Podcast appearances and mentions of atlas mountain race

Herzlich Willkommen zur 143. Ausgabe des BiketourGlobal Podcast Season 2!Outdoor-Abenteuer kennt man von ihm – doch mittlerweile schlägt sein Herz fürs Radfahren: In dieser Folge spreche ich mit Fritz Meinecke über seine Reise vom Istanbul-Trip über das Race Across America bis zum NorthCape 4000. Wir reden über Training, Regen, Ausrüstung – und warum er sich nun dem Atlas Mountain Race 2026 stellt und wie er sich darauf vorbereitet.Hör rein und erfahre, wie Fritz ins Ultra-Bikepacking eingestiegen ist und was ihn antreibt.Viel Spaß!PS: diese Podcast-Folge gibt es auch als Video auf meinem YT Kanal. Shownotes​Fritz auf Instagram https://www.instagram.com/fritz.meinecke/​Fritz auf Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSyAFJ6cmgYabA0RfPCNuzAQuelle Musik​Tropic Fuse - French Fuse aus dem YT Creator StudioQuelle Bilder ​Fritz Meinecke

Pour cet épisode 164, je rencontre Valentin Robe. Valentin est un jeune architecte de 33 ans qui aime le vélo et particulièrement les épreuves sur de longues distances. Disons que pédaler longtemps n'est pas un problème pour lui, au contraire. Finalement, se rendre au départ d'une épreuve, même lointaine, ce n'est pas compliqué. Valentin habite à Toulouse et pour participer à l'Atlas Montain Race au départ de Marrakech, il a fait le choix d'y aller à vélo. Il a pris le train pour se rendre à Sète où il a embarqué sur un ferry. Arrivé au Maroc, il a d'abord pris un bus et puis il a fini les 400 derniers kilomètres à vélo pour rejoindre la ligne de départ. Un échauffement en quelque sorte ! Dans ce podcast, Valentin me raconte ses expériences et son parcours qui l'ont conduit du pignon fixe à la longue distance. Pour les déplacements sans avion, il remarque que ça bouge un peu. Les mentalités changent du côté des cyclistes, mais également du côté des organisateurs. Je vous invite à écouter Valentin qui nous parle de ses vélos et de sa quête d'ultra-distance.Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Hanka Kupfernagel ist eine der erfolgreichsten deutschen Radsportlerinnen. Über 20 Jahre hat sie den Frauenradsport geprägt. Im Querfeldein ist sie viermalige Weltmeisterin und hat viele weitere Titel gewonnen. (00:00:00) Intro (00:01:28) Begrüßung Hanka Kupfernagel (00:02:57) WM-Rad 2005 (00:05:04) Zwei Jahrzehnte Frauenradsport (00:09:30) Wie ist der Radsport in dein Leben getreten? (00:14:37) Was hat dich an der Sportschule gereizt? (00:17:20) Wie bist du zum Querfeldeinsport gekommen? (00:19:54) Wende und Mauerfall (00:25:05) Weltmeisterin in Colorado Springs und weitere Titel (00:31:43) Konntest du davon leben? (00:35:53) Hanka Kupfernagel und das Crossrad (00:41:49) Welches Skillset macht dich so erfolgreich? (00:44:34) Wann entscheidet man aufzuhören? (00:47:20) Was macht Hanka Kupfernagel 2025? (00:55:29) LOTTO Thüringen Ladies Tour (01:02:45) Zukunft des Frauenradsports (01:07:38) Zuschauerfragen (01:31:03) Outro und Termine (01:34:03) King Gizzard and The Lizzard Wizzard – Phantom Island Jacquie Phelan über Mountainbikes und Charlie Cunningham: „Is your audience near a chair?“ Ariane Richter über Atlas Mountain Race und Gran Guanche: Was reizt dich so am Ultracycling, Ariane Richter? Wiebke Lühmann fährt per Rad durch Afrika: Warum fährst du bis nach Kapstadt, Wiebke Lühmann? Vera Hohlfeld über die Absage der Lotto Thüringen Ladies Tour 2025: Warum hast du die Thüringen-Rundfahrt abgesagt, Vera Hohlfeld? Hier kommt ihr zur Ausstellung über Gustav Mesmer: https://www.muensingen.de/de/Freizeit-Kultur/Kultur-Kunst/Kunstraum-Zehntscheuer-Gustav-Mesmer Hier könnt ihr uns bei Steady unterstützen: https://steadyhq.com/de/antritt/about Hier entlang geht's zu den Links unserer Werbepartner: https://detektor.fm/werbepartner/antritt >> Artikel zum Nachlesen: https://detektor.fm/gesellschaft/antritt-hanka-kupfernagel-ueber-querfeldein-frauenradsport-und-ihre-karriere

Hanka Kupfernagel ist eine der erfolgreichsten deutschen Radsportlerinnen. Über 20 Jahre hat sie den Frauenradsport geprägt. Im Querfeldein ist sie viermalige Weltmeisterin und hat viele weitere Titel gewonnen. (00:00:00) Intro (00:01:28) Begrüßung Hanka Kupfernagel (00:02:57) WM-Rad 2005 (00:05:04) Zwei Jahrzehnte Frauenradsport (00:09:30) Wie ist der Radsport in dein Leben getreten? (00:14:37) Was hat dich an der Sportschule gereizt? (00:17:20) Wie bist du zum Querfeldeinsport gekommen? (00:19:54) Wende und Mauerfall (00:25:05) Weltmeisterin in Colorado Springs und weitere Titel (00:31:43) Konntest du davon leben? (00:35:53) Hanka Kupfernagel und das Crossrad (00:41:49) Welches Skillset macht dich so erfolgreich? (00:44:34) Wann entscheidet man aufzuhören? (00:47:20) Was macht Hanka Kupfernagel 2025? (00:55:29) LOTTO Thüringen Ladies Tour (01:02:45) Zukunft des Frauenradsports (01:07:38) Zuschauerfragen (01:31:03) Outro und Termine (01:34:03) King Gizzard and The Lizzard Wizzard – Phantom Island Jacquie Phelan über Mountainbikes und Charlie Cunningham: „Is your audience near a chair?“ Ariane Richter über Atlas Mountain Race und Gran Guanche: Was reizt dich so am Ultracycling, Ariane Richter? Wiebke Lühmann fährt per Rad durch Afrika: Warum fährst du bis nach Kapstadt, Wiebke Lühmann? Vera Hohlfeld über die Absage der Lotto Thüringen Ladies Tour 2025: Warum hast du die Thüringen-Rundfahrt abgesagt, Vera Hohlfeld? Hier kommt ihr zur Ausstellung über Gustav Mesmer: https://www.muensingen.de/de/Freizeit-Kultur/Kultur-Kunst/Kunstraum-Zehntscheuer-Gustav-Mesmer Hier könnt ihr uns bei Steady unterstützen: https://steadyhq.com/de/antritt/about Hier entlang geht's zu den Links unserer Werbepartner: https://detektor.fm/werbepartner/antritt >> Artikel zum Nachlesen: https://detektor.fm/gesellschaft/antritt-hanka-kupfernagel-ueber-querfeldein-frauenradsport-und-ihre-karriere

Hanka Kupfernagel ist eine der erfolgreichsten deutschen Radsportlerinnen. Über 20 Jahre hat sie den Frauenradsport geprägt. Im Querfeldein ist sie viermalige Weltmeisterin und hat viele weitere Titel gewonnen. (00:00:00) Intro (00:01:28) Begrüßung Hanka Kupfernagel (00:02:57) WM-Rad 2005 (00:05:04) Zwei Jahrzehnte Frauenradsport (00:09:30) Wie ist der Radsport in dein Leben getreten? (00:14:37) Was hat dich an der Sportschule gereizt? (00:17:20) Wie bist du zum Querfeldeinsport gekommen? (00:19:54) Wende und Mauerfall (00:25:05) Weltmeisterin in Colorado Springs und weitere Titel (00:31:43) Konntest du davon leben? (00:35:53) Hanka Kupfernagel und das Crossrad (00:41:49) Welches Skillset macht dich so erfolgreich? (00:44:34) Wann entscheidet man aufzuhören? (00:47:20) Was macht Hanka Kupfernagel 2025? (00:55:29) LOTTO Thüringen Ladies Tour (01:02:45) Zukunft des Frauenradsports (01:07:38) Zuschauerfragen (01:31:03) Outro und Termine (01:34:03) King Gizzard and The Lizzard Wizzard – Phantom Island Jacquie Phelan über Mountainbikes und Charlie Cunningham: „Is your audience near a chair?“ Ariane Richter über Atlas Mountain Race und Gran Guanche: Was reizt dich so am Ultracycling, Ariane Richter? Wiebke Lühmann fährt per Rad durch Afrika: Warum fährst du bis nach Kapstadt, Wiebke Lühmann? Vera Hohlfeld über die Absage der Lotto Thüringen Ladies Tour 2025: Warum hast du die Thüringen-Rundfahrt abgesagt, Vera Hohlfeld? Hier kommt ihr zur Ausstellung über Gustav Mesmer: https://www.muensingen.de/de/Freizeit-Kultur/Kultur-Kunst/Kunstraum-Zehntscheuer-Gustav-Mesmer Hier könnt ihr uns bei Steady unterstützen: https://steadyhq.com/de/antritt/about Hier entlang geht's zu den Links unserer Werbepartner: https://detektor.fm/werbepartner/antritt >> Artikel zum Nachlesen: https://detektor.fm/gesellschaft/antritt-hanka-kupfernagel-ueber-querfeldein-frauenradsport-und-ihre-karriere

I've been getting loads of questions as this year's Tour Divide is underway – who is Nathalie Baillon? After leading for the first 4 days of the race, she suffered a major mechanical just after Fleecer Ridge, forcing her to return to Butte and get a new wheel. Back on the road, she's chasing hard to catch Lael Wilcox. Both women are ahead of Lael's record pace, and gunning to be the first woman to reach Antelope Wells. Originally released in March 2024, in this episode Nathalie shares about her entry into the world of ultra-racing and offers a deep dive on her mindset as a racer. She has quite an impressive resume, including joint first woman at Silk Road Mountain Race in August 2023, the fastest woman to ride across Europe, second woman at Atlas Mountain Race 2024 and more. I hope you'll join me in cheering her (and the rest of the Tour Divide racers) on. Watch the dots hereFollow Nathalie's on Instagram: @nathalie_baillonFollow Mel on Instagram: @melwwebbFollow Detours on Instagram: @detourscyclingFollow Albion on Instagram: @albion.cycling Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stephen Fitzgerald is a husband, father, owner of Rodeo Labs, and accomplished cyclist. When time allows he's been known to dabble in gravel and ultra cycling races. In 2020 he placed a respectable 19th in the Atlas Mountain Race. Building on that experience he signed up for Pinyon & Pines this year. It was a stacked field of experienced riders and Stephen found himself in the lead group for most of the ride. His goal was to be efficient and maintain forward progress. When the dust settled, Stephen's strategy paid off with his first win in an ultra cycling event. Since this was Stephen's first time on the podcast I also took the opportunity to get to know him better and, of course, talk about his work with Rodeo Labs. Rodeo Labs was founded in 2014 with a fresh take on the gravel bike which quickly gain popularity within the adventure cyclists community. For Pinyon & Pines Stephen rode a prototype Show Pony, a mtb that they are currently developing in the USA. Stephen's influence in the adventure cycling community cannot be overlooked. Whether on the bike or from within the walls of their Denver, where Rodeo Labs is based, his passion for cycling and the outdoors is infectious. It was a true pleasure to have him on the podcast. EPISODE SPONSORS  Central Texas Showdown – Registration open now! Use code “bikesordeath” to get $20 off registration. New Patrons Kimberly Join us won't you at www.Patreon.com/BikesorDeath

