Recently Sofiane sent me an DM that said, “Hey Patrick, what’s your take on Lael’s Arizona fkt? I’d be happy to discuss it on the Podcast”. Instead of answering his question online, I scheduled an interview and answered his question on the podcast.
On Thursday Lael Wilcox set a new FKT (Fastest Known Time) on the famous Arizona Trail Route. Now the AZT boast 827 miles thanks to new sections that race director John Schilling added. Lael completed her ITT of the route in 9 days, 8 hours, and 23 minutes, besting the previous FKT set by Nate Ginzton who came in at 9d, 10h, 23m.
Recently, I was scrolling instagram and came across a post by Cheech, co-owner of Crust Bikes, that really struck a cord for me. I immediately reached out to see if she’d be down to chat!
When Indy showed up at the East Texas Showdown he told me that he’s doing a Yo-Yo and if he doesn’t complete it to DNF him. Fortunately, I didn’t have to because after 760 miles he became the first person to attempt and complete the Showdown Yo-Yo with an official time of 3d 12h 20m! … Read more
Almost two years ago to the day Emma Flukes came on the podcast for the first time. You may remember that we were at the very beginning of a global pandemic that you change our lives more than we could have imagined at the time.
This week’s episode tackles the important topic of mental health and the outdoors told by this years Adventure Media Course
In this episode we talk about our trip, our bike setups, our packrafts (and what we’ve learned), along with some great tips on cooking real food in the backcountry! My favorite was the Jambalaya and Cornbread that Connor made using his Nols cookset, pictured below.
This week we are talking all things East Texas Showdown & Slowdown. We asked this years participants to send in their questions and we brought in 5 previous racers to answer them!
Ben Playter and Ezra Ward-Packard are currently on their bikes riding across American. Today is actually the final day of their trip which ends in Florida. I caught up with them in Austin thanks to Stephanie Hall who turned me onto them and gave us a spot to record. So today’s episode is kind of a two for one.
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