The Norwegian Hype Train 🚂 Gustav Iden - Kristan Blu

[@iznasni]

I perfectly got the TGV pun Kristian 👍 TGV is Train Grande Vitesse in French which is translated into High Speed Train. It’s the model of trains used to link big cities in France. Keep training guys, your are our European pride 👍

[@TruthFactsLM57]

In the sport since 1985 at age 28 , now 65 these two young men inspire me , not to go faster , but to enjoy the journey even in remote tough conditions .

[@mikaliden9967]

Glad you liked it! Thanks for commenting 🙏

[@robbo3132]

funniest closing statement! haha this Facility definately has a no frills/Rocky/dungeon/pain cave/East block training vibe to it. No color, no sun, no home cooked food, no home gym with airconditioning and flat screen, no smiling people in the neighbourhood recognising you and cheering you on your workout.....theres no way you are facing the 'why am I doing this?' question on race day, because you quickly find answers in a facility like this all day or you quit.

[@MrDeadLaw]

Thank you Mikal for the superb content, and brilliant work you're doing with the Norge and with Sanders, already paying dividends for the latter !

[@mikaliden9967]

Thanks 🙏

[@ThomasGarner237]

Two of the best triathletes around!

[@RandumbNam3]

Mikel, thank you for this vid. I love that you did this uncut, unscripted, raw, and hardcore. Keep up the great work. Bravo 👏

[@mikaliden9967]

Thanks 🙏

[@ianmcmichael8799]

Man I love watching these guys train.

[@vozzen]

Kristian giving Lionel som proper cred is nice to see. I can’t believe Lionel even finished the race without bottles, I don’t think he could have done that with his previous training regime

[@thomasjmaclean]

I only caught the run. Lionel lost his bottles on the bike or do you just mean the integrated hydration that isn't on the old rim brake speedmax?

[@gourami7]

@@thomasjmaclean isn't it the TT version rather than tri hence the Movistar colours ?

[@thomasjmaclean]

@@gourami7 I believe you are correct. I'm just curious if he dropped bottles by accident or just planned to ride without storage?

[@strahinjastojanovic260]

@@thomasjmaclean as far as I know, he lost the bottles and was riding the major part of the bike without nutrition/hydration

[@rogerc23]

@@strahinjastojanovic260 He lost his energy bottle in the first 10km of the bike. It had his sugars (syrup) and salts in it. At the first aid station he found the Gatorade bottles didn’t fit in his holder and would fall out. He went the first 40km with no fluids or nutrition (which is obviously when you should be fueling heavy). So he wasn’t able to store fluids on his bike and could only take them at the bike aid station (which is what Kristian is referring to with his speeds down spiking at each aid station). He was also taking a couple the race gels at the aid station (Maurten) to survive but didn’t have his own nutrition and couldn’t follow his nutrition plan….so he laid off the bike to conserve energy and decided to give what he had on the run.

[@craigtsmith6957]

The Norwegian train consists of a great group of athletes - what has impressed me about this squad is their down to earth approach; - happy to reply to questions with detailed answers since the day they came on social media. Even when they started winning big they carried on doing the same. Same for the coaches. The Norwegain squad; Joe Skipper and LS are box office stars for the PTO! They are transforming the sport - brilliant.

[@jamesd5241]

i love seeing Blu's personality come out, he seems like an excited kid in this, usually he seems more reserved and quiet 😅 great video again

[@mikaliden9967]

Blu is one funny guy when you get to know him! He shines the brightest with caffeine, his teammates and a camera

[@jamesd5241]

@@mikaliden9967 with caffine 🤣

[@perlah8407]

If you can train to your max and stay focused and motivated in this depresing scenario you can definitely be world champion ; respect to you both

[@TalbotCoxMedia]

Easy workout to me. I did this same workout before I went to bed last night. Show us something impressive.

[@mattmitchell8796]

But you did it in the meta verse 😂

[@mikaliden9967]

I’ll film your run session in St. George so the world can see! 😍

[@juanecro27]

Aweonao

[@tri-oraclepodcast8514]

Love the “my favorite part of the day” comment 👉🏼 to the legendary 🎬 Day in the life with Frodeno “Everybody else is eating dinner, going to bed, maybe doing some stretching… and I am out here HAMMERING myself” 😃👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@jamesd5241]

Skipper has Blu doing the junkyard dog during his track sets. Living in his head rent free 😅😅

[@jamesnewport1227]

I died

[@jean-paulburger5342]

Joe skipper is not even in the same country code. Impossible to compare him to the Norwegians. It’s like bafanna bafanna beating Germany in the soccer World Cup. Ain’t happening bud.

