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Last month McKenzie Barney peddled her bike into Columbia, the last state in her Cycle the World project that started years before. In total McKenzie cycled 18,000 miles, through 28 countries and 5 continents, and most of it was solo. Her travels would take her through Africa, South America, Australia, Europe, New Zealand, and South East Asia.

This June James Collins became the first person to attempt the new Central Texas Showdown route as an ITT. James is a 3 time veteran of the East Texas Showdown and will be leaving Texas before the CTS group start this October. Not wanting to miss out on this new route in his backyard, he … Read more

In todays episode we catch up with Hannah Simon two weeks after finishing tied for 3rd on the Tour Divide Race.

GRUSK or Grave Ride up Spruce Knob is a bike race that has been taking place in West Virgina since 2016.  It’s evolved over the years and now offers distances from 25 miles up to 260 miles.  Each route features a long out and back up Spruce Knob, the highest point in West Virgina at … Read more

Chris Burkard is a well known photographer and storyteller who has brought his passion for life and his dedication to be successful to the endurance cycling world. 

Yesterday Ulrich Bartholmoes aka “Uba” finished the 2023 Tour Divide in first place with a time of 14d 2h 23m.  For much of the race he was ahead of the record setting pace of Mike Hall.  In the end he would finish only 4.5 hours behind that record setting run.  Considering the rain, mud, and … Read more

This week we are talking with Jesse Turner who is the custom bike maker and artist behind Slow Southern Steel based out of Fayetteville, AR. Jesse started this new company less than a year ago and I’ve been following with interest since the beginning. I love to showcase and support people who are following their … Read more

In less than 2 years Hannah has established herself as a real contender in endurance bike racing. Somewhere along the way she decided it was time to take it to the next level, or maybe the next next next level! This year she will be taking on the biggest challenge that Bikepacking has to offer, The Triple Crown.

School of the World is in Jaco, Costa Rica and they offer classes in surfing, yoga, photography, AND Spanish! I took this as a sign and an opportunity to start fulfilling the two goals I made for myself, to learn Spanish and spend more time in Latin America.

Enter Maria Osowski, PT, DPT, who is a licensed Physical Therapist and lifelong Athlete. She has been on the podcast before on Ep. 133 ~ Red Granite Grinder Recap when she won the 144 mile version of that race. This time she’s back to help keep us injury free so we can enjoy the sport we love and the bodies that move us!