The Most Brutal Bike Course - XTERRA Germany

Hey everyone! We're Eric Lagerstrom and Paula Findlay, and we started That Triathlon Life! This is the story of Eric's short track and standard distance pro races at XTERRA Germany, in Zittau.
Since 2006, the competition has taken place in the Zittauer Gebirge nature park in the southeastern border triangle of Germany on the borders of Poland and Czech Republic.
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[@Krilin84]

Dude, that race edit felt like watching a freakin James Bond car chase! 👌🤘

[@Transsend_it]

Totally! So sick! Loved the music too!

[@BigKeith510]

2 years ago I went to the doctor due to low energy and got all types of bad news. Having two young kids I knew I needed to make a change. I was 310lbs, and I started walking/running to now running 5 days a week. I am now 240lbs and feel absolutely amazing. No more bad news!! I lift weights as well and started to ride a road bike recently. Cardio has been great, but it started with running This is a great video. Thank you!

[@filipsebek2232]

Cheers for taking a video of Ještěd:-) in Czech republic ( the pointy satellite on the top of the hill! ) it made me very happy.

[@98GuitarTECH]

Loving your Europe content, so great to see your cinematic eye and soul brought our homes countries, especially with the changes in architecture and environment. Congratulations on a great race and good luck for Xterra Worlds!

[@drwatsonpe]

Stellar performance...5th when you are out of your element, 7 time zones from home...I agree, a little more strength work and perhaps a trip to some rocky climbing to prep...podium is entirely possible.

[@Mike.A.]

It continually boggles the mind how you're able to put together this amazing content on top of everything else you do, and, performing at a high level. You and your video's are inspiring on many levels. Thanks bro. p.s. cool story about how/where you and Paula "met" _edit: forgot to say congrats o the 5th...all things considered a great result!_

[@XTERRAplanet]

Great recap and love to hear your insights on the town, the people, and the race! Well done, looking forward to Worlds!

[@Nils_m9]

Love yourself a good German summer without AC😏 Great video as always!

[@Rover4387]

This is some of the best shit from you Eric. Nice work. I also switched to Xterra and have been really enjoying it much much more

[@loucycling8416]

thx for this video. Xterra Germany will be my big goal for next year and my first xterra allover. i knew i would have to train hard for it, but now i know i will have to train even harder. great pictures, honest words. aprecciate your content so much. thx for all the ttl stuff you do. despite you're pros, in your contend triathlon really feels like a lifestyle, a happy lifestyle and not just hard work, what it definitely is, but as i said, it is also fun and you remember me of that.

[@texajersey5569]

That looked brutal

[@summermorris_coaching]

Loved watching this during my treadmill run. Epic!

[@joanneleyva4942]

Bravo Eric! I love seeing you do this off road racing. IMO, so much more interesting and fun.....albeit harder in a different way. Great race recap and video quality as usual!

[@filipavieira2205]

Well done Eric! Keep the focus!

[@philipcoomber1548]

FANTASTIC...well done Eric...keep on keeping on...

[@rogerherndon8384]

Thanks for the honest video. You’re right, Bend has no training trails like what you just experienced. You do know what you need to improve on.

[@MattyJTri]

Nothin’ like a little romantic chit chat 😹 Congrats on the race result!!

[@aprilharper2954]

"chit chatting romantically" lol love it

[@rickyricardo9918]

Good point 'bout the downhills requiring to throw caution to the wind. There's a gladiator element in xterra. The rocks are your opponent!

[@barryfield9300]

Great vid Eric and thanks for the recaps of both races. The off road footage looked rocky/scarey. You were smart not to "bomb" down those downhills, which could result in broken bones & teeth. Nothing wrong with top 5 dude, the Europeans had the "home court" advantage.

[@MrProfGreg]

Loved the shot of the pigeons swirling around the tower

[@kategibson5540]

Great video, congratulations on finishing 5th🎉

[@valleybliss]

5th place is amazing!!! 🎉🎉🎉

[@bcrruns1085]

Excellent video Eric and great job on the races!

[@r0bv123]

Wow, way to get it still Eric! And i thought after you finished HC100 this race would be somewhat similar. Love the footage of this race BTW!

[@davidhaythorn5983]

Finally caught this update last night, must have gone under the radar. Anyway I am present and in attendance, great video glad you both seem to have enjoyed your time over this side of the pond, Scotland, Finland, Germany. Look forward to the next TTL maybe a catch up once your both home and reunited with Flynn. Stay Safe both much love from the UK X

[@dyzlexiccm]

Holy crap that race edit was epic!!! The drone shots were incredible!!

[@joerg.schneider]

So cool you came to Germany and competed in XTERRA in Zittau! Love it! Bummer I wasn‘t there this year. 😢 Great effort and result - congrats! Would have loved to meet you. ❤ Keep up the good work with the videos here!

[@MS-fi1mg]

did O-See Challenge a couple of times ages ago. loved it. 🤙 glad you also enjoyed it. ✌️ great video as always. good recovery and good luck for italy.

[@ejquezad]

Great footage of the race.

[@tonycarlsson7409]

Awesome video, Eric!!!

