- [Narrator] Here's how you should follow
Ironman Kona this year.
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I got up six times, I didn't even need to get up
five of those times.
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Morning Trainiacs, I don't think
that time lapse caught how nice
that sunrise is, that's a shame it was a good one.
I'm here at the airport.
That's Mel.
That's Mel's man, he's very excited to
be coming to Kona with us.
We have a 14 hour flying day,
so no workouts, no Kona.
However, here's how, oh, check this out,
see that, there okay.
Excellent idea, who's first on the list?
That's me.
Okay, here's how you should follow
Ironman Kona this year.
Number one, if you aren't a subscriber already,
subscribe to this channel and go over to Instagram
Triathlon Taren there
and go to Triathlon magazine
Canada's Facebook page where
you might be doing a lot of
videos on. So start with that.
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Very, very, very, very, very quick connection, very quick
probably boarding.
Now.
B36.
B36. B36
B36.
Gotta hustle.
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See there you go, you getting exercise this week, its
Ironman week that's like your personal triathlon.
Oh we're fine, 100 people here that would
have helped us out.
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So we're now about 20 minutes away from landing in Honolulu,
you can imagine how well I do sitting still on a plane
for six hours.
Not well.
The first two places that you should go to follow
Ironman Kona this week, is Breakfast with Bob Babbitt
where he does interviews with pros all week.
He'll probably do 40
and I get to interview Bob
tomorrow.
And the second one, I think his name Taylor Cox he's a
YouTuber that I just found this past week.
He's doing really good,
a day with ... pro.
He's killing it, good stuff Taylor.
(plane engine)
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Talbot Cox,
Talbot is what I meant not Taylor Cox.
Talbot Cox.
If podcasts are more your thing, you can
check out Iron women by two former pros, Sarah Gross,
former pro and Ashley Wiles, an advocate for women
in sports. And you can check out TRS podcast
The Real Starky podcast.
I believe he's actually gonna be down there
and if your also into podcasts, check out our podcast
because we're gonna be cranking out a bunch
of podcasts while we go.
- [Announcer] Ladies and Gentlemen Hawaiian Airlines,
Delta Airlines.
- [Narrator] Fun story about that flight,
I get very agitated, I have a hard time sitting down
for long periods of time and I had a middle row.
Middle seat in the row, I got up six times I didn't
even need to get up five of those times.
Just did it cause I could. Total power move.
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Why are there only two of us here Mel?
Too soon, too soon.
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We'll explain why there's just two of us in a second.
In the meantime, the next place that you should
be watching and checking in on Ironman Kona is
on Instagram.
A) follow us @triathlonTaren we're fun no triathlon
Kim is manning the Instagram feed, so there's gonna
be a lot of stuff going on there. Go check it out.
And then
hashtag I am kona
or hashtag I am wc
that'll get you all
of the latest and greatest for Instagram hashtaggy
Kona goodness. Have you been doing that this whole time?
- [Mel] No I just started.
- [Narrator] Good work, raises for everyone.
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Alright Mel, are you ready to A) introduce yourself
to all new Trainiacs? That's Mel, she does videos
with us. There are a lot of new Trainiacs, lots.
- [Mel] Hi.
- [Narrator] Why are there only two of us?
- [Mel] Cause Jay.
- [Narrator] Jay being her fiancee.
- [Mel] Didn't book the flight between Honolulu and Kona.
So he got stuck in Honolulu.
- [Narrator] Just forgot to book the last flight.
- [Mel] He didn't forget, it was a slip-up.
He slipped up and didn't book it and so he had
to buy new flights.
So he's coming later.
- [Narrator] And Kim, NTK, she's on a different flight
I think she booked all three flights.
- [Mel] They should get here at the same time.
- [Narrator] Before I tell you about the last place
that you should watch Ironman.
Check out the pad, bedroom, bedroom, on-suite and
Mel called dibs on it. I've gotta honor dibs it's
like the law.
We'll call this the boys bathroom.
(door opening)
Laundry, kitchen, basically just eat coffee here.
Some people drink it, I eat it.
And a cute little living room.
Here.
We have what is called a lanai.
It's not a porch, it's a lanai.
- [Mel] What's a lanai?
- [Narrator] We're on one.
- [Mel] The difference between a lanai and a balcony?
- [Narrator] One is in Hawaii and the other is not.
That is dark, you are gonna have some light exposure
correcting to do tomorrow.
Alright last place you wanna follow along is actually
the day of, go to Ironman.com and athlete tracker
and then, at that website
you'll be able to see all the pros,
you'll be able to look for your pals
who might be here, not me.
There is also a live feed, if you just look for
Iron man world championship live feed, it's on all day.
It's awesome, check it out. With that, I think it's
supper time cause it's way past my bedtime back at home.
How do I find the air conditioning in here?