- We are going to take you on a tour of Kailua.
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They're going to come back, hang another hard left,
go up this hill.
- When I was 14 I said that.
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- Acai bowl four.
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Hola, trainiacs.
I had to get rid of that long black shirt.
That is a bad choice.
My Canadian skin is not ready for that.
So if you want to follow along.
- There's a turtle there.
- There's a turtle?
Nell found a turtle.
If you want to follow along to Ironman, two things.
Number one, apparently there's live coverage on NBC.
Check that out, I think Red Bull's sponsoring it.
Number two, there should be live coverage
on something like live.ironman.com
or go to ironman.com and click on live
and there will be a full stream
of the entire day with announcers.
It's really, really good.
Number three, we are going to take you on a tour of Kailua
so that as you are watching all of these things,
you understand where everything is
in relation to each other.
So big wave.
So right now we are at the start line slash the finish line.
Oh, big wave.
Whoa.
- Aren't you glad I warned you?
- Yes.
- It landed right where the camera was.
- Alright, to give you some context,
right over here is the start line.
They swim that way, they come back,
and they go over to the pier, and then they run out.
Let me show you.
We'll give you some perspective.
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So after they finish the swim,
they go onto that pier and then they come out
right up here, this Pualani road.
I think is Pualani Road,
and what happens is they come screaming out of that chute
down there out of transition,
come up this road, and then back here
is what's called the hot corner,
so they go up to that intersection at the hot corner,
swing a left for a couple of kilometers, turn around,
go back up Pualani at the hot corner,
come back down, go into town,
and then go into town the other way,
back up, out to the queen keg.
You know what, it will make more sense from the drone.
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You know what, I realized that my explanation
of this here hot corner is probably a little bit subpar.
We're vlogging here, come on.
Let me explain.
So this down here is transition one.
They're going to come out at T1,
they're going to come up this road,
which is about 200 meters.
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Hush now.
They're going to hang a hard left.
They're going to go off into the industrial area
where the Kona Brewing company
and the Kona Aquatics Center is down there
for a few kilometers.
They're going to turn around out there,
they're going to come back, hang another hard left,
go up this hill towards the Queen K,
but they're not going to go out onto the Queen K.
They're going to come screaming back down this hill,
out into town.
This is like residential town here in Kailua
come into town for a few kilometers, come back,
and then go up this road, back up Pualani Road,
and out to the Queen K,
and once they're out on the Queen K,
way up there, another climb, they're going to take
a hard left and it's going to look like this.
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Yeah, I know, right?
Brutal, desolate, just lava.
If somebody put me 300 meters to the east of that highway
and didn't tell me that there was a highway there,
I'd be dead in hours, easy,
and they are going to be battling winds, heat,
because the wind goes into you once you're heading out
and then it turns around once the convection's changed
and then it comes into you when you're heading back.
It's brutal.
Now once they're finished with the bike,
they're going to come ripping down Pualani Road here again,
and again they are going to come into
the same transition area that they left.
It's all just one big transition area.
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So now, once they get out of T2,
they get a small little sniff of the finish line
right over here, but instead of going directly out
to Ali'i Drive, they turn left,
and they go back up towards the hot corner.
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Into town and then onto Ali'i Drive out there finally.
This road, after doing that little dipsy doodle
coming out of T1, the athletes come down here,
and then they're on the famed Ali'i Drive
and they start running this way all the way
through town and down the residential areas, like this.
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All the way down Ali'i Drive on this black asphalt,
black lava rock on the side.
Apparently if you hit a gun onto the road,
the surface temperature is 103 degrees,
it just oozes up, and that heat is just trapped
in this little chute here.
I went for a run here this morning,
I came back, and it looked like I had been in the shower,
and that's what they're going to be racing in.
Turn around at the end and head back down on that same heat.
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This is where it all ends for them,
so like right down there, they're setting up
the finish line right now.
Basically where we're standing is going to be the start
of the finish chute.
It's going to come down into about an eight foot wide chute
with red carpet with Ironman branded logos stamped on it.
They're going to run down, there's going to be stands
all along both sides.
The finish line is right down there.
They're going to come from Pualani Road down here,
run all the way down past the banyan tree
and then probably going to hug me at the finish line,
I would imagine.
Who else would you, be stupid not to, yeah.
Nell's going to recreate it right now.
- Ready?
But this won't be here.
- Winner, but yeah, this won't be here,
so she'll be moving at like light speed.
All along down here we've got restaurants
that people are going to camp out at
for like 10 hours to make sure that they can overlook
the finish line down here, and at midnight I'm going
to come down here around 11 and see the final finishers.
That's the best.
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Now as much as I'm sure all of you are interested
in seeing a full review on my $150 Walmart bike,
if you like bike porn, the bike check in at Kona's
is the place for you to be, and that's where
I'm a be right now.
It's my time.
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So the people you meet at the bike check in here.
- My name's Small from GTN.
- The biggest, well are you the biggest yet,
YouTube channels out there, it's close?
- We've got some tough competition out there.
- Well not me anymore.
I was competition for about 48 hours and they beat us, so,
powerhouse on YouTube, guys.
- Well it's great to be here with you.
- Doing good work, I'll link up their channel below.
Enjoy your day tomorrow.
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Alright, ladies and gentlemen,
we are here with John Joseph,
punk rocker, lead singer of the Cro-Mags,
being a vegan, real.
- Renaissance man.
- Just turned 55.
- You don't look it.
- Being into the and having no say
and people telling you how to live your life.
When I was 14, I said,
(beep)
that, and I just went on the streets of New York.
I ran away.
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I just sat there and like thought about,
and you was like yo man, you got heart.
I respect it.
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- What is going through your head?
- Yeah, I mean I just think that where I came from,
blessed to be out doing what I'm doing,
even to be alive.
I don't take a day for granted.
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- That, trainiacs, is the day before
Ironman World Championship.
Bikes are checked, bags are checked.
Local kids will come out and they will sidewalk chalk up
all the roads for miles and miles on end.
All the racers go get a big sleep,
wake up early in the morning.
If you've been watching this week
and you aren't yet subscribed, wait until the coverage
that we do for the race.
Make sure you subscribe so you don't miss that.
We're getting a lot of footage during the race
and it is going to be a fantastic video.
You're not going to have to wait until the end of November
for NBC to do their coverage this year.
Nope.
Trap one, Taren and gang has him covered.