How did you think James would do? 🤔 Did he surprise you? 🚀 Let us know in the comments!

Passing them running (seemingly in zone 2 😅)with a camera in your Hand you talking in to and asking how it's going is next level motivation. 😂 Congrats, great comeback🎉

@gtn

2 күн бұрын

Once you have style you don't loose it

10th In the age group with a 4:37 time? Dang. Are those age groupers about to become pros? 😂

@gtn

2 күн бұрын

Some big results are coming out of the age groupers 🤯

Filming yourself while running a sub 7min mile pace after putting up a super solid bike leg is impressive! You’re a beast at 40!

@gtn

2 күн бұрын

He's still got it 💪

When looking at James' result, my first thought was that swim split and run split times do match the bike splt. Then I looked up and found out that 90 km comes with 1140 m of elevation which I consider a tough one. Kudos to James for taking the Challenge (no punt intended) with such little training.

@gtn

2 күн бұрын

He smashed this challenge 🙌

TBH: The 40+ Age Group is very competitive. Generally, Your still young enough to really go hard and old enough to have your kids somewhat independent enough you can dedicate time to train. Well done.. I hope to get back into tri shape, I just turned 56.. :)

OUTSTANDING YOUNG MAN! What a great story. I have been using Rouvy the same way for about 4 years. It’s gotten better each year. You really did a great job! Very inspiring!

@gtn

2 күн бұрын

Awesome! Has your fitness improved with Rouvy?

Loving the SA socks and the Jonkershoek poster. You represent us well🇿🇦

@gtn

2 күн бұрын

He loves to represent 🙌

What a great video James! Thank you for taking us on your training journey, and for the race too!

Way to go James!! You’re giving a lot of motivation to many 40yr olds 🥳! .. and thanks Mark for signing him up. Don’t go too easy on James next time 😜

@gtn

2 күн бұрын

We hope this has inspired you to enter some races 🙌

Well done James! I've really appreciated your contributions to GTN, and it was great to see you hit this race hard. I'd guess it can feel a little vulnerable for many people who were once on top to come out and show a 10th place age group finish, but you're still an absolute monster! Thanks for the inspiration!

Love the race... finished 90s down and 11th in AgeGroup. congrats, well done

That run time Incredible work! Watching this has made me decide to sign up for my first triathlon - thank you!

Well done, what is learned well is not forgotten

Amazing & inspiring work!!

Great video. Well done looks like you passed a lot on the run. Loved all the banter 👍🏃‍♂️

That's awsome and id never heard about Rouvy 👏👏

Bravo James. It never gets easier, you just find a way to have more fun. Cheers

I know it's physically impossible but I would love to see a race video of you guys every week. These things are so well made and your commentary was inspirational, funny, and just from the heart. Awesome effort! I am 37 and racing with 3 kids and a full time job and now I think I might do this for another decade :D

@gtn

2 күн бұрын

We would love to go to as many races as possible 🙌 Any races we should check out next?

@adamfergie87

Күн бұрын

​@@gtnI think you guys should go and do The Brutal in September, it's going to be the last one too.

Very inspiring - a wonderful swim-bike-run!

So last year you did a half ironman distance on ZERO specific training. This year you did one on 4 weeks training. I’d love to see you continue through to the same race you did last year (Challenge Samarkand?) and see how you’d go on a full 3-4 month training block.

Just casually passing the other triathletes whilst videoing yourself and talking to the camera, sweet!

Big fan of Rouvy, been using it since about 2019 👍

Thank you James gives me hope at 60 I'll come out of retirement 😊

@gtn

2 күн бұрын

You'll smash it! 🙌

Well done James!

amazing! such a wonderful challenge video

@gtn

2 күн бұрын

We loved filming this one 🙌

The man is still an absolute unit. Congrats!

@gtn

2 күн бұрын

He's still got a beast mode 🙌

I enjoyed watching, this I am using Humango and Rouvy myself and I find it very usefull and enjoyable. I prefer Rouvy exactly for this reason, you are riding in real environment, seeing real courses. It is great, Saw that at 11:44 you passed one of my teammates from the Eintracht Frankfurt Triathlon team.

Yeaaahhhh! Outstanding performance by James!!! 🎉 congratulations James!

Rouvy is awesome. I started using it this winter, and my summer fitness has never been better. So many beautiful places to ride in Rouvy!

@gtn

2 күн бұрын

Whoop whoop! 🙌

JAMES!! That was truely amazing. What a champ you are. Well done, you should be so proud of yourself. 🎉

@gtn

2 күн бұрын

Always a classy racer 🙌

Great video

Awesome!