Ariane Richter ist beim Atlas Mountain Race und beim Gran Guanche Audax Gravel angetreten. Wir sprechen über Ultracycling. (00:00:00) Bärlauch und Richtigstellung (00:02:36) Interview Ariane Richter (00:04:57) Atlas Mountain Race in Marokko (00:06:42) Unsupported Bikepacking Rennen (00:09:42) Die Strecke (00:11:54) Was treibt dich an? (00:13:45) Was waren deine Eindrücke? (00:17:06) Wie hat sich dein Blick auf die Gesellschaft verändert? (00:27:21) Das Rennen als Pair fahren (00:38:12) Gran Guanche Audax Gravel (00:45:51) Was zeichnet Menschen aus, die solche Rennen fahren? (00:53:46) Schnellste Frau beim Gran Guanche Audax Gravel (01:02:49) Wie geht es weiter für dich? (01:10:08) Die Höchste Eisenbahn – Bürotage Hier entlang geht's zu den Links unserer Werbepartner: https://detektor.fm/werbepartner/antritt >> Artikel zum Nachlesen: https://detektor.fm/gesellschaft/antritt-ariane-richter-ueber-atlas-mountain-race-und-gran-guanche

Ariane Richter ist beim Atlas Mountain Race und beim Gran Guanche Audax Gravel angetreten. Wir sprechen über Ultracycling. (00:00:00) Bärlauch und Richtigstellung (00:02:36) Interview Ariane Richter (00:04:57) Atlas Mountain Race in Marokko (00:06:42) Unsupported Bikepacking Rennen (00:09:42) Die Strecke (00:11:54) Was treibt dich an? (00:13:45) Was waren deine Eindrücke? (00:17:06) Wie hat sich dein Blick auf die Gesellschaft verändert? (00:27:21) Das Rennen als Pair fahren (00:38:12) Gran Guanche Audax Gravel (00:45:51) Was zeichnet Menschen aus, die solche Rennen fahren? (00:53:46) Schnellste Frau beim Gran Guanche Audax Gravel (01:02:49) Wie geht es weiter für dich? (01:10:08) Die Höchste Eisenbahn – Bürotage Hier entlang geht's zu den Links unserer Werbepartner: https://detektor.fm/werbepartner/antritt >> Artikel zum Nachlesen: https://detektor.fm/gesellschaft/antritt-ariane-richter-ueber-atlas-mountain-race-und-gran-guanche

Ariane Richter ist beim Atlas Mountain Race und beim Gran Guanche Audax Gravel angetreten. Wir sprechen über Ultracycling. (00:00:00) Bärlauch und Richtigstellung (00:02:36) Interview Ariane Richter (00:04:57) Atlas Mountain Race in Marokko (00:06:42) Unsupported Bikepacking Rennen (00:09:42) Die Strecke (00:11:54) Was treibt dich an? (00:13:45) Was waren deine Eindrücke? (00:17:06) Wie hat sich dein Blick auf die Gesellschaft verändert? (00:27:21) Das Rennen als Pair fahren (00:38:12) Gran Guanche Audax Gravel (00:45:51) Was zeichnet Menschen aus, die solche Rennen fahren? (00:53:46) Schnellste Frau beim Gran Guanche Audax Gravel (01:02:49) Wie geht es weiter für dich? (01:10:08) Die Höchste Eisenbahn – Bürotage Hier entlang geht's zu den Links unserer Werbepartner: https://detektor.fm/werbepartner/antritt >> Artikel zum Nachlesen: https://detektor.fm/gesellschaft/antritt-ariane-richter-ueber-atlas-mountain-race-und-gran-guanche

Welcome to this episode of "Gravel Legends," where we delve into the world of ultra-endurance cycling and spotlight one of its most formidable athletes: Cynthia Carson.Cynthia Carson has rapidly ascended the ranks of gravel racing, earning her place among the elite in ultra-endurance cycling. In 2024, she made history by becoming the first woman to win the Atlas Mountain Race, a grueling 844-mile event through Morocco's rugged terrain. Completing the race in 4 days, 19 hours, and 3 minutes, she finished 15th overall, a testament to her exceptional endurance and skill. Her achievements extend beyond the Atlas Mountain Race. Carson has secured victories at the Badlands race in Spain, where she not only claimed the women's title but also set a new course record, finishing in 21 hours and 34 minutes, beating the previous women's time by 10 hours. She has also conquered the Transcordilleras in Colombia, becoming the first woman to complete the race, and has earned top finishes at events like Unbound XL and Gran Guanche Gravel.What sets Carson apart is her unique mental fortitude. She embraces the challenges of ultra-endurance racing, viewing each obstacle as an opportunity for growth. Her ability to maintain focus and resilience, despite adversity, is a defining characteristic of her racing style.In addition to her mental toughness, Carson's technical skills are noteworthy. Her descending abilities on rough, off-road terrain are exceptional, allowing her to navigate technical descents with confidence and speed. This skill is crucial in gravel racing, where the ability to handle diverse and challenging terrains can make a significant difference. Carson's capacity to endure pain and discomfort is unparalleled. During the Atlas Mountain Race, she developed trench foot after a river crossing but continued to push forward, demonstrating her commitment and determination. Her ability to manage physical discomfort and maintain performance under extreme conditions is a hallmark of her racing career.Beyond her accomplishments, Carson is a passionate advocate for the cycling community. She has contributed to the Detours podcast, sharing insights into ultra-cycling and encouraging more women to participate in the sport. Her dedication to the cycling community and willingness to share her experiences highlight her commitment to fostering inclusivity and growth within the sport.In this episode, we've explored the remarkable journey of Cynthia Carson, from her rapid rise in ultra-endurance cycling to her advocacy for the sport. Her story is one of perseverance, skill, and dedication, serving as an inspiration to cyclists around the world.Thank you for joining us on this episode of "Gravel Legends."  Enjoy!

Gravel Union Talks is a podcast series full of inspiring stories, news and events from the world of gravel biking. Each month hosts Carlo and Olly will be chatting with guests who are passionate about riding off the beaten track… adventure riding, bike packing and gravel racing. In this episode:Guests: Katherine Moore, author, journalist, podcast host & gravel route creatorGravel Union Talks podcast with hosts Carlo van Nistelrooy and Olly Townsend.GU's editor-in-chief Olly on Armchair Adventures articles on the Gravel Union platform.Want to bring in ideas for topics or guests? Mail Olly at info@gravelunion.cc Check out our platform and socials www.gravelunion.ccInsta: @gravel_union Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GravelUnion/Komoot: https://www.komoot.nl/user/1080024447202Thanks for listening. Please share a review, like and share!Don't forget: join us nowLinks:Katherine Moore's book: Gravel Rides South West England Gravel Rides South West England  features 24 cycling routes, ranging from 16 to 180 kilometres, showcasing the extensive gravel trails of the West Country. Order at your local bookshop (publisher Vertebrate Publishing) or online Armchair Adventure - From dust to dusk: conquering the Atlas Mountain RaceIf you had to write a list of things you were most worried about when signing up for a bikepacking event, stomach issues, aggressive dogs, acacia thorns, exhaustion and deep sand would likely be some of the highlights, but for riders taking part in the Atlas Mountain Race, they're par for the course. Despite its super tough reputation, Valerio Stuart had dreamed about taking part for years. Would he manage to banish his demons and make it safely to the finish? Armchair Adventure – Nepal from top to bottom – Part Two“Unfortunately, because it's been so cold here recently, all the water in the hotel is frozen, so there's no possibility of taking a shower.” said Usha. Everyone who had signed up for the Trans-Nepal Gravel event knew in advance that getting a shower in hotels located at the higher altitudes wasn't going to be possible, so we had come prepared with wet wipes and hand sanitiser a-plenty. In Part Two of Olly's story, after four days of travelling, the team have finally reached the start line of the Trans Nepal Gravel. It must be downhill all the way to the Indian border now, right?Armchair Adventure – The Alps DivideHaving completed numerous challenging bikepacking trips already, Leo Purcell decided he was ready for another adventure. This time his destination was the Alps and his route of choice was The Alps Divide, a challenging 1000km route which runs roughly north/south between Thonon-les-Bains (near Lake Geneva) and Menton (close to Monaco) or vice versa. Leo set off from the Mediterranean coast heading north, searching for some “me time” in the mountains. Will he successfully make it to his final destination? You'd better read on to find out…. 

It's just me, Mel, on the mic, and I'm finally sharing a long overdue catchup. Today I share some behind-the-scenes moments from Morocco and the Atlas Mountain Race, and how a lot of recent experiences have had me rethinking my relationship to bikes, racing, and movement in general.As always, a huge thank you to Albion for supporting Detours this year.Follow Detours on Instagram: @detourscyclingFollow Mel on Instagram: @melwwebbFollow Albion on Instagram: @albion.cycling Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“I was in the middle of nowhere in Albania on a road bike, and there was no way out—I had to go through the parkour. So I told my husband, ‘I can't ride it, but I'm going to walk it.' He rode ahead, and I just kept walking, waking him up every time I passed by. We spent 12 hours like that, but we made it out. And I said to myself, ‘That's never going to happen again. I'm going to learn how to ride off-road." —Sherry CardonaAfter struggling through a brutal 70-kilometer off-road section in her first Transcontinental Race (TCR), Sherry Cardona made a promise to herself: she would learn to ride off-road. Fast forward to 2025, and she's now taken on off-road bikepacking races like the Bohemian Border Bash, Badlands, and recently completed the Atlas Mountain Race, her first mountain bike ultra—a completely different challenge that tested her technical skills, race mindset, and ability to adapt.Sherry has quickly become a recognizable name in distance racing, not only for her impressive results—including winning TCR in a pair, twice—but for her ability to tell compelling stories about the highs, lows and realities of pushing limits on the bike through her YouTube channel, Buzzalong Cycling. In this episode, we dive into Sherry's ultra-cycling journey, from picking up a road bike for the first time at age 27, to racing TCR, Badlands, and now the Atlas Mountain Race. We talk about racing in a pair vs. solo, how she built confidence on technical terrain, and what it takes to push through when things aren't going to plan.In this episode we talk about: Her transition from road ultras to gravel and mountain bike racingRacing in the Transcontinental Race in a pair with her husband: the challenges, teamwork, and life lessonsHow she built confidence on technical terrain (including a mountain bike instructor who thought she had "no hope")Atlas Mountain Race: expectations vs. reality, adapting when things got tough, and learning to ride mountain bike terrainSurviving on honey, omelets, and Moroccan teaHow music (and a little bit of Taylor Swift) helped her get through hard momentsHer approach to training, gear choices, and what she'd do differently for if she were to race AMR again Follow Sherry's adventures: Follow Sherry on Instagram @sherry.cyclingWatch her Atlas Mountain Race videoSubscribe to her podcast Buzzalong CyclingAs always, a huge thank you to Albion for supporting Detours this year.Follow Detours on Instagram: @detourscyclingFollow Mel on Instagram: @melwwebbFollow Albion on Instagram: @albion.cycling Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ongeveer een maand geleden trokken David en Bobby naar Marokko voor de Atlas Mountain Race te rijden. Een tocht van ongeveer 1300 km met 23000 hoogtemeters.

In this special episode, we chat with Ultra-Distance specialist Kevin Benky Benkenstein on his bike and gear selections for a recent race across the Moroccan Atlas Mountain Range. That big ride is the Atlas Mountain Race (AMR), a beast of a ride that covers some 1,300 km with 23,000 m of elevation. It covers every surface imaginable, and both rider and bike are tested thoroughly in the little over four days that it took him to complete (good enough for a tied third-place finish in the men's).Designed to accompany an article that Kevin wrote for Escape Collective, this chat covers why a full-suspension frame ended up being the pick, why such trail-focussed tyres were selected, drivetrain choices, and plenty of geeky insight.Enjoy! Oh, and don't forget to check out escapecollective.com for the full write-up (or at least to see some photos).

