National TV Faked This, so I tried it for real

[@TheUnlazyWay]

Now that's how you make an interval workout more interesting!!😁

[@goranwinblad]

Haha Definitely! 😁

[@blackhole927]

Holy crap… I haven’t seen a KZbin video that ended in a failure in like a year now, crazy to see someone upload that. Was still incredibly entertaining to watch, amazing job with this!

[@davidkelly0]

Absolutely, I think it's a great display of Göran's integrity. Win or lose, it was pure adrenaline from start to finish!

[@556WalkemdownTorrents]

nice spoiler dude,

[@TerjeMathisen]

This has been a well-known challenge here in Oslo, but not between these two stations! You start on the line from Sognsvann to Oslo, and run from Frøen (the last stop before Majorstuen) down to the big Majorstuen station: This is slightly downhill all the way with almost zero detours out from and into the stations. You have to be quick though because Frøen is going to be closed in a few years, replaced with the new Diakonhjemmet station a bit further up the line. It is also about 700m total distance.

[@goranwinblad]

Thanks for the info Terje, might have to try that as well then 😅

[@panzerveps]

Frøen is on the Holmenkollen line, not Sognsvann.

[@gautegunleiksrud4260]

Her is a video of the Majorstuen - Frøen run. kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4C0nXyhna6Darcsi=7vvjtuwKY-E6Kjg_

[@gamemak0r]

I like how this video was edited; * short intro * informative build-up * close fail * enough time left on the video for anything to happen * very short outro This had me captivated without feeling like I needed to skip forward, and now I want to see if you make the run later on.

[@Eldriitch]

This particular challenge is definitely harder in Oslo than here in London. Mansion House and Cannon Street on the district and circle lines are extremely close, so you get more advantage from the acceleration and deceleration of the train (as well as shorter attempts, making it easier to reattempt if necessary). If you ever find yourself in London, and you really want to beat a train by running, that's probably your best option.

[@Eldriitch]

The lines are also much closer to the surface, so there's less uphill right at the start.

[@goranwinblad]

Thanks for the info yeah might have to plan a business trip with Alfred to London then! 😁

​@@goranwinblad There's also a good spot on the M4 subway line in Budapest. Easily doable.

[@Ajfmaizy]

Yes! And it has also been faked by a prominent KZbin channel

[@bozhidarmihaylov]

It’s going to be a Euro - tour apparently, .. then world evidently 😂 Good Luck, Have Fun!

[@flavius.ciapsa]

Getting out of the first station was definitely hard, for this challenge it should help finding two stations that have short exit/entrance. Very good tries though!

[@goranwinblad]

Yeah for sure, thanks!

[@Alex_Wizard2003]

His run was a lot more crowded and challenging than yours and yet he managed to score a great time! Congrats!!

[@goranwinblad]

Yeah for sure Alfred is a great runner and did a great run! 😁🏅

[@darightcoast1912]

Seems like there is problem world wide with television companies telling the truth. Great effort and thank you for being truthful. This was very fun to watch.

[@goranwinblad]

Thanks glad you liked watching it 😊

[@eviehawke]

such a fun challenge, i was on the edge of my seat! 😅

[@goranwinblad]

Glad to hear it was really fun to do as well 😁

[@misja4122]

This reminds me of the passage in Haruki Murakami's 'What I talk about when I talk about running'. He wants to run the original marathon route in Greece to write about it for a magazine (if I remember correctly) and they are very surprised that he actually means to do the whole thing. Apparently most of those challenges were faked back then too. Integrity is important, for the media, athletes and everyone else.

[@runmattrun-go9qp]

The train gets the medal this time.

[@goranwinblad]

Haha yep 😅

[@Bweyg]

@@goranwinblad But you got bronze and Alfred got silver though :D

[@yannickm1396]

0:05 Than you need to run 24 kph for that distance. That is sub 2 min 800 speed.

[@sunblade704]

Wow, that sucks that your national TV just went and faked that :( Kudos to you both for trying it though, congratulations to you both for these times!

[@goranwinblad]

Thanks 😊

[@sherlockshlome473]

Agenda is more important than truth to media propagandists

[@SherryOram72]

Wow!! This was just incredible to watch. Bravo to you both!!! 👏🏻🇨🇦

[@goranwinblad]

Thanks so much!!

[@viktorask]

2:11 Pace. Wow, just wow.