[@spencemaddy]

@@jean-paulburger5342 Joe skipper is pretty good not bafanna bafanna :D

[@AntJB12345]

Gustav has such great run form

[@seansummers1285]

Thank you for the great content, unedited and honest. I look forward to each video and seeing their personalities and hard work.

[@julienbouillot6960]

I don't know that it was ever needed but Joe Skipper definitely gave these 2 some additional motivation! St George is going fun! Had no idea about what happened to Lionel. His run performance washout of this world! Great champ!

[@leegmann2282]

What a dream it would be to train with Blu and Gustav and to be coached by Mikal. What a team!

[@tobi1919]

And if you think Blu is suffering , you are wrong. That’s just the way he is smiling and enjoying life.

[@mikaliden9967]

100%

[@christianesteger8553]

@@mikaliden9967 Let s call it super GG🤙 😁

[@davidhiggins4020]

Looking class lads, you’ll have to give a choo choo as the Norwegian train passes the mockery boys.

[@bretzky9261]

Guy in the white with the dad bod actually looks pretty fast.

[@spencemaddy]

guy in the white is the reigning Olympic gold medalist. ;)

[@rileygshep7606]

He is the triathlon Olympic gold medalist for a reason

[@christopherdoyle4129]

These videos are awesome! Thank God we have gotten past the age of Pros guarding their trainings like the key to Fort Knox. Races are great but they are few and far between these videos can be posted every other day!!! Woo hoo ;)

[@flame_n]

Such energy! Love your content - an accessible way into the lives of superhumans :)

[@Rambleon444]

Amazing endurance running in the cold wind at 2340M (7680') elevation at a wicked pace... Easy Peasy when you are the best!

[@MrYbeaudoin]

Keep the video coming! This is great.

[@MattdeFreitas]

Thanks for sharing this - fantastic training and great to see these guys pushing hard - amazing insight

[@JFirth_Endurance]

Awesome content! Simple yet very effective. Proves you don’t need fancy drone shots every video. Even watched the ads a bit longer so that ad sense rolls in 😮‍💨

[@mikaliden9967]

❤️

[@abelimages]

Major Tri shade and I like it. Can’t wait for St. George. It’s gonna be epic.

[@DeanPattrick]

This is the reality of living in the nordics, snow still in April. Make its even harder to go out and train when it’s grey and cold outside 🇫🇮🙌😎

[@7110]

That's 🇪🇸

[@fabianthaesler1317]

This is a big one to create more myth about this wonderful two Norwegians! Some humor and a strong package of willpower! All the best on the way to St. George! :-)

[@clintellis1102]

crazy how Gustav takes the inside and K outside lane and K quite aways ahead, but like G says its about threshold and they're training not racing.

[@apostolis4909]

Haha this is gold !! Love the Norwegian hype train !!

[@edwinhmwong]

Love this attitude. Bravo.

[@rainbowmonkMC]

Kristian is going to need to work on his junkyard dog bark hahaha, but glad to see he and Gustav are still having lots of fun with it

[@mikaliden9967]

Hehe yes embarrassing 🙈 but on his defense he’s running 20km/h in altitude

[@rainbowmonkMC]

@@mikaliden9967 won't be too much easier at StG on the bike/run if he's gotta bark joe down ;) (just playing)

[@jean-paulburger5342]

Won’t need to bark joe down if he is miles ahead of him.

[@douglaswashburn4503]

Yessss more of this content. Love it. These guys are both going to be tough to beat in St George.

[@Txiiqo]

Thank you Mikal! love to see top athletes trainning, what a privilege. keep the videos comming

[@imdoc7872]

1.4!!!!! That guy is an animal. He stayed mainly aerobic with all that effort.

[@flourbvoy1269]

Thank you, Mikal. This is great training motivation.

[@soerennaujoks9085]

fantastic running style from Iden. The white Kipchoge

[@Kuebecku]

Great work! ... now i have ... wait ... i must go running now ... !!! THX !!!

[@juliano0moreira]

Raw! love the nothing to hide attitude!!!!

[@tobijung182]

Mikal, I realy like your Videos! Thank you! 🚄

[@Ajumi-]

going to start shouting NO LIMITS before my 5min runs now, too. (i do 5 x 1min easy jog, recovering from Achilles tendon inflammation)

[@stephenjacob2378]

Amazing place for some training, Good luck in St George.

