaking for sure! Two video questions: - when is the sweat elite video dropping with Matt Fox? - you should film some of your bike training sessions with the gravel beasts. I’m guessing a lot of people didn’t know you train occasionally with Keegan and all those animals.

[@SamYoYoYoLong]

I think the sweat elite video will come out next week. That would be dope! We have talked about it but would need a film crew

[@bhavinipatel1775]

Will be cheering for you all the way….will make a huge difference to the race dynamics whenever you are on the start line. You make this stuff exciting

[@Rtri88]

Good luck man. Next level.

[@NMGagne]

Kick ass news! Can't wait!

[@justsumtriduuude]

Thanks for reading my comments on the Zoot meeting yesterday. #darksidedownunder

[@danieldeternoz8054]

Man, You are shining now, I love the idea of jumping to something “bigger” but usually when we want to reach multiple things at the same time, one of those things are not going well. I would recommend you to keep shining in PTO and 70.3, consolidate as a champion there, and you can jump to Kona in another opportunity. You are still young, that is not the case than Lionel, and he has only one focus Kona.

[@maisetas]

We are witnessing greatness in process...

[@PapaPineapples]

Picked that kit up right as it came out. Super sick

[@SamYoYoYoLong]

So awesome!

[@LoranMaes]

The ungraded SLOG footage in the beginning 🤣🤣

[@TriPollAthlete]

Sam Long and Tri-Poll Athlete are going to Cairns! 🇦🇺 Also super simple “cans”! See you there!

[@user-dy7fr4dj8z]

You can win Kona Sam! All the other pro athletes seem to be burning out or getting too old and loosing the real motivation! May the Force be with you Master Long😂

[@glenmccarthy405]

It wouldn't surprise me one bit if you win IM CAIRNS Sam, you have arrived big time, great to see you thrive 👏👏👏💪💯💥

[@corbybittner4422]

Where did you get that shirt? I love it.

[@sscholz]

That drone shot 🔥 5:01

[@tasdrouille]

Tapering is worth 6% Sam. It's huge. You can't afford not to nail this down. And tbh it's easy to figure it out, and oh so rewarding at the same time. You know you've got all the work done and now you're just letting the body catch up to deliver the fireworks. There is not much I enjoy more than the taper in all my training. It is the calm before the storm and I am blissfully smiling all the way because I know all the hay is in the barn.

[@SamYoYoYoLong]

Exactly! The taper is a great time

[@boeyalam9048]

Sounds like a plan Sam! Ozi Ozi Ozi YO YO YO!

[@GregJC]

That shirt is 🔥

[@stu09]

Babe, wake up. New Sam Long flamingo shirt just dropped.

[@rafaelxavier4076]

Yo yo yo Sam! Do you think you are physically capable to do the PTO's series, some 70.3's and still trying to qualificate to Kona?

[@user-bk3qk5yg7e]

Yo yo yo about to storm Australia 🔥

[@mikedickerson3944]

Need more Leo in these “catch up” videos. Edited to say, Got the good sleeveless trisuit. Can we now get more Leo? 😉

[@nathan_balli]

Hell yeah Sam! Killer bike at St. George! Wishing you the best of luck for the remainder of the season, LFG🗣️

[@SamYoYoYoLong]

LFG

[@sebpopa261]

Will we see you in New Zealand at the 70.3 world champs this year!?

[@stevetetley3718]

Fark yeah!

[@jkrunningproductions]

If anybody can do this double I would say it would be the strongest legs in triathlon

[@jkrunningproductions]

I think it's possible you could win the Ironman Pro Series if you place well at both your Ironmans. You've already got great 70.3 results and I don't know if it's possible to do 3 good Ironmans in one year

[@ibanezjp]

See you in Cairns Sam!

[@outerlimit1999]

Winning PTO championship and Kona in the same year would be unreal. 😮

[@marcoferraris6451]

Vamos

[@andrewmetcalfe9898]

I think this is a great idea to finish off your 2024 ‘regular season’. What many people forget is that your 2024 season started after about 2 weeks break following your only ironman of 2023 last September. Your first ‘2024’ race was actually Indian wells in December, so by IM Cairns, you will have been racing for 7+ months. What I hope is that you shut your season down for 2-3 weeks of complete rest, before starting the build into the ‘2024 Championship Season’. I hope you skip T-100 London, treat T-100 Ibiza as your ‘early championship season’ warm up and aim to peak for Kona and then the T-100 final in Oman at the end of November. If you win or podium at San Francisco and get a KQ in Cairns, you really don’t need any ‘good’ results before Kona for the year as a whole to be an absolute triumph. I actually wish Lionel would go to Cairns as well (and in his case do Lake Placid before taking 2-3 weeks completely off before his Kona Build, because judging by past successes he does best at IM when he isn’t overcooked, and I think a program of no longer than 10 weeks before the last 10 days on the big island is his best bet to peak there. But I digress).

[@SamYoYoYoLong]

You pay very good attention! This is absolutely spot on. My 2024 regular season is about to end!

