Started in 1999. over 23 years later. Over 150 tris including 4 IM's. Love this sport. Lionel is a superstar...nice to see other athletes crossing over.

I raced 10years. Had the most incredible thrill of being so fit in my life. Just an amazing feeling every time I finished a race. JRE needs to interview pro triathletes. 🙌🙌

Triathlon is the most grueling sport even! I used to race pro short course triathlon 20 years ago. Now at 40 I jumped back into the age group racing and it’s gotten so so so much faster! People have no idea what it takes to do triathlon at any distance it’s an absolute grueling test of endurance and physiology but most of all your own mind!

Paul Felder finished the 2022 Atlantic City 70.3 in 4:34:50. I know I'm not the only one wanting to know what kind of times he can hit.

Doing my first triathlon this August. Wish me luck.

Ive always needed a future event as a target for motivation. For us amateurs, it’s broken down to five year age groups. The ultimate goal is to “podium” (top 3 placing within your age group). Pick a destination event and the training will take the requisite shape. Land on the podium, and you get to Hawaii! It’s just like Crank Yankers, “I want to go to Hawaii !!!” for the IM World Championships.

I don't care how fit anyone thinks they are, go to an ironman event and you will be humbled.

My 5th year in triathlon and my love for the sport keeps getting stronger

I did Tri's in its early day back in 80s and 90s. Took a break for 26 years and came back last year for a 70.3 and then a full IM. Deep back in now. Some men get a expensive car for thier mid life crisis. I buy bikes 🤣

Lionel Sanders is the fucking man

Love this!!! Comming from a basic martial arts background and transitioning to Triathlon I totally get this!!! Not same level of course in either category, but this warms my heart.

It's great to see Paul Felder promoting the sport of triathlon on a large public platform like the Joe Rogan Experience!

MMA past 13 years, Triathlons past 8 years. Fought/trained MMA and competed tri's simultaneously for 7 years. Took a Lil time off fighting last year. But still loving both. They transfer very nicely to eachother. I compete in about 18 Sprint triathlons a year (8 month season). Ultra marathons etc, but MMA is my base/origin. Really helps with cutting weight for fights, lol. Little over a year ago. I did a 208 mi event, then week later had a triathlon, week later MMA fight, week later National tri Championships and so on. I compete nonstop. This Saturday will be my 3rd week in row triathlon. Now Im competing not just doing them. Hit 7 x 1st places last year in my AG. Podium almost every race at the least. Almost won an overall (2nd place on 2nd day) when I did 2 races back to back Sat n Sun. I must say the Tri community welcomes fighters. They will announce your an MMA triathlete upon calling you for award. I also compete in many other type events. Love it! MMA is still a beast all on its own but everything helps everything when boil down to it. I plan on fighting again this year along with everything else. Multi Sport National championships are in a couple weeks Dallas. It's on!! One day I will be able to help guide/advise others whom do the same. It's a diff life to live that's for sure, but surely living life! SideNote: Sprint Triathlons are typically Swim 400-1000m, Bike 10-20+ miles, Run 5k. The best do them a Lil under an hour. If your an average competitor the finish time is more like 1hr30min. And it's all Anaerobic as in ZONE 5. (HR 170+) Now us Sprint athletes train distantces as though we're doing a 70.3 IM. Higher level Sprint triathletes usually train : Run 100+mi/month... Bike 2-400mi/mo....Swim 20+ mi/mo. Kinda like MMA. If you have 3 round fight then you train for atleast 9 rounds minimal.

Did my first Ironman in 1986. Greatest test of character you will ever experience…. Like combat sports you become the athlete during training, you just test yourself on the day….

Rogan has no idea how fast elite ironman athletes are. No chance Feldman has that fluidity in the run mechanics that match those people who have run 2:30-2:45 hr marathons.

I did a double ironman and then last year did a Triple ironman. Have friends who has done 5 times and others who have done Deca 10 times - These were continues events, and 1 a day for x days. . There is more mad people out their than Goggin’s, who just don't want to be on social media telling people they are lazy and fat, as they do it for themself. To race an Ironman and be competitive is different to just tuning up and completing it, most people could do that in the 17hrs window with little training. Many people would eat goggin up for breakfast. But I do like the guy for what he is trying to share and not worry about what people think. Lionel is a legend he knows pain and deals with it very well, suspect his past makes him this way.

The Diaz brothers used to do Triathlons they would do the Old Vineman 70.3 in Santa Rosa, CA area.

Love it! Triathlon is the most fun you can have with 200 other people watching you My first one was done in a surfing wet suit, on a barrowed bike and zero bike training 😂 I'm doing 8 sprint's this year and working for 2 half Ironman's next year all being well

Sanders just competed in SLT arena games which is brutal short course stuff too

My first triathlon was a 70.3 in Santa Cruz. Escape from Alcatraz is my favorite. This year will be my 3rd Escape. Age group tri is the best addiction!

I have raced bicycles for years. Occasionally a new rider comes along that has a boxing background. Those guys make great road bike racers. They have fast twitch and slow twitch muscles endurance and speed incredible discipline and can ignore pain. They are lean and usually smaller guys. Perfect bike racers.

