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French Borat Beavis and Butthead do triathlon
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Found this while on a 4h indoor ride and since I've already watched the entire Netflix catalog, plus everything else on YT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhI7evdTWzw

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Re: French Borat Beavis and Butthead do triathlon [robgray] [ In reply to ]
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This is awesome.
So proud to be European at this moment. So proud!

P.S. Apparently they’re Belgian, not French.

"FTP is a bit 2015, don't you think?" - Gustav Iden
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Re: French Borat Beavis and Butthead do triathlon [robgray] [ In reply to ]
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Very entertaining. The vid with Remco is a blast. Thanks for posting.
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Re: French Borat Beavis and Butthead do triathlon [robgray] [ In reply to ]
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Dude swam a 1:08 for a 100 METERS at the end of his workout. Gad-dang that's faster than I go at max and I swim like 15+k a week with intervals. Kinda crazy that his predicted IM swim was 1:20 though - seems way slow for a 1:08 max swimmer.
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Re: French Borat Beavis and Butthead do triathlon [lightheir] [ In reply to ]
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Dude swam a 1:08 for a 100 METERS at the end of his workout. Gad-dang that's faster than I go at max and I swim like 15+k a week with intervals. Kinda crazy that his predicted IM swim was 1:20 though - seems way slow for a 1:08 max swimmer.

Right? If he works on swim endurance I’d say should be more like a 55 min ironman swim if he can swim a 100 in 1:08

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Re: French Borat Beavis and Butthead do triathlon [robgray] [ In reply to ]
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robgray wrote:
lightheir wrote:
Dude swam a 1:08 for a 100 METERS at the end of his workout. Gad-dang that's faster than I go at max and I swim like 15+k a week with intervals. Kinda crazy that his predicted IM swim was 1:20 though - seems way slow for a 1:08 max swimmer.


Right? If he works on swim endurance I’d say should be more like a 55 min ironman swim if he can swim a 100 in 1:08
he was a serious swimmer in his childhood, made A finals at senior nat champs in belgium, so i guess it wont take him long to get 100 m time to 1 min flat if he wanted. but you saw his lactate was rather high when he did 4.32 for 300 ie no fitness at the moment which is why his 3,8 prediction was so slow.
i saw the video with van riel a while ago and i checked him out, as it was clear that he could swim despite his goofing around.

i assume they will go for hamburg as this is the only one arno will have a chance to finish.
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Re: French Borat Beavis and Butthead do triathlon [robgray] [ In reply to ]
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That was way more entertaining than I expected. And Remco was hilarious with them.
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Re: French Borat Beavis and Butthead do triathlon [pk] [ In reply to ]
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pk wrote:
robgray wrote:
lightheir wrote:
Dude swam a 1:08 for a 100 METERS at the end of his workout. Gad-dang that's faster than I go at max and I swim like 15+k a week with intervals. Kinda crazy that his predicted IM swim was 1:20 though - seems way slow for a 1:08 max swimmer.


Right? If he works on swim endurance I’d say should be more like a 55 min ironman swim if he can swim a 100 in 1:08

he was a serious swimmer in his childhood, made A finals at senior nat champs in belgium, so i guess it wont take him long to get 100 m time to 1 min flat if he wanted. but you saw his lactate was rather high when he did 4.32 for 300 ie no fitness at the moment which is why his 3,8 prediction was so slow.
i saw the video with van riel a while ago and i checked him out, as it was clear that he could swim despite his goofing around.

i assume they will go for hamburg as this is the only one arno will have a chance to finish.

Ah that makes sense - I don't feel so bad anymore!

His buddy was super fast as well though, I wonder what his swim background was. If he had low-zero background, it would be super impressive he could even do that test at that speed!
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Re: French Borat Beavis and Butthead do triathlon [robgray] [ In reply to ]
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That was a fun watch - will definitely try to keep up with them over the coming months. I wish I could do a 1:08 100!
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Re: French Borat Beavis and Butthead do triathlon [robgray] [ In reply to ]
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Episode 2 is up.




