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In this episode of “At Your Convenience,” CSP Editor Rachel Gignac talks to Fidaa Mohrez, senior director of operational systems at H&S Energy, Orange, California, and Mehdi Mahmoodi, co-founder of LottoShield, San Ramon, California.They talked about H&S Energy's experience with LottoShield during CSP's Convenience Retailing University (CRU) event in February in Nashville. 

Good morning Hillside! It's Sunday, the best day of the week. And that means it's time to throw the kids in the station wagon and drive (slowly and carefully) through the Parkmead neighborhood to church! This week's message is Part 10 of our winter series, Strange Real Wonderful, from the first half of Mark's Gospel. Although this message is as fresh and original as a Julien Pie Company Dutch apple, to catch the vision contained in the punchline of this sermon, it will help to have heard the sermon from February 9 called: "A Dinner Party in 3-D." So, if you missed church back on February 9, how about giving that message a listen while heading to 2060 Magnolia Ave. from San Ramon or Cordelia, or wherever you come from. Here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiRnE8W7B-0. Can't wait to enjoy the King's presence with you!Worship with Hillside Covenant Church as Dan Seitz teaches from Mark 5:1-20.This week's sermon notes are available at https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=XZmYF85ZY6SVeXYyiMhd4oeBtty585McOTLXIf you are new to Hillside and are looking for ways to get connected and build community, visit our website: https://www.hillsidecovenant.org/ We welcome you to Hillside and are so glad you joined us today!To give in support of Hillside Covenant and its ministries follow this link: https://hillsidecovenant.churchcenter.com/givingThe full service from Hillside Covenant Church, Sunday, March 16, 2025.

Good morning Hillside! It's Sunday, the best day of the week. And that means it's time to throw the kids in the station wagon and drive (slowly and carefully) through the Parkmead neighborhood to church! This week's message is Part 10 of our winter series, Strange Real Wonderful, from the first half of Mark's Gospel. Although this message is as fresh and original as a Julien Pie Company Dutch apple, to catch the vision contained in the punchline of this sermon, it will help to have heard the sermon from February 9 called: "A Dinner Party in 3-D." So, if you missed church back on February 9, how about giving that message a listen while heading to 2060 Magnolia Ave. from San Ramon or Cordelia, or wherever you come from. Here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiRnE8W7B-0. Can't wait to enjoy the King's presence with you!Worship with Hillside Covenant Church as Dan Seitz teaches from Mark 5:1-20.This week's sermon notes are available at https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=XZmYF85ZY6SVeXYyiMhd4oeBtty585McOTLXIf you are new to Hillside and are looking for ways to get connected and build community, visit our website: https://www.hillsidecovenant.org/ We welcome you to Hillside and are so glad you joined us today!To give in support of Hillside Covenant and its ministries follow this link: https://hillsidecovenant.churchcenter.com/givingThe sermon from Hillside Covenant Church, Sunday, March 16, 2025.

Good morning!It's raining! You probably noticed.The Morning Breeze Brain TeaseThere is a direct correlation between how much water you drink... and your mood.The Brighter Side.Carolyn says she has become "that person."Sandra in San Ramon won passage on the City Cruises Valentine's Cruise.Cort's father-in-law helped unload the dishwasher... and now he can't find anything.Mirna in Vallejo won a $100 Smart & Final gift card!

I sat down with fellow Bay Area native, David Lim, one of the stars S.W.A.T. on CBS. He shares his personal experiences, career journey, and challenges he faced in the mortgage industry, acting, and modeling. We discussed the importance of resilience, self-belief, and adaptability in overcoming obstacles and achieving success in various fields. David shares the story of how he met his wife, and how they co-founded a jewelry company following a burglary of their home, losing sentimental pieces.  Bonus: My mom gets to ask her fan questions! S.W.A.T is on CBS every Friday at 8:00 pm and moving to 10:00 pm in the New Year To purchase Maya David jewelry: https://shopmayadavid.com/ Follow David on Instagram @davidbradleylim ========================================== Full bio:  David Lim is an Asian American actor, raised in San Ramon, California, and received a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of California San Diego. He decided he wanted to do something different, signed a contract with Ford Models and moved to Los Angeles to pursue modeling and acting. He now stars as a series regular in the CBS drama S.W.A.T.

Micheal and Bill are back in the media pit to break down everything that happened at last weekend's North Carolina Grand Prix and Antwerpen World Cup. We also hear from Eric Brunner, Vida Lopez de San Ramon and Caroline Mani about their weekend. Finally, we answer listener questions from Instagram stories. The holiday season is quickly approaching, so it's the perfect time to buy a shirt! Go to cxhairsdistro.com and get a Wout Me Worry, Van der Poel Rules, and This Is Real Cyclocross Weather shirt while supplies last. Help the U.S. athletes we talk about in this episode race against the best in the world. Donate to the Mud Fund at https://usacycling.org/foundation/mudfund. Cyclocross Radio is sponsored by Hammerhead and the Hammerhead Karoo cycling computer. For a limited time, our listeners can get a free heart-rate monitor with the purchase of a Hammerhead Karoo. Visit hammerhead.io right now and use promo code CXRADIO at checkout to get yours today. Check out the Grassroots National Calendar at www.cxhairsdistro.com/race-calendar. Cyclocross Radio is part of the Wide Angle Podium podcast network. Support independent cycling media by joining the Wide Angle Podium at wideanglepodium.com/donate. Also, check out The CXHAIRS Bulletin from at https://cxhairs.substack.com/. Download the Substack app and join in on the CXHAIRS Bulletin chats. Follow @wideanglepodium on Instagram for live race updates Follow Micheal on Twitter at @landsoftly and Instagram at @yeahyouride. Follow Bill on Instagram at @cxhairs and @cxhairsbulletin. You can find Cyclocross Radio and all of the Wide Angle Podium shows on Apple Podcasts if that's how you consume podcasts. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, even if it's not how you consume podcasts.

After several months of chasing one another, we are excited to sit down with the two men behind Foragers Market Co. Justin Johal and Harv Singh are the curators of our Livermore Farmers Market, along with San Ramon, Niles Fremont, and West Oakland. Since taking over management of our Livermore farmers, these two have completely revitalized how our community ability to come together and celebrate all that defines #eatlocal #drinklocal #livelocal In 2023 Diablo Magazine awarded Foragers Market the East Bay Farmers Market Visionary Award. Tune in now and learn more about what it takes to create and manage amazing regional farmers market. Be sure to SUBSCRIBE to stay tuned with all our regional happenings.

Bill Hicks: The Essential Collection The Essential Collection encompasses Bill Hicks' short but powerful career as a satirist, social critic, and stand-up comedian. It features over two hours of Bill's best stand up material spanning his entire career including never-before-released bits from a San Ramon, CA performance, a collection of 11 original songs entitled “Lo-Fi Troubadour”, and two digital exclusives- a song called “Ice Cold Macaroni”, and “The Adventure”, a 30 minute travelogue of Hicks talking into a tape recorder on a car trip from New York City to Little Rock, Arkansas. COMEDY DYNAMICS YouTube Facebook X (Twitter) TikTok Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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In this episode of the Energy News Beat Daily Standup - Weekly Recap, the hosts, Michael Tanner and Stuart Turley discuss various topics, including the volatility in oil prices, geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, and the impact of energy policies on industry. They highlight Chevron's move to Texas due to unfavorable policies in California, the rising global power demand, and the ongoing challenges faced by U.S. shale producers. Additionally, they critique the Biden administration's green energy spending and discuss the implications of recent court rulings on U.S. LNG export terminals.Highlights of the Podcast00:00 - Intro01:17 - Global Power Demand Is Soaring, IEA Expects 4% Growth in '24 & ‘2503:09 - Chevron Taking Its Headquarters To Texas05:30 - Israel, Mideast Markets Fall on Iran Threat, Global Stock Plunge07:27 - Shale Keeps Getting Leaner and Meaner12:32 - Saudi Aramco Sees Oil Demand Rising by 1.6 Million Bpd in Second Half of 202414:29 - Biden Is Dumping Billions Of Tax Dollars Into ‘Green' Projects Before Leaving Office15:55 Court pulls permit for NextDecade's US LNG export terminal18:08 - OutroPlease see the links below or articles that we discuss in the podcast. Global Power Demand Is Soaring, IEA Expects 4% Growth in '24 & ‘25August 2, 2024 Mariel AlumitENB Pub Note: We recommend following and subscribing to Robert Bryce's Substack. I have thoroughly enjoyed my conversations with him on my podcasts. Electricity is the world's most important and fastest-growing form of energy. […]Chevron Taking Its Headquarters To TexasAugust 2, 2024 Stu TurleyU.S. oil and gas giant Chevron announced Friday it will relocate its corporate headquarters from its long-time location in San Ramon, hashtag#California to Houston, hashtag#Texas in the coming months. In a release, the company said […]Israel, Mideast Markets Fall on Iran Threat, Global Stock PlungeAugust 5, 2024 Stu TurleyIsraeli markets drop; US sees Iranian attack in 24-48 hours Saudi, Egyptian, Turkish stocks, bonds, currencies also hurt Financial markets across the Middle East tumbled Monday, as concerns over a potential Iranian attack on Israel […]Shale Keeps Getting Leaner and MeanerAugust 5, 2024 Mariel AlumitU.S. oil production dipped by 61,000 barrels daily in May, the EIA reported this week, confirming what many already expected: continued stringent discipline among drillers. But those expectations may have been misleading because now some producers are […]Saudi Aramco Sees Oil Demand Rising by 1.6 Million Bpd in Second Half of 2024August 6, 2024 Mariel AlumitSaudi Aramco's CEO has forecast a strong increase in global oil demand for the second half of the year, ranging from 1.6 to 2 million bpd. Aramco's outlook contrasts with the more cautious forecasts from […]Biden Is Dumping Billions Of Tax Dollars Into ‘Green' Projects Before Leaving OfficeAugust 7, 2024 Mariel AlumitBiden's federal agencies are giving billions in taxpayer-funded grants for an assortment of climate boondoggles around the country. With its July 22 announcement that it is disbursing $4.3 billion in taxpayer-funded grants for an assortment […]Court pulls permit for NextDecade's US LNG export terminalAugust 7, 2024 Mariel AlumitA ruling by the D.C. Circuit Court has revoked NextDecade's permit issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for its Rio Grande LNG export terminal in Texas. In a case put in front of […]Follow Stuart On LinkedIn and TwitterFollow Michael On LinkedIn and TwitterENB Top NewsEnergy DashboardENB PodcastENB SubstackENB Trading DeskOil & Gas Investing In 2024– Get in Contact With The Show –

After more than a century in the Bay Area, Chevron announced it is moving its headquarters from San Ramon to Houston, but the company's refineries in Richmond and El Segundo remain for now. California was once a leading producer of oil, and today remains the nation's seventh largest oil producer. But Governor Gavin Newsom has vowed to phase out the oil and gas industry by 2045. As California transitions towards an energy future that is less dependent on fossil fuel, what kinds of obstacles will the state, industries and workers face in the short and long term? Guests: Sammy Roth, energy reporter, Los Angeles Times George Avalos, business reporter, Bay Area News Group Devashree Saha, director, US Clean Energy Economy Program Dan Walters, columnist, CalMatters

Chevron Oil company announced that it is moving its headquarters to Houston, Texas from San Ramon, California.  The California Energy Commission (CEC) in a new report proposes the state takeover oil refineries if Chevron decides to close them.----------------------------------------------------------- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'Broeske & Musson' on all platforms:  The ‘Broeske & Musson Podcast' is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever else you listen to podcasts.   --- ‘Broeske & Musson' Weekdays 9-11 AM Pacific on News/Talk 580 AM & 105.9 FM KMJ | Facebook | Podcast| X |  ---Everything KMJ  KMJNOW App | Podcasts | Facebook | X | Instagram   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Investors are also concerned that the Federal Reserve is behind in cutting interest rates to bolster an economic slowdown, Chevron is moving its headquarters from San Ramon where it's been since 2002 to Houston, The US is having a small car renaissance

Another summer heat wave is gripping Southern California with temperatures soaring into the triple-digits for some areas. The National Weather Service said the "dangerously hot conditions" were expected to last until at least Tuesday, prompting excessive heat warnings for the Santa Clarita Valley and Antelope Valley. Bad Deal: Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday overrode a plea agreement reached earlier this week for the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and two other defendants, reinstating them as death-penalty cases. LA Law: The Law Makers, Law Breakers and times that there oughta be a law. Caleconomy: Chevron said its announcement Friday that it's moving its headquarters from San Ramon, California, to Houston wasn't about politics. Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was quick to cast the move as a “snub” to California in a post on X, calling Texas the company's “true home,” adding, “Drill baby drill.”