[@WaechterDerNacht]

The 800m world record is 1:40.91. Comsidering this, I would have been really impressed if you manage this! The thing that was bad is that NRK didn't clarify it when first asked that this was for enterteinment purposes only and not actually accomplished. While it might have been a entertainment format, it can leave a bitter taste in regards to news. What is, in current times, very important. If people start saying: "national tv faked this, why should we trust their news on politics etc.?" their whole journalistic integrity is at play. I'm not Norwegian and therefor don't know alot. But I understand some Norwegian (easier written) and from those times i went on their website i had a good impression of them. A similar discussion as you hinted on is currently going on here in Switzerland. I think that the entertainment side and sports should have it's place on national tv. If this field is left out, you also don't get cultural things that make a nation/culture to people that might just earn enough to live and pay rent (also Norway has those). So you would push them out of anything besides news about war and politics.

[@letstritogether]

Great effort, guys! Regardless of the end results, this was one of the most "edge of my seat" videos I've watched on KZbin. Fun idea, with great editing and pacing... I was entertained.

[@goranwinblad]

Thanks makes me very glad to hear 😊

[@YersiniaPestisNPO]

I know the video was about running but all I could think about was how nice and clean that train station was 😆

[@sir_humpy]

Is your username any indicator of the environments you prefer?

[@57thorns]

I do not mind public service television making entertainment (including sports or "culture", even if both ot those are also entertainment) especially in areas that are not likely to be covered by commercial television. And being (reasonably) advertisement free is definitely a bonus. However, I do expect integrity from them, and that faking is definitely a mark against NRK.

[@RobbyHuang]

Man, that was so much fun to watch haha, that music was also fantastic. That seems like a near-impossible task, but great tries!

[@NotSure416]

I used miss my bus almost every morning and had to run to the next stop to catch the bus. This brings back memories.

[@zixednatz]

What a great content! Im glad you guys are honest, even though you were unable to catch the train, you will have more loyal followers!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤

[@beccaneel8151]

This was epic - from the social commentary to the urban orienteering adventure. Stellar content.

[@Lotschi]

From time to time I need to do this at the bus stop. In my village the stations are only a few hundred meters apart and when I miss it by a few seconds I can catch it because it can‘t drive very fast. It‘s always a fun thing to do but I could spare the sweat in the bus before university 😅 Maybe I‘ll try this in purpose one day.

[@goranwinblad]

Haha cool to hear 😅

[@io-rj6sk]

u ever got injured from this?

[@stealthnessrunchallenge]

The next challenge is to come to London and race the Tube from Mansion House to Cannon Street

[@jbogren]

That was both kind of silly and interesting at the same time. Uncalled for, but yet exciting. Cool video, Göran ! 👍

[@goranwinblad]

Glad you enjoyed it 😊

[@katerina.halikova]

I train intervals like this pretty often. I get on a tram and then push myself between stops that aren't too long or too short. It's the most fun type of training for me.

[@julianengel492]

Well done for keeping such a pace for so long! Very impressive

[@philipcoomber1548]

Well done you guys...great stuff...and well done Goran for "calling out" your National TV network...

[@jassaljs]

Wow!! That was a crazy competition 😲You guys had to run through the streets, traffic and people, multiple turns! You were both faster than the train👍

[@li0ngr33n]

Great job both of you 😁 it was fun

[@goranwinblad]

Thank you!! 😁

[@Jaydev2001]

Great attempt guys !! Well done … crazy pace !!

[@goranwinblad]

Thanks a lot! 😊

[@kryptgmd]

Congrats to Alfred on his success at the JWOC middle!

[@SeeChadRun]

Incredible! Had me sweeting just sitting here watching you two!

[@goranwinblad]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@MrSquigler]

I really love the urban running like in this video and in the race you had in Moss! Super intense

[@goranwinblad]

Glad to hear 😊

[@madshansson20]

A run with a purpose😊. Well done

[@goranwinblad]

Thanks! 😊

[@severiner7168]

Maybe I'll try that with my local bus ;-) Great video, really enjoyed it. Well done both!

[@goranwinblad]

You should was a fun challenge, thanks 😊

[@nv1t]

There is a similar challenge in Dresden as well: Tram 12 does a slight curve and you can run it directly. It should be possible for runners at around 3:30min/km (depending on tourists in town) :) I found this detour while running all tram lines here from endstop to endstop

[@innesdunbar]

Impressive attempt from you both, fantastic pace. I was stuck to the screen to see if either of you would make it.

[@goranwinblad]

Thanks 😊

[@dwyt]

Amazing video! Also that white SOAR vest is super nice!

[@paul1458]

This was really fun to watch!