"FTP is a bit 2015, don't you think?" - Gustav Iden
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Re: French Borat Beavis and Butthead do triathlon [robgray] [ In reply to ]
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this is pretty good content.
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Re: French Borat Beavis and Butthead do triathlon [robgray] [ In reply to ]
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If every triathlete made videos like this, Id be hooked haha that was really good and funny. The humor is great. All the triathlete videos are just so damn serious its more like watching a documentary/biography than watching some lighthearted training video.
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Re: French Borat Beavis and Butthead do triathlon [robgray] [ In reply to ]
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Episode #3:


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Re: French Borat Beavis and Butthead do triathlon [robgray] [ In reply to ]
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“I was not even in the ballsack of my father….”
Almost spat my drink out on the turbo!!!
So so funny.
Great find thank you!
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Re: French Borat Beavis and Butthead do triathlon [Amnesia] [ In reply to ]
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- I broke the world record [in Kona] by like 8 or 9 minutes but it wasn't enough to win, somebody also beat me.
- Gustav.
- Exactly.
- Motherfucker!
- I just train with my dad in the garage.
- You're the ghetto version of Gustav Iden.
- Exactly.

"FTP is a bit 2015, don't you think?" - Gustav Iden
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Re: French Borat Beavis and Butthead do triathlon [robgray] [ In reply to ]
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These guys produce some of the funniest content out there!
Episode 1/2 are pure gold! They really do best when they can bounce off someone (go watch the remco video/Pole vault/Heptatlon etc.), even the banter with Luc and Fred van lierde is so much fun, really different worlds colliding in a wholesome way!

Sam adds some great flavor to this one, had hoped he was a bit more in it though :)
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Re: French Borat Beavis and Butthead do triathlon [lassekk] [ In reply to ]
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It is absolut fun to watch, also I'm amazed at how much their fitness improved from when they started.
I didn't think they will take the training seriously enough. Kudos to them.

Also, have to mention the Borat themed Castelli tri-suit. I LIKE!!!
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Re: French Borat Beavis and Butthead do triathlon [robgray] [ In reply to ]
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These guys are incredibly fun to watch. Great combination of taking the training seriously and actually doing the work while obviously not taking themselves too seriously. Just great to watch them having fun with it and getting fitter and I can't wait to see them actually do the race.
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Re: French Borat Beavis and Butthead do triathlon [Emzee] [ In reply to ]
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Hello. Those guys are from Belgium. I remember this video with Martin Van Riel, quite funny: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lj3VE9CCmc

Spaniard. Sorry for my english for the sensitive ones :P
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Re: French Borat Beavis and Butthead do triathlon [robgray] [ In reply to ]
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I couldn't find this thread when their 2nd IM episode was up! Glad I found it again. I've enjoyed all of their YT content, especially when they are working with others that "get them" and things are not taken too seriously. Is there anything that they can't do or quickly learn?
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Re: French Borat Beavis and Butthead do triathlon [pk] [ In reply to ]
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i assume they will go for hamburg as this is the only one arno will have a chance to finish.

I thought he said Klagenfurt in Ep. 2.

OP: Thanks for posting the link. The videos are really good.

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Re: French Borat Beavis and Butthead do triathlon [ironclm] [ In reply to ]
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ironclm wrote:
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i assume they will go for hamburg as this is the only one arno will have a chance to finish.


I thought he said Klagenfurt in Ep. 2.

OP: Thanks for posting the link. The videos are really good.

yes they did say klagenfurt in the 2nd video
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Re: French Borat Beavis and Butthead do triathlon [DoronG] [ In reply to ]
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DoronG wrote:
It is absolut fun to watch, also I'm amazed at how much their fitness improved from when they started.
I didn't think they will take the training seriously enough. Kudos to them.

Also, have to mention the Borat themed Castelli tri-suit. I LIKE!!!

