After 50 minutes of racing through the streets of London nothing separates seven men as they near the finish line, then follows the final mile of one of the most exciting sprint finishes in the history of triathlon.
I like the fact that the 2nd and 3rd places are smilieng at the end , running is such a dificult thing to do that at the end even if you lost the race you feel like a winner inside just because you finished it.
+Samuel Matos That's the thing about running, it's not about how good your bike was, or how fast your car is, it's about you and you alone, and when you've run the best race of your life or even of the week for that matter, where you placed just doesn't seem that important.
I've just started running again. Woke the girlfriend up for her night shift. Got my gear on for a run. " don't lock the door, l will be back before you set off!". Got a couple of miles in. I could of just sat watching telly for half an hour. But l didn't.
+Y10Q Sorry to hear that. I too once experienced a "heart murmur" after a race. Started the cool down then all of a sudden my heart "raced" to an ungodly speed. Most painful experience. I just sat down thinking this was it. Luckily subsided after five minutes. Never told anybody that day even though it showed. People asked if I was ok but I just told them it was the race. Again sorry to hear of your loss.
4:29 the last mile? Are you friggin kidding me? Then throw in a sprint on top of that? Heck I would have had trouble with just the sprint these guys were doing the last 200 yards. Hat tip to these beast. I did triathlons but never at this caliber. Amazing finish. Congrats to ALL of them.
Now that I understand it was a "sprint" its more realistic...I was just thinking I "barely" broke 4:50 for one mile by itself and these guys are under 4:40 for the last mile of a triathlon.....
The winner is standing there talking with a smile on his face while the guys finishing a minute after him are all diving on the ground and rolling around like they're about to die. MTFU.
I’m trying to do a sprint triathlon (@55 yrs). It’s really hard to keep going when you are so tired. Watching them give it all in the last few hundred meters is superhuman!
No - they wouldn't have been in that position if they wouldn't have given their absolute best before. Every moment before was just as magnificent for the ending as the last minute - it was just more exciting to the viewers because it was so damn close
Extremely. They already went through hell and then sprinted a fucking mile. Pure madness. You should check out 100 mile ultra marathons. Those guys aren't fit, they're just insane.
Actually its been tried. They took some Kenyans that ran 2:20 marathons and gave them swim training and bike training. www.triathlete.com/2013/02/features/the-great-debate-when-will-kenya-discover-triathlon_43016
just listened to her story on BBC witness..just could not resist to see the actual thing.just amazing.this is the best youtube video i have watched so far.
I remember my first and only track meet...I played football but my coaches wanted to see how I’d do in the 800m race. After the race I had no place being in, all the competitors were high fiving and congratulating one another, all smiles. It was kind of surreal seeing the positive vibes. That moment made me fall in love with running.
@@howardthealien7961 it's not that far that's precisely why it's so intense. I dont bike or swim but I run. I cant imagine going out maximal effort on a swim, climbing outta of the water then biking mad hard. Then running like a 14-15 minute 5k. And running the last mile in 4:30.
Imagine running a full triathlon and finishing in 4:30 for the last mile. I ran 4:24 in high school and nearly killed myself. These guys just cranked it out like it was nothing
Dejan Popovic great genes they do have, outrageously much they do train, but i belong to those who don't believe this is possible without drugs. a run like this yes, but not after just having competed in two likewise word class events.
+axlrosea675 What you miss is that they haven't achieved world class results in any pre-events (Swimming and cycling so to say). Learn the sport and comment. Drugs and shit. So there were not 2 but 6 athletes from different countries who were running the last mile with a similar pace.
I always think oh it’s the last mile just sprint it no big deal, but then I remember I can barely sprint my first mile and that these guys literally went through hell to get to that last mile.
