- Favorite things from all of us from the week.
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And I was injured.
Morning, Trainiacs, so it is the day after, we're talking
nine hours past Iron Man Hawaii 2017 being over,
and you're falling down, you're tired, too,
so almost all that's left now of the official event
for the week is to edit said blog.
You know, I do that as if I'm doing that,
actually Mel's doing it, right ....
There, and basically the entire island shuts down.
As busy and as crazy as it is throughout
the rest of the week with companies and tents
and events and parties and athletes training,
basically as soon as it's over,
it all starts getting broken down.
I'll take you down to the finish line
and show you actually how barren it is later today.
It was a really fantastic day yesterday.
If you haven't seen the video,
A, stop what you're doing right now and check it out.
Up there, the race video that we did,
and you know what, to be perfectly honest with you,
yesterday was a fun, emotional day,
on my end, particularly at the finish line
when Patrick Lang crossed that line
breaking the course record and I was in behind
the finish line on the media stage,
I got a little teary, not because of the event,
but because I was able to come here as media
and it's not like, "Oh, I got to come here as media.",
but it was emotional because, two years ago,
two years ago coming to a place like this
was something that I would do off on the side of real life.
That was like real life was the corporate career
and finance and wearing a suit and I wasn't happy with it,
but now real life is also what I love
and while, I don't directly get paid to come here,
this is all part of real life and I owe it all to you
for tuning in and watching everyday.
Oh, and by the way, watch all the skippable ads,
if you don't, you should, thank you.
So, I got emotional that over the course of two years
I've gone from putting on a suit and drudging into work
to putting on real lack of shirts
and riding a beach cruiser bike down to the finish line
of the greatest race in the world and having a party
with 2,000 triathletes and thank you all very much
for watching and allowing that to actually be a thing.
Alright, more fun things, favorite things
from all of us from the week.
My favorite, hands down, the finish line
in the last 45 minutes to an hour before the 17 hour cutoff.
That, to me, is the real test of why people do Iron Man.
In my opinion, those age groupers
that are pushing themselves to the absolute physical limit
to find out what they're capable of,
that's what this sport is about.
So, MTK is about to leave.
Bye, bye.
- Bye.
- What was your favorite part of the week?
- It's a tie between acai bowls
and the finish line last night.
- Mmm, I said finish line last night, too.
- It's pretty cool.
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- You know, normally I hate feelings,
but in this case, I'm actually kinda sad
that basically all of our work is like
work, work, work, work, work, work, work,
ends and then she's gotta go,
we can't chill out for a couple of days.
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- Mel?
- Yes?
- What's your favorite part of Iron Man Hawaii?
- Oh, are we doing highs and lows?
- Well, no.
- Just highs?
- Yeah, there are no lows.
- Uh.
- Actually, we'll bring in Jay for the lows.
- We'll bring in Jay for the lows.
He's had all the lows. (laughter)
- Yeah, A, can't get to Kona, B, hurt foot.
- Broke his toe.
- So, yeah, C, fattest man on the island.
(laughter)
- Honestly, the end, being right front row
for all of them running down the chute was really cool,
even though it's like, I mean, I'm basically forced
to be a triathlon fan at this point.
- Mhmm, you certainly are.
- It wasn't a life choice, it was a career choice.
(laughter)
- You need to work on your choices.
And you have new favorite triathletes.
- I do, Heather Jackson, I'm a big fan.
- She's cute.
- Oh, and poke nachos, that was a high, too.
- Mmm, poke nachos.
Alright, go take this to the unfortunate character
inside and ask him his favorite part.
(laughter) - What was your favorite part?
- Uh, besides sitting by the pool and the hot tub?
The whole atmosphere of everything,
it's very, very electric, very,
it makes you wanna get involved,
it makes you wanna do it.
- Oh, bullshit.
(laughter)
- Yeah, I was cheering for Lionel Sanders, for sure
and watching the guy who won was quite impressive,
'cause he was so far back and I didn't
think he could keep up that pace and I actually got excited
and watched the whole thing and went outside and ...
- Yeah, you were watching the live feed.
- Yeah.
- And saw it.
- And I was injured.
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- This whole area here right over my right shoulder
was all tents as of about nine hours ago, not anymore.
Starting right here was the finish chute
with about 5,000 people lining the streets
and the shops on the side, nothing but a barrier here
so that the Iron Man crew can clean up
the last little bit of the setup.
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And out here on the swim course,
all the rope markers, the swim buoys,
the kayaks, the paddlers that took care
of all the swimmers out there, nothing.
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This barren wasteland back here
that used to be transition one and two,
doesn't look nearly as magical right now.
Well, alrighty-roo, Trainiacs, we got the video up,
20 minute epic saga of Iron Man Kona 2017.
That video there might be the proudest thing
that we've put out on the channel.
I mean, Mel made it, but I stayed out
of her way today successfully.
One more day left tomorrow and then out.
I got some fun stuff in mind for tomorrow,
so if you're new, make sure you subscribe.
Fun ain't over.
I gotta go find the closest restaurant possible,
'cause it is raining outside.
Later.