I'm stoked to bring you my latest chat with Eric House fresh off his finish at the Atlas Mountain Race in Morocco. After being laid off from his job in September he decided to go full send on bikepacking and has an epic 2025 planned. Probably most notably, he'll be doing all three of the Nelson Tree's Mountain Race series on a singlespeed. Something no ones ever done before! He's got a lot more on his plate for 2025 as he tries to pack in as many adventures on his bike as he can during this time of unemployment. We go over all his plans for this year on today's episode. We also have a healthy does of fun tangents and a brief period where we both take off our pants, a Death or Death first haha! Most importantly, we hear about his experience at AMR this year and what a successful year will look like to him. Eric and I met up in the Sam Houston National Forest which was the perfect backdrop to an awesome chat. He's one of the nicest, most down to earth humans I've met and he's pretty damn good at riding bikes too. All of which contribute to a helluva good chat. Eric's able to do all of this in part to support from his sponsors, who he'd like to personally thank: - Old Man Mountain - South City Stichworks - K-Lite - Doom Bars - Race Ready Repair EPISODE SPONSORS  Old Man Mountain – Use code “mountainordeath” at checkout to receive 10% off your order! New Patrons  Aaron Newbury Annie Bilotta Join them won't you at www.Patreon.com/BikesorDeath

Herzlich Willkommen zur 129. Ausgabe des BiketourGlobal Podcast Season 2!Maren Schöttke und Sebastian Podtschaske haben erfolgreich am Atlas Mountain Race 2025 teilgenommen und berichten in dieser Podcast Folge von ihren Erlebnisse und geben ihre Erfahrungen und Tipps weiter. Viel Spaß!Shownotes Maren auf Instagram https://www.instagram.com/wild_goodlife/ Sebastian auf Instagram https://www.instagram.com/die_podtschis/Quelle Musik Saffron Serenade, Dune Dancer & Bazaar Ballad - Patrick Patrikios aus dem YT Creator StudioQuelle Bilder Martin Moschek, Maren Schöttke und Sebastian Podtschaske

Im fünften Jahr hat das Atlas Mountain Race 2025 über eine 1300 km lange Strecke durch das raue Marokko geführt. Eine Deutsche trug den Sieg davon.

Herzlich Willkommen zur 128. Ausgabe des BiketourGlobal Podcast Season 2!Carlotta ist mit ihren 19 Jahren bereits eine "alte Häsin" bei Ultra-Events: so ist sie bereits Paris-Brest-Paris gefahren und hat das TCR im letzten Jahr gefinished. Und in diesem Jahr sollte es etwas mehr Off-Road sein, weshalb sie am Atlas Mountain Race teilgenommen hat. Dafür ist sie aus Deutschland nach Marokko geradelt und hat das Rennen nach 6 Tagen erfolgreich gefinished. Ein ganz besonderer Talk über Motivation, Tupperware, sehr viele Omelette und wie man aus jedem Kilometer ein Fest machen kann. Viel Spaß!Shownotes Carlotta auf Instagram https://www.instagram.com/lottipower/ Quelle Musik Sahara Rains - Hanu Dixit aus dem YT Creator StudioQuelle Bilder Carlotta Schumacher

In dieser Folge erfahrt ihr, wie ihr am besten ins Bikepacking einsteigt.

"I want to finish with a big smile on my face."That's Mascha Wahlig's goal for the 2025 Atlas Mountain Race. Last year, Mascha lined up at Atlas Mountain Race, her second-ever ultra-endurance bikepacking event. She was fast, pushing herself to the limit, but she was also overwhelmed. The intensity of the race, the sheer number of riders, and the pressure she put on herself—it all built up, culminating in a moment of panic and paralysis in the middle of the desert when her cleat broke.She eventually got it fixed (with a bit of super glue and grit), but mentally? The race left her drained. Even months later, she found herself experiencing panic on training rides in the dark, reliving the helplessness of that night in Morocco. Instead of pushing it down, she did the work. She sought help, developed strategies to manage fear and build mental strength, and slowly rebuilt her confidence. And it worked.Since Atlas, Mascha has gone on to win both the Hellenic Mountain Race and Sneak Peeks, proving to herself that mental performance is just as crucial as physical fitness in ultra-cycling and bikepacking. Now, she's coming back to Atlas Mountain Race 2025, but this time, with a totally different mindset.She's racing for herself—not for a number, not for a podium—but to ride with confidence, be present, and take in the experience.In this episode we talk about: The mental battles of ultra-cycling and bikepacking—panic, fear, and self-doubt. How Mascha built mental resilience and confidence after last year's Atlas Mountain Race. What it takes to win ultra-endurance bikepacking races like Hellenic and Sneak Peeks. Strategies for handling stress and mental fatigue in long-distance racing.The power of self-compassion, managing expectations, and racing with a freer mind.How to prepare mentally and physically for events like Atlas Mountain Race.If you've ever doubted yourself, struggled with confidence in endurance sports, or felt overwhelmed by the sheer challenge of a long-distance race, this episode is for you.As always, thank you to Albion Cycling for supporting Detours this year. Links Follow Mascha on InstagramFollow Mel on Instagram Follow Detours on Instagram Dotwatch Atlas Mountain Race Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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In this episode, I chat with Marei Moldenhauer—a rising star in ultra-cycling and bikepacking. Marei balances a demanding career as a doctor while excelling in the world of endurance racing. Her recent accomplishments include winning the women's race at Bright Midnight in Norway (where she also finished fourth overall!!!) and finishing second just two and a half hours behind the women's winner at the Transcontinental Race (TCR) 2023.We discuss Marei's entry pathway into ultra-cycling, from receiving her first steel bike as a gift from her brother to becoming a competitive bikepacker. She shares her training approach, how she's preparing for the Atlas Mountain Race, and her love of climbing. Marei also opens up about the challenges she faces as a celiac athlete, her strategies for fueling during ultra-endurance events, and her unexpected preference for Katjes over Haribo gummy bears!Marei will be one of the many women racing this year's Atlas Mountain Race and I can't wait to see how she gets on.Thanks to Albion Cycling for supporting the podcast and my adventures this year!Follow Marei on Instagram: @marei.molFollow Mel on Instagram: @melwwebbFollow Detours on Instagram: @detourspodcastFollow Albion on Instagram: @albion.cyclingDo you have a story from your own adventures you want to share with us?We'd love to feature your story on the podcast! Write us a short piece of 200–300 words describing a memorable adventure or experience related to bikepacking, ultra-cycling, or outdoor exploration. Whether it's your first ultra-endurance race, an unforgettable moment with locals on the trail, a tough lesson learned in the wild, or a surprising detour that changed your journey, we want to hear about it.Stories don't have to be epic—it could be something simple but meaningful, like discovering a hidden gem on your favourite route, overcoming a fear on the bike, or connecting with fellow riders in an unexpected way. Send your write-up to thedetourspodcast@gmail.com, and we'll feature selected stories on future episodes! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Last year Ulrich Bartholmoes, aka Uba, won the Tour Divide on his first attempt. This year he came back to do it again, but with a larger goal of completing the Bikepacking Triple Crown. We will be following Uba's Triple Crown attempt at each stage along the way. This is the second episode in the series, you can listen to our first chat we recorded just days before the Tour Divide Grand Depart on episode 182 of this podcast. This was a record setting year on the Tour Divide and one that will go down in the history books. For the past 8 years the late Mike Hall's record has stood up against hundreds of others who have tried to beat his dot to the border of Mexico in Antelope Wells. This year Justinas Leveika set a new FKT (fastest known time) besting Mike Hall's time by over 20 hours! I'll be releasing an episode with Justinas about his recorded breaking ride in the coming days, but today we turn our attention to Uba who put on brilliant ride and also came in ahead of Mike Hall's time. The friendly competition between Uba and Justinas is a fun one for fans of the sport. Last year Uba won the Tour Divide with Justinas coming in second and they've had other similar epic battles in races like Atlas Mountain Race. This year on Tour Divide Justinas got a small gap early in the race and Uba was hot on his heals with sometimes only a few miles between them. Weather played a big factor in the ultimate outcome, but you have to admire and appreciate the epic battle to the finish line from both of these amazing competitors. On today's episode we hear about the race from Uba's perspective and next up we get to hear from Justinas. EPISODE SPONSORS  Arkansas, The Natural State ~ Check out Episode 183 of this podcast to learn all about the inaugural Arkansas Graveler, a 6 day bike tour across the state.   New Patrons  None this week, but you can change that :) Find out more at www.Patreon.com/BikesorDeath

Hannah Simon is one of those people that make you feel like anything is possible. She has a can do attitude and is a downright joy to be around. Since toeing the line of her first ultra in 2021, and snagging a joint first place to boot, she's tackled some of the most iconic events on the bikepacking calendar. In February 2024 she rounded out the podium at the Atlas Mountain Race as the third woman to cross the finish line. Not six months prior she completed the bikepacking Triple Crown — The Tour Divide, Colorado Trail Race and Arizona Trail Race. And while each of these accomplishments is impressive in it's own right, Hannah is known for using the bicycle as a tool for good, riding to raise funds for causes that truly make the world a better place.Hannah shares the highs and lows of her past season, her unexpected beginnings into bikes, life working at Chumba and so much more.To keep up with Hannah's adventures, give her a follow on Instagram @hannahmsimon_If you loved this episode please leave us a five star review wherever you listen and consider supporting the show through our Buy Me a Coffee. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Quinda is an artist, photographer and ultra-distance cyclist from the Netherlands. She's taken on some of the hardest bikepacking races in the world, including the Atlas Mountain Race, Silk Road Mountain Race and taking the women's win at the inaugural Hellenic Mountain Race in 2023. While on first meeting Quinda has a gentle demeanour, below the surface she is tenacious and one of the hardier ultra cyclists out there. This conversation is wide reaching, from her entry into ultra cycling, the relationship between her art practice and riding, to traumatic brain injuries and her dreams for the future. It flew by, and while we could have talked forever, we think it's a wonderful introduction to the magnificent woman that is Quinda Verheul. To keep up with her adventures follow her on Instagram @avoidtheavoidIf you loved this episode please leave us a five star review wherever you listen. If you have the means please consider supporting the show so we can keep bringing you episodes like this one. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It takes a particular kind of grit to win the grueling 800-mile Atlas Mountain Race, and Cynthia Carson did it on less than five hours of sleep. The rising bikepacking star has had quite a year, winning Spain's infamous desert race Badlands in September and becoming the first woman to finish in the top 10. Cynthia joins Payson this week to talk about how she rose so quickly from casual gravel cyclist to one of the top ultradistance racers in the world. She explains why she's chosen to focus on non-U.S. races since the start of her career, why her extreme competitiveness and relaxed approach to planning are a winning combination, and how an impromptu tea ceremony during the Atlas Mountain Race helped get her over the finish line. She also talks about nutrition, bike setup, and why she started her own race, Gravista, a few years ago. Instagram: @theadventurestacheYouTube: Payson McElveen

Mel Webb, who has taken on such challenges as the Atlas Mountain Race and the Alberta Rockies 700, can weave the zany and the serious tougher almost effortlessly. Take her snooze in an outhouse this past summer. It's kind of gross and funny, but in this episode of the Canadian Cycling Magazine Podcast, it also leads her to discuss ideas of safety and what roles a public amenity should play in a self-supported event. Throughout the interview, she tackles big topics, like the lack of gender parity within cycling and sharing personal struggles online, and more whimsical subjects, such as what to listen to during a multi-day cycling challenge. Webb is also the co-host of a podcast called Detours, which takes listeners on deep dives into all things ultra-cycling.Recently, track cycling legend Gordon Singleton passed away. Editors Matthew Pioro and Matt Hansen remember and pay tribute to the world champion and world-record holder from Niagara Falls, Ont.This episode of the Canadian Cycling Magazine Podcast is supported by the No. 22 Bicycle Company, makers of fine titanium bikes. Founders Mike Smith and Bryce Gracey check in to discuss their unique approach to bike construction, which is all done in North America. 