[@BrownieNB]

Would make a fun strava segment ^^

[@goranwinblad]

That’s true!

[@amrunning1301]

Great video as always

[@jerkronnols434]

Nice attempts! Would be interesting to see if you could find a long distance version of this as well. I've been trying to find such a version in Stockholm. Apparently Alvik - Hagsätra takes 34 minutes station to station and is roughly 10 km on a path suggested by google maps. I'm not fast enough to be a serious contender, but would love to see an attempt.

[@simondeboer6035]

Fantastic content. Alfred is SO fast!!

[@goranwinblad]

Thanks yeah he reallly is!

[@Aeronwor]

I would recommend to try in Budapest, on line 4 between Új-buda központ and Moricz Zsigmond kör tér. The stations are so close the train is leaving one, when it is already entering the next.

[@kevinparker2409]

Really exciting video

[@goranwinblad]

Glad to hear!

[@PerryScanlon]

One time I barely missed the bus and then sprinted to the next bus stop and caught the bus. Everybody on the bus was cheering for me! 😄

[@mieshiihto]

Very nice video! Göran, you should have had a sprint map with you to avoid that "pummi"!

[@goranwinblad]

Haha thanks, yeah for sure! 😁

[@liamroche1473]

Great POV videos!

[@Theboardbro]

Magnus midtbo probably does this for his morning commute to the local climbing gym lol😂

[@KC_rocka]

That looked so much fun

[@goranwinblad]

It was 😁

[@wildernesstraining1957]

Good effort both of you👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@goranwinblad]

Thank you so much 😀

[@deonsmit8887]

Awesome video I was sitting on the edge of my seat shouting come on 😂

[@goranwinblad]

Glad you enjoyed it! 😁

[@M1ndHeist]

Great video!

[@goranwinblad]

Thanks!

[@BM24DK]

Running up that escalator looked scary. Imagine falling with that high speed 😮😮

[@kevinbourke6899]

Fun video! Thanks for posting.

[@goranwinblad]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@hanzhanzinand]

In Vienna might have a few good spots for you. U1 Praterstern to Nestroyplatz comes to mind, the Station Nestroyplatz has a very short exit, but the one on Praterstern might be too long.

[@rennleitung_7]

Agreed, as far as I remember, there are some lines that use the same track, so that the subway 🚇 will not go at top speed. Same with Munich central lines. However, great idea of Goran to try bin real life.👍

[@sarahrobertmorgan1123]

That was a lot of fun to watch

[@timonix2]

We had a cheese burger run at uni. The buss stops at both sides of a mall with a mcdonalds in the middle. So one person just bolts to the mcdonalds while the rest try to delay the bus to get some extra time. It's rare to succeed. There has been a few known successes though.

[@escoacorrere]

Loved this challenge. ❤

[@goranwinblad]

Glad to hear 😊

[@dingdingdingdiiiiing]

1. perfectly empty track 2. ideal runner 3. perfect weather 4. runner practiced diligently for one full year 5. still can't run under 1:58 6. NRK faked it so bad

[@Zenturio1]

very cool episode!

[@Axel.Andersson]

Testa i Stockholm!

[@lolvonlolipopp]

Vilka hållplatser? Har svårt att se att det skulle vara möjligt.

[@Axel.Andersson]

@@lolvonlolipopp slussen till Medborgarplatsen eller t-centralen till Hötorget

[@tomaszszczegola]

Kudos, guys!

[@eckart0825]

I tried that in Frankfurt back in 2013, from Konstablerwache to Hauptwache - but was shy ~12 seconds, too many normal people in the pedestrian zone. 😂 suggest to mount the videos to a splitscreen, so you can see train moving and runner racing hard at the same time - no fake for sure! 😊

[@paulmalotky6441]

What a departure from the normal. Loved it!!!!

[@goranwinblad]

Glad to hear 😁

[@isomochyn1]

This looked a long way out of the station, i don't know the oslo metro but maybe if there are 2 sessions with easier exits. The others I have heard about are Cluny la Sorbonne to Odéon on the Paris metro and Mansion House to Cannon Street on the London Underground.

[@GSino]

Congratulations guys 👏 very interesting 😊

[@KilroyWasThere]

Awesome video! Seems like a 800m/1500m specialist would have the right mix of speed/endurance to make the sub-2 minute all out effort required to cover the distance.

[@goranwinblad]

Thanks yeah you are probably right about that!