Investors are also concerned that the Federal Reserve is behind in cutting interest rates to bolster an economic slowdown, Chevron is moving its headquarters from San Ramon where it's been since 2002 to Houston, The US is having a small car renaissanceSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of the Energy News Beat Daily Standup, the host, Stuart Turley discusses various energy-related news, including leftist calls for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates to support Green New Deal projects, the International Energy Agency's (IEA) forecast of a 4% growth in global power demand for 2024-2025, India's issuance of vesting orders for ten coal mines to boost energy security, Chevron's relocation of its headquarters to Texas amid California's deindustrialization, and Shell's initiation of a $2 billion share buyback program. He also critiques current renewable energy and electric vehicle policies.Highlights of the Podcast00:00 - Intro01:42 - Leftists Beg Feds To Cut Interest Rates To Revive Green New Deal Projects03:19 - Global Power Demand Is Soaring, IEA Expects 4% Growth in '24 & ‘2505:11 - India issued vesting orders for 10 coal mines06:04 - Chevron Taking Its Headquarters To Texas08:25 - DAVID BLACKMON: Continuing EV Bloodbath Leaves Harris With A Lot To Answer For10:05 - Shell Initiates £2 Billion Share Buyback Program11:32 - OutroPlease see the links below or articles that we discuss in the podcast.Leftists Beg Feds To Cut Interest Rates To Revive Green New Deal ProjectsAugust 3, 2024 Stu TurleyLeftists are desperately hoping the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates, believing higher rates are hampering the ‘country's ability to combat the climate crisis.' ​ Leftists are desperate to have the Federal Reserve cut interest rates, […]Global Power Demand Is Soaring, IEA Expects 4% Growth in '24 & ‘25August 2, 2024 Mariel AlumitENB Pub Note: We recommend following and subscribing to Robert Bryce's Substack. I have thoroughly enjoyed my conversations with him on my podcasts. Electricity is the world's most important and fastest-growing form of energy. […]India issued vesting orders for 10 coal minesAugust 2, 2024 Stu TurleyThese are projected to generate $19.96m annually. Coal Minister Shri G Kishan Reddy, has announced vesting orders for ten key coal mines across Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, and Madhya Pradesh. This includes one fully explored […]Chevron Taking Its Headquarters To TexasAugust 2, 2024 Stu TurleyU.S. oil and gas giant Chevron announced Friday it will relocate its corporate headquarters from its long-time location in San Ramon, hashtag#California to Houston, hashtag#Texas in the coming months. In a release, the company said […]DAVID BLACKMON: Continuing EV Bloodbath Leaves Harris With A Lot To Answer ForAugust 1, 2024 Mariel AlumitOnce the ongoing effort by the legacy media to reinvent presumptive Democratic nominee Kamala Harris as a dynamic leader and competent campaigner passes, we will presumably enter the part of the presidential race in which […]Shell Initiates £2 Billion Share Buyback ProgramAugust 1, 2024 Mariel AlumitShell reported adjusted earnings of $6.3bn for the second quarter, beating analyst consensus. The company initiated a $3.5bn share buyback program, to be completed by the third quarter results. Shell's focus on value under CEO […]Follow Stuart On LinkedIn and TwitterFollow Michael On LinkedIn and TwitterENB Top NewsEnergy DashboardENB PodcastENB SubstackENB Trading DeskOil & Gas Investing In 2024– Get in Contact With The Show –

Just after 5 a.m. on May 27, 2022, something very strange and unexplainable caused the front door security camera on a San Ramon, California, couple's home to start filming. The 13 seconds of footage captured by the motion-activated camera shows an apparent creature made of light, along with other anomalies and inexplicable sounds. The couple, who wish to remain anonymous, contacted MUFON two years ago, but to this point the UFO organization has been unable to explain the event. Link to 13-second video download: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qYjP6G1Zh0prRdF9e7u-tC955go0GVrb/view?usp=drive_link Check out my YouTube channel: Quirk Zone - YouTube Extraterrestrial Reality book recommendations: Link to ROSWELL: THE ULTIMATE COLD CASE: CLOSED: https://amzn.to/3O2loSI Link to COMMUNION by Whitley Strieber: https://amzn.to/3xuPGqi Link to THE THREAT by David M. Jacobs: https://amzn.to/3Lk52nj Link to TOP SECRET/MAJIC by Stanton Friedman: https://amzn.to/3xvidfv Link to NEED TO KNOW by Timothy Good:  https://amzn.to/3BNftfT Link to UFOS AND THE NATIONAL SECURITY STATE, VOLUME 1:  https://amzn.to/3xxJvlv Link to UFOS AND THE NATIONAL SECURITY STATE, VOLUME 2: https://amzn.to/3UhdQ1l Link to THE ALLAGASH ABDUCTIONS: https://amzn.to/3qNkLSg Link to UFO CRASH RETRIEVALS by Leonard Stringfield: https://amzn.to/3RGEZKs FLYING SAUCERS FROM OUTER SPACE by Major Donald Keyhoe: https://amzn.to/3S7Wkxv CAPTURED: THE BETTY AND BARNEY HILL UFO EXPERIENCE by Stanton Friedman and Kathleen Marden: https://amzn.to/3tKNVXn --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/james-quirk/support

Just after 5 a.m. on May 27, 2022, something very strange and unexplainable caused the front door security camera on a San Ramon, California, couple's home to start filming. The 13 seconds of footage captured by the motion-activated camera shows an apparent creature made of light, along with other anomalies and inexplicable sounds. The couple, who wish to remain anonymous, contacted MUFON two years ago, but to this point the UFO organization has been unable to explain the event. Link to 13-second video download: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qYjP6G1Zh0prRdF9e7u-tC955go0GVrb/view?usp=drive_link Check out my YouTube channel: Quirk Zone - YouTube Extraterrestrial Reality book recommendations: Link to ROSWELL: THE ULTIMATE COLD CASE: CLOSED: https://amzn.to/3O2loSI Link to COMMUNION by Whitley Strieber: https://amzn.to/3xuPGqi Link to THE THREAT by David M. Jacobs: https://amzn.to/3Lk52nj Link to TOP SECRET/MAJIC by Stanton Friedman: https://amzn.to/3xvidfv Link to NEED TO KNOW by Timothy Good:  https://amzn.to/3BNftfT Link to UFOS AND THE NATIONAL SECURITY STATE, VOLUME 1:  https://amzn.to/3xxJvlv Link to UFOS AND THE NATIONAL SECURITY STATE, VOLUME 2: https://amzn.to/3UhdQ1l Link to THE ALLAGASH ABDUCTIONS: https://amzn.to/3qNkLSg Link to UFO CRASH RETRIEVALS by Leonard Stringfield: https://amzn.to/3RGEZKs FLYING SAUCERS FROM OUTER SPACE by Major Donald Keyhoe: https://amzn.to/3S7Wkxv CAPTURED: THE BETTY AND BARNEY HILL UFO EXPERIENCE by Stanton Friedman and Kathleen Marden: https://amzn.to/3tKNVXn --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/james-quirk/support

https://brandeismd.com/ Youtube Facebook Instagram mensmedicalstore.com I know you guys are gonna like this episode of the MHS PODCAST with the legendary Dr. Judson Brandeis More on Dr. Brandeis Below Dr. Judson Brandeis is honored to have been voted Top Urologist in the SF Bay Area by SF Magazine from 2014 to 2020. In February 2019, he opened his comfortable office in San Ramon, where he focuses his practice entirely on Men's Sexual Health and Rejuvenation. BrandeisMD is a national leader in technology and innovations in sexual medicine. Dr. Brandeis is the National Director of Clinical Excellence for GAINSWave and created and runs the SWEET Study, the largest study of Shockwave Therapy for ED ever performed. BrandeisMD was one of the first offices in California for offer PT-141, Oxytocin, and Apomorhine for erectile dysfunction. Dr. Brandeis created and directed 5 IRB-approved clinical research protocols in sexual medicine, two of which are still active. These include the SWEET Study, the largest study of shockwave therapy use in treating erectile dysfunction (active), SWAP study for Peyronie's Disease (completed), P-LONG for penile elongation (active), LuBE for improving the intensity of orgasms (completed), and the SURGE study (completed), which tests a transdermal serum to improve penile blood flow in prostate cancer patients. Support the Show Click a Link BelowBelow

During the in vitro fertilization (IVF) process, there are many reasons patients and their physicians may choose not to do a fresh embryo transfer. Dr. Mary Hinckley, who sees patients at RSC's San Ramon location, answers frequently asked questions about FETs.

On this episode of #mensexpleasure, I chat with Dr. Judson Brandeis. Dr. Brandies has been voted Top Urologist in the San Francisco Bay Area by San Francisco Magazine from 2014 to 2020. In February 2019, he opened his office in San Ramon, where he focuses his practice entirely on Men's Sexual Health and Rejuvenation. Dr. Brandeis is the National Director of Clinical Excellence for GAINSWave and created and runs the SWEET Study, the largest study of Shockwave Therapy for erectile dysfunction ever performed. Dr. Brandeis is also a national sexual medicine educator who has run weekend educational seminars all around the United States. Key points: - Dr. Brandeis introduces himself - Erectile dysfunction treatment options - Low intensity shockwave therapy - Penile enhancement - Erection variability and hard flaccid condition - Risks and adverse effects Relevant links: Dr. Brandeis' website: https://brandeismd.com/ Dr. Brandeis' Instagram: @judsonbrandeismd --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cam-fraser/message

BONUS EPISODE: "On Our Minds with Bree & James” is a podcast about mental health — produced by and for teens — from our friends at PBS News Hour Student Reporting Labs. RadioActive has been collaborating with Student Reporting Labs to produce "On Our Minds" this year, and we're excited to share this special bonus episode with you. RadioActive's Frankie St. Pierre Nelson edited and mixed this episode.If you like this episode and want more, you can find “On Our Minds” wherever you get your podcasts. What does it mean to succeed at something? What even is "success"? On this episode of "On Our Minds," teens discuss what success means to them, how their definitions differ from their parents, and how the term (while subjective) matters.Click here for this episode's transcript.Segments were produced by Kansas City students (with the support of the Kauffman Foundation and Youth Media Producer, Chris Schwalm) and Keerthi from San Ramon, California. This episode was produced by Lead Podcast Producer Briget Ganske with help from Associate Producer Jaylah Moore-Ross.