Just finished up my ironman 70.3 indian wells yesterday with a borrowed surfer wetsuit 😂 when they brought that up in the interview I lol’d so hard

Felder is pure class. A scary beast competing close to the top of the UFC in his weight class for years. Now he's taking on triathlons and is already very knowledgeable about them and super humble about his abilities. Doing a half iron for your first triathlon takes big balls which he clearly has. But he's totally realistic about the big gap between competing in triathlon as a pro and an amateur.

After years of going down a bad path Lionel Sanders and God inspired me to get after it 💪

😂😂 My 1st was ironman Wales and did it with 4/5 months training and I couldn't swim. Still at them and love it

Dave Mirra was a good triathlete as well.

Yeah get Lionel Sanders on! Incredible story!!

I’ve been powerlifting and doing mud runs / OCR for over a decade. I’m thinking of taking a break from the heavy lifting, and switching to ultras and triathlons. The initial investment is what’s holding me back. Maybe next year.

Thanks for this guys- just ramping up for 1st 1/2 Ironman - Paul I am right with you. I call the swim training “not drowning” so far. Haha!

Diaz vs Gomi was another fight where it seemed like he was absolutely beat, and then completely turned it around.

Rogan doesn’t understand the elite pro triathlete’s level of endurance

oh man, its me on the thumbnail in the blue suit ahahahah

You cannot do a sprint triathlon in 30mins. The top pros do it in around 52mins

I'm so proud of my Dad, he got me into Cycling, and I was in the Pool the day he passed,,, Peace3ed

Getting off the bike and your legs feel like jello and you have to go run.

Joe, you should get Joe skipper on here, Ironman champion many times over and one of the most interesting guys in sport.

Toughest sport in the world man. Unrelenting pain for 8-17hrs.

HAHAHAAAA Lionel got me too homie

Shout out Lionel Sanders!! Love it

12 years of racing was super exciting

I'm almost 60 and I run 14 .Iles every other day... I started doing Triathlons back in 1984.... now I just run for fun back 20byeard ago I ran a half marathon in Death Valley when it was 123 degrees! Just because.

Olha o sporting ali na tumb nail 🎉

Olympic tris are the best in my opinion. Training for them is incredibly selfish for your family. You can train for an Olympic and still be a part of your family. Also if you aren’t a swimmer I would highly recommend you find a local masters swim team and train with them. They care everywhere and very welcoming. Usually there’s a coach to give you technique info.

Thinking about starting thrilathon. What tips do you have? Can it be combined with heavy lift training?

What are the mini triathlons called? I would love to do one

He will step up to the full Ironman.

When I see them riding the bikes or swimming it makes me want to jump in because they're so smooth. It's not bad pain. The running not so much because I'm around 180 pounds sometimes, and the best I can probably hope for is 170. People don't realize that. The reason why the kenyan marathon runner loves to run is because he's only 130 pounds or something. It's very comfortable with no impact. I crush on the bicycle. that's easy because I'm built for it. That's good pain, along with swimming. That's purposeful pain that is just as painful if not more painful than any other pain. Marathon is bad pain.

All the best Paul…I am sure u will do wonders there..

Power Sporting thumbnail!

Gnarliest athletes out there

Doing my first tri in August! Nervous

Try Norseman or Celtman.

Lionel is a BEAST!

Good luck getting on the podium.

Joe rogan should definetely have Lionel Sanders on his podcast

We want to hear about what Paul eats during his triathlon!

Would I be right in saying that to do a full Ironman, you need be at the level of ""Athlete"" fitness wise?? I've a full coming up next year, and that's the level of fitness I'm telling myself I have to be at- an "Athlete".

5K > marathon > Iron-Man

Nick Diaz does triathlons, too!

It’s funny hearing Joe trying to shift a conversation back to a topic (MMA) which has absolutely no correlation to triathlon 😂

Lionel should stay away from JRE podcast..might end up smoking a joint

all you need are MONEY and TIMES

Ironman... ill be doing it til im 80

If Nick Diaz has endurance then I can spar with Mike Tyson. Nick Diaz survives triathlon.

I went from a 10k to a full distance 140.6 Ironman in 6 months on a borrowed bike and didn't know how to swim until 2 months before race day. Yes, triathlons are hard. But, anything is possible!

Joe Rogan. Oracle of all health doesn't know what a tempo run is..

My first triathlon was an iron man. Yeah, I'm cool

What a fkn badass

If you lose ten pounds during a 70.3, you're doing it wrong.

Ironman is same is triathlons as a triathlete here in Philippines and soldier my soon become a Promen after I serve the Philippines 🇵🇭

He will never be a pro…even winning age groups is insane fast and will never happen. And yes I’m an experienced Ironman athlete.

Why be bad at 1 sport when you can be bad at 3

I found this guy lionel sanders,…lol dude, he’s way more famous than you pal….

Yes Lionel sanders !!!!

As a pro triathlete I would love to put my two sense in 😂

You don't lose 10 pounds in a race lol

Hey, doofus you spelled it wrong. Ironman = the Race Iron Man = cartoon character

IM is the ultimate narcistic sport. Its not a social sport. None of the workouts promote socialization. All IM athletes only talk about themselves and their next PR.... Biggest secret: Its not hard for elite runners.... Its extremely hard for everyone else...

The guys an animal of an athlete.