[@pamnaylor298]

Congrats on your race! Awesome footage and video content! I always look forward to these vlogs and blogs! TTL!!!!

[@Natalie-rl7dq]

Italy has some SICK climbing. Love watching this journey!

[@cdnnurse01]

Amazing video, thank you for sharing

[@edutoro11]

AWESOME video!!!... this makes me want to do one of these races

[@mitchfrank48]

Excellent video and great race!

[@chrisbednarek5049]

Footage is unreal Eric! 🔥 Congrats on 5th.

[@amyknibb7740]

That was very cool, but holy crap! That looked so hard!! Those hills, lots of guys seem to get off their bike to walk up the steeper sections! Congrats on a great race!

[@eira777]

This race looks insane! 😮

[@johnrwilker]

Congrats! That looked so cool. If I was 30-40 years younger, I would be into that big time. Looking forward to worlds.

[@skshain]

Great footage. You definitely found your groove.

[@TomKroupa80]

Fun video, great race and effort...Hope, we will see you doing Xterra Czech Republic some day. It is held in the similar distance from Prague just in the opposite direction than Zittau:-).

[@irvhh143]

I have been a fan of ttl for some time now. Two great ppl. Yet, I get the sense that the project is outgrowing its roots. Maybe it is time to find a manager, at least someone to handle the travel details.

[@kevinbeauchamp2558]

Another solid video!

[@sabinesoper5336]

Glad you liked our little neck of the woods. Next year we'll cheer you on harder. This year we weren't a hundred percent sure you were the American and didn't wanna shout USA only to later find out you were Danish or something

[@Mike.A.]

😄

[@amyfriesland723]

Great video!! And I think 5th place given the course, is pretty darn good!!

[@gregpalmer9922]

Eric that was epic! This video makes me want to get better at MTB and do some Xttera

[@jurgenwei602]

Fantastic Job ❤

[@cmartincanales]

Nice video and great content as always. In Europe there are several races of this style. I recommend Xterra Lake Scanno in Italy, so hard.

[@ChristianHubbard01]

Congratulations on a great race! That “course” looked brutal! Glad you got through it safely and can keep doing what you love! Thanks for your awesome videos, truly my favorite things to watch!

[@mikew6840]

Excellent content - gave us a really good idea of the race. Hectically tough, well done 👏

[@ElevationEveryWeekend]

Very cool! Come to Boulder and do some hill repeats on Lickskillet Road!

[@ursweidermann]

Great race report in cineastic premium quality. You made perfect use of the flight time as it seems. Thank you for sharing. Love the details, e.g. bike shoe prep. More brutal than the High Cascades 100? What shoes did you run in finally? The city of Zittau should pay you a bonus or pay for the hotel. 😂

[@burkertpeggy8548]

I like your action video… I am from germany… you did very well!! Its a freaky bike course! My friends like the x Terra in Zittau only for this bike course😮😅

[@seanvonlost]

I hope you cover the after party in the pod! I’m randomly interested since you mentioned it as “legendary” with a smirk. The short course looked super fun and crowd friendly but not much opportunity for passing.. seem pretty frustrating when it seemingly leaves you to only be able to pass once your on the run.

[@gusrallim]

I really want to do an xterra now!

[@davemcginnis1568]

Eric: "That's where we started chitchatting romantically." Which begs this question, Who made the first move?😉

[@bruitdefond]

Didn’t Paula snatch him from another triathlon chick?

[@ThatTriathlonLife]

​@@bruitdefond hardly. There was a lengthy, very hobo-esque solo phase before I went after Paula :) I definitely made the first move. And about the next 10 moves as well lol

[@StadtZittau]

❤

[@lanaimountainbiker8819]

Great video. Love Xterra. Wish more Americans would get off the road and on the dirt!

[@rig_roc]

If you liked the course you should come in Italy for XTerra Toscolano or XTerra Scanno

[@nicolasbauchet7166]

Awsome footage of races! But you were traveling alone !? So who was shooting you ?!?

[@AudunGrun]

17:22 - I was sure the drone hit the flag there

[@eoghanfox9230]

Opening music is very Stranger Things esque haha

[@jorgevillavicencio2955]

awesome cities. no graffiti very clean.

[@irvhh143]

What a shock. Vancouver has tent cities at every cloverleaf. Hoovervilles of the 21st century. Maybe we should call them Trudeauvilles..

[@dporras84]

Cool glasses Eric, what brand are they? min 9:12

[@karelisek]

looks like the SunGod Zephyrs

[@ssyvertson15]

What is a “power hour” bike workout?

[@Lankysprinter]

Sounds like hell but also tempting. You’d like Xterra uk, slightly more interesting bike course

[@josemirallesbou1763]

👌👌👌👌👌💪💪💪💪

[@jonp7267]

It’s not that Xterra footage is better. But it’s like having 30 Erics make a video instead of 1. Or. Maybe Eric after 100mg of caffeine…

[@SR77SR]

Eric discovering European architecture 😂

[@geraldkiessling]

Prague? Why? 🙈 You could have flown to Dresden. You would have been on the Autobahn in five minutes. Just ask for support next time. Some Germans follow your channel; not only me. 😁