Geoffrey Dohrmann, CRE, is the founder, chairman, and CEO, and also serves as a director, of Institutional Real Estate, Inc., a San Ramon, Calif.–based publishing and consulting company focused on meeting the information needs of the institutional real estate, infrastructure, and private wealth advisory investment communities. In this episode, Geoffrey and Brandon discuss:The History of ERISA FundsDefined Benefits and Defined ContributionsThe potential Pension Fund crisisThe state of institutional real estate marketsLinks:IREIGeoffrey on LinkedInBrandon on LinkedInJuniper SquareTopics:(00:00:00) - Intro(00:01:02) - Geoffrey's background and career(00:11:43) - ERISA Funds(00:17:42) - Defined Benefits and Defined Contributions(00:22:41) - The potential Pension Fund crisis(00:29:26) - What are you observing in public pension funds allocating to institutional real estate?(00:32:06) - What is your take on the current state of institutional real estate markets?(00:36:13) - Geoff's perspective on valuations(00:39:11) - The evolution of technology in institutional real estate(00:42:01) - How does transparency factor into expectations for investment managers?(00:46:19) - What advice do you have for client services professionals?(00:50:24) - What do you think institutional real estate looks like in 40 years in the financial market's eyes?(00:52:35) - What are your plans for IREI over the next decade?

They were turning up EARLY in San Ramon for the today show in anticipation of the big game this weekend. Plus, you fav donut shop might be selling more than sweet treats.

What does it mean to succeed at something? What even is "success"? Teens discuss what success means to them, how their definitions differ from their parents, and how the term (while subjective) matters. Click here for this episode's transcript. Have a question or message for On Our Minds? Fill out this form. Segments were produced by Kansas City students (with the support of the Kauffman Foundation and Youth Media Producer, Chris Schwalm) and Keerthi from San Ramon, California. This episode was produced by Lead Podcast Producer Briget Ganske with help from Associate Producer Jaylah Moore-Ross. Frankie St. Pierre Nelson from KUOW's RadioActive edited and mixed this episode.

Discussions about the housing market are always a hot topic. Here in the Bay Area, the housing market has been interesting, to say the least! Local reports say that since August of 2023, home prices are back on the rise after a 14-month decline, the longest period since 2012. And yet demand is still high, with some homes selling within just nine days of being on the market and interest rates hitting around 7% at the time of recording this episode. Many people panic over interest rates, but if we look at it from a historical perspective, it's still historically low. “The market supply is still low, and demand is still high, but interest rates have been challenging. Lately, we've seen some buyers back off as rates surpass 7%, while others are back and jumping into the game. It's also interesting to see how fast homes sell in some locations. We had a house in San Ramon sell in nine days, and another in San Francisco, in the Richmond District, that went with 12 offers in about 12 days.” Whether you're looking to buy or sell, navigating the current market can seem challenging. How do you know if it's the right time or if you're making a smart move? Fortunately, it's not all doom and gloom, and we have esteemed real estate expert Nathan Jines to help. Nathan holds an incredible reputation in the Bay Area for his commitment to excellence as a Broker Associate. Furthermore, he's earned a master's degree in education, has a deep passion for community service, with over two decades of Pastoral work, and is a Harvard School of Business-Certified Expert in the Mastery of Negotiation. Plus, his family has been in the real estate business since the 1800s. It's safe to say you'll definitely want him on your team! Join us for this episode of A Place of Possibility as we discuss: What the current real estate climate is like in the Bay Area Why investing in real estate is a smart long-term strategy How to get the most out of selling your home Things to consider as a home buyer  How to navigate the market regarding interest rates And much more! We hope this episode answers your questions and gives you the insights to make your next smart real estate move. We learned a lot by sitting down with Nathan; we know you will, too. So, tune in for incredible insights, advice, and stories you don't want to miss!

Olympic gold medalist & figure skating icon, Kristi Yamaguchi, shared her passion for community involvement & helping others reach their dreams!Kristi reflected on her life, being a wife & mother, her experience on Dancing with the Stars as well as her Olympic memories!When Kristi isn't promoting reading literacy & community involvement with her ‘Always Dream' organization, she is also on the Governor's Advisory Council for Physical Fitness & Mental Well-Being for the state of California!On November 10th, Kristi will be at the annual unveiling of her Kristi Yamaguchi Holiday Ice Rink at the Bishop Ranch Lot shopping center in San Ramon, Ca! Follow the link to purchase skating tickets that also helps support her Always Dream organization! https://citycenterbishopranch.ticketspice.com/city-center-bishop-ranch-2023To help support a great cause please visit the Always Dream website! www.AlwaysDream.orgMake sure to follow Kristi Yamaguchi on social media:Instagram & Twitter - @KristiYamaguchi & @AlwaysDreamFor more exclusive content, follow the Jim on Base Show on social media (Twitter/Instagram/TikToK): @JimonBaseShow

Communities across California with connections to Israel and Gaza are bracing for more violence, death and devastation after President Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday officially declared war on Hamas, the militant group that controls Gaza. On Saturday Hamas unleashed a deadly attack that Israel characterized as the “worst massacre of Israeli civilians” in history. Now almost 2,000 people are dead and thousands more wounded after Israel in turn launched unrelenting retaliatory strikes in the Gaza strip. We'll learn more about what's happening and how Jewish and Arab communities in California are responding to and processing the conflict. Guests: Manny Yekutiel, owner of Manny's in San Francisco; currently in Israel visiting his family Janine Zacharia, visiting lecturer, Stanford University; former Jerusalem Bureau Chief and Middle East correspondent for the Washington Post Steven Erlanger, chief diplomatic correspondent in Europe, New York Times; reporting from Israel Wael Buhaissy, Palestinian American who lives in San Ramon

Welcome to Season 3, Episode 10 of Meet the Expert® with Elliot Kallen!In this episode, Elliot Kallen brings on Laurie Barkman to discuss the intricate journey every entrepreneur faces: the path from birthing a business idea to the emotional and pragmatic challenges of selling and transitioning into retirement. They discuss the essential role of an advisor, the hazards of not being adequately prepared for transitions, and the significance of charitable considerations post-sale. Read More:https://prosperityfinancialgroup.com/podcast/meet-the-expert-with-elliot-kallen/start-scale-step-back-the-business-owners-transition/Free Consultation: https://prosperityfinancialgroup.com/book-your-appointment/Visit Us: https://prosperityfinancialgroup.com/We understand—you're busy. Between work, family, social, and personal life, it's all too easy to be consumed by daily duties and lose sight of your financial priorities. But compromising on your financial dreams isn't an option. That's where we come in.At Prosperity Financial Group, we'll take care of your investment, retirement, and wealth management strategies so you can show up as the best version of yourself in your work and personal relationships. Our remote service structure enables us to help you from anywhere, anytime.Get started: https://prosperityfinancialgroup.com/book-your-appointment/

Get ready for a fantastically entertaining and informative show with Dr. Judd Brandeis of the Brandeis MD Male Rejuvenation Center in San Ramon, California. One very important point you will hear Dr. Judd make is how easy it is for us to go to the doctor when we have an issue with any other body part and identify exactly what's going on, but when it comes to male performance, there can be a lot of anxiety, shame, humiliation, and attachment to ego involved. It's time to talk about it though, especially in a way that feels comfortable to address, and in this episode, you will learn about men's health and performance from a true expert. You will hear Dr. Judd's opinion on using pills to enhance performance, learn why your erectile health is a strong red flag for your overall physical health, hear about my experience at Dr. Judd's clinic, and so much more!   TIMESTAMPS: Dr. Brandeis's specialty is a holistic approach to men's sexual health. [01:33] Cialis and Viagra are very good drugs doing more than you think. [04:38] Chronic inflammation is bad, Acute inflammation is what our bodies use to heal and rebuild tissue. [07:53. The GAINSWave procedure breaks up plaque formation in blood vessels and stimulates the growth of new blood vessels in the penis. [09:11] Every time you are in REM sleep, and you start to dream, you should be getting an erection. [12:23] The reason you don't get an erection could be that your blood vessels are getting clogged. [14:07] If there is trouble in the bedroom, ten years down the road you might have heart problems.  [17:05] This is a very sensitive topic for men to talk about.  It is kind of a sense of self, sense of manliness. [20:36] If you don't take good care of yourself in your twenties and thirties and forties, in the fifties and sixties and seventies, you're gonna pay the price. [25:05] The Emnsculpt is a machine that uses high-intensity focused electromagnetic waves to sculpt the body. [30:38] The Vo2 max test is the most sensitive indicator of someone's cardiovascular health. [39:15] There can be some men who come for help whose vascular health and ultra sound look good but who have unsatisfying sexual function. [46:51] It's literally a function of blood flow whether we get an erection. [50:59] One important chapter in the book is what men need to know about menopause. [53:32] There are some things one can do to help with premature ejaculation. {56:21]   LINKS: Brad Kearns.com Brad's Shopping page B.rad Whey Protein Isolate Superfuel (Now Available in Cocoa Bean) Brandeis MD Clinic GAINSWave 21stCenturyMan.com   Join Brad for more fun on: Instagram: @bradkearns1 Facebook: @bradkearnsjumphigh Twitter: @bradleykearns YouTube: @brad.kearns TikTok: @bradkearns   We appreciate all feedback, and questions for Q&A shows, emailed to podcast@bradventures.com. If you have a moment, please share an episode you like with a quick text message, or leave a review on your podcast app. Thank you! Check out each of these companies because they are absolutely awesome or they wouldn't occupy this revered space. Seriously, I won't promote anything that I don't absolutely love and use in daily life: Peluva: Comfortable, functional, stylish five-toe minimalist shoe to reawaken optimal foot function. Mito Red Light: Photobiomodulation light panels to enhance cellular energy production, improve recovery, and optimize circadian rhythm. Use code BRAD for 5% discount! Plunge: Sensational custom-designed home cold plunge with filtered, circulating water, custom temperature setting, and sleek design. Save $150 with code BRAD. Also enroll in my Cold Plunge online course! B.rad Whey + Creatine Superfuel: Premium quality, all-natural supplement for peak performance, recovery, and longevity. New Cocoa Bean flavor! Brad's Macadamia Masterpiece: Mind-blowing, macadamia nut butter blend Online educational courses: Numerous great offerings for an immersive home-study educational experience Primal Fitness Expert Certification: The most comprehensive online course on all aspects of traditional fitness programming and a total immersion fitness lifestyle. Save 25% on tuition with code BRAD! Male Optimization Formula with Organs (MOFO): Optimize testosterone naturally with 100% grassfed animal organ supplement Shopping Page For Discounts And Navigation To The Best Products I have a newly organized shopping experience at BradKearns.com/Shop. Visit here and you can navigate to my B.rad Nutrition products (for direct order or Amazon order), my library of online multimedia educational courses, great discounts from my affiliate favorites, and my recommended health&fitness products on Amazon.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bonta and Shasky react to what was a special afternoon at Fieldwork Brewing Company in San Ramon. 

All the hosts (Bonta, Shasky, Steiny, Guru, Willard, and Dibs) open the Red & Gold Summit with opening statements at Fieldwork Brewing Company in San Ramon!

