I have nothing but respect for what he achieved in the last 7 years in Ironman/Challenge racing and before that in ITU racing. Just smashed his own long-distance world record today. Crazy.
Congratulations on making it to the Wold Championship! Months ago you inspired to take on the sport too and to become shoot for become the first Afghan who have completed an ironman and hopefully become the first Afghan who have made it to the world championship in Kona, Hawaii! I would appreciate any sort of advice and sponsorship to buy a proper bike. I am using a big made in 70s and I bought from a bicycle rescue shot in NY, USA.
Weird that he decided to do ironman, when just a few years ago he said that ironman race is for ex itu racers who cannot be competitive in itu triathlon circuit anymore..
Sometime, especially on hot days, your bike can get dehydrated. Everyone thinks about the athlete but not many consider the needs of the bike. It needs to stay hydrated, even more so when doing long distance training. The fact that Jan acknowledges this is why he is a world class athlete.
Girona is a popular spot for endurance athletes to train in Europe, like Boulder in the US. They have access to a great pool, the best coaches, the purest EPO, and amazing places to ride and run. It only makes sense to train in such an excellent spot.
+axlrosea675 South Africa has a lot of Dutch influence so the accent does sound very different to American English. He obviously has some influences being German too :)
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I have nothing but respect for what he achieved in the last 7 years in Ironman/Challenge racing and before that in ITU racing. Just smashed his own long-distance world record today. Crazy.
Now he’s basically won everything there is to win! #legend
Definitely top 3 of all time as an overall triathlete. Perhaps 1st now
...and now he won the European Championships, the 70.3. Championsips and is the current Ironman world Champion! Hard work pays off.
+Fabian Wolfgang it really does.
and he did it on a Canyon LMFAO
Patrick Riddell ?
Because this is a Specialized bike Channel.
Congratulations on making it to the Wold Championship! Months ago you inspired to take on the sport too and to become shoot for become the first Afghan who have completed an ironman and hopefully become the first Afghan who have made it to the world championship in Kona, Hawaii! I would appreciate any sort of advice and sponsorship to buy a proper bike. I am using a big made in 70s and I bought from a bicycle rescue shot in NY, USA.
True Champion, so much respect
His pilates instructor got talent. I can see it ;)
Super strong! Thanks for sharing all the insight.
Totally inspirational.
Great interview. Open, honest, useful. Getting into content is very informative and personally very helpful. My 13th IM is in 6 weeks. Thank you.
Good luck Jan!
Good training. He may well win some races…
Straight Up Beast...those lake swims are crucial
3 flats and a ripped wetsuit... and still a 3rd place in Frankfurt!
He fought a good fight.
***** he was laughing while running 3:45kms LOL he even took walk breaks and ice dunk breaks and still averaged like 3:50/km
5 years later he won Kona 3 times...GOAT!
And today he has bitten the world record :D
Great Insights!!
What a legend 🙏🙏🙏
such a great video! wanna move there too :)
best man!
Great video.. More please:-)
And now at canyon
If you're not Jan Froddeno or Lionel Sanders, how do these people live not working and training as their full time job??
Goat of triathlon
110km running a week ??
La chaîne de l'Honorable yes,only.
and now with the WR. Kuddos!
great video
Weird that he decided to do ironman, when just a few years ago he said that ironman race is for ex itu racers who cannot be competitive in itu triathlon circuit anymore..
Seems like he got hooked on the long distance :D
He said that when he was an ITU athlete
I think he did well.
I've heard from other athletes there is no "garbage yardage" or junk miles?
Good luck champ!! And see you in Warth at the end of July!! :) :)
He is the man, but what will happen when Gomez and Brownless brothers move up..
+Stefan Turton All three have much better pedigree.
hm... all three have better pedigree? So when did one of them win in Kona? Frodo did 2x...
Funny to see this comment six year after.
I wonder about Lionel Sanders.
First thing in order was to throw the specialized bike in the trash and get on a Canyon.
BEST COMMENT EVER AHAHAHAHAHA
Why? I have specialized
Was hes putting his drink into the bike?
tt bikes sometimes have that integrated. then they have that tube so that they can stay aero
Sometime, especially on hot days, your bike can get dehydrated. Everyone thinks about the athlete but not many consider the needs of the bike. It needs to stay hydrated, even more so when doing long distance training. The fact that Jan acknowledges this is why he is a world class athlete.
This is actually only allowed on TRI bikes, the UCI wont allow those frame designs.
Adam Warrix made my day 😂😂😂
Adam Warrix hahahahaha
I heard armstrong trained in girona too.......
+trifruit franz That is a bizarre and confusing comment. Its a place....?
Danny Roe just wanna make people think. google whats so special about girona, who else trained there etc.
+trifruit franz though i like frodeno, i share your skepticism
Girona is a popular spot for endurance athletes to train in Europe, like Boulder in the US. They have access to a great pool, the best coaches, the purest EPO, and amazing places to ride and run. It only makes sense to train in such an excellent spot.
My inspiration jan
His English is super perfect and sexy ;) agreed?
hayderimran7 He grew up in South Africa, so he doesn't have the traditional German accent when he speaks English.
Maurice Long still has a bit of a German accent. I'm German, so don't bother trying to convince me I'm wrong.
+axlrosea675
I'm SA and he sounds SA with some Aussie... did he live in Oz along the way?
+Andrew Jennings ok, fine. It sounded a little German to me, but I'm used to American English. Well, I think his wife is from NZ.
+axlrosea675 South Africa has a lot of Dutch influence so the accent does sound very different to American English. He obviously has some influences being German too :)
I'm tired by watching this video
Solch lange, athletische Beine wow
7 years later and he beat the iron distance record by beating a TH-cam star in a 1x1 race
🤮
True Champion, so much respect