2019 70.3 World Champion Gustav Iden: Lost Nutrition, Borrowed wheels, Taiwan Hats
Taren's MōTTIV Method Podcast
Taren Gesell
4.7 • 843 Ratings
🗓️ 4 November 2019
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
With some of the top men's triathletes on the planet assembled at the start line of the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship in 2019, nobody expected 23 year old Norwegian athlete Gustav Iden to come out victorious -- except Gustav himself, and his fellow Norwegian triathletes/training partners. But he did exactly that, surprising the field with a phenomenal first place finish. On today's podcast, we find out about the famous hat he wore in the race, all of the mishaps he encountered leading up to it, and what's next.
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| 0:00.0 | What's up Trainiacs? This is Triathlon Taryn. And this is no triathlon Kim, also known as NTK. |
| 0:09.0 | In my 20s, I was 215 pounds and I was unhappy working the desk job I was at. Now I'm a 941 Ironman athlete who, with your much appreciated attention, gets to make a living in the sport that I love. |
| 0:23.0 | Through this podcast and our ever popular YouTube channel, we bring you triathlon stories, science, |
| 0:28.5 | and training from amazing people around the world to help you get to your start lines confident |
| 0:34.1 | and your finish lines strong. |
| 0:36.3 | And as the resident non-triathlet, I try to keep |
| 0:39.5 | this show fun and accessible for everybody. Let's do it. Today's podcast is brought to you by two of |
| 0:45.1 | our favorite sponsors ever in the history of the world. Of sponsors. Of sponsors. Of sponsors. |
| 0:51.0 | Roca. Our faves, Roca, I have been rocking Roka for a really long time. I just got a |
| 0:58.0 | new backpack. It's a giant backpack. It's a huge backpack. It's their transition backpack. I really |
| 1:04.0 | like it because the thing that sold me, I can hold two water bottles on each side. It's meant for |
| 1:08.9 | transitions, but I use my backpack as a |
| 1:12.9 | merse. I use it as a mur. I take it to the pool. It's my pool bag. I take it traveling. It's my |
| 1:19.5 | carry on. It's your merce. I don't know why you laugh. It's literally it is my everything that is |
| 1:25.4 | in there. It's my life in there. And it's like, it's thick. |
| 1:28.5 | It's really well designed. |
| 1:29.5 | There's lots of pockets. |
| 1:30.5 | I can twirl in it. |
| 1:31.7 | It's great. |
| 1:32.2 | But backpacks aren't for everyone. |
| 1:35.7 | Here is what's for everyone. |
| 1:37.5 | Everyone needs shades. |
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