All of the hosts at 95.7 The Game (Bonta, Shasky, Steiny, Guru, Willard and Dibs) come together at Fieldwork Brewing Company in San Ramon for the Red and Gold Summit. Is it time to start worrying about Nick Bosa and his contract status?

All of the hosts at 95.7 The Game (Bonta, Shasky, Steiny, Guru, Willard and Dibs) come together at Fieldwork Brewing Company in San Ramon for the Red and Gold Summit. In Hour 1, the guys offer their opening statements and focus on Kyle Shanahan's standing within the 49ers organization and begin to discuss Nick Bosa's contract negotiations as the regular season nears.

All of the hosts at 95.7 The Game (Bonta, Shasky, Steiny, Guru, Willard and Dibs) come together at Fieldwork Brewing Company in San Ramon for the Red and Gold Summit. In Hour 2, the guys wrap up their conversation on Nick Bosa and his contract status, break down the 49ers' standing in the NFC, and more.

All of the hosts at 95.7 The Game (Bonta, Shasky, Steiny, Guru, Willard and Dibs) come together at Fieldwork Brewing Company in San Ramon for the Red and Gold Summit. Who might surprise us this season, both in a good way and a bad way? Plus, the guys offer their closing thoughts as the summit wraps up.

All of the hosts at 95.7 The Game (Bonta, Shasky, Steiny, Guru, Willard and Dibs) come together at Fieldwork Brewing Company in San Ramon for the Red and Gold Summit. Just how challenging is the 49ers' schedule in 2023?

All of the hosts at 95.7 The Game (Bonta, Shasky, Steiny, Guru, Willard and Dibs) come together at Fieldwork Brewing Company in San Ramon for the Red and Gold Summit. Where do the 49ers stand in the NFC? Are the Eagles better? Are the Cowboys on the 49ers' heals?

All of the hosts (Bonta, Shasky, Steiny, Guru, Willard, and Dibs) continue the Red & Gold Summit at Fieldwork Brewing Company in San Ramon and focus on the topic of Kyle Shanahan.

In Hour 1, Willard and Dibs (live from Fieldwork Brewing Company in San Ramon) react to what Jimmy Garoppolo said about the 49ers quarterbacks after the Trey Lance trade, wonder why Nick Bosa is still without a contract extension, and more.

In Hour 2, Willard and Dibs (live from Fieldwork Brewing Company in San Ramon) take comments from the audience at Fieldwork, wonder what else Brock Purdy needs to prove before 49ers fans feel comfortable with him as QB1, and more.

Willard and Dibs, live from Fieldwork Brewing Company in San Ramon, wonder what else Brock Purdy needs to accomplish before 49ers fans feel comfortable with him as QB1.

Willard and Dibs, live from Fieldwork Brewing Company in San Ramon, react to what both Brian Baldinger and Peter King said about the Trey Lance trade and wonder if it's possible the 49ers will regret sending Lance to the Cowboys.

Willard and Dibs, live from Fieldwork Brewing Company in San Ramon, react to what Jimmy Garoppolo said about the San Francisco 49ers quarterback room after the Trey Lance trade. Did he take another shot at his former head coach Kyle Shanahan?

Welcome to Season 3, Episode 9 of Meet the Expert® with Elliot Kallen!In this episode, Elliot Kallen brings on Sean Perlmutter from Pivotal Twist to discuss the tapestry of leadership behind successful organizations. Discover how to embrace feedback for organizational alignment, transform employee conversations, and embrace playfulness in professional branding. Are you a C-suite looking to up your leadership skills? Tune in!Read more: https://prosperityfinancialgroup.com/podcast/breakthrough-leadership-shaping-company-culture/Questions? Contact Us: https://prosperityfinancialgroup.com/book-your-appointment/

In part two of this series with Dr. Angela Rosen, we are talking about female archetypes, how they affect your fertility, and how to use them to become the mother you were meant to be. Dr. Angela Rosen is able to take complex health concepts, distill them to their essence and communicate a solution to them in a way that is easily digested. She has been practicing Chinese medicine since 2005 in a variety of clinical settings, with the last 10 years being in private practice in San Ramon, Ca. She loves sharing the beauty of Chinese medicine with people to empower them to be the best version of themselves.  She has 6 year old fraternal twin daughters and two mini Aussiedoodles, which makes for a very full life!   Listen in as Dr. Rosen and I take a deep dive into the fascinating world of female archetypes.  Special Offer for Podcast Listeners: Get 10% off your purchase of the Conceivable Report with 35 pages of data and personalized supplement recommendations. https://conceivable.com?sca_ref=3285886.jYBbQYQBfY&sca_source=FUPodcast  What You'll Learn    The different female archetypes  How the archetypes relate to fertility  What the archetypes can teach us about ourselves What it means to age well and how to do it    Connect with Dr. Angela Rosen:  Facebook: Mulberry Wellness  Instagram: @mulberry_wellness https://www.instagram.com/mulberry_wellness/  Website https://www.mulberrywellness.com/   NEW! FERTILITY BOOST CAMP with Tasha Blasi Get LIVE fertility coaching and on-demand training with a top-rated fertility and IVF consultant for just $66-$97 per month! https://www.fertilityboostcamp.com/2023/      Resources    FREE 15- Minute Discovery Call with Our Team to Help You Navigate Your Next Step Supplement Resource and Discounts on Professional Grade Supplements! Sign up for our Wellevate account and go to, "Practitioner Protocols" on the home page for details on what to use for what issue. For more of my fertility advice and adventures, go to www.TashaBlasi.com Check out our newest website addition containing free resources for you - our Resources Page: https://www.tashablasi.com/resources. Sign-up to become an FU Insider and get 15 Questions You Must Ask Your Fertility Clinic and Making Decisions With Precision. www.MyBabyIsComingSoon.com      How to connect with Tasha    Tashablasi.com    Connect with us at support@tashablasi.com    Instagram @tashablasi https://www.instagram.com/tashablasi/        How to get involved    If you would like more information about The FU Project and my mission to get you pregnant so much faster and smarter than I did, please check out my website.    Enjoyed the Podcast? Be sure to subscribe and leave a quick review on iTunes. It would mean the world to hear your feedback and we'd love for you to help us spread the word. There are so many women suffering in silence that could use this help and support.  Tasha Blasi is a fertility consultant and Founder of The Fertilitites Unite Project (FU Project for short, and yes, that was intentional). Her goal is to get you fertile and pregnant, and optimize your egg quality and life during your fertility treatments. Using her background in the sciences, and personally going through ten rounds of IVF for her two children, she has created a life mission to help patients doing IVF know as much as their doctor so they can ask better questions and get better treatment...all while bringing an unfiltered, humorous tone to this often heartbreaking subject.   #IVF #Fertility coach #Fertility doctor #Fertility consultant #Trying to get pregnant #Egg quality #IVF #TTC

Welcome to Season 3, Episode 7 of Meet the Expert® with Elliot Kallen!In this episode, Elliot Kallen and Jenifer Bloodsworth explore the fascinating intersection of psychology and finance. Understanding the two thinking systems in our brains can shed light on why we sometimes make irrational investment decisions. They also cover how to combat common biases and build a resilient portfolio that can withstand market volatility and global risks. The insights gained could be a game-changer for your long-term financial success.Visit Us: https://prosperityfinancialgroup.com/Book an Appointment

In part one of this two part series with Dr. Angela Rosen, we are talking about how fertility gets lost and how to find it.    Listen in as Dr. Rosen and I discuss the four signs that your menstrual cycle is good and how having these four things will increase your fertility by 70%. We also get into how she transforms somebody's menstrual cycle when they don't have those four things.   Dr. Angela Rosen is able to take complex health concepts, distill them to their essence and communicate a solution to them in a way that is easily digested. She has been practicing Chinese medicine since 2005 in a variety of clinical settings, with the last 10 years being in private practice in San Ramon, Ca. She loves sharing the beauty of Chinese medicine with people to empower them to be the best version of themselves.  She has 6 year old fraternal twin daughters and two mini Aussiedoodles, which makes for a very full life!   Special Offer for Podcast Listeners: Get 10% off your purchase of the Conceivable Report with 35 pages of data and personalized supplement recommendations. https://conceivable.com?sca_ref=3285886.jYBbQYQBfY&sca_source=FUPodcast  What You'll Learn    The impact of modern society on fertility  Signs on infertility in our body  4 Things that every menstrual cycle should have Chinese medicine perspective on your body's resources  How Angela transforms someone's cycle   Connect with Dr. Angela Rosen:  Facebook: @mulberrywellness Instagram: @mulberry_wellness       NEW! FERTILITY BOOST CAMP with Tasha Blasi Get LIVE fertility coaching and on-demand training with a top-rated fertility and IVF consultant for just $66-$97 per month!   >> https://www.fertilityboostcamp.com/2023/      Resources    FREE 15- Minute Discovery Call with Our Team to Help You Navigate Your Next Step Supplement Resource and Discounts on Professional Grade Supplements! Sign up for our Wellevate account and go to, "Practitioner Protocols" on the home page for details on what to use for what issue. For more of my fertility advice and adventures, go to www.TashaBlasi.com Check out our newest website addition containing free resources for you - our Resources Page: https://www.tashablasi.com/resources. Sign-up to become an FU Insider and get 15 Questions You Must Ask Your Fertility Clinic and Making Decisions With Precision. www.MyBabyIsComingSoon.com      How to connect with Tasha    Tashablasi.com    Connect with us at support@tashablasi.com    Instagram @tashablasi https://www.instagram.com/tashablasi/        How to get involved    If you would like more information about The FU Project and my mission to get you pregnant so much faster and smarter than I did, please check out my website.    Enjoyed the Podcast? Be sure to subscribe and leave a quick review on iTunes. It would mean the world to hear your feedback and we'd love for you to help us spread the word. There are so many women suffering in silence that could use this help and support.    Tasha Blasi is a fertility consultant and Founder of The Fertilitites Unite Project (FU Project for short, and yes, that was intentional). Her goal is to get you fertile and pregnant, and optimize your egg quality and life during your fertility treatments. Using her background in the sciences, and personally going through ten rounds of IVF for her two children, she has created a life mission to help patients doing IVF know as much as their doctor so they can ask better questions and get better treatment...all while bringing an unfiltered, humorous tone to this often heartbreaking subject.   #IVF #Fertility coach #Fertility doctor #Fertility consultant #Trying to get pregnant #Egg quality #IVF #TTC