[@Hubertus-ko6yl]

awaiting for a incredible 2022 - keep on training.

[@nathanmclain9027]

Thank you for posting this. I’m indoor on the trainer and my fingers are cold watching this.

[@leocheng38]

Thank you for sharing, I'd forward to my triathlon teammates, and we are from Taiwan. 😁👍😘🧢🧢

[@bohouss3622]

The first 60min session is exactly how I imagine myself when running 4:50 pace :-D

[@oscarjames4167]

Great content guys and love the banter - Joe no doubt a good sport I am sure! Hoping you are wrong on my fellow brits, but looking forward to seeing you all fight it out on the course! Good luck in St G

[@ghydrte]

this is simple amazing. I love you guys. Respect

[@mikaliden9967]

❤️

[@thaabeth]

Hail to the coach! Best of luck in St. George.

[@hansschenker]

The Norwegian crazy guys! (I am really impressed)

[@kenavr]

I am so happy I share at least one thing with Kristian, the cough.

[@VanillaSky23ffm]

Me too. Got the exact same plastic bag 😂

[@boraalmeida]

I hope one day to be able to watch you here in Brazil, congratulations for the video it was incredible!

[@hochspringer7776]

I hope you guys and Frodeno stay healthy. Will not be many years for you guys together.

[@bargen44]

Gustav and Kristian are the real deal in the triathlon business. "We didn't believe quite the height some British people have in the race weekend, so we don't believe the British hype, you know" Gustav Iden.

[@ucfnathan]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 absolutely love this vid. the community needs way more trash talking. This is of course in good sport trash talk, love it!!!!

[@Phil-om9ej]

am i the only one noticing the jan frodeno reference? "this is my favorite time of the day everyone is in the sauna we`re out here smashing ourselfs"

[@velo1337]

no wonder these guys are world champs, they push themselfs so hard

[@Cuoregazm]

Thanks for sharing! Inspiring!

[@heikkisanelma6625]

hope kristians lungs will recver in time for stg :D

[@cecopenev]

Instead of Ronnie Coleman screaming for hours, I listen to Kristian and Gustav running. No joke, I was drafting on my last race and all I could think of was Kristian saying " I'm on Gustav's feet" and it gave me power for the last sprint.

[@rodwiggs8892]

I just spoke to Joe and he will be running "bark like a dog" sessions in the summer

[@nevmann]

Liker disse! Veldig kjekt å følge ferden, fortsett med dette Mikal. Helt Mega :D

[@nickbarnes3162]

Love it! Think ‘us brits’ be lucky to get anyone in the top 10 of the mens race at St George

[@mikaliden9967]

Seventh of May we will have the answer… Expect Joe, Ali and David to be up there!

[@MR-wh5wp]

Definitely joe and brownlee!!

[@cliffdrusinsky4341]

Machines. Thx Mikal.

[@FilthySilk]

*Coughs up a lung “No Limits!”. Hahahaha

[@lucasmolina6893]

Empiezo a creer que a esa altura de su rendimiento, sus diferencias son mas Psicologicas que fisicas. Dos maquinas, gracias por compartir

[@vsrugby]

Thank you for taking us on the journey Mikal , awesome multitasking as always, exciting times coming up for #teammikal at the WC 🚀🚀🚀

[@rosslacey8555]

Blu - I think your best bet to win StG is to carry a spare bike on your back given your luck at 70.3 🤣 GG guys, great content.

[@promountain6113]

Kristan just coming up with the hardest quotes is so random

[@nataliazen]

I feel my lungs burn, watching this 🙈

[@thatyalething3941]

these guys are build differently!

[@DanOhCaptainDaniel]

kristian's commentary in this was legendary. I had to come back. "those americans" 6:50 gustav triggered kristian in the best way possible

[@zlatantomba]

Both using metaspeed sky... Are they more durable than the vaporflys? I'd like to see more trainings!

[@Triathlonmockery]

Haha ayy boys, on it! Proper junyard dogs in there

[@mikaliden9967]

Trying our best

[@vits-swimtrainingevolution9886]

I am an expert in swimming, but age 56 I still love running kipchoge pace+ on short track - and those two inspires me to get out to run a couple of sets. Thanks guys. To run free and with full range of motion is a feeling like flying, still and even I am 56 next days. ;-) - by the way - similar to swim with VITS-Afterburner skills ;-) keep watchin you ... take care Peter

[@swimgood3873]

Swim PBs?