[@johnathenharker6592]

Living in Oslo, I think there are other combinations of stations, where this challenge might be possible (or even too easy). Ris -> Gaustad should be possible and Gulleråsen -> Slemdal or Frognerseteren->Midtstuen should both be rather easy. Might try one of them myself in the future. :D

[@penngwinn]

Dang! I was hoping you'd make it!

[@juanfcruzpi]

Awesome video! Maybe try some 400 m relays? If that doesn’t work try 200m relays 😂 passing a baton or something

[@RB-us6tf]

Great attempt!

[@kevinknutsen7054]

Sooo close, maybe running it the other way is easier? Nationaltheateret to Stortinget? That way it is not so much uphill, I would love to see you try it again as an Oslo local

[@rubensonorio8805]

@goranwinblad you both did great 💪congratulations 👏👏👏

[@goranwinblad]

Thanks 😊

[@Riiseli]

You could likely make it by having a couple of late runners catching the underground at both stops. First person catches and hold for the second for five seconds or so. Now this can happen organically, but one would've thought it would have been a better method for NRK.

[@Fixafux]

Would be awesome to see an attempt from Oslo metro station: Økern --> Hasle. 1.3 km

[@thunder89]

If you fail at one stop -- go for two stops. And use the time the train has to stop in between for your adavantage

[@josiepegg2211]

This was a lot of fun!

[@goranwinblad]

Glad to hear 😊

[@runnert]

great video! Even though 60M is more my distance, I enjoy you content alot! Why not go the other way? From Nationalteateret to Stortingent - like in the NRK video? Then you get to go down the escalators, which should be alot quicker..

[@NoorKhanNY]

Need an elite 800m specialist to tackle this! Very impressive times nonetheless

[@thedolenorway]

I never caught the original Amalie Juel "attempt" and the controversy about it. 2:00 min/Km is unfathomable to me!

[@tikkelbikkel]

Storror did this in particularly spectacular way

[@viktor821]

Try it in Stockholm. Swedish taskmaster did it aswell, don't know if they were called out for faking it aswell :o

[@goranwinblad]

Thanks for the suggestion, might have to travel there then 😅

[@xx765]

It's not physically possible basically... these guys missed it by 20s+, which is an extremely long time for this kind of distance. Alfred ran a period at 2:00/km pace, which is very close to what's humanly possible already(it is 45s for 400m, and the 400m WR is 43s). So no chance

[@davidh6420]

Good challenge! Who will be the next contender? :)

[@goranwinblad]

Yeah it was a fun challange, haha not sure but would be fun to try it in some other city and see if it’s possible!

[@mariNeNemachi]

There was a guy or a few guys here in Denmark that did it with the metro stations here :) That might be a good try!

[@nomadflbh]

Awesome footage! I really like how the head cam looks like the view of a giant trying to escape from society.🧐😅👍🏾🙏🏾🫡🫀🏃🏾‍♂️🏋🏾‍♂️🚴🏾‍♂️

[@goranwinblad]

Haha glad to hear 😁

[@TheMateyl]

Maybe a better pair of stations would be ones that are closer to the surface to avoid all the stairs. Even if the distance is slighly longer.

[@EBoone503]

fun challenge -- good effort!

[@goranwinblad]

Thank you 😊

[@soundninja99]

You should've tried it the same way they showed Amalie Iuel do it. Nasjonalteateret isn't as deep underground as stortinget so you don't spend as much time running up stairs and ramps. I suspect both of you would've gotten it running the other way around.

[@blueeyedboy-oc1to]

Well done Goran , loved it , definitely wouldn’t trust anything on main stream media ❤

[@0kills]

Jesus christ. I just realized how much you look like Tyrell from Mr. robot. Lmaooooo😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@marinrodriguez7729]

You realize now that runner from all over the world are going to take up a similar challenge in their own cities as well as come to Oslo to see if they can complete the challenge. The tourism board in Oslo should pay you for this!🇳🇴🇳🇴

[@goranwinblad]

😅

[@Rich_1]

2 min pace is so fast through town! people would have been so shocked haha its awesome tho

[@WiseGuyFTW]

I think it might be possible at midnight or early morning, Alfred got way too many NPCs in his way. I wonder if he would run a bit faster knowing that he will not run into someone or run over by trafic. With those things out of the mind Göran might also be able to pull it off, I beleive.

[@fiddlincara]

Come to Denver, Colorado! You’ll beat the RTD train no problem! 😂

[@matildeskaar]

Veldig spennende video! Enig i at det var slappt av NRK å fake forsøket! 😮

[@MichelePonte]

I watch your channel despite at the moment I have no interest in running 😅