Gustav Iden & Kristian Blummenfelt: Lessons From The Norwegian Train Reign

The Rich Roll Podcast

Rich Roll

Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 20 October 2022

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

There are professionals. There are Olympians. But rare is the athlete who is so entirely and utterly devoted to sport in mind, body, and soul, that they exceed titles all together. Today I am lucky to host two of these extraordinary individuals: Norsemen Gustav Iden & Kristian Blummenfelt. In an unprecedented period of just 9 months, Kristian was crowned Olympic champion in Tokyo and bagged the fastest Ironman performance ever in his debut. After winning the 2021 70.3 World Champion title, this year Gustav had a spectacular 2022 debut victory at the Ironman World Championships in Kona—a race in which Kristian placed 3rd—emerging from Kristian’s formidable shadow and smashing the overall Kona course record with a blistering 7:40:24. On top of that, he rewrote the marathon course record with a 2:36;15 26.2. Racing in tandem until the very end, Gustav and Kristian gave mindboggling, paradigm-crushing performances at the 2022 Ironman World Championship this year. It was an unforgettable barnburner of a race, and today we dive deep into the metrics and mechanics of that epic day. Watch: YouTube. Read: Show notes. Today's Sponsors: ROKA: roka.com UCAN: ucan.co/roll Navitas: navitasorganics.com/richroll Whoop: WHOOP.com Final Note: If you dig this conversation, look out for my upcoming podcast with their coach (and mad genius) Olav Aleksander Bu, which will be released in the not-so-distant future. The Norwegian Train is in the house. Tuck into that aero position, hammer some watts, and enjoy. Peace + Plants, Rich

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0:00.0	The Rich Roll Podcast.
0:07.0	We're having a saying that we're not from Norway, we're from Bergen.
0:20.0	Absolutely historic folks.
0:22.0	And he has done an amazing job coming in and demolished the course record.
0:27.0	There's one thing to lose because you're a weaker performer, but if you lose because you choose a bad tactics,
0:33.0	then you just beat yourself up because the tactic is so easy to do something with,
0:37.0	just like a matter of choice.
0:38.0	The most important factor is the duration and enough sleep.
0:45.0	Being these outliers, outsiders, nobody's really paying attention to what you're doing.
0:50.0	This is over 10 years in the making.
0:53.0	Your 2022 Vintas Ironman World Champion is Gustav Eden.
1:01.0	Hey everybody, welcome to the podcast.
1:03.0	Well, today we're in for a treat.
1:05.0	We've got a couple of Vikings in the house.
1:08.0	The Norsemen taking over the world of triathlon with ferocity.
1:12.0	Their names are Gustav Eden and Christian Blumenfeld.
1:16.0	And between these childhood friends and constant training companions,
1:20.0	hailing from Norway, there is no stone left unturned and no championship left unconquered.
1:29.0	In an unprecedented period of just nine months, Christian was crowned Olympic champion in Tokyo.
1:36.0	He recorded the fastest Ironman performance ever in his debut at the distance in Cosmell.
1:42.0	He became the first person to go under seven hours at the 140.6 distance in the sub-7 project,
1:50.0	clocking and astonishing, assisted, yes, but still astonishing, six hours and 44 minutes.
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