Can These Ex Pro Cyclists Win A Duathlon? | GCN Presenter Challenge!

Can these roadies win a duathlon? We challenged our friends over at @gcn to come join us at a local duathlon. Have they got the stamina? Will they pass everyone on the bike? Do they even know how to run? So many unknowns, you'll have to watch the video to find out what happens!

00:00 Welcome to the duathlon
00:47 Meet the teams
01:57 Duathlon race prep
03:00 GCN race a Duathlon
10:25 The results

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[gtn]

Which GCN presenter do you think has the most potential to be a triathlete?! Let us know 👇

[utuber]

This was one of the best segments of GTN meets GCN. We need more of this.

[peterdobos]

Si and Alex have experienced the deep truth of my soon-to-be t-shirted saying:
Running - it's why humans invented the wheel.

[sean]

Duathlons are such an underrated event. For me, they're much easier to train for since I don't need to travel to a pool and only need to fit two sports worth of training into a week. Duathlons fit into a busy schedule and are a really simple way to motivate a cyclist like myself to run. Love them!

[miguelsaez]

5:20 that level of synchronized flying mount is worth a mention

[Ghyrtan]

19:31 for a 5k for "non runners"!!! That's very impressive!! There are not that many people breaking the 20 min mark for a 5k. I guess their VO2Max is still quite high compared to the "normal" population. Congrats guys! Is there a way I can like this video 10 000 times so we can see Si do a triathlon? 😁

[TheJuanlung]

Alex with his own Tri-Suit.. clearly done this before!!

[williamsylvia]

WOW! Nice work Si and Alex! I’m a little annoyed/jealous that you 2 who are not runner can do 4min/K. I would love to see you 2 train and do a triathlon. I’m going to make a few more accounts to help bump the likes to 10k 🤣

[richardbarnhill]

Did my first duathlon yesterday! As a cyclist, I crushed the bike section and was humbled by the run. Such a great event - ready to sign up for my next one!

[s.g.engineeringltds.g.engineer]

What a great ad for our sport. Smiles all round!! Next up.., let’s get Si and Alex in the pool!! 😮

[Lazy_Jay_Racing]

Was a brilliant surprise to see you guys there ... I really enjoyed my race and now I can say I've beaten the GCN/GTN guys at a race! 😂😂 I'm sure you weren't taking it too seriously (although your bike speed was incredible) but it was a bonus to see you all joining in with us regular athletes 😁👍👏👏

[blubbblubb]

This was a fun vid! Please more content with these two GCN guys! :)

[GrumpyOldMan-pkmg]

3:50 per K. I dream of doing 3:50 per K. Well done too all 👏👏👏👏

[SBoots]

You guys smashed it. Great job on getting the boys from GCN to join.

[mcorbett]

Fantastic video. What a great effort by Alex and Si. Well done to Mark and James for shepherding them through the runs 🙂👍🏻

[jonathanbrandenburg]

Please keep doing these crossovers. Just love seeing the GCN guys do triathlon/duathlon stuff. Hilarious and brilliant!

[coachjohn]

Literally one of the most fun colab videos. I'm a huge fan of GTN and GCN and seeing how well the GCN guys did I would bet there are more duathlons...or maybe a triathlon in the future.

[NoelSlevin]

I entered the East Fortune Duathlon last month. I wish I'd discovered duathlon 20 years ago! It was brilliant. I entered the non-draft as it was my first time, and I was quite a bit slower than Alex and Si. Their running times are very impressive for people who don't run!

[krehme]

Sorry Si and Alex… I love it! So much fun to see you guys doing this. Thanks so much for putting yourself through that!

[backuptimmy]

Just finished a much shorter duathlon last Sunday. I’m a Covid cyclist and a runner before Covid lol
Great effort and thanks for showing us what cyclists are capable of doing! Cheers 🥳