Gustav Iden & Kristian Blummenfelt: Lessons From The Norwegian Train Reign | Rich Roll Podcast

I wish this went for 2 more hours. Enjoyed it to the max!

Rich Roll was the perfect guy to interview these two. Having an intimate knowledge of triathlon and training himself. Just wish it was a bit longer. Nice one!

I could listen to these athletes talk about training for hours and hours. Also love their banter and friendly competition. Really enjoyed this one.

"...no sign of him blowing..." 🤣 Excellent episode! As a triathlete on hiatus after having a baby, all this fires me up to get back in!

To be the very best, one must live the very best, attention to detail, commitment to the goals, these guys and Olav have it all. They deserve all of the success they experience as athletes and as great human beings. A pleasure to listen too.

This is amazing. Watching the training videos on Mikel’s YouTube channel over the last few years it isn’t hard to see how they accomplished what they do. It is hard work, use of data and marginal gains, all in the same direction overtime that lead to BIG accomplishments. Interestingly the success of the Norwegians is the opposite of what Lionel Sanders keeps missing doing by changing his training plans every time he misses his goal.

it's impressive how synchronized they are at speaking/talking also, one at a time, turn after turn and so calm and chill vibes.

By the way, when Gustav says at @16:15 he was running ~3'/km pace, that translates into 4'50"/mile...

Thanks so much for everything Rich! Love ever episode and love listening to you. Keep doing and keep striving ❤

„He said I should give more credit to the island and less to my lucky hat“ „And, did you take that in?“ „No“ 😂

Yay! I'm so excited to see this episode come up! Long time RR listener, late to life triathlete with a 13 year old triathlete Who loves these two and met these two at the Collins cup this year.

Amazing interview. K and G are just so nice to listen to. They speak out their mind, no bs. It is easy when you are so good!

Hands down, best triathlon podcast episode made to date!

This is incredible. Please get back to having more amazing athletes on the show, Rich!!!!

Such an amazing interview thanks Rich Roll for always keeping it interesting and exciting!!!

I listened it in Spotify, now I have to watch it here… I enjoyed it so much, and I think that we can learn even more from it.

Amazing to hear the differences in how they train and Kristian's lactate response haha, I'm so excited to hear from Olav

Whether in cycling or triathlon, it used to be about who is the strongest, but now it is about who does the homework, plans a plan, and then works the plan. Both Gustav, Blu, Laidlow, and Chelsea had a plan and worked the plan. There were some folks who didn’t finish where they hoped, who came in with a plan, because they defaulted to who is the strongest, and didn’t stick to the plan. It is interesting how the younger generation, whether in pro cycling or triathlon, don’t buy into the mystique of a race or a climb. This has a lot to due to the lens with which they look at races.

Watching iden and Blu running in milkal's vlog inspired me to start running again, now it's two months of running daily . they are so inspiring.

Man, this was great. Watched the entire Ironman for men (and the women's race too). Two long days but so worth it. Glad you're shining the spotlight on the sport, Rich.