So well done 🙌🙌🙌👏👏👏💪💪💪Very inspiring, great tips with the indoor training. For sure you are one easy trained person, but really good work. HumanGo the running workouts are really inspiring, fun to do. And they are in right level. It’s the best with that program. Nice video. And I been waiting for this video 😉. Marie-Louise

Amazing work out there--both behind and in front of the camera! I really liked your bike set up. Could you share more about it?

Good work!

great stuff

BRICK SESSIONS?! that tone says it all 🤣🤣🤣

yep, we have some beautiful spots here in austria xD well done old men 😋👌

Great Job James! That looks like an awesome race.

@gtn

2 күн бұрын

It was a great event 🙌

I'm really curious how you liked racing as an age grouper. I see other pros retire and then race age group and I can't help but wonder what they think. Some are so close out of retiring that they win and set age group records, which is a whole different conversation. Do you find satisfaction from going back to race age groupers? Is it something you'd want to keep doing? Is it weird going back and knowing you were a pro but aren't now... So many questions!

@bekycsenge

3 күн бұрын

Great topic for a video! I’d also love to know!

@marcuswills6569

2 күн бұрын

I'm in the M40-44 Age group and occasionally race against Stuart Hayes (London 2012 Olympian with the Brownlee Brothers), he's usually up by 3mins on the swim alone for 750m 🤣

@juliesmith8644

2 күн бұрын

@@marcuswills6569as a competitive athlete, I just wouldn’t find that rewarding. I’d want to find a new challenge. But maybe it’s just me…?

Honestly I never thought you could see the finish line, James :)

Nicely done! I might be starting the run in that tine 🤣 training wise I agree with using Rouvy or Fulgaz and riding the routes. Fulgaz also has an option to set wind speed/direction, which I've used to prep for expected 28mi tailwind (pacing) to 28mi headwind (slow grind/mental) conditions of 70.3 TX.. Rode all/parts of 70.3 CdA, but it wasn't my day that day to experience it in real life. Maybe another time.

11:09 With the cap at the run, I just realized that if James was bald, he'd look like Arjen Robben

Nicely done 👍🏼🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

Wow what a fast run!!

@gtn

2 күн бұрын

So speedy! 💨

4:37 :05?! are you kidding me! Amazing job!

@gtn

2 күн бұрын

Smashed it 🙌

Champion🎉

Fantastic content and what an effort to run a 1:25 . I'd love to see you guys at The Brutal in September. It's the last one they are going to put on due to dwindling numbers. It's an incredible event too.

Great video! Well done James! Could you please add subtitles next for the dialogues for better understanding? Thanks!

Nice socks James . Think if you had used same bike and running shoes and kit as you did 11yrs ago. Maybe closer to 5 hrs . Beautiful area . Good effort , try it again in 20 yrs 😜Even more tougher .

🇿🇦 Best sock selection 👌 🇿🇦

WELL DONE James….. knew you could do it 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 greatly system for training there!! Is there many Triathlon/Ironman routes on it?? Also your Ski’s/tri bars are too low AND not aero enough…. You need to talk to Ollie about them 🤔😁

😍😍😍😍😍😍

James SA all the way

Well done!! James what size are the cranks(mm)on your bike? Thanks in advance!!

amazing for an old man. 1H25 half marathon filming and talking. congratulation no wonder you won it

@donishcushing8223

4 күн бұрын

10th in age group

Great video. What were the distances for each leg?

@funkyfinnegan

4 күн бұрын

1.9k swim, 90k bike, 21.1 k run

@jwtfpv8957

4 күн бұрын

@@funkyfinnegan Much appreciated. 👍

Doing my first half ironman next year. Already looking forward to it. Im trying to figure out the clothes. As a first timer, should i go with a triathlon suit? Its no problem for me to spend a couple minutes in the changing zone. Do amateurs use a normal bike suit and then change for running? As im not chasing any second, that seems fine to me?

@inz_uzi

4 күн бұрын

Nudity is not allowed so you'd have to go to a toilet to change your clothes. If you really want to you can do it but a tri suit is a much better option. Just less of a hassle. I've done just two 70.3s so I'm not an expert but I can't remember anybody wearing running shorts.

@99cya

3 күн бұрын

@@inz_uzi ok thanks. that makes sense. ill get a proper tri suite then next year 🙂

Umm…..I’ve been here for years! LL Cool J

You aren’t a South African runner without Versus Socks, 🤪😂

That flapping number probably cost 15W on the bike...

Whining too much.

Well done James!