[@andrewmetcalfe9898]

@@SamYoYoYoLong Mate- if you are planning a mid off season after Cairns IM, I hope you bring the family to australia and stick around for a week or so and take in the Great Barrier Reef, Port Douglas, Daintree and - of course - at least one crocodile tour!

[@SamYoYoYoLong]

@@andrewmetcalfe9898 I have one day after the race to see things. What would you recommend? The travel is to much with the baby so then going home to be with them

[@andrewmetcalfe9898]

@@SamYoYoYoLong Hi Sam. Sorry for taking so long to get back to you. There is a lot to do in the surrounding Cairns area, but with only one day (and I assume you will have media commitments and perhaps a massage scheduled as well) after the race, my recommendation would be a half day (5.5 hour) “Skyrail Cableway to Kuranda and train return” tour. This is situated just north of Cairns itself, so you could probably schedule it into the Monday after the race pretty easily. I also notice that you will be in the area for the week leading up to the race. A good way to acclimatise to the Far North Queensland climate would be to also do one touristy thing a day - in addition to your taper training. So I also recommend ticking off a few of the following options before the race: Hartley’s Crocodile Farm, Port Douglas (and if possible do a two hour tour on ‘The Lady Douglas’ paddle steamer), Mossman Gorge and a Crocodile tour on the Daintree River. Each of these excursions shouldn’t take more than a few hours and aren’t particularly taxing to do. Cheers and enjoy, Andrew

[@matteoschiavetti8105]

Sanders now is in trouble

[@janfolkerts7342]

Well, he is the one talked him into this if I understand it correct

[@Emiljon]

What kind of bottles are you running on the bike? I've been wanting to get a set of big ass bottles like those.

[@leslie7922]

I'm guessing 750ml or 1L

[@leslie7922]

Google "power bar 1L bottle"

[@marcelpoelsma101]

Sam the man.

[@Terrilyn_Austen]

OMGI want the flamingo shirt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@thedailytri]

I'll see you in Cairns!!

[@SamYoYoYoLong]

Sweet

[@scottblack8735]

Fuck yeah!!!!

[@sambrown1779]

Make sure your water bottles are secure for Cairns. Bumpy roads

[@teamkanute]

Another American on the start line in Kona would be sick 🇺🇸🇺🇸 hope to see you there. But first I’ll see you on the boat

[@SamYoYoYoLong]

Yes dude!! See you on the boat 🛥️

[@graczlola3373]

btw nice shirt :

[@nightsfalling]

I’m with Lionel, I think with the same training just slightly higher volume you can perform without getting killed in training before the race. Good luck!

[@Slow.Smooth]

YO YO YO

[@maximegenionperron1356]

LFG!!!

[@ProfessorCarlo]

Poor guy, it's getting bad.

[@donaldlamarche9886]

Love the idea that you want to race in Kona. You're in great shape, why not. Just don't over train for the Ironman. Keep doing what you've been doing for the 70.3 races and tweak a little for Ironman but not too much. Good luck. Lots of the guys will be scared now that you might be racing in Kona.

[@troycollett8540]

Joe skipper racing cairns as well

[@J_Money1]

Has he even been a threat at any of his races in the last 2 years?

[@JohnSmith-pn1vv]

Cairns pronounced correctly the 2nd time like care with ns on the end. Good luck mate!

[@SamYoYoYoLong]

Good to know!

[@wd161]

Also made the decision to change from 70.3 to full. See you there!!!

[@RichShelley-hp8yd]

Guessing you would then be out of PTO Las Vegas…..

[@leslie7922]

If I watch Sam at 70.3 worlds I'll be at the finish line cause he is scary at the start 🦍🦍🦍

[@dianes.1909]

IM should give wild cards to pros.

[@dcfan40]

They have in the past. Not sure of current state.

[@dylananderson5810]

Cairns = Cans

[@stevenhelpme]

Hey long shot, but does anyone have the OG black YOYOYO sam long mesh hat? Mine got lost in a car theft in san francisco. It absolutely my favorite hat ever and I really want to be a sam long supporter. I would love to buy the hat if someone has one (will pay for shipping as well). Can show you lots of photos of me wearing it all over the whole. Hoping for the best please send me a message. Thanks a lot in advance.

[@SamYoYoYoLong]

I loved those hats!! I’ll check if I have another but I don’t think so

[@stevenhelpme]

@@SamYoYoYoLong Please do! Will do anything to get a hold on another one. I was wearing it while running when i lived in boulder and someone shouted at me saying they were friends with you from highschool

[@leannewright21]

Hey Sam, to pronounce Cairns, it sounds like “care” as in I really care about you… care-ns

[@ironmantooltime]

2nd 😜

[@AntonKomarov]

Psycho!!! 🥷😈

[@ironman_legend]

any need to swear? very professional...

[@shanedaddyhyland-vr5ed]

just pronounce cairns as cans

[@alexkonoff2273]

Honesty if you want to win the T100 series this is a bad idea. Vegas was going to be an easy podium because half the guys are going to be in Kona. Wishing you the best but I fell you might be racing too much this year.

[@JulieBockey-im6eu]

Kona🫶🏼💙

[@israel_started_it_ALL_in_1947]

Kona or bust