Podcast

Racing in the Slowdown Singlespeed category, Tyler completed the entire series and etched his name into Showdown history.

Kurt Refsnider is someone who is no stranger to the front of the field. A perennial podium finisher as a professional mountain biker, and over the past decade-plus one of the most accomplished ultra-endurance cyclists on the planet, he has first-place finishes at the Tour Divide, AZT, CTR, and many many more.

We’re kicking off the year with a special guest—Eric House! We met up in the Sam Houston National Forest for a bit of a role reversal; this time, Eric took the mic to interview me.

For the past five years, the Texas Showdown Series has been slowly, inevitably, drifting west. We started in the dense, pine-soaked forests of East Texas, moved through the rugged limestone of the Hill Country, but the destination was always clear: Big Bend. Few landscapes in the world capture the heart and soul the way West … Read more

This year’s Tour Divide was one for the books – and the record books. With good weather and a very competitive field we saw dots moving so faster than anything we’d seen before, putting all the previous FKT’s in potential jeopardy. Among those dots was Andrew Onermaa who was taking on the Tour Divide for … Read more

Last year I participated in the inaugural Arkansas Graveler where we traversed the State from Fayetteville to Russellville through the Ozarks into the Delta. This year the Ozark Foundation invited Ariel Marlowe and I to check out their new course for year two.

My guest today is the one and only Dr. Eliza Sampey who brings her wealth of experience to the podcast. Eliza was a professional adventure athlete for 13 years. Her adventures and expeditions have taken her all over the world by way of all modalities of human powered travel. She is also a doctor of physical therapy, a concussion specialist, and a coach. Needless to say, we had a lot to chat about!