Fastest Known Times (FKTs) are individual time trials raced over typically mixed-terrain ultra-endurance routes.   A long-established racing format in the thru-hiking and backpacking worlds, cycling FKTs have surged in popularity in recent years.    In today's episode of the BikeRadar Podcast, custodian of fastestknowntimes.org.uk and ultra-endurance racing legend Molly Weaver explains what FKTs are, their rules and how to take one for yourself.    Weaver turned pro in 2015, riding for Matrix Fitness Pro Cycling, before wrapping up her pro road career in 2018 riding for Trek-Drops.    Weaver has gone on to become a legend in the ultra-endurance scene, competing in this year's Atlas Mountain Race, the Trans Pyrenees, the GB Divide, the Highland Trail 550 and more.   At the time of recording, she holds no fewer than eight UK FKTs. She's also one of our only guests to have their own Wikipedia page.   Weaver is joined by deputy editor Jack Luke and senior videographer Robyn Furtado – the only person on the BikeRadar team with the necessary experience to talk with authority about what it takes to race an ultra. Robyn's Bright Midnight writeup: https://www.bikeradar.com/features/opinion/bright-midnight  Trans Cambrian relay attempt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fv0CW77fZCg  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We're baaack! Today on the show we share more about our time in Morocco for the Atlas Mountain Race, as well as answer your questions about the race. Let us know what you think of this episode and if there's anything we missed - it's always a challenge post event to synthesize our thoughts and cover it all.As always thanks for being here! If you loved today's episode please consider leaving us a five star review, or buying us a coffee. Every little bit helps us continue to produce the show. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 2023, just four years after competing in his first bikepacking race, Ulrich Bartholmoes won the biggest race of them all, the Tour Divide. The 2,745-mile route is always at the mercy of the elements, but Ulrich and his two fellow race leaders found themselves in a particularly strange (and scary) predicament when cold temperatures and constant rain left more than a hundred miles of the route unrideable. In a stroke of luck, the three racers happened upon a porta potty in the Great Divide wilderness, where they huddled together for almost 12 hours. Ulrich has a lot of stories like this from racing. A couple weeks ago, during the Atlas Mountain Race in Morocco, he got food poisoning, climbed down from a second-story window with his bike on his back at 2 a.m., and suffered a collapsed lung after a run-in with a dog...all in the span of about four days.  Payson sat down with Ulrich (still recovering from the crash) in Girona last week to get the inside scoop on that now-legendary porta potty, along with his unique take on bikepacking. He talks about how using granular data actually makes racing more fun for him, what he thinks about Lachlan Morton's unofficial Divide record, and the mental recovery of such long events. He also talks about his plans for this year, which include tackling the Triple Crown. Instagram: @theadventurestacheYouTube: Payson McElveen

Sebastian hat seine Begeisterung für Ultradistanzen auf dem Rad erst recht spät entdeckt, und war davor hauptsächlich auf hohen Bergen unterwegs. Auch sein Zugang zum Radfahren ist anders, denn eigentlich ging es ihm in erster Linie um die besondere Erfahrung in der Natur, um die Herausforderung und das Abenteuer. Doch aufgrund seiner allgemeinen Fitness und seiner mit Wetterfestigkeit gepaarter outdoor Erfahrung meisterte er seine ersten Ultracycling Rennen, gleich mit sehr schnellen Zeiten. Und so erwachte auch der Wettkämpfer in ihm.Nach dem Bohemian Border Bash, dem Transbalkan Race, dem Basajaun und dem Two Volcano Sprint war Sebastians Motivation am Höhepunkt, und rückblickend betrachtet vielleicht sogar ein bisschen zu groß – denn für die Saison 2023 hatte er sich richtig viel vorgenommen. Man merkt an seiner Rennplanung ganz deutlich, dass er öfters mit Robert Müller trainiert und ein paar Auszüge aus Roberts „reiner Lehre“ angenommen hat: Viel hilft viel!Christoph und Flo unterhalten sich mit Sebastian über seine mega Saison 2023, wo er das Atlas Mountain Race finishen und das Unknown Race sogar gewinnen konnte. Besonders vom Unknown gibt es viele spannende Einblicke. Als Saisonhöhepunkt erreichte Sebastian das Ziel des Transcontinental, doch dort gab es dann Diskussionen mit der Rennleitung, die ihn und Anatole Naimi wegen „Nebeneinander Fahrens“ sogar aus der Gesamtwertung nahm. Sebastian schildert uns die Geschehnisse, und kann das mittlerweile sehr objektiv einordnen. Wir alle sind irgendwie über diese Entscheidung verwundert, doch Sebastian beklagt sich nicht, vielmehr denken wir über mögliche Präzisierungen des Regelwerks nach. Denn niemand will gegen Regeln verstoßen, allerdings sind diese so vage formuliert, dass es viel zu viel Interpretationsspielraum gibt. Nicht erlaubt ist nebeneinander Fahren für „extended periods of time“, doch ob es sich dabei um 15 Minuten, 1 Stunde oder 3 Stunden handelt, weiß niemand.Weitere Themen, die wir heute besprechen:- Was wird das Unknown Race 2024 bringen, wo Sebastian mittlerweile im Organisationsteam aktiv ist?- Wie lange dauert die mentale Regeneration nach einem mehrtägigen Ultra Radrennen?- Ist es erstrebenswert Sponsoren und Unterstützer zu gewinnen, und geht es dabei noch um Leistung, oder um eine große Community und kreatives Marketing?- Wie lauten die Ziele für 2024?Link:Sebastian Sarx auf Instagram: www.instagram.com/sebastiansarx+++++Werbung⏐Informiere dich jetzt auf drinkag1.com/sitzfleisch zu gesundheitsbezogenen Angaben und hole dir AG1 im Abo nach Hause, ganz ohne Vertragslaufzeit. Sichere dir bei deiner AG1 Erstbestellung einen gratis Jahresvorrat an Vitamin D3+K2 & 5 Travel Packs! +++++Gewinnspiel zum Live Podcast und zum Neusiedlersee Radmarathon: In der heutigen Sitzfleisch Episode haben wir eine Gewinnfrage für euch!Denn wir sind am 19.4. mit einem Live Podcast zu Gast beim Neusiedlersee! Ihr könnt Eintrittskarten zur Show sowie Startplätze für das Zeitfahren oder den Marathon gewinnen. Infos dazu hört ihr im aktuellen Podcast. Schickt uns die richtige Antwort an: sitzfleisch [ at ] christophstrasser.atEinsendeschluss: 31.3.2024 um 23:59 Uhr

Herzlich Willkommen zur 103. Ausgabe des BiketourGlobal Podcast Season 2! Melina und Julian sind zwei von 137 Finishern des diesjährigen Atlas Mountain Race. Mit ihnen spreche ich über ihren Race, die Vorbereitungen und Erfahrungen, ihre Erlebnisse und Tipps. Viel Spaß! Shownotes Melina Boening auf Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mlnbnng Julian Koschik auf Instagram https://www.instagram.com/julian.koschik Quelle Musik Sahara Rains von Hanu Dixit aus der YouTube SoundGallery Quelle Bilder Melina Boening /Julian Koschik