This week we catch up with Amanda Nauman to discuss all things gravel. We touch on the Mammoth Tuff gravel race, Tuff Camps and how to continue to invite women into the sport.  Amanda is an OG in the sport and friend of the pod which made for a super enjoyable conversation.  Tuff Ventures Website Support the Podcast Join The Ridership  Automated Transcription, please excuse the typos: [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'm super stoked to invite back. Amanda Naaman. Amanda is a big time friend of the pod. A podcast or herself as the co-host of the grody. Podcast. A very accomplished off-road athlete. With notable wins twice. At Unbound 200. Five times at the rock cobbler, . We touch on rock cobbler this year, and some of the help she provided Sam aims with inviting and encouraging more female athletes to toe the line at this year's rock cobbler event. She and Dave Sheik are also the co-founders of the mammoth tough event in mammoth, California, which occurs in September. Each year She's a member of the gravel cycling hall of fame advisory board. And according to her. She's Walter, the dog's favorite. I'm not going to get into that domestic squabble, but we'll leave it at that. I'm excited to bring you a followup conversation with our friend, Amanda Naaman. Hi, Craig. How are you? I am doing great. It's so good [00:01:32] Amanda Nauman: to see you. Yeah, likewise. I'm excited. What, almost two and a half years [00:01:36] Craig Dalton: later. Yeah. Yeah. And you know, the funny thing about our first recording I was recalling, we were doing an Instagram live at the same time. It was back when everybody was trying to figure out Instagram Live, so we were doing that. And recording our conversation and I ultimately posted it to the podcast Feed . [00:01:54] Amanda Nauman: Nice, nice. . [00:01:56] Craig Dalton: What am I sort of, I would say to the failed endeavor into Instagram Live. It's not something I, I jam on. I'm much more comfortable in the podcast format where I can just talk to people and publish it later. [00:02:08] Amanda Nauman: Yeah. Yeah. No, it's hard and distracting. You get all the messages, you're like, what? What is that question? ? . [00:02:14] Craig Dalton: I feel like we have so much ground to cover. We were chatting a little bit offline, but I, I thought what would be an interesting place to start knowing you participated in the Lifetime Grand Prix in in 2020 2, 20 22. I just wanted to get your kind of overall perceptions as someone who's been around gravel racing for many years with that structure of your season. infused onto your life. H uh, how did it go and what were your thoughts on the, the lifetime Grand Prix in general? [00:02:42] Amanda Nauman: Yeah, I signed up probably on the last day that was possible to turn in the applications that, um, winter before, cuz I really contemplated whether or not it was something that I wanted to do for a while cuz I knew. You know, I had done Unbound Excel. They had put Leadville on the list for the Grand Prix, and I was like, man, I've always wanted to do Leadville. I can kind of shape my calendar around the rest of the series as well. So ultimately I decided to sign up for it knowing, you know, it's kind of a shoe-in to Leadville, which is one thing I had always wanted to do. And at the same time, I get to do some gravel and some other mountain bike races that I hadn't necessarily done before. So I was very optimistic and excited about the Grand Prix last. . It didn't necessarily go how I had planned or anticipated, but uh, yeah, I think what they have created in the series and the opportunities for athletes to go race that, I think it's a great, a great thing and great structure for a lot of people, but it wasn't necessarily, let's say, the right fit for me last year. [00:03:44] Craig Dalton: Did that make sense? I mean, just for the listener's sake, like if you go back a few years before that as a gravel racer, how would you go about picking your Cal. [00:03:53] Amanda Nauman: Yeah, I mean, there's just some of the marquee events that. I would've picked, you know, in 2019, like for sure rock cobbler, mid-South Belgian waffle ride San Diego. And then you'd go into Unbound, like for I think a California racer. That was sort of the way you would go. And then as summer happened, you know, you could pick and choose events. S B T I think was a was happening at that time. So it was a good summer. One gravel worlds. And then R P I. Was kind of sort of a season ender a little bit before you hit fall, and some people would race cycle lacrosse and whatnot. So that was kind of the loose structure, I think, at least in 2019. And then 20 20, 20 21, everything kind of changed and there was a big reevaluation of what was important in terms of picking events, going to events or not , and then, Yeah, in 2022, everybody had the opportunity to apply for the Grand Prix, so that changed things. But beforehand it was sort of what events were some of the big names going to, which ones had the most prestige, and, and if you were looking for sponsorship and stuff, you wanted to make sure you were at an event where there's enough competition there to show that let's say your results are are worth not. [00:05:11] Craig Dalton: Yeah, that makes sense. Yeah. It's so interesting to think, like, think of it from the professional athlete's perspective, going back prior to the existence of the Grand Prix, just the flexibility to kind of go do whatever you wanted and whatever was exciting to you. And then to see athletes be, uh, forced because as you said, this amazing opportunity and I think the Grand Prix. Fits so many people's needs right now. It does exclude certain events and it certainly does drive your calendar and just looking at it from the outside and maybe talking to a few athletes along the way, there's definitely an increased stress when you've, you've got this season long endeavor that you're pursuing and you're trying to get points at every stop. [00:05:51] Amanda Nauman: Yeah. Yeah, exactly. And I think that was where it caused me some stress last year because I got sick a couple times and the kind of sick where had it been a normal year, I just would've like pulled the plug and not gone to Sea Otter, for example, cuz that was the first one that I was sick for. and in hindsight, like I probably should have done that, but when you're in the moment you're like, no, I can't skip this cuz I only have one scratch race. I had to skip Schwa again because of Mammoth. So I was already in a tough situation of like, I have to do all of these other ones no matter what. And that was the stress for me, I think was feeling like I had to do this thing. And especially because last year we paid for it. So I was also like financially invested in the decision that I had made. Um, so yeah, for me, like I said, that that feeling. Wasn't perfect for me because. Bike racing isn't my only source of income. So it, I've always tried to go towards what I'm doing has to be fun because if not, then like, what's the point? It's not like the money puts food on the table for me. So I have that ability to say, Hey, I need to pick and choose things that are important to me. And I think I've come back a little bit more to that, uh, in 2023, which I would say I was at in 2019 for sure. Um, and then a period. A few years floundering of what, what was important for me, . [00:07:13] Craig Dalton: I know you guys at the Groo podcast did a really great episode with, I think it was Michelle Duffy talking, just talking about your, how you felt the season went at the Lifetime Grand Prix, and some suggestions and some questions. What were some of the key takeaways if you look back on that season to say, What would you recommend they changed in that program and did they ultimately end up doing that for [00:07:36] Amanda Nauman: 23? Yeah, I definitely, I asked some hard questions. I think he, I told chemo I was going to ask some hard questions and he was like, yeah, okay, But I, you know, I pulled some of them from like actual trolls on the internet that would say like these most. Outlandish things and you're like, really? Like, did you even pay attention at all? But I wanted to give them the opportunity to respond to some of that stuff. Like, like did, did social media matter? Or you know, how could you charge everyone money and all the ENT entry fees to go do this stuff? And kind of. Pinpoint some of the things that people had complained about, I would say. Um, and yeah, they changed a lot. I mean, at that time they had already made 2023, like no fees so people don't have to pay for the entry fees. Um, and I think they're doing a much better job with social media. And that was. , one of my major points that I wanted to drive with them was like the stuff that I was seeing, they had relied so heavily on the flow bikes deal that they had made. Yeah. And doing that live coverage and really just making sure that flow was going to do the storytelling for them and it just never happened. And that was my, my main frustration. in March, like before we went to Mid-South, Flo did one-on-one interviews with probably everyone, and they had all this great content that they put out before Sea Otter, and it was very in depth and it felt like everybody was telling their story and it was fun to follow that part of it. And then after Unbound, it just stopped. And then they had the issues in Utah and. . So ultimately for somebody like me, where being in the top 10 wasn't necessarily realistic and being in that midfield to back of the pack zone, I kept saying like, what is the point for somebody like me and somebody let, and now let's say somebody in the 20 to 30 range, what's the point of being in it if you're not giving me the exposure? that I want if I'm gonna be in the series and like, invest in this with you. And so I hope that that's the biggest thing that they change for this year is not relying on the flow stuff, probably expanding the storytelling to more than the top five at each event. Yeah. And, and being able to tell more of the story of everyone [00:09:52] Craig Dalton: I. Yeah, that would be interesting. I, I sort of, when I look through the list of writers, both male and female, and I think about like who, oh, who might I interview over the cross cost of the cross of the season, as you know, this isn't specifically a racing podcast. Yeah. But even if it was like, I can't get to all those athletes and it's almost like I just need to get a dart board, just throw a dart and pick someone that I don't know and interview because I think you're right. There's interesting. Across the board and the more that they can kind of create those personal connections with the athletes, the more excited people are gonna be to follow. [00:10:27] Amanda Nauman: Yeah, for sure. And I think, like chemo said, his major goal was to get non-endemic sponsorship into the sport and to get these athletes able to make a living off of it. Like those were his two main goals in making this series. And I was like, okay, if you do that, like you need to work more on the marketing side of it and you need to tell. All of the stories because if we're just gonna talk about the top five and we're only gonna pay the top 10, then what's the point of going 30 deep So . Yeah, like that's, I think, I think they get that now and they'll probably work more on that this year. But for sure, like I'm, I'm gonna have Anna Ya mochi on Groo next. And she just won rock cobbler and she's doing the Grand Prix and she's one of those like up and coming names where it's a really exciting story to follow and if they go the same route they did as last year, which is like, well, let's just focus on the top five hopefuls at each event, like she's never gonna get any coverage then So yeah, if they can expand the way that they tell those stories, I think that would be, [00:11:31] Craig Dalton: Yeah. Similarly, I just launched an episode with, uh, Ian Lopez, San Ramon, nice. 19 year old out of Northern California who's joined. He's the youngest person who's part of the series. Yeah, and it's just, I think it's just gonna be an interesting timestamp for. He and I to like look at this interview where he is at, what he's thinking about with his career in cycling and yeah, follow him throughout the [00:11:52] Amanda Nauman: year. Yeah, I love that [00:11:53] Craig Dalton: stuff. I love it. Yeah. So did you decide to, to throw your hat in the ring for 2023 in the Grand [00:12:00] Amanda Nauman: Prix? I did not, and mostly because I think of the experiences that I had in 2022 and not enjoying that stuck feeling. Um, if they had. another deal or contract, or if they had presented a way that they were going to do marketing for all of the athletes, I might have reconsidered it, but because we were just going blindly on the hope of like, yeah, we're gonna make it better than the year before, I was like, well, I'd rather focus on more of the stuff I think that I wanna do personally. Um, so yeah, I'm, I'm optimistic about the things that they do change for this year. I just think it would've been cool for them to maybe present that upfront. [00:12:42] Craig Dalton: When you saw the call of a Lifetime series on YouTube, did that make you. They might be approaching it differently or what were your thoughts on that series? [00:12:50] Amanda Nauman: Yeah, I, I loved it. I think they, you know, they had told us initially that it was going to happen and before every race weekend they had said, Hey, if you're in the top three men or women, cuz they alternated. Genders throughout the the series. They told us all of that upfront and they said, if you are going to be in this top group, please make sure you make time for the interviews and all of that. So that part of it we knew was for sure happening. And they made some of the vignette videos highlighting some of the athletes, but it just wasn't, it wasn't everyone, and it wasn't clear how they were picking the stories to tell essentially. Um, So, yeah, I think they did a really good job with the series though. I, I joked that it's, like they said, make it like drive to survive with a little less drama, but, and a lot more cool bike racing. I think they nailed it pretty good. [00:13:42] Craig Dalton: Yeah, I enjoyed it as