Can These Ex Pro Cyclists Win A Duathlon? | GCN Presenter Challenge!

can two XPR cyclists win their first ever duathlon hold on you do know we don't actually do running as I was saying can two XPR cyclists that can't run win their first ever duathlon wa a minute we didn't say we can't run just that we don't I mean I had a lesson the other week yeah more than I that it's almost like we need to attack these guys there they right there look right there it feels awful I hate you well guys welcome to the world of multi Sports what do you think then I just can't believe you managed to get me to do this if I'm totally honest never thought i' be here confused I never thought this day would come either anyway this is a daon got a 5K run 20K bike 3K run I think it' be unfair to just throw you straight in the deep end so I think you're going to like this next bit this is a draft legal draon so that means we can ride together like in a crit race in a bike race yeah pretty cool isn't it are you going to wait for us on the Run yes but even better than that we're actually going to split off into teams so James you're going to be with sigh Alex you're going to be with me high five that thanks yeah now a competition we're each going to wait for one another's team member on the run and run run together jump on the bike and we're just going to smash it two up and the main aim obviously is to beat one other's team the secondary aim we got a lot of D athletes here how cool would it be if we got you guys right up the front of the field to be fair that would be cool I'm slightly concerned that our performance is going to really let us down on the Run Alex said he wants to qualify for the European Champion imagine if we qualified for the European Champion are we ready I'm ready I'm [Applause] ready I feel like I should be doing so it's warm [Music] up where's 53 oh I'm back here it's literally 10 minutes till the start I better get ready we have only got 10 minutes till the thing starts well we got prime prime position yeah yeah we're right at the exit this is like this is where they wreck the pros oh yeah they heard was coming I think it might have just been fluke but we'll take it you have to run this far with your bike so you're running in from there you're not running with the bike you're only running this far with the bike whereas if you're all on that end you get your bik first you got to run all that Direction with your so this is the oh bonus good stuff come on I don't know how I'm the least experienced one and I'm telling you to hurry up I've been sorting you out I've been sorting you out the whole morning chasing you around do you know what you're doing in terms of so you can't touch your bike until you put your helmet on we'll be together just remind me okay we got this we got running late warm up warm up up up any last words help help me now I'm waiting for someone just to tell me I don't have to do [Music] [Applause] [Music] it what does those feel like I mean it feels quite Pleasant the weird thing is that we're in a race yeah and that's what I can't get my head around we're already above our pace so we at 412 bouquet so remember what I said about being ambitious yeah all right this feels okay tiing along at 4 minute perk oh 350 smashing it we trying hope it's not just early excitement in the uh in the race it's too soon to [Music] to get ey at the competition there he is come on they're not too far ahead of us 20ks is a decent run decent bike we can uh pull back quite a lot of time on [Music] there trying to hang on a balance of tough but manageable around 345 350 per k w seen you eyeing up a few ey man tattoos you think about that for your next one let's not run before we can [Music] walk helmet first yeah you can if you want to be really smart kick your shoes off at the same time is put your helmet on saving time however don't forget got put your shoes on in C2 so don't kick them anywhere you be ready to grab and you can if you want to pull your tongue up a little bit that make it easier to put your foot in on the second in transition okay I feel like this is something that we should have practiced maybe but there wasn't any time all right come on you're doing great mate I'll follow [Music] [Applause] you good work anywhere after the arch boys anywhere after the arch come on anywhere good work that's 4K is done nice heading back to transition now you did practice your flying mouth right you put the elastics on theed be on the Sho yeah but you put the elastics on the shoes your shoes Clips them your back right missed the trick [Music] [Music] therey [Music] well they have done amazingly s Alex have got a lot of catching up to do after the first run the front of the race is around 4 minutes ahead it's time to see what these xpro cyclists can do and if by actually working together we can reel the front of the race back in over the next seven lapse let's [Music] [Applause] go we are tearing it through the field Sai and James have caught up to and found themselves pulling along a big group power numbers means they are abs absolutely flying meanwhile Alex and I have found ourselves in no man's land catching up to and then passing groups in fact we've been having a little bit of fun attacking groups to make sure we don't bring anyone with us my main worry now have they saved enough for the final [Music] [Applause] [Music] run almost side we need to attack these guys yeah I think I'm going to get to the [Music] tank [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Laughter] [Music] a now now we got to run don't forget your watch yeah they're right there look they right there Hi P oh we got them got them go here we go here we go oh no come on GT you got thought we had that I thought we had in the back we had him on the first run he's coming througho hard though just relax relax relax so we got some fight in US [Music] [Applause] [Music] so normally about 800 m going to feel absolutely awful start find your R them as the blood gets back to those running muscles while they're right there we're holding them there Alex this is good this is awful [Music] I'm giving it full gas mate Alex is not putting much time into us he's still right there 30 seconds lost the closing about a mile though come on we can do this here's another water for you what if Mar given s carbon shoes oh we there mate we there brilliant woo oh mate high five M this guy was ABS amazing here they come try Mark Cy lot of happy people to be home oh well done mate well done brilant good work that was brilliant well done guys we did it we did Aon you're a je athlete we did duathlon we did it I tell you what you know like what am I now like 40 years old I've put off doing a multip event for a very very long time and I'm actually really glad you made me do it like gen was it it wasn't as bad as you thought the it's just totally different like like the like running is so completely different to doing a bik race we're talking talking about during the Run yeah hard B race feels really aggressive and you're constantly on the lookout for Stuff whereas running it's just you and your own pace and then we got to do a bike race didn't we that was a proper bike race that was a proper bike race we were not Ming around there oh we were literally in groups we were I thought we absolutely smashed the bike and then we got off the bike and you guys had already caught us I thought well this is it done done deal now and they kind of almost came down to the last run there was a small moment when I said to Mark how far have we run he said 1 and a half km and I was like we had almost exactly the same conversation 1 and A2 kilm in I said Well Done sir we've got 1 and a half kilm in he's like wait what that was only 1 and a half Kil goodness well guys absolutely amazing we don't actually know our results so um stay tuned we'll drop in the comments section down below or actually just below this video you can see it now we just pop him here somewhere wow technology that's what I just quickly say I have got a new found respect for people who do multisport events I often jokingly mock TR athletes but in a light-hearted way but I feel like this has made me truly appreciate how difficult it is yeah I'm proud of you I feel like you know when a mother goes and watch their their daughter put a wedding dress on I don't know but I can assume that you in your in your Tri just going to wrap it there yeah this yeah thanks guys thanks for joining us uh Trion next no absolutely not you can't pay me if this video gets 10,000 10,000 likes s will do a Tron and I'm going to like the video first there you go hit that like button thanks for watching Everybody bye

Channel: Global Triathlon Network

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Length: 12min 50sec (770 seconds)

Published: Sun Apr 14 2024