In this episode, host Craig Dalton interviews Stefan Barth, author of the book "Ultra Cycling and Bikepacking: All You Need to Know." Stefan shares his journey into ultra cycling and bikepacking, discussing the challenges and unique aspects of these long-distance events. He highlights the importance of sleep, nutrition, and positioning in preparing for and competing in ultra cycling races. Stefan also emphasizes the need for a strong physical foundation and the role of mindset in overcoming obstacles during these demanding events. Ultra Cycling and Bike Packing. All you need to know (Amazon link) ISBN: 978-3-910501-03-4 Episode Sponsor: Pillar Performance (use code: CRAIG for 15% off) Support the Podcast Join The Ridership  About the Guest(s): Stefan Barth is an author and coach specializing in ultra cycling and bikepacking. Based in Frankfurt, Germany, Stefan has a passion for long-distance cycling events and has participated in races such as the Race Across America and the Transcontinental. With a background in medical fitness coaching, Stefan combines his knowledge of training, nutrition, and mindset to help athletes prepare for and succeed in ultra cycling events. Episode Summary: In this episode, host Craig Dalton interviews Stefan Barth, author of the book "Ultra Cycling and Bikepacking: All You Need to Know." Stefan shares his journey into ultra cycling and bikepacking, discussing the challenges and unique aspects of these long-distance events. He highlights the importance of sleep, nutrition, and positioning in preparing for and competing in ultra cycling races. Stefan also emphasizes the need for a strong physical foundation and the role of mindset in overcoming obstacles during these demanding events. Key Takeaways: Ultra cycling and bikepacking require a different approach to training compared to shorter races. Factors such as sleep, nutrition, and positioning become crucial in ensuring success. Sleep strategies vary depending on the duration of the event. While shorter races may not require sleep, longer races necessitate planned sleep breaks to maintain physical and mental well-being. Nutrition plays a vital role in sustaining energy levels during ultra cycling events. Experimenting with different foods and finding what works best for individual digestion is essential. Positioning on the bike is crucial for efficiency and energy conservation. An aggressive position, combined with flexibility and mobility training, can improve performance and reduce energy expenditure. Building endurance for ultra cycling involves training at or just below threshold levels for extended periods. Long intervals of 20-30 minutes at high intensity can help increase the ability to sustain effort near threshold. Notable Quotes: "Just because it's possible to push through doesn't mean it's fun. Cutting off sleep is a sure way to get rid of the fun." - Stefan Barth "Your base or your fundamentals are always a good physical condition. That's what you really need to finish those events." - Stefan Barth Automated Transcription, please excuse the typos:  [TRANSCRIPT] **** - (): . [00:00:00] - ():  Craig Dalton: Hello, and welcome to the gravel ride podcast, where we go deep on the sport of gravel cycling through in-depth interviews with product designers, event organizers and athletes. Who are pioneering the sport **** - (): I'm your host, Craig Dalton, a lifelong cyclist who discovered gravel cycling back in 2016 and made all the mistakes you don't need to make. I approach each episode as a beginner down, unlock all the knowledge you need to become a great gravel cyclist. **** - (): This week on the podcast, I've got the great pleasure of welcoming author and coach Stefan Barth. He's the author of a book called ultra cycling and bike packing. All you need to know that was recently translated from German to English. It's a very deep technical book. About ultra cycling and these long distance events. Highlighting how different the training. Preparation and otherwise competing successfully the events. Needs to occur. **** - (): Stefan noted that in his preparation for ultrasonic. Recycling events. While he could cobble together a number of resources, podcasts, videos, et cetera. There was no singular location. That highlighted insights and philosophies and training methodologies. That he could find. So he sat on a journey to create the, this book. They look forward to jumping into the conversation with Stefan. **** - (): Okay. Before we jump in, I do need to thank pillar performance for their support of this episode. Pillars of sports, micro nutrition company. Who's developed products that intersect between pharmaceutical intervention and sports supplements for athletes. As I mentioned previously, I'm really thinking about my overall health and wellbeing this year. **** - (): Trying to make some changes from a lackluster 2023. **** - (): My nighttime routine and sleep has become a crucial part of being able to perform my best pillars. Triple magnesium is informed by leading heart rate variability researcher, Dr. Dan Pluse and used by many high performing athletes. Pillar has recently signed on as the official micronutrition partner of Israel, premier tech. It has been integral to my end of the day routine. 30 minutes before sleep. **** - (): I mix in one scoop of pillar's triple magnesium powder into a glass of water to help guarantee my body spends as much time. In REM and deep sleep as possible. Pillar uses a high dose of glycinate magnesium. Activating the parasympathetic nervous system. And ensuring you fall asleep. And stay in that restorative sleep phase longer and longer. I've been tracking my HRV data each morning and it speaks volumes as to what pillar triple magnesium is doing for my recovery, higher HRV and more closely linked REM and deep sleep cycles on top of that. I feel better. More rested and recovered. If you'd like to try pillar today, head on over to pillar performance.shop. For us listeners, you can head to the feed.com/pillar and enter the code Craig for 15% off. That's Craig C R a I G for 15% off all first-time purchases. Would that behind us, let's jump right in to my conversation with Stefan. [00:03:22] - ():  Stefan Barth: Stephane, welcome to the show. Hi, Greg. [00:03:25] - ():  Craig Dalton: I'm excited to get you, to know you a little bit better and learn more about the book you wrote Ultra Cycling and Bikepacking, All You Need to Know. As we were talking about offline, I think it's a very interesting journey where many of us honor are on as cyclists from starting to do gravel events, starting to do longer gravel events, getting interested in bikepacking. **** - (): And I think as the sports evolve and the science of training evolves, it's super interesting to have a discussion with someone like you has thought a lot about. Ultra cycling, how to train for it. You've thought so much about it that you've written a book [00:04:03] - ():  Stefan Barth: about it. Yeah. And glad that it got translated into English. **** - (): So more and more people are able to read it now. So I'm really looking forward to our chat. [00:04:15] - ():  Craig Dalton: Yeah, it's so maybe that's a good point to let's, let's set the stage where you located and maybe follow that on by where did you grow up and how did you discover cycling in the [00:04:25] - ():  Stefan Barth: first place? Okay. Yes, I'm from, from Germany and I'm located in Frankfurt here. **** - (): And yeah, so the book is about ultra cycling and bike packing. And that actually is where I started my cycling career. So it was like always. I was, I was driven to the, to the longer, longer events. And even when I started cycling as a teenager, it was always, okay, I want to go the, for the 100 kilometers to the town that is a little bit farther away. **** - (): Uh, most of my friends, they were not able to reach these towns even by the bus. And I was feeling very, very cool just to be able to go there by bike. And somehow this, this got my addiction to long distance cycling starting and yeah, it developed from that. So. I'm probably a young starter, so I think it was like with 14 years that I did my first free day ride and yeah, then it escalated quickly. [00:05:29] - ():  Craig Dalton: And did you ever get drawn into kind of more traditional bike racing or was touring and long distance riding always your true love? Yeah, only [00:05:38] - ():  Stefan Barth: for a short time. I had like a triathlon time. So I had a couple of years when I was more doing Ironman distance triathlon races. And that was the time when I got more professional in cycling as well, because I got more, yeah, I focused more on competitive cycling. **** - (): And during that time I did a couple of criterium races, but it never really catched me, so it's not, yeah, it was not to my taste to, to ride in a, in a bunch and to always, uh, have this fear of, of, of a crash and I'm not the, the guy made for speed, but rather for, for long stretches and to, to feel like the, the exhaustion creep into your legs. **** - (): But. Because of the duration and not because of the intensity. [00:06:29] - ():  Craig Dalton: Got it. And where did your sort of professional life and, uh, and cycling start to intersect? [00:06:37] - ():  Stefan Barth: A couple of years ago, it was like really the time when I, when I did those Ironman distance races that was like the beginning of putting more thought into how should I prepare my body, how should I prepare my mind what do I need to do with nutrition to get better on those races and yeah, that's probably where I started to think, okay, I could or this is my passion and I, Will, well, I want to do something in my professional career in this area in the long term, and soon afterwards I started to go part-time as a coach. **** - (): And I did like, in Germany it's called medical fitness coaching. So I studied in an area where you put a lot of weight into how to. coach athletes, but at the same time, how to do rehab and prehab. Yes. And this I did some years in part time and I had a full time job in the finance sector. **** - (): And when I published the book or the German edition of the book, ultra cycling and bike packing at that time. I had to make a decision because both careers would have been, one career would compromise the other one. And then I decided, or it was pretty easy for me actually to decide that I want to, to have a job that is my passion at the same time. **** - (): And so I decided to go all in, in coaching and writing about coaching. [00:08:02] - ():  Craig Dalton: That's super interesting. And it makes sense given some of the very technical elements of the book. Around physiology that you lean into that we can talk a little bit about later. And it also makes sense that Ironman journey, which you and I share, I feel like as athletes, Ironman, it's one of those disciplines that highlights your deficiency of preparation very quickly, both physically nutrition and all kinds of things. **** - (): So I'm curious, you know, building off upon that, when did you start getting drawn into the more ultra distance cycling events? [00:08:40] - ():  Stefan Barth: Soon, soon after my first Ironman actually. And at that time I did like big bike packing trips as like base my training for Ironmans as well. So I, I always try to have one vacation in summer. **** - (): And be like three or four weeks with my bicycle and ride as many miles as possible to build a strong or a strong foundation for the Ironman training. And during that time, I noticed that there's a crazy race in America called the Race Across America. I think it was some time about 2013, probably, something like that. **** - (): When I heard the first time about this race across America and that there's an Austrian guy called Christoph Strasser, who's not living too far away from, from here who is really good at it. And I was like, okay, he's crossing the whole continent in 10 days. This is crazy. And that's what I want to do. **** - (): And yeah, that's, that's how I. Got drawn into this long distance cycling. And I think that actually kicked off here in Europe, quite a, uh, fascination for this sport in general, especially in Germany and Austria. And there popped up a little more and more 24 hour cycling events. And that was the beginning for me. **** - (): Then I started to, uh, to participate at these 24 hour events and yeah, just looked how, how much can I do or how long can I go in 24 hours? And then this evolved into supported races. So I did. A couple of races, ultra cycling races where I had my own support crew which is quite expensive and at the same time, more and more bike pack, bike packing events popped up here in Europe, like transcontinental and more and more smaller ones. **** - (): And yeah, then I switched. [00:10:36] - ():  Craig Dalton: You were talking about the transcontinental and some of these other. Ultra endurance road cycling events. How many days were those events taking? [00:10:46] - ():  Stefan Barth: Yeah, I think that the first, when I, when I started the smaller ones were two or three day rides. And my longest one was, uh, nine, nine days, one hour. **** - (): So this is a bit more than three and a half thousand kilometers. It's [00:11:04] - ():  Craig Dalton: always super interesting to me when you kind of transcend that single day racing format to multi day format, to just understand the mentality. And I know some of this is included in the book, but I think it's great background before we get there. **** - (): How do you handle kind of sleep along the way [00:11:22] - ():  Stefan Barth: in those events? Yeah. It's, it differs between like ultra cycling is not ultra cycling, but it's important to make this this to distinguish between how long, or is it a multi day race or is it just 24 hours? Because I think in, in a 24 hours, uh, race, at least for me, there's no difficulty and uh, no sleep at all. **** - (): So if you're doing a 24 hour race. it's okay to have a stop time about 15 to 20 minutes only. And in a 48 hour race, it's still works for me without sleep, but just if you are practiced at it and everything beyond 48 hours is where it gets really tough and where I think you just have to sleep. probably can go with a napping strategy. **** - (): It's way more fun if you sleep. And that's something I think that some people underestimate the first time just because it's possible to push through doesn't mean it's fun. And to cut off the sleeping time is a sure way to get rid of the fun. That's for sure. [00:12:32] - ():  Craig Dalton: As you were, as you were pursuing these new and different style races, were you able to find the resources you needed to understand how to train and prepare for them, or was it more trial and error along [00:12:45] - ():  Stefan Barth: the way? **** - (): It was a lot trial and error and yes, there was, I think nowadays it's easier 10, 10 years later, there's a lot of more content on the internet and you have podcasts that go into different topics of ultra cycling and you have bloggers that post a lot but still there's not too much scientific background of it and when I started, I tried a lot shit. **** - (): By trial and error, and I also tried to find people obviously who have done it before, uh, try to talk with them, connect with them on social media, and at the events, use the time to, to have a couple of words with them. But it was a very. Uh, sometimes frustrating way because you have to invest a lot of time and you could not be sure that you, yeah, you get a return on your investment because yeah, then you, you tried something out, uh, for example, nutrition and I had like one huge mistake I made. **** - (): When I tried to copy the nutrition, nutrition strategy of Christoph Strasser from his race cross America. And he had like some, I don't know if it's sponsored product, but like some fluid nutrition and he was always telling, okay, he drinks like 200 milliliters of this. Uh, fluid per hour and that works fine for him and I was, okay, if it works for him, I should try it as well. **** - (): And I did it during a race and this was probably really one of my biggest mistakes because I totally underestimated that he's. probably something like 40 pounds heavier than me because I'm quite short and he puts in a lot of more power. And I totally underestimated how this power and this body weight factor correspond on your nutrition needs. **** - (): And I drank way too much and I consumed way too much energy which ended. in me at the roadside feeling very, very sick. And yeah, I had to do a complete restart. So I, I did finish the race, but after lying in the ditch for, for, I don't know, 30, 40 minutes I had to, to To build in a period drinking only water, don't eating anything, and just have a complete reset for my body and my mind, and then I could start again. **** - (): But yeah, that's, that's the mistakes that I made on the road. And that's what the book is about, that not everybody has to lie in this ditch and make the same mistakes all over again. [00:15:31] - ():  Craig Dalton: You sort of alluded to this in your answer there, but if we go back to sort of what inspired you to write a book, I'm just curious how you would answer that question. [00:15:41] - ():  Stefan Barth: Yeah, it's at the beginning I was not planning on writing a book. So probably this is the most important part because when I started it was more like, okay. I. Okay. I had a lot of conversations and I have tried a lot of things and I wanted to write it down for myself first. So it was, was not planned to, to make a book out of it, but rather a compendium for myself for future events. **** - (): And also when I thought about starting a coaching business, business, this was like a blueprint for my clients. And then I started to talk to other athletes about what I had until that moment, and they were really, really interested in this whole topic and to have a compendium for how to best prepare for ultra cycling events. **** - (): And yeah, then I started thinking, okay, maybe I should look up into more and more papers and maybe I should add some, some new chapters to it. And at that time I started with the interview. So the book incorporates a couple of. Of interviewees or a couple of interviews I did with other athletes and I started with those who are my friends, obviously. **** - (): And we just sat at a table for, I think with Mati Koester, I sat for almost eight hours and we talked the whole day about what are topics that he's interested in. And then I used these, yeah, guideline or these topics that we discussed that day to go to other athletes, also to some, yeah, some very renowned athletes, and just to ask them about their, their experiences to in these topics. **** - (): And somehow the interest was. Yeah. Overwhelming. Because when I started, I started with people I know and at the end I talked to Lael Wilcox and at the beginning I would not, would not have thought that I will be talking to someone like Lael Wilcox about her racing experiences and be able to incorporate them into, into my book. **** - (): So yeah, it was a process and it almost took four years from the beginning of. When I started to write down the first sentences until I finished the book in German, it's almost four years. So it was probably a way longer than normal, normally an author would take to write one book. [00:18:11] - ():  Craig Dalton: Got it. Super interesting. **** - (): Obviously there's a lot of information about. Cycling training out there when you talk about maybe road racing or traditional mountain bike racing. And as we've mentioned, there hasn't been a lot documented about training for ultra cycling and bike packing. If there were a couple areas that you would highlight that are dramatically different from shorter races to longer races. [00:18:35] - ():  Stefan Barth: Yeah, we talked about one, which is like sleep, something that is completely unimportant for normal sports, or which is only important when you talk about recovery, but there's No need to cut sleep during doing races. And of course, nutrition is a big, big part because nutrition becomes even more important, the longer the races, also the whole part efficiency and how you sit on your bike, how it gets way more important because. **** - (): You develop more problems with your neck, with your shoulders, with your lower back than if you are just riding your bike for five or six hours. And also the training aspect is different. So it's not just about pushing your lactate threshold or your, your, or getting more power to the pedal because at the end, it's not necessarily the efflet. **** - (): With the most power or the best power to weight ratio that wins the races, but it's the one that has the best overall ability to ride the bike as long as possible. And with as few breaks as possible. So many questions are coming to mind on this. Oh, okay. So let's go give it a shot [00:19:53] - ():  Craig Dalton: to some of those a little bit one by one. **** - (): So we talked a little bit about sleep. Obviously. Most of us, we try to get eight hours of sleep a night when we're at home, try to do rides well rested every time in order to compete in some of these events. And in order to even maybe just do them, you need to be able to sleep outside. You need to be able to sleep on the go when you, maybe it's easiest if we talk about a four day long event, for example, what is a sleep strategy that Maybe someone newer to the sport could, could realize and approach. [00:20:30] - ():  Stefan Barth: Yeah. Yeah. At the beginning, I would always recommend to have like a longer sleeping break every night, something like maybe three hours or three hours sleeping time, which will translate into something like four or four and a half hours stopping time. And the important thing is to sleep cycles, you know, because your, your body or your mind, your brain goes through different sleep stages during the course of the night. **** - (): And I think a lot of people already heard this that it's. It's easier to wake up if your total sleeping time can be divided by 90 minutes. And this reflects those sleep cycles. It's easier to, or you have one, you have four, four sleep stages. And one of them is where you are sleeping really, really deep. **** - (): And if you wake up or if you get woken by your alarm clock or friends, whatever during this really deep sleep this will be very confusing and you can actually, if, if it is combined with the physical exhaustion it can happen that you wake up and you're feeling disoriented and you don't really know where am I, am I racing or what's going on? **** - (): So it's good to know your own. sleep cycles because they differ from this 90 minutes a little bit and they get like they get each time you go through them during the night they get a little bit longer so if you are trying to sleep three hours around three hours the for most people it's better to sleep for example three hours and 10 minutes which reduces already the risk of waking up from this deep sleep stage. **** - (): And then I would always recommend to have routines if you're going for four or five day ride. It's way easier to go to bed around the same time every evening and to wake up around the same time every morning. It's a little bit like in your everyday life. If you're working on shifts and Yeah, you have to, uh, some day you are waking up at 6am, sometimes you have to wake up at 10am, then it gets really, really hard to to be fit in the morning. **** - (): And during the event, it's the same, it's way easier to have a routine and also transfer this routine as or as much as possible to the whole cycling event. For example, also, it's a good idea to have your lunch break around the same time each, each day which makes life way easier, especially for [00:23:06] - ():  Craig Dalton: beginners. **** - (): I imagine so. One of the things I wanted to highlight, which I thought was interesting, you mentioned, you know, if you're intending for a three hour sleep, you probably need a four hour window of time. And as someone with a limited amount of bike packing experience, I can, I understand that because you need to get off the bike, you need to cool down. **** - (): You may need to change to get comfortable. You have to lay out your sleep gear, and then you have to do all that in reverse to get yourself back going. So it's interesting. To hear you highlight that, which makes sense as you've [00:23:38] - ():  Stefan Barth: said it. Yes. And that's also one, uh, very, very good advice. Which I learned from, from one of my interviewees because a lot of us, we are quite organized and we like, like it's structured. **** - (): And so a lot of people when they do their first bikepacking experiences and they have this sleep break. They like, they, uh, arranged their whole equipment so that after their sleep break, they can be moving as fast or, yeah, yeah, as fast as possible. So like you're already putting out the gear that you're needing after your sleep break and that oftentimes is a huge mistake actually, because if you push your, your, your limits a little bit, then you are already a bit sleep deprived, maybe, and you're a physical, like, physically completely exhausted when you have been writing for maybe 15 hours this day. **** - (): And then you are trying to make decisions before you go to sleep. And oftentimes you need way longer to make decisions. And then those decisions are Not always the best ones because after you wake up, you notice, ah, it's way colder than I expected, or I feel way colder because just my yeah, my, my heart rate is really, really slow after, after sleeping but I already packed my, my warm clothes. **** - (): at the complete, uh, yeah, the most down, downward, uh, in my, in my bike packing bags. And so it's a good, good advice to just grab your sleeping bag, grab your mattress or whatever you use, your BB bag, and just close your eyes. Try to fall asleep immediately. Don't forget to put your alarm clock, but, uh, do the whole equipment thing and arrangements. **** - (): You can do this all after you have slept and you will notice that you are way more alert, you are awake and you will make better decisions. The second [00:25:40] - ():  Craig Dalton: thing you mentioned to drill into was nutrition. And again, many of us have done gravel events, a hundred mile, maybe 200 mile. And we sort of know, Oh, we could get by with. **** - (): Sports nutrition all day long, how do, how do we need to think about it differently if we're extending to that example, four day event? [00:25:58] - ():  Stefan Barth: Also there's yeah, there's some parts are for nutrition. Some parts are the same like in normal cycling, especially. during training. So it's you have the same amounts of carbs per hour that you try to get in during your training rides, for example, so that you get the best physical adaptions. **** - (): But at the same time you need to plan ahead and think about what can you get during a bikepacking trip, because you are limited oftentimes to gas station food or. Uh, if you're doing races in remote places, like the Silk Road Mountain Race or the Atlas Mountain Race, uh, well, you have to eat what you can get there. **** - (): So it's always good advice to experiment a lot with nutrition so that you know, uh, which kind of food can I take down, which kind of food can I stomach. And what do I like probably because yeah, if you are used to going with sports nutrition or with sweets I don't know if you ever tried to, to survive on those sports nutrition gills and, uh, bars for, for eight hours. [00:27:07] - ():  Craig Dalton: Yeah, it does add up and you do get quite sick of them by the end of the day. [00:27:12] - ():  Stefan Barth: Yeah. And I think you get a feeling in your mouth that's like sticky and doesn't feel, feel very nice. So, yeah, it's good to know this in advance. And to experiment with other foods also with solid foods that you can buy like cheese or like sandwiches and like, uh, like rice and stuff like this if just to try it out and to learn, can you digest it? **** - (): Does it taste good for you during writing? So this, this would be like the first step to, to get a bit more experience with different kinds of foods. And then another part is like proteins. You need proteins on a longer ride, uh, even though you don't need them. During short rides, because your body is not, or it's, it's easier for your body to, to transform carbs into energy. **** - (): But during a four day ride, you also need proteins for your recovery periods, especially if you plan on sleeping three hours every night, because then your body actually has the time to recover a little bit [00:28:19] - ():  Craig Dalton: from day to day. Where, in your opinion, where is the cutoff point for needing protein? In your cycling nutrition in terms of hours, would you need it in a, in a, in a 15 hour day or does it not come into play until you're 24 hours? [00:28:34] - ():  Stefan Barth: That's a difficult question and I'm not sure if there's like scientific proof for when it gets beneficial. But I would always already included. If you go beyond those recommended durations for cycling, because like, if your ride is longer than five, six hours, this is already almost a little bit too long to build up endurance. **** - (): And if you stretch these, these timeframes, I think it's beneficial to add up some, some proteins as well. And definitely if you go beyond. beyond those 15 hours. And it's individual, you will probably notice it. For example, when I eat too, or when I limit myself to two carbs during a right, at some point, I will get a headache, I need some fats or some protein. **** - (): Otherwise, my body tells me, okay, this is this is just too restricted to carbohydrates. So if you notice something like this. it can be the solution to eat something with fats and proteins. And then there's also, especially with proteins, a huge difference between male and female athletes, because there's, yeah, like males are way more or it's It's, they are way more dependent on carbohydrates, on carbs during, during activity. **** - (): And female athletes, they are more dependent on carbs after the activity for recovery purposes. So female athletes, they also need a little bit more protein already during their [00:30:14] - ():  Craig Dalton: rides. And then on to the next subject of positioning, interesting that you highlight that as a key area of consideration. Can you talk through sort of some of the differences one might want to consider in their position as they go longer and longer in [00:30:29] - ():  Stefan Barth: duration? **** - (): Yes, because the longer the duration gets, the more efficient you need to be. Because if you can save only 10 Watts or every day for a writing time of maybe 16 hours each day you really save a lot and you really gain a lot of speed. And at the same time, you reduce your energy expenditure and energy expenditure is like one of the. **** - (): Key limiters in ultra cycling because it's simply it's, it's really, really difficult to get in enough energy for what you are burning. And so if you can. reach the same speed with less energy expenditure, this already is a huge, huge benefit. And so it's a good thing to have an aggressive position on your bike, actually in ultra cycling and not being too focused on comfort, because this is something many beginners Doing because bike fitters also are promoting this. **** - (): If you are going for longer rides, try to get your position on the bike, more comfortable. And my approach is a little bit different. Because I think you can you can have an aggressive position on your bike, which is at the same time, comfortable if you are putting the energy or the. Uh, time into your own flexibility, mobility and strength training, because most of the time the limiter and not the bike. **** - (): And so this is what I call efficiency in the book. Like the, the position on your bike is, is detrimental for your efficiency and you can gain a lot of efficiency by optimizing your. Own your own, uh, flexibility, mobility, and strength. [00:32:22] - ():  Craig Dalton: Yeah. I know you, you go into sort of great technical detail on how to improve your strength and flexibility and mobility. **** - (): And I would agree that those are critical elements for any cyclist, whether you're trying to get a more aggressive position or not, I can only speak to my own limitations, which are definitely hindered by the lack of mobility. And I spend a lot of energy these days, trying to increase my mobility to. **** - (): Have that all day long comfort because I, I don't currently have that right now in my Cycling. You know, as I go longer and longer, eventually my lower back's gonna start to hurt and it becomes quite a limiting factor in my own personal case. [00:33:01] - ():  Stefan Barth: Yeah, and I think cycling is like a limiting sports or a limiting type of sports because we have, we don't have a lot of different movements. **** - (): We only have one type of movement because the, the bike completely determines how your body moves. And so the body is limited to, to there's no rotational movement. There's no sideways movement. There's nothing more dimensional. This is only happening in one in one plane. And that triggers a lot of adaptations in our body that are not that good. **** - (): And in combination with a lot of jobs where we are sitting like eight hours in front of a desk. And then we go home and then we sit two hours on the roller or on the bike and actually we are only sitting. So there is a reason why cyclists chose a sports where you are sitting because we don't like to move too much. **** - (): So [00:34:00] - ():  Craig Dalton: is there any, is there any sort of silver bullet in terms of Mobility exercises that are your favorite go tos. [00:34:08] - ():  Stefan Barth: Yes, definitely. Because like the, the disadvantage of the bike giving you or limiting your, your mobility and your, your range of motion during, during riding is also kind of an advantage, at least from my coaching perspective, because you can be pretty sure that almost every cyclist has the same problems. **** - (): Because we all have exactly the same movement. If you compare this to other sports, like, like football or ice hockey or something like this, like there's a lot of potential. injuries and sources of injuries and because every athlete is moving in a different different way but cyclists they are all moving in the same way so we are having the same trouble and one of those troubles is that we are losing the flexibility in our posterior chain so like the the pedal stroke is highly dependent on your quads So this is where the power comes from. **** - (): So you get really, really strong, strong quads and your body, uh, needs to compensate this because the quads, they are, they are pulling at your, at your hips and at your pelvis. So you need the same amount of force at the back of, of your body at the posterior chain. And since we don't have strong backs of the legs, because this is just pulling up the pedal again, and this is like the recovery phase of the pedal stroke what your body does is it tightens the hamstrings. **** - (): Because tight is like the compromise you, if you, if you don't have, muscles, you get tight muscles just to have like this counterbalance to the very strong quads. So it's always the first part of a mobility flexibility training for cyclists is always. Gaining more flexibility in the, in the hamstrings, in the backs of the legs and afterwards strengthening these body parts that you have a counterbalance to, to the quads. **** - (): Interesting. [00:36:15] - ():  Craig Dalton: That's helpful. The final area you touched on, and I'm going to add an additional component to it. You, you talking about training and you were talking about how simple power to weight ratio, which may be the sort of the predominant metric in road cycling, Is not necessarily going to make or break your success as a ultra endurance cyclist. **** - (): So if you could talk a little bit about that, and then I would add on just a question around mindset. [00:36:45] - ():  Stefan Barth: Yes. So, I think a long distance cycling, it's more important to, to increase the capability to cycle at, or just a little bit below your threshold. So if you, if you started with. Maybe you can ride four hours at 50 percent of your threshold, then it would be a very, very good or a huge benefit. If you increase this, this, uh, capability to 60 or 65 percent of your threshold and your threshold can actually stay the same the whole season. **** - (): It does not necessarily need to, to go up all the time, but it's, it's very important that you, that you can sustain, uh, huge amounts of time. Near your threshold or that you that you can gain. Yeah, that you can push up those, those percentages. So this is what I tried to with my coaches most of the time in training to, to increase their ability to, to get to those 60 or 70 percent in a, in a 24 hour race. [00:37:50] - ():  Craig Dalton: And what kind of, uh, training efforts help to that end? [00:37:57] - ():  Stefan Barth: It's a lot of steady state writing. So a lot of writing a little bit below your threshold. But doing this for, for longer periods of time, for example, if you are looking in the typical, uh, training plans generated by Strava or by Swift, you will see a lot of, a lot of efforts, a lot of intervals that are lasting only a couple of minutes. **** - (): And I also, I'm a big fan of having those long intervals of training. 20 minutes sometimes, or even 25 minutes almost at your threshold. And that's a very good way to get better at, at riding near your threshold. Because your body gets very, very good at. Eliminating the lactate from your blood while pushing hard. **** - (): So you, you reduce the, the level of lactate that is building up in the, in the intervals. [00:38:54] - ():  Craig Dalton: Gotcha. So if you were out on a, on a training day for one of your athletes, would it be something like, you know, two or three 20 minute intervals at 65 percent of threshold with 10 minute break in between something like that? **** - (): Yeah. Yep. Yep. Yes, [00:39:10] - ():  Stefan Barth: but way more than 65 percent of threshold. It's more like 90 percent of threshold for 20 minutes then. Okay. So it's like, but it's a slow buildup. If you start with this kind of training and you are going maybe with eight minutes in each interval and do this three or four times, then you are, this is a good start. **** - (): And if you do this a couple of weeks. At some point this will, it will make, it will make, uh, like you put a, put, put a switch on and it will be, you will be able to go for 20 or 30 minute intervals. Yeah. [00:39:43] - ():  Craig Dalton: As you're thinking about for your athletes, these longer events and selfishly, I'm thinking about my own 200 mile or 360 kilometer aspirations this year, obviously in a lot of the training plans you might see, you might have a six hour training ride or an eight hour training ride. **** - (): These events are going to last longer than that. You know, it might be a 15 hour day for me and certainly for a 24 hour, four day event, you're talking about thousands of kilometers. How do you in training kind of build up to that capacity to continue on for these distances? [00:40:21] - ():  Stefan Barth: Yeah, you need to stretch the traditional cycling distances from time to time. **** - (): Because I like to I or I call this challenges. Because you you need to know how your body reacts to those long rides. They are not very efficient in building up endurance. Like I said earlier, there's like Five to six hours. If you are already a very good cyclist, maybe you even benefit from a seven hour endurance ride, but everything that is longer than that, just yeah, just you need more recovery time afterwards, but you don't get the physical adaptation or not more physical adaptation than from a four or five hour ride. **** - (): But in ultra cycling, we're also in what you are doing on the gravel bike, you need. Sometimes a ride that lasts 10 or 12 hours, just so that you know, okay, how will I feel when I'm really exhausted and how will I cope with nutrition? Will I be able to eat at the end? Because I think that's something probably, you know, it from your triathlon time eating gets difficult the longer you are, you're active. **** - (): So you really need to know. Okay, does the food that I can stomach after five hours, can I still stomach it after 10 hours? And how, how does my butt hurt after 10 hours? Because this will hurt different than after five hours. And it's good to know how this feels and how you can cope with it. And then you can, you can think about a strategy. **** - (): How you will, how you will tackle this problems during unbound. So yes, I incorporate rights that are longer than 10 hours from time to time, but limited. Not, it's not, it's no good if you do this every weekend. [00:42:14] - ():  Craig Dalton: A couple questions that came up after your last comment, Stefan, around training. So I remember from marathon training, like we'd only run 22 miles and we'd never run that full distance thinking you'll be able to get there on race day. **** - (): The second thing for my ultra marathon training was we would often do a long day on Saturday and then follow it up by a medium day on Sunday. And my understanding of that philosophy was, Hey, we can't beat you guys up and we can't have you running 35 mile days. Quite regularly, but we can do a 22 mile day on Saturday and a 15 mile day on Sunday to try to kind of make the body feel like it's done. **** - (): This long event. Does any of that track with the type of training that makes sense for ultra ultra cycling? [00:43:03] - ():  Stefan Barth: Yeah. [00:43:04] - ():  Craig Dalton: Yeah. Yeah, exactly. And the final thing I want to touch on it. I mentioned it a bit earlier. It was just Sort of mindset. And I thought about this a lot as we were talking about sleeping and waking up from a three hour sleep, having to get your gear ready and get going again. I could just see in myself struggling to kind of. **** - (): Put, put pedal in front of pedal after, you know, just sleeping for three hours. So can you talk about the importance of mindset and maybe if there are any tips and tricks that one can learn to keep, keep pedaling forward? [00:43:40] - ():  Stefan Barth: Yes, definitely. Because you, you need to find like a sweet spot between recovery. And exhaustion during training. So, I also like to do those back to back sessions. For example, also with those long interval sessions we spoke of earlier, that I am doing, like, maybe on Friday, some really long and hard intervals, followed by a long ride on Saturday, followed by a short ride on Sunday, to build up this exhaustion over the weekend. **** - (): But still without compromising your recovery completely. So yeah, that's, that's a good way for, for those working athletes. [00:44:27] - ():  Craig Dalton: Interesting. I mean, it sounds like with all this, you know, preparation and doing the work leading up to your event is key. It's probably a trite thing to say, but I think that work for ultra cycling clearly is a lot longer than it is for shorter events. **** - (): Because I do think you need to prepare yourself mentally for All the intricacies around your sleep system and getting up and preparing the different types of nutritional needs, as you've, you've outlined and the, just a different mindset you need to go going into these events. [00:45:01] - ():  Stefan Barth: Yes, there's, there's a couple of, of little hacks that I, I like to include or that I included in the book. **** - (): Because when it comes to mindset. I have a little bit a different opinion than a lot of people out there, I think, because from my point of view, the mindset is a little bit overestimated when it comes to ultra cycling or some ultra adventures, whatever you call it. Because in the general public, it always comes down too much to the mindset. **** - (): And from my point of view, your base or your Your fundamentals are always a good physical condition and that's what you really need to finish those events. And of course you can finish an ultra cycling event or a bikepacking event just by mindset and by iron willpower. But this will mean that you will do sacrifices and maybe even sacrifice your health in. **** - (): in some situations. And I don't like that too much about this sports. And I don't like that in the general public people focus so much on this. So from my point of view, it's always more important to build up your physical capacity. And then mindset is important, of course, because like you said, you go out there and you will. **** - (): Have uncomfortable situations but then it's more, uh, willpower what you need. You need to like, you need small life hacks that will, that will keep you going. And I like to, to dig a little bit into how our brain works in these parts, because our brain is like still the same brain that we had thousands of years ago. **** - (): And it's divided into parts that are. focused on emotional fee or on emotions, on feelings. And you have parts in your brain that are focused on the rational thinking. There was a couple of tricks to better get those rational thinking parts in your brain working. And this will help you a lot in ultra cycling events because yeah, you will trigger a lot of those, those those feelings that are very ancient in, in humans and your brain will correspond. **** - (): With reactions that are also very ancient and those are oftentimes not the best, the best, uh, reactions. So it's important to, to keep rational and to keep your thinking going. So one life hack, for example, is very, very easy. And that's the, the stop button. You can visualize a stop button. Uh, once you notice that your thoughts are dysfunctional and this stop button or the sign like on the road sides on the highways, I'm not sure how they are looking in the US, but here in Europe, it's like a big red sign where in white there's written stop on it and just by visualizing this sign, which is a very, very easy picture to visualize. **** - (): You can, you can stop those emotional parts in your brain from taking over completely. And you gain a few seconds. And this is oftentimes enough to start rational thinking. And once you start rational thinking, you will notice that you, you are way better, you are better able to keep your willpower because you keep yourself in control. **** - (): Yeah. And it's, it's a difference between motivation and willpower. So like motivation is the thing that, uh, gets you going in the preparation and which is probably the, the reason why you signed up for the event and which is the reason why you are willing to put in all those training hours and then during the event itself, you need to Willpower, that's the thing that will bring you to the finish line. [00:49:00] - ():  Craig Dalton: Yeah, a hundred percent. I think Stefan, that's a good place to end it. I appreciate the time this evening calling in from Germany. Appreciate you taking the time and effort to document everything in this very thorough book on ultra cycling and bike packing. I think you did a great service to that community and the world. **** - (): We'll certainly put links to how to find the US version of the book in the show notes of this podcast. [00:49:25] - ():  Stefan Barth: Yeah, that's great. Thanks for your invitation, Craig. Cheers. [00:49:30] - ():  Craig Dalton: That's going to do it for this week's edition of the gravel ride podcast. Big, thanks to Stefan for joining the show. That's going to do it for this week's edition of the gravel ride podcast. Big, thanks to Stefan for joining the show. It's so fascinating for me to think about these ultra cycling events and the differences it would require in order to be successful there. **** - (): If you're interested and able to support the show. Ratings and reviews are hugely appreciated. Or if you want to contribute financially, please visit buy me a coffee.com/the gravel ride. Until next time here's to finding some dirt under your wheels.  