well. Yeah. With with the idea that you can drop two races and now it's up to seven races, do you think that would meaningfully change, like what your experience would've been? If that was the scenario last [00:13:54] Amanda Nauman: year, yeah. It would've eliminated some of that stress of feeling stuck or knowing that. you had a little bit more flexibility. Uh, yeah, I think that, that that format will be healthier for people and I think that is for sure something that they realized last year with some of the injuries that happened already, like Pete racing through when maybe he shouldn't have with his hand still hurting and pacing. So, um, yeah, just lessons learned, growing pains of how you set up a series from the get-go. [00:14:23] Craig Dalton: Yeah, I think that'll be interesting. I also think it'll be interesting if someone is riding through the series healthy. And just decides not to do something, you know, unbound obviously being a huge effort that maybe some people might not be suited for. At least that was the speculation last year. Yeah. Um, wondering like whether they'll just opt out of one and save one in their pocket for either a bad day or an illness or injury. [00:14:48] Amanda Nauman: Yeah, everybody was afraid of that and I felt like there were a lot of rumblings of like, oh, so-and-so's gonna skip unbound cuz they can. But I think peer pressure might have just went on that and most of them ended up just doing it. So maybe that'll keep happening. I think everybody kind of feels that is the marquee one and if you skip it, cuz it doesn't suit you and you one people will probably be like, well they didn't do unbound. So Yeah, [00:15:12] Craig Dalton: I could see. Yeah. Little, a little asterisks, by the way. [00:15:14] Amanda Nauman: Exactly, exactly. Uh, well they chickened out on that one. . . [00:15:19] Craig Dalton: Love it. So what, what are some of your plans for 2023? Obviously, like over the last couple years, you've. Uh, become an event organizer with Mammoth Tuff, which we'll get into. Also started dabbling in gravel camps, which sound amazing. But why don't you just, let's talk through what 2023 is gonna look like for you for both erasing and other gravel endeavor perspective. [00:15:42] Amanda Nauman: Yeah, I, yeah, quite, quite a few people have asked me this, and I think it's important to. also reminds people again that like, this isn't my job, per se. You know, like I have a regular desk job. And so the way that I've approached anything has always been fun first in doing things that I want to do. Um, and last year my dad got sick a couple times and the business that I work for is my parents own it. And so, and it's just me and my brother that work for them. So I think we kind of had this like revelation of. All of this other stuff that we're doing isn't quite as important and putting my dad's health first and focusing on that kind of was, and it's one of those things where it puts stuff into perspective. And I'm like, yeah, I've been doing this bike racing stuff for a decade. It is, it has been a very selfish endeavor. And there are kind of other things. in my life that I would like to focus on. Um, so yeah, that, that's, that's the background to all of it, essentially. You know, it's not as easy of a decision as like, oh, well I'd rather race mid-south than Unbound. Like, it was, it was never really that simple for me. For 2023, it was kind of more like, mammoth is very important to me. Doing camps is very important to me. Having more time at work is also important to me. And, um, Going back to the goal that I had in 2020 of finishing the calera 500 was also a goal and something I wanted to do last year, but like I said, the like shiny object of the Grand Prix got in the way and I was like, oh, I could do this thing. So I just put that on hold for another year. Um, so I'd like to, to go back to that and try and finish it. Awesome. [00:17:20] Craig Dalton: Can you describe that, that attempt at Calera and what that [00:17:24] Amanda Nauman: is? Yeah. So it is the Calera 500. Um, the person who started it, his name is Alan Jacoby and he lives in Idaho now. So he doesn't live in Mammoth anymore, but he was a big tour divide fanatic. Um, and he came back to Mammoth after doing tour divide and was like, I need to do something similar here in my backyard. So he came up with Calera, which is a hundred fifty, two hundred fifty North and South Loops. And then the Calera 500, which is the big Mamma Jamma one. And most all of this is like, An Excel spreadsheet of maps and queues and like very rudimentary stuff. I think over the course of the next year or so, it will be a little bit more updated Ever since, um, one of the bike packing.com people did a feature story on it cuz he finished the 500 last fall. So with more attention, more eyeballs, I think it's going to gain popularity. But essentially they're just like really stupid hard bike packing routes in the area. And I think the fastest time on the 500 is just under five days. . So it's not really something that can be done in a couple, and it's more walking than you think, and it's, uh, a lot harder just because of the elevation and the massive climbs in the Eastern Sierra. So, . Yeah, that's, that's the backstory. There's a cool video that Niner put out in 2020 when I had first started it and kind of the goal of finishing it has is still, is still there looming over my head. I've had a couple of times that didn't go right, [00:19:01] Craig Dalton: and is it the type of thing now that in the bike packing community, it's this, Entity and people are starting to sort of check it off their list and make attempts to go at it fast. [00:19:12] Amanda Nauman: Barely. That's why I said like I think it'll gain popularity now that bike packing.com did a feature on it because I think they're only five or six guys that have ever finished the 500. I'm the only person to ever finish the one 50 South Loop. Um, yeah. So it's very, very grassroots. I mean, there are probably. 200 people in the Facebook group that know about it. Um, but yeah, if you are interested, there is a Facebook group. It is private, so you can just request access for it for anybody listening. But yeah, I would love to see it blow up. Like I think it's a, it's a really beautiful route. It's very challenging and hard, but if you're looking for a good reason to, to get away, it's a, it's a good one. [00:19:53] Craig Dalton: How did you fall in love with that area in the Eastern Sierra? [00:19:57] Amanda Nauman: M uh, growing up, I think, um, yeah, we probably talked about this a few years ago, but my parents always took us to Mammoth growing up and same thing with David's parents. And so we both sort of fell in love with it in a parallel way as we were younger. And then once we met, um, we were like, oh man, this place is awesome. And my parents saved up enough money to get a house there, I think in 20. 15 or 16 I think. And because of that opportunity to be there and stay there, I ended up doing a lot of my training for, at the time, DK Now Unbound. And so I attribute a lot of the success I had winning in 15 and 16 to training up there because it was just the most like wide open. Not California, like in the way that you would think about California gravel. It was just more Midwest than anything I'd ever found in the state. And because of that, it gave me the opportunity to put my head down and go hard the way that you would in the in the back roads of Kansas . So that was sort of how we fell in love with it. Definitely skiing and snowboarding first, then mountain biking over the years, and then, hey, like let's go down this road that looks like it goes off to nowhere. . Yeah. [00:21:14] Craig Dalton: Love it. And then which year was the, was 2020 was the first year that you guys attempted to put on Mammoth Tough, right? Right. [00:21:22] Amanda Nauman: Yeah. We came up with the idea in like, well, I'd say late 2018 or so. Um, I don't know if I've ever told this story publicly, but we actually went. Maybe half a year of doing it with Lifetime and thinking it was gonna be a lifetime event. And ultimately Dave and I decided we wanted to do it on our own. And so in 20, late 2019, we were like, okay, we're gonna do it ourselves cuz this is how we wanna do it and present it. And, and then with the intention of it kicking off in 2020 [00:21:54] Craig Dalton: and what year did it actually kick off? [00:21:56] Amanda Nauman: Yeah, last year , so, [00:21:59] Craig Dalton: yeah. Yeah. I couldn't remember if it happened once or twice already. Yeah. No. So you got got one [00:22:03] Amanda Nauman: under your belt. Yeah. Covid. And then 2021 was wildfires, unfortunately. And then, yeah, 2022 finally happened last year. Which, one thing I do wanna mention, I just set up bike ride for. this in 2023. For me, I'm the tough, and they have a new insurance policy option for their event promoters where there's like a natural disaster thing. You can pay a fee into this insurance thing where they will cover refunds for natural disasters like wildfires, which is huge, especially so any promoter's listening in California, think about it. It's only like 2.2% of your fees or whatever, and I think. The state that we're in and with, you know, some of the things that could happen in our areas like that is a, a pretty good opportunity for promoters. . [00:22:53] Craig Dalton: Yeah, that sounds like it. Yeah. So the events in September, so end of the year each, each season. [00:22:59] Amanda Nauman: Yes. Yeah, it is the weekend after Labor Day. So traditionally the Mammoth Grand Fondo has Labor Day weekend, and then we are that next Saturday after that, which is the closing weekend of the Mountain bike park. So we had a lot of people that were up there. You know, you have siblings or other family members that wanna just go ride park all day and. Go do your little grapple adventure. [00:23:22] Craig Dalton: Nice. A little I'd I'd do a little bit of both if given the opportunity. . [00:23:26] Amanda Nauman: Yeah. A lot of people went and rode mountain bikes on Sunday. . [00:23:29] Craig Dalton: Yeah. Um, and tell us a little bit about the event. Like if someone's considering it for their calendar, what, what is it like? Obviously Mammoth Mountain is at a high elevation as you referenced before, but how did you design the, the, the event? What are the, the roads and trails like up. [00:23:45] Amanda Nauman: Yeah, it's one thing. So when we first started it, we had a short course and a long course. We were gonna do a 40 mile and a hundred mile option ish. And then in 2020, One, we had a bunch of people come out and we tested sort of a medium route. Even though the event was canceled, we were like, Hey, go ride part of this and tell us what you think. And that was the genesis of the medium distance. So in 2022 last year, we had three routes, even though that was never the initial plan, but some people felt like, oh, the short one's too easy and the long one's too hard. So we need an in between. And that was where we came up with the idea of doing three different ones and they. Very different. Like they're in completely different sections of the, of the valley of the mountain. They go in different areas. So I wanted to be able to sell a different experience for each distance and sort of have it as a stepping stone leading up to challenging yourself over a hundred if you want to, and letting those first two on the way kind. get you ready for what to expect for the, for the long one, cuz the long one you go pretty much all the way to Bishop and back essentially is the route. [00:24:57] Craig Dalton: Yeah. And how much climbing is in the long one? [00:25:00] Amanda Nauman: 7,500 or so? It's not too bad, it's not like raw cobbler where it's a hundred feet per every mile. It's a little bit less than that. So I think it's, um, it's not as like punchy and brutal in that regard. . [00:25:15] Craig Dalton: Yeah. Are you doing sort of long duration climbs on the course or is it [00:25:19] Amanda Nauman: rolling? Yeah, it's mostly you just like kind of get in the zone and climb for. Good chunks of time. It's a lot less, like five minutes as hard as you can go. You're kind of like, yeah. All right. Kick it into gear for the next hour, essentially. . . [00:25:37] Craig Dalton: Nice. And then the, the, um, the, the short and the medium courses, what are those [00:25:42] Amanda Nauman: distances? Yeah, the short is about 40 miles, very palatable. You go by, uh, the the Hot Creek area, which is cool, so you can stop and go down there. And then the medium distance is about 75 miles or so, and it has some pretty technical descending in it, I would say. And for folks who aren't used to riding or navigating sand as much, that feeling. Riding in Palmist stone is very different from anything else in the state, essentially, cuz you're just riding in old lava fields. So, . It's very unique. So I had a lot of people tell me last year like, oh man, you weren't kidding when you said it was gonna be hard. I'm like, yeah. It wasn't, it wasn't like some like silly marketing ploy to be like, this is gonna be the hardest event ever. I was like, I was serious. Like it's not easy. Um, and so it was, it was funny to have a bunch of people come up to me afterwards and being like, yeah, you were right. Like I know I wouldn't lie to you [00:26:40] Craig Dalton: What does that end up translating wise for equipment? Like what do you sort of recommend people ride up? [00:26:46] Amanda Nauman: Yeah, 40 minimum tire width. And I tell people like, go with as wide as your frame would allow, essentially. So like I could fit a 48 Oracle ridge on my R L t if I, if I needed to. And I think that would be the most fun realistically for the day if you were just looking to have a good time. And a lot of it is because some of the softer stuff, if you're not used to the like fish taily feeling of your bike, With when it has two narrow tires and sand, then go wider because you, it'll be more stable and a lot less like wiggly, I guess. So it kind of depends on. Number one, people's handling abilities and number two, what your frame can allow. And then, yeah, just go big. It's safer. , [00:27:32] Craig Dalton: did people listen to you or were people showing up on 30 