I was curious as to how seriously they would take the training etc, but then you look at the DEXA etc and they have really cleaned up their diet and training. I wish they had more videos of their training along the way!
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Re: French Borat Beavis and Butthead do triathlon [robgray] [ In reply to ]
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Anybody knows if Average Rob here made it through IM Austria as planned yday?

No news on his channels...

https://www.instagram.com/averagerob/
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Re: French Borat Beavis and Butthead do triathlon [Mulen] [ In reply to ]
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Rob Van Impe did it in 12:26:19 and his younger brother Arno in 15:36:46
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Re: French Borat Beavis and Butthead do triathlon [Mulen] [ In reply to ]
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According to the tracker, Rob was in at 12:26, and Arno at 15:39. Looking forward to the race report.
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Re: French Borat Beavis and Butthead do triathlon [exnavydoc] [ In reply to ]
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Thanks! Not bad from the base he came from!
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Re: French Borat Beavis and Butthead do triathlon [2brokenhips] [ In reply to ]
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2brokenhips wrote:
Rob Van Impe did it in 12:26:19 and his younger brother Arno in 15:36:46

Thanks. Looking forward to the race recap from them.

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Re: French Borat Beavis and Butthead do triathlon [robgray] [ In reply to ]
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The guys have finished. Here are Rob's numbers. For some reason he chose to remain anonymous in the results list, but the bib number matches.





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Re: French Borat Beavis and Butthead do triathlon [kajet] [ In reply to ]
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I'm disappointed he didn't wear the Borat skinsuit.
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Re: French Borat Beavis and Butthead do triathlon [Thom] [ In reply to ]
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The race video is out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EP2rD6lr2Xk
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"FTP is a bit 2015, don't you think?" - Gustav Iden
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Re: French Borat Beavis and Butthead do triathlon [kajet] [ In reply to ]
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How do these guys get these big names in their videos?





ETA: So does he do an ironman? Would be a fun to see how fast he can go!
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Yes, they do.


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Re: French Borat Beavis and Butthead do triathlon [FuzzyRunner] [ In reply to ]
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FuzzyRunner wrote:
How do these guys get these big names in their videos?





ETA: So does he do an ironman? Would be a fun to see how fast he can go!

They are funny, and people think it is fun.
They also almost exclusively have Belgian/Dutch people in the videos so that probably helps they just drive to them and film for a few hours :)

Except Remco/MvDP etc. the other athletes are in the bigger picture very small so they probably gain some traction to their own social medias too.

Their try a sport with a pro format is so good!

AND MVDP to do an IRONMAN?! Can he do that while being a pro? Maybe end of season IM Conzumel kind of thing, if he can swim it would help a lot then the bike is easy and add a few runs in to not die on the marathon.
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Re: French Borat Beavis and Butthead do triathlon [FuzzyRunner] [ In reply to ]
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FuzzyRunner wrote:
How do these guys get these big names in their videos?


Not an expert, but:

That Triathlon Life has 57k subscribers
Lionel Sanders has 168k susbcribers and his top film had 300k views total
Average Rob has 400k subscribers and their lastest film had a quarter million views in less than a day, but hey, it had MvdP in it; their top one (no mainstream celebrities) scored 1.5m views and stupid ones about pumpkins and drinking beer in Munich (also no celebrities) get 300-500k views.

These guys did that as non-native English speakers who make videos in English (in a country with a population of less than 12 million).

I'm damned impressed, as I'm sure I would be if I was a high profile PRO.

"FTP is a bit 2015, don't you think?" - Gustav Iden
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Re: French Borat Beavis and Butthead do triathlon [FuzzyRunner] [ In reply to ]
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"We asked Tom Pidcock, but he said 'No Thanks'' Ha ha.

I feel like Peter Sagan's peak came about 8 years too early. He was made for stuff viral social media like this.
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Re: French Borat Beavis and Butthead do triathlon [FuzzyRunner] [ In reply to ]
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FuzzyRunner wrote:
ETA: So does he do an ironman? Would be a fun to see how fast he can go!

As noted, he does the Ironman, but you should really search out the series of their training. I think there’s about four or so different videos on it.

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