[@vits-swimtrainingevolution9886]

@@swimgood3873 also, but more that new working "inline" mechanism and effect from ball ballancing systems which we are pretty familiar with, additional the advantages of steady 1:1 visual analysis and 24/7 availability, comfortable, grabbable all the day, each day instantly - makes fun, quick strong effect - addictive. ;-) You can feel and handle a lot, not possible in the water. Even more to explain. A marcable discover at all in both, practice and even in sport sciences. Best Peter

[@swimgood3873]

@@vits-swimtrainingevolution9886 you've lost me. Just wanted some times. Sounds good tho. I need all the help I can get

[@robertIvan-dev]

Blu is fired up!!!! 🚀🚀🚀

[@xyphenius9942]

Kristian dropping the esoteric train jokes 😂

[@X98-x2j]

Why did they check sugar level after running ? at around 14:30 min in the video ?

[@janetdavidson6949]

I am sure you want the athletes you coach to do well but in your heart I would bet you are cheering for your brother.

[@mikaliden9967]

I cheer on all my athletes and teammates just as much! I believe they can confirm that 🙂

[@erab6539]

Ali had to slow at the end of the race in Oceanside when it counted.. I’m putting these two at the top for St. George 🎉 I’m sure all of that hard work will pay off 💯

[@boeyalam9048]

Entertaining! Thank you all!

[@RobGray]

I like how you accidentally made the bike brakes sound like a choo choo train ;-)

[@tassko]

Mikal thank you for the great content. Having spent time watching Gustav and Kristian I definitely get the feeling that the Norwegian training seems to be very run focused, I've seen hill work by both Kristian and Gustav and followed previous run efforts by them. Also, it shows heavily in the results where Gustav and Kristian get excellent run splits. Is the Norwegian training biased towards the run?

[@mikaliden9967]

It’s triathlon focused 🙂 but running is the easiest discipline to make content maybe the reason for you having that feeling 😅

[@tassko]

@@mikaliden9967 yes in those mountains that did occur to me!

[@uMsubathi]

Great video

[@johnmarktamano8834]

Is this a high-altitude track and field? With a training partner, it makes the sessions more enjoyable.

[@mitchwest9667]

Shots Fired!!!!

[@XavierHipolito]

Hello Mikal Iden, would you mind to explain the threshold lactate numbers? They're adapted to altitude so the numbers of lactate are low than sea level but does 2,2 mmol (from Kristian) and 1,4 mmol (from Gustav) are between their respective LT1 and LT2?

[@Rambleon444]

17:10 LOL! Blu, It's just a race please don't die.

[@y3_38]

Will you publish new videos? Nice channel!

[@TheCyclesport]

LOL rumors that some people in Ireland are in shape!

[@ironman140.6]

Mikal, what you think about shaving your total body, does it assist or hinder you. and if so when you recommend to shave before a race.

[@buffdraven8824]

Either Kristian is just very excited or he had one too many Red Bulls

[@apostolis4909]

Both !

[@mikaliden9967]

Both yes 😂😂 he loves being in-front of the camera

[@Defundthefed1776]

Mikal, curious, do you guys pay attention to when you take the lactate samples after the set? Of course it depends on VLaMax etc but It clears fairly well if you are under “threshold” and can affect the result if taken 30-60 seconds after you get done. Great content guys.

[@nfkb]

Hello, norwegian do have the culture of taking lactate samples from back in the nineties. I think that for testing/controling at these intensities you do not have to be so precise (it's just a control, not a lab test to plot scientifically). Plus, it's the big picture, what does it change if you read 2.1 vs 2.2 ?

[@johnnybravo6829]

Unreal!

[@sergejkunz5890]

Amazing video!👍 Blu is on fire 🔥 for St George!💪👊 I haven't seen both in particular Kristian so emotional 😂 Really, really strong and on good way to World Champs! I can't wait for St George and Kona this year! Will be sn extraordinary Ironman Year!!!💪👊

[@mikaliden9967]

Kristan can indeed put up a good show for the camera 😂

[@juaneshberger9567]

amazing content, more content, and more consistency of uploads would be great.

[@na-dk9vm]

Mikael, great video. How many miles or Kms per week so these guys run at easy pace?? As in conversational pace? I'm trying to realise the importance of easy running, as most of my runs are not in the right zone.

[@ThisMessyHappy]

dude, big fan of you guys and the stuff you put out on KZbin! I'm making a vid about Norwegian v Kenyan training methods if you fancy being part of it with me and sweat elite? or any other collab! Wasn't sure how else to contact so give me a shout if you're keen! Keep up the great work 🤟