twos? Yeah, [00:27:35] Amanda Nauman: no, people listened. I think that was, that was the thing we tried to scare everyone with. I was like, if you go under 40, you're not gonna have a good time. Just trust me. . [00:27:45] Craig Dalton: I love it. I love it. So overall, how was the first year of the event? Did it meet your expectations? [00:27:51] Amanda Nauman: Yeah, yeah, it was, it was great. I think the one thing, I don't like gloating, but I will toot my horn on the safety aspect because the one thing about that area is there's, you have very little cell service. You're kind of really, truly in the middle of nowhere and the only people who ever go out there are just going in their side by sides or motorcycles to, to get away. So we made it an an emphasis on safety and having a hundred percent rider accountability, which you'd be surprised looking into events that you're trying to sign up for that. That's not really the case for most events that you go to. Promoters kind of put it on you to, oh, well, if you're out there, you're kind of on your own and if you don't get back like, and you tried calling, sag, whatever, like you'll figure out how to get back essentially. And there's not really making sure that everybody is back. Okay. Whereas in our case, if you get out there and you get lost or. Can't find your way back. Like there's a, like you go into the risk of like making it out alive essentially, cuz temperatures can drop overnight and there's kind of more risk factors involved. So we wanted to make sure that we knew where everyone was. And TBG timing had a really good setup where you could text them if you dnf, if you got back to your hotel room on your own. And then if you got picked up by people, obviously we knew where you were. We got that idea from, there's a, there's an ultra, a Bishop Ultra that happens in May every year, and they have a policy where if you don't report your DNF or like that you left the course and just went home, you're never allowed back. like they have a very like hard. Stance on that, and they just don't want people back that disregard that rule. So we were like, well, we don't wanna be that strict, but we want to make sure people know that we care about where they are out there. Um, so yeah, safety, I think was, was the biggest thing that we wanted to, to shoot for. And hopefully everybody's told me like, you're never gonna be able to scale that if you have 2000 people. And I don't know, I'd like to take on that challenge just because I think making sure everyone's safe is, is always gonna be our biggest priority. Yeah, for sure. [00:30:03] Craig Dalton: That sounds great. I remember in the first year you guys were advertising that it was kind of co-located alongside Octoberfest in Mammoth. Did that turn out to be the case? [00:30:13] Amanda Nauman: It didn't. They, uh, they ended up canceling their festival. They like, I. Covid stuff and the people who ran octoberfest have other businesses in town that they were kind of more worried about than, than putting on the festival last year. So they canceled. And so that is why we did our own beer run on Friday. So we ended up doing what used to be theirs. They handed it off to us and they're like, yeah, if you wanna do this, Stupid beer run. Go for it. Which we did cuz I had done it the year before and I was like, this is awesome. Um, so we took that over and, and we obviously last year didn't have time to like throw together a full on music festival like they had had in the past, but cuz they canceled sort of last minute. So this year the village is kind of helping us. Get talent involved for kind of having it be a little bit more of a festival and live music and entertainment for Saturday. Um, so yeah, no more October Fest, but, but we're trying to make the party . [00:31:10] Craig Dalton: Love it. Um, now I know you guys have been through the ringer as far as event organizers are concerned between the pandemic and the fires. But let's put those two years of waiting aside. Like how would you, what. , how do you think about the amount of effort required to put on Mammoth? Tough. And was it a satisfying enterprise for you guys to put together, or was being an event organizer just like this crazy amount of work you never anticipated? [00:31:40] Amanda Nauman: It was a crazy amount of work. I never anticipated a hundred percent. Um, I think that Sunday after the award ceremony when we were all cleaning up, I was like, somebody asked David, like, oh, are you guys gonna do this next year? David was like, uh, I don't know. And I was like, yes, . So we had very different, I think, immediate reactions to it. David ended up doing a lot more of like the manual labor, I would say, and I did a lot more of like the computer work and logistics and all of that. So we came at it from different perspectives, but in, even though it was more work than we had anticipated, I would say it was a lot more rewarding than we had anticipated as well. because I have always told the story that Mammoth was like the special place to us. Like so much so that we thought about just keeping it a secret and not really like displaying it as this gravel destination, I guess you could say. But doing that and having the opportunity to share this place that has meant so much to us, I think was. Ultimately the biggest gift and the thing that we were the most proud of because everybody was like, yeah, I come up and ski here in snowboard and mountain bike. I never thought to bring my gravel bike and just go explore. And people have spent so much time on the 3 95 and just never really thought about those roads that are out there. So that part to me was very rewarding. I think Visit Mammoth now knows that it is a really great destination to, for people to go bring a gravel bike and explore. and that part I think will be the thing will, will always be the most proud of is kind of sharing that adventurous spirit up there. [00:33:17] Craig Dalton: Yeah. Did you think about the event from like, um, you want this to be a hyper-competitive event or was it something else in your mind when you conceived of it? [00:33:27] Amanda Nauman: Um, that's it. That's kind of hard for me because I am so competitive. So we wanted this fine balance of making everybody feel like they were competing for something, um, because I don't want to exclude all of those people. Like I always appreciated that Sam aims with the rock cobbler. He was always like, this isn't a race, but two people are going to win. Like he's always said that. and he's always acknowledged me or whoever else was winning those years, but he didn't like do categories for all, you know, the age groups and whatnot. But re I really wanted to do that for our event because, As a swimmer, as a triathlete, having those goals for everyday regular people was something that was important to me, cuz it was important to me a decade ago before I got into anything super competitive. So I think it's important to reward. . Um, yeah. The people that are doing the thing and going how they can as fast as they can for their certain categories, I think is still important to me. Um, but in that sense, I also just wanna make sure people can come and have a good time and not feel like the pressure to, to perform. [00:34:37] Craig Dalton: Yeah. Well, it sounds like you've covered both bases, right? You've, you've, you, you've allowed the racer types to go at it, go hard and get some recognition at the end, but you've also built that safety net to make sure that there's no man or woman left [00:34:50] Amanda Nauman: behind. Yeah. Yeah, exactly. , . [00:34:54] Craig Dalton: The other thing I wanted to touch on that seems like it's been growing in your portfolio of gravel offerings has been the camp. what can you just tell me about like what a tough camp is like and what are tough? What's the vision for 2023? Yeah. [00:35:10] Amanda Nauman: Yeah. I. I will go as, I'm gonna go a decade back real quick. So when I was, uh, I finished my master's degree in 2012 and I had planned a trip to Europe with my best friend from high school, and we signed up for one of those like v i p experiences with the Tour de France. And so we did like this like. 10 days in the NY sort of thing and blew all of the money that I had made in college to go do this trip. Cuz I was like, whatever, I'm starting work after this. Like I can make money later. And it was like a very, I don't know, transformative, life-changing trip that we did. And I think, you know, the, the people I had spent a week with, I still talked to you today and uh, I think that experience was important for me cuz it made me realize how much. Travel and sharing cool experiences on two wheels was to me. And then, you know, shortly after that, I met David, I was working at, felt all of these things kind of stumbled into bike racing and bike racing became the catalyst to going cool places and riding bikes with friends. and then now I am like moving that pendulum sort of back into to what was really important to me 10 years ago, which was like just going and doing these trips and riding with people for fun and like sharing kind of all of the experiences that I've had in the past decade. So that was the impetus of it. And like I knew we were gonna have this conversation and I was thinking a lot. Why I wanted to do camps and why they were so important to me and Dave working as a coach for Carmichael Training Systems, like they have always done a really amazing job with camps, and I've had the pleasure of helping coach some of those and being a part of them. And every time I'm like, this is where it's at, like the like intimate, like group setting. You know, you have good food, you hang out, you just talk about important life stuff. That I think is always something I enjoyed. So that was the impetus of of all of it. We started some of the camps in 2020, a couple more in 2021, a couple more last year, and to where we are at today, making all of them sort of under the Tough Ventures umbrella and expanding it to a couple camps in Kansas. [00:37:31] Craig Dalton: Super cool. I do, I do think for many cyclists, the idea of a camp evokes this. Training camp mentality, which is like, oh, I'm going because I'm trying to do well at Unbound, or what have you. Yeah, and I think it's an inter really interesting opportunity to kind of shift that mindset to more what you're saying, which is like, I'm gonna go somewhere cool. I'm gonna ride my ass off for four days. I'm not doing that for necessarily for anything beyond the sheer pleasure of writing. For four days and getting access to people who are knowledgeable about the sport and learning a thing or two. [00:38:07] Amanda Nauman: Yeah, exactly. I think it's a middle ground of a training camp and like a vacation trip, , because I want, I want to bring value and the way I've been explaining it to everyone is like, Dave and I made a lot of mistakes in the past 10 years. We did everything the wrong way and I would like to make sure that people coming into this discipline now, Kind of learn from our mistakes, start doing everything the right way, because you will have a much more pleasant experience doing these long adventures if you have, you know, some, some semblance of like how you should take care of yourself essentially. [00:38:42] Craig Dalton: Yeah, definitely. There's just a lot of low hanging fruit in terms of if someone just tells you something simple like make sure you eat every hour in these long events. Yeah, yeah. You're gonna be a lot better off than [00:38:52] Amanda Nauman: or some people that are like, oh man, I only had a bottle in four hours. I'm like, well, that's why you feel like crap. [00:38:58] Craig Dalton: Yeah, . Exactly. I like you had the benefit of doing triathlons. You sort of learned those lessons very quickly. Yeah. If you didn't fuel in one activity for the next one, you were pretty much [00:39:09] Amanda Nauman: hosed, right? Yeah. Yeah. Exactly. And I, again, one of the other things that happened was we had so many people that came to Mammoth and did the short route last year, and it was like their first gravel event. And that was very intimidating for me cuz I was like, this is going to be like their introduction to this experience and this discipline. and I wanted it to be good, and I wanted them to have resources at their disposal to make it comfortable. So much so. I feel like I over-delivered and overshared on some of that information. And I had a couple people emailing me and say like, you know, you don't really have to like handhold so much for all these people. I was like, yeah, I do, because some of them literally have no idea. So like if it's annoying to you that I'm telling you to drink a bottle an hour, like just ignore me. Then , this isn't for you. [00:40:03] Craig Dalton: So most of the camps, well all the camps last year were up at Mammoth. And obviously like just being able to showcase all the great trails and roads up at Mammoth was an obvious thing for you to do both in terms of getting people pumped about that region that you love so much and getting people excited, maybe specifically for your event, but now you're expanding to Kansas. Let's talk about like, what's the orientation of those camps in Kansas? Is it just yet another great place to ride that people should go? Or is it trying to get you ready for any particular event? [00:40:35] Amanda Nauman: Uh, yeah. Yeah, they, so the first one is with the Flint Hills gravel ride, and the second one in July is with the Rockridge gravel. And so both of those events are run by Bobby Thompson and Dave and I met Bobby. . Like way back in 2017, the Dirty Kansas production or promotion company was the company that was, that DK was under at the time. They had dabbled in this idea of travel trips as well. So they did this like test run to do the Dirty River in the uk and Bobby was on that trip. So we met Bobby in that like travel trip, bike thing, atmosphere, and we became really fast good friends, and they had come out to Mammoth a couple times, um, in 2020 or 2021 and 2022. So we have always had this relationship with Bobby and he wanted to build his. Camps, or sorry, his events in Kansas that were more of like grassroots, like OG gravel style there. And that's very much the stuff