A small but mighty field of women will be starting the fourth edition of the Atlas Mountain Race. We were fortunate enough to hear from nearly all of them ahead of the start. These incredible individuals share what they're most excited about and what challenges they are likely to face. Each of them has a unique story, and we hope by shining a spotlight on the women's field it will encourage more to line up next year or to take on their own challenge. You can follow our dots on MapProgress - www.amr24.maprogress.comWe've put together a list of the women featured in this episode so you can track them on the map by cap number. They are organized here in the same order as they appear in the episode. Cat Magill - 183Christiana Tamburini - 173Cynthia Carson - 172Hannah Larbalestier - 140Hannah Simon - 139Harriet Wingfield - 314AMarika Latsone - 101Marion Dziwnik - 99'Masca Lu Wahlig - 130Megan Casebow - 309AMelina Boening - 84Mel Webb - 85Molly Weaver - 79Nathalie Baillon - 78Quinda Verheul - 56Sarah Heller - 306AShona Oldfield - 305AVeera Lahde - 6 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's officially the week of Atlas Mountain Race! We're joined by special guest host, Allan Shaw, who interviews us on our preparations for the race, expectations, and much more. Expect a lot of giggles, hot tips on navigating the race from Allan (who raced in 2023), and a not-so secret announcement! The not so secret announcement? We'll be producing a daily podcast in partnership with Atlas Mountain race, that will be hosted on their feed. Search for "The Silk Road Mountain Race and Atlas Mountain Race Podcast" wherever you listen, or click the links below for Spotify and Apple. Listen to the AMR podcast on Spotify Listen to the AMR podcast on Apple PodcastsRacing kicks off at 6PM local time and there's plenty of places to catch the action. Dotwatch hereFollow Mel on Instagram for live updatesFollow Cynthia on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're officially into racing season over here at Detours. Cynthia and Mel will be toeing the line of the Atlas Mountain Race kicking off on February 9 and what better way to get ready than to host last year's women's winner, Luisa Werner. She shares about her winning ride — from the crash that resulted in a major mechanical, to injury, and doing things your own way, this episode will surely get you in the dotwatching or racing mood.Follow Luisa on Instagram to keep follow her 2024 cycling plans @luisasophiewerThere's a few ways you can follow Mel and Cynthia on their journey through the Atlas Mountains Follow along on Instagram @melwwebb and @watt_wagon Watch our dots https://amr24.maprogress.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're officially back for 2024! January and February will mainly be occupied with Atlas Mountain Race content so buckle up.In this episode we are joined by Molly Weaver, former professional road cyclist turned ultra rider. Not only is Molly a talented rider, she is a community builder and determined to get more women into the ultra cycling and bikepacking scene. She shares loads about her transition away from the world tour peloton, the races she's tackled so far and much more.If you're interested in Molly's ultra camps you can check them out here and be sure to give her a follow on Instagram to stay up to date with her latest adventures.If you loved this episode please leave us a 5 star review wherever you're listening and consider buying us a coffee!Thanks as always for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tristan Cardew, aka @tristantakephoto, sold everything and moved from Sydney, Australia to Girona, Spain to build a life that revolved around cycling and visual storytelling. Five years later, he's racing gravel and road at a high level and has built the creative career he dreamed about making happen. His YouTube channel, TristanTakeVideo, has more than three million views and is built around training with Tour de France stage winners, interviewing the world's best riders and going behind the scenes with teams at the top level of the sport. Tristan is also a standout documentary filmmaker and when I saw his self-shot doc about racing the Atlas Mountain Race, one of the toughest bikepacking tests on the planet, I knew I had to have him on Choose the Hard Way. The race is more than 800 miles long with 65,000 feet of climbing across remote and absolutely brutal terrain. Completing it is a feat. Making a compelling self-shot documentary while racing it is a next-level achievement.  I was excited to have this chance to talk to Tristan about his path as a creative, the story behind his Atlas Race doc, explore the question of how much is enough, and to get a preview of his upcoming documentary about racing the 466-mile Badlands gravel race in Spain. Find Tristan on Instagram @tristantakephoto and check out his YouTube channel, TristanTakeVideo.  Choose the Hard Way is a podcast about how doing hard things is fun and builds stronger humans. If you haven't done this already, now would be a great time to help me help you. To do that, just hit subscribe and rate the show five stars on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and share this episode with someone you care about. Go to choosethehardway.com to sign up for the newsletter and shoot me a DM @hardwaypod or send an email to choosethehardway@gmail.com to let me know what you dig in this conversation with Tristan. I love hearing from you and appreciate everyone who has reached out, keep it coming! Watch on YouTube Sign up for the Hard Way Newsletter - - - - - - - - - -  Choose The Hard Way Website | Instagram Andrew Vontz LinkedIn Subscribe: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher

In this episode I chat with Leanne Bentley who during the pandemic discovered the world of bikepacking.  Leanne shares her journey in the off-road bikepacking space, from building up her own bike during the pandemic, to taking on the 2022 Dales Divide and then  lining up as one of the few women at the  2023 Atlas Mountain Race in Morocco.  Leanne talks about how she prepared to train for an event which involved so much climbing, whilst living in the Netherlands.  Training through the winter she got to the start line as one of the only women participating in this self supported off-road bikepacking race. She recounts her experience during such a gruelling race and what it took for her to get to the finish line. To follow along with Leanne's future races check her out on:Instagram - @leanne_bentley_ and @carrie.gereLeanne's bikepacking bag business - Carrie GereKeen to discuss this episode and more?  Then be sure to join the Seek Travel Ride Podcast community on Reddit.NEW! - Leave a Voice Message! Have something you'd like to tell me? Want to chat about this episode more or tell me about your own bicycle adventures? Well now You can now get in touch and leave a voice message! Just click here and record a voicemail message - I may even include it in future episodes! Join the Seek Travel Ride Facebook group - a place where you can discuss episodes in more detail, learn more about our guests and also where you can share more about your own adventures on a bike! Enjoying listening to Seek Travel Ride? Then please give the show some love and leave a rating and review on your podcast player.Also be sure to follow us on your favourite Podcast Player so you get notified when new episodes are released. You can also follow us via:Instagram - @SeekTravelRideTwitter - @BellaCyclingWebsite: Seek Travel Ride Facebook - Seek Travel Ride

Heute wieder ein spannender Gast: Ultra-Radfahrer und Gründer des Orbit 360, Raphael Albrecht. Wir sprechen über seine Abenteuer, den Shift vom Wettkampf zum Genießen. Dazu die Gründungsstory von Orbit 360, Ride for a Reason (RideFaR) mit allen Höhen und Tiefen. G1 von Athletic Greens (Werbung) - Danke für die Unterstützung! Informiere Dich jetzt auf https://www.athleticgreens.com/enjoyyourbike, teste AG1 völlig risikofrei mit 90 Tagen Geld-zurück-Garantie und sichere dir bei deiner AG1 Erstbestellung einen kostenlosen Jahresvorrat an Vitamin D3+K2 zur Unterstützung des Immunsystems & 5 praktische Travel Packs! Gesundheitsbezogene Angaben zu AG1 und unser Angebot findest du auf: https://www.athleticgreens.com/enjoyyourbike Auf die Bedeutung einer abwechslungsreichen und ausgewogenen Ernährung und einer gesunden Lebensweise wird hingewiesen. Außer Reichweite von Kindern aufbewahren. Nicht geeignet für Kinder und Jugendliche unter 18 Jahren, schwangere oder stillende Frauen. Die angegebene empfohlene tägliche Verzehrmenge darf nicht überschritten werden. INHALT 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:09 - AG1: tägliche Nährstoffroutine (WERBUNG) 00:03:19 - Vorstellung von Raphael Albrecht: Wie bist Du zum Ultra-Radsport gekommen? Raphael bei Insta: https://www.instagram.com/cyclingrapha/?hl=de 00:12:44 - Silkroad Mountain Race: Angefixed durch Insta-Account https://www.silkroadmountainrace.com/ 00:20:40 - Das Silkroad Mountain Race im Detail: Do not fiinish - oder doch nicht? 00:42:46 - Atlas Mountain Race und der Switch vom Wettkampf zum Genießen https://www.atlasmountainrace.com/ 00:54:15 - Badlands: bad gelaufen? https://badlands.cc/ 01:00:27 - Rhino Run: Südafrika, Namibia - Wüste, DNF und doch gefinished… https://rhinorun.cc/ 01:16:44 - Orbit 360: Die Idee! Das erste Selbst-Radrennen in Deutschland https://www.orbit360.cc/ 01:26:13 - Wettkampfcharakter, Ranglisten und die damit verbundenen Schwierigkeiten 01:35:17 - 2021: Orbit wird größer, riskanter, lässt sich davon überhaupt leben? 01:40:59 - 2022 - Orbit kurz vor der Insolvenz… 01:51:54 - Orbit 2023: es geht weider, aber einfacher & trotzdem besser? 01:54:40 - Ride for a Reason - RideFaR: Event im Frühjahr mit Spenden https://www.orbit360.cc/ridefar 02:24:52 - Orbit 360 2023: alles anders, kein Ranking, längeres Zeitfenster https://www.orbit360.cc/gravel-serie 02:32:50 - Gravity Festival 2023: Ende Mai (Pfingsten) - alles zum Event! https://www.orbit360.cc/gravity-festival Unser Podcast bei Youtube mit Video! (komplette Playlist): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCLnrkmezkJR3Myov4To9yl1Wb4_OSTyb

Jeff Kerkove is truly a legend of bikepack racing. Jeff and his friends were racing bikes offroad in extreme and unique ways before the words "Gravel racing" and "Bikepacking" were commonplace in the cycling world. In this conversation, we dive into Jeff's start in the 12/24 hour mountain bike race scene, a 14 year battle with finishing the Colorado Trail Race, his most recent race effort in Morocco at the Atlas Mountain Race, and much more bikepacking and bikepack racing goodness. 

Im Besenwagen rattert es endlich wieder. Im Windschatten der Begleitfahrzeuge draften wir über flämische Feldwege und Kopfsteinpflaster. Typisch Opening Weekend! Beim Omloop und in Kuurne lässt Jumbo-Visma die Konkurrenz mit leeren Händen stehen und geht mit noch volleren Taschen nach Hause. Wir schauen genauer in die Portemonnaies und stellen fest, dass sich nicht nur die Vorbereitung der Teams deutlich unterscheidet. Aus Flandern fahren wir stets weiter Richtung Süden und treffen nach einer langen Fahrt die Langstreckenspezialistin Luisa Werner in Grenoble. Nach einer für ultra distance Verhältnisse kurzen Ausfahrt im Besenwagen, packt uns die Siegerin des Atlas Mountain Race ausreichend Snacks ins Handschuhfach, legt noch ein paar Daunenjacken auf die Hutablage und lässt uns dann im Dunkeln die Heimreise antreten. — SALE! SALE! SALE! Zum Frühlingsstart und Pauls Überraschung gibt es 30% auf Rapha Kit, T-Shirts & Co. https://shop.besenwagen.com/ — Besenwagen - der Radsport Podcast wird unterstützt von Rapha https://www.rapha.cc/ — Hier kannst du unseren Newsletter abonnieren: https://www.besenwagen.com/newsletter — Niemanden erreicht? Hinterlasse uns eine Nachricht auf dem Anrufbeantworter: https://www.besenwagen.com/anrufbeantworter — Schreib' uns eine E-Mail! kontakt@besenwagen.com — Werbung: Informiere dich jetzt auf https://athleticgreens.com/Besenwagen Teste AG1 völlig risikofrei mit 90 Tagen Geld-zurück-Garantie und sichere dir bei deiner AG1 Erstbestellung einen kostenlosen Jahresvorrat an Vitamin D3+K2 zur Unterstützung des Immunsystems & 5 praktische Travel Packs! Gesundheitsbezogene Angaben zu AG1 und unser Angebot findest du auf: https://athleticgreens.com/Besenwagen Auf die Bedeutung einer abwechslungsreichen und ausgewogenen Ernährung und einer gesunden Lebensweise wird hingewiesen. Außer Reichweite von Kindern aufbewahren. Nicht geeignet für Kinder und Jugendliche unter 18 Jahren, schwangere oder stillende Frauen. Die angegebene empfohlene tägliche Verzehrmenge darf nicht überschritten werden.

The Atlas Mountain Race sets off for its third edition next week. In anticipation of the bikepacking race, we brought in Ashley Carelock to look back at her Moroccan experiences in last year's October edition of the race, while Stephen Fitzgerald dropped into the chat to add his own perspective from his outing to Africa in 2020. If you are interested in following along to the 2023 Atlas Mountain Race, be sure to check out the race website, here. Additionally, back in the depth of the pandemic, Stephen posted this expansive write up about what that race was like. You can find that here. Lastly, Ashley eloquently wrote more about her race on her blog, which you can access here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're back! Toto joins Lewis on this episode to discuss his GTMC FKT project and battling saddle sores on the Atlas Mountain Race.

Ep.5 A wrap – Seating in Olympic Velodrome in London during the Bespoked and with a mild hangover, Stefano discusses the 2022 Atlas Mountain Race with Josh. Not an analysis, but more a story about this special race. Yes, this is the last episode, and we will wave you all with a classic Ride your Bike!

Ep.5 The Finish Line – Imagine me walking on the finish line and talking with people around, riders, content experts, dotwatchers, and waiting for the protagonist of this podcast to arrive and say something. Maybe.This is Episode #5 of Josh Ibbet's Adventure from the Atlas Mountain Race on the BroomWagon Podcast

Ep.4 Day #3 – Not so many updates from Josh on the race, so we collected some info from the supporter's group on Whatsapp. Tracey and Ryan are in the mood of sharing some stories and love from a different prospective.This is Episode #4 of Josh Ibbet's Adventure from the Atlas Mountain Race on the BroomWagon Podcast