that Dave and I fell in love with and we were like, well, , let's see if we can do tough camps in Kansas. Because Bobby came to me and said like, Hey, I'm not getting enough women signing up for these. Like, what am I doing wrong? And I was like, well, I don't think you're doing anything wrong necessarily. I think just like what you're offering is still intimidating for women. So let's try and maybe bring this camp idea to to soften. That experience or make it feel more palatable for women and for anyone as a whole. Um, so that was where that idea came from to build those camps there. And o obviously I have a really good reputation and love for that area in terms of what I've been able to do, um, with Unbound and all of. The experience that Dave and I have with that event. So I think sharing what we know and doing that and again in a place that um, means a lot to us was kind of why we wanted to do. . [00:42:35] Craig Dalton: So will those camps actually culminate in participation in the those events? [00:42:40] Amanda Nauman: Yeah, so that's how we structured. It was like a three day leading up to that event so that that final day you get to sort of execute everything that you've learned in the three days prior, which is, which is a fun way to do it. [00:42:54] Craig Dalton: Yeah, that's super interesting. I want to touch on something that you mentioned offline, but just kind of reference there about just. Finding a way to bring more female athletes into the sport. And you mentioned some work you were doing with Sam at Rock Cobbler this year. , can you describe what you were doing? [00:43:11] Amanda Nauman: Yeah, yeah, so Chris Hall was on the marketing team helping Sam out this year, and he sent me a message a couple months ago and was like, Hey, Sam's at like 16% female participation. And he was like, how do we make that bigger? I'm not happy with it. And I was like, yeah, I'm not happy with that either. That's not a great number. So I was like, well, let's, you know, open 50 spots on the backend for any women. Sign up after it sells out. And I was like, I will volunteer my time if people wanna ask me any questions about it, if they're nervous, cuz maybe women don't necessarily want to email Sam or an unknown face behind an event and say like, Hey, is this for me? Maybe they'll feel more comfortable if it's for me. So they put a whole special section of the website called Ask Pan. People could email me their questions if they were concerned about stuff, and we got quite a few people that emailed and women that were just uncomfortable. Or didn't feel great about doing the short distance cuz it, it didn't feel like enough or they felt like a failure cuz they wanted to do the peb. And it was very eye-opening in the sense that I was like, yeah, maybe just women need that safe space to be able to say, Hey, I am uncomfortable. And they need somebody to tell them like, it's gonna be okay and you are fully capable of doing this. or maybe you're not fully capable and it's okay to do this other part of it instead, you know, it was, um, yeah, again, just a very eye-opening thing because women traditionally can just have a lot more self-doubt, I think, than men, and that idea that they perhaps might not feel like it's a space or. a discipline that's for them necessarily. So the more that I can try and crack that code on making women feel like they're more capable, I think that that's something that I'd like to, to focus on in the [00:45:09] Craig Dalton: future. . Yeah, I think that's super cool takeaway for a lot of event organizers listening. It's just like, find a female athlete that can be supportive and be open to questions like that, just to make people feel welcome. Yeah. [00:45:22] Amanda Nauman: Yeah. It seems so simple, but really like, and again, a lot of that has, has stemmed from talking to other women or like even my best friend, the one that I was talking to, that we went to Europe together. I always kind of use her as my litmus test. Like a better representation of all women in terms of how they're looking at the stuff. And she'll always second guess herself or say like, I don't think I can do that. And most of the times it's, cuz I feel like she's comparing it maybe to things that I do or things that she sees other women do, these like epic things and she's like, yeah, that's not for me. I'm like, no, it is like, you have no idea that you are fully capable of doing this if you want to. And a lot of times they, they won't even take the step to do it because. They're unsure. So the more that I can help, like, no, you can do it. If you want to do it, you should do X, Y, Z to, to get there. Um, yeah, those conversations I think are so important and for men listening to this too. You all have also a responsibility I think in to like make your female friends feel comfortable. Because a lot of times, like women just are too afraid to ask or they think that their questions are stupid. So the more that men. dads especially, um, brothers, the more that you all can make your female counterparts more comfortable, I think the better off we'll all be. Cuz it's not necessarily my job, only either , I think it's everyone's job to, to make it, to make it feel like something that they can do. [00:46:55] Craig Dalton: Yeah, that makes a lot of sense. Thanks for doing that by the way. Yeah. Yeah. It's important you've got a busy calendar of your own activities. , are there any events for the rest of the year that you're excited about doing? [00:47:09] Amanda Nauman: Oh, I don't know. I sort of don't, I don't really, I don't think I have anything. I was like super excited about rock cobbler and I even just did the short one this year. Um, yeah, I'm, I think I'm putting all of my eggs in the, the camp and mammoth basket and really focusing on calera because it is something that, Of steep learning curve, like obviously I haven't, I haven't finished it twice. So there's a reason why, and it's just a lot of like learning things the hard way I think when it comes to backpacking. So the idea of like even more self-sufficiency than I've been used to in the past is the, like that learning thing that I'm most excited about for this. [00:47:53] Craig Dalton: Is, was that the, if you could point to like the reasons why you haven't been able to complete the route, or is it a self-sufficiency issue? [00:48:02] Amanda Nauman: I would say it's equipment, honestly. Like the, well, the first year I couldn't even start it cuz of wildfires. So that was, that was a whole nother thing. Yeah. And then the second time I got stuck in like a lightning storm and on top of that my knee was bugging me cause I had picked. , I had made wrong equipment decisions, essentially. Yeah. And it's something where, you know, if I'm used to a certain position riding style and I have so many hours in that same position, I was jumping into something different, more weight on my bike, more everything. More walking. Yeah. . So it was just a, yeah, a learning curve of equipment and how I need to manage like, I don't know, just a very different style. Goal chasing essentially. [00:48:49] Craig Dalton: Yeah. It's so, it's so different. Yeah. I mean, just, just, just having a loaded bike in and of itself is like a game changer in what, how your knees feel in particular. [00:48:59] Amanda Nauman: Exactly, exactly. Because I, so I had like a frame bag on my frame, and so I thought, well, I'll make my Q factor wider so that my knees aren't rubbing my frame and that. Q factor thing, just royally effed up my left knee . That was the thing that ultimately did me in, was changing one thing that I thought was gonna help me. But really, like your bodies are so fine tuned to a certain feel that if you throw that off and you're trying to do it for five days in a row, like, forget it. . Yeah. [00:49:27] Craig Dalton: Yeah. And cycling because of the repetitive nature of it, it's. , you get something wrong it you're doing over and over and over and over and over again. Eventually it's gonna add [00:49:36] Amanda Nauman: up. Yeah, yeah, exactly. Yeah. Just again, stupid things where if I was telling somebody, I would say like, yeah, nothing new on race day. That's like one of my main mantras, and I of course, like I did something different for this major goal that I shouldn't have. , [00:49:53] Craig Dalton: something that was even harder than race day. Arguably. Yes, exactly. , . I love it. Well, I'm super excited for all the camps. I think for anybody listening like that is a good way to spend four days. Yeah, and I love that Mammoth tough went off well, and I'm excited for you guys doing it again. And obviously I'll put um, a link in the show notes to registration, which just opened up so. People listening, make sure to go out and grab your spot. [00:50:18] Amanda Nauman: Yeah. Yeah. Thanks Craig. Yeah. I think, and for anybody that's listening to this that does, hasn't listened to a bunch of the, the Gravel Ride episodes, go back and listen to the one that Craig did with Trek Travel in Jerron and. just be inspired to go, to go do a fun bike trip cuz I think yeah. I'm, I'm really gonna push that more for a lot of people who are, you know, race or event anxious and just need, like, need a good reason to go explore and do it in a different way. Yeah. [00:50:50] Craig Dalton: Gravel travel, it's where it's [00:50:52] Amanda Nauman: at. Yeah. Yes, exactly. . [00:50:55] Craig Dalton: So good to spend some time with you again and hopefully we catch up later this year. [00:50:59] Amanda Nauman: Yeah, thanks Craig. I appreciate it. [00:51:02] Craig Dalton: That's going to do it for this week's edition of the gravel ride podcast. I hope you enjoyed that conversation with Amanda as much as I did. She's such a great member of the gravel cycling community. I always learn a lot listening to the grody IO podcast and appreciate her perspective. She's been doing all these gravel events for a while. So just offers a great historical view as to what it was like, what it's like now and what are some of the ways that we can chart the course forward. I encourage you to check out all the tough ventures work. It's tough.ventures. As she mentioned during the show, they're doing the mammoth tough event, but they're also doing a series of camps this year, which I think will be super fun and informative to anybody who can attend. 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This week we have gravel racer, Ian Lopez de San Roman in the studio to talk about his upcoming season. At 19 years old, Ian will be the youngest competitor in the Life Time Grand Prix. With early season results in the Grasshopper series and Rockcobbler, Ian is certainly an athlete to watch. Episode Sponsor: Logos Components Support the Podcast Join The Ridership  Automated Transcription, please excuse the typos: [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 show. I want to introduce you to ian Lopez de Santa Ramon. A 19 year old from Sonoma county here in Northern California, who got accepted to participate as a professional athlete in the lifetime grand Prix series in 2023. As you'll see this young athlete found his way to the bike. Not super early and didn't see remarkable results as a junior in his own words. But yet over the last few years, he's really found his stride cutting his teeth, both on the grasshopper series. Here in Northern California, as well as impressing Michael Marks when participating in the Belgian waffle ride series. As we enter the 2023 grand Prix. I thought we'd take a chance and get to know Ian. I managed to catch the Inn on his way, home from a bike fit and Monterey. And so how did over in the studio for quick conversation? Before we jump in, I need to thank this week. Sponsor logos components. You may recall my episode with my co-host Randall Jacobs around the launch of logos components and the three new sets of carbon wheels that they're bringing to market. 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Again, check them out at logos components. Dot com when you have a second. With that said let's dive right into my conversation with Ian. [00:02:48] Craig Dalton: Ian, welcome to the studio. [00:02:50] Ian Lopez de San Roman: Thanks for making it happen. It was a little last minute. [00:02:53] Craig Dalton: Yeah. Studio is a euphemism for the shed office in my backyard, but I appreciate you coming over and it was actually pretty cool to see your bikes getting out of the car. [00:03:03] Ian Lopez de San Roman: Yeah. You got a, you got a sweet set up here. [00:03:05] Craig Dalton: It was a shed that held the bikes and then we hired a contractor to drywall and put it all together. So it's kind of a covid investment, so I could have an [00:03:12] Ian Lopez de San Roman: office at home. Nice. It looks, it looks legit. It looks well made, [00:03:16] Craig Dalton: and I got my bikes on the wall, so That's all right. [00:03:19] Ian Lopez de San Roman: Something to look at. [00:03:19] Craig Dalton: So, you're actually just coming off competing at low gap, right? In one of the grasshoppers. Yep. How'd that go yesterday? [00:03:27] Ian Lopez de San Roman: I made a lot of mistakes. Yeah, let's talk about it a little bit. Yeah. So I went into the race and I was like, , I kind of really wanna win this race. It's kind of like my home race and I know Pete's on good form and everybody there is like really fast. So I just decided like I, I'm not usually not nervous for races, but I was actually nervous for low gap, which is weird. So I slept kind of weird. Started the race, , it was like super hot on the first climb. And then I, I was thinking about what I did the night before the race. Mid race for some reason. And then I was like, dude, I didn't charge my shifting. And then I look back and I see the blinking red light on the axis and I'm like, dude, really? You forgot to charge your shifting. And so I think it was like halfway through the race I roll up to the aid station. So the shifting died on this like cement climb and then I roll into the aid station, I'm yelling, Blake, give me an access battery. Blake, which is like my friend. . Everyone from the shop I used to work for was there, and I was like, dude, I'm gonna get so roasted about this later. I'm gonna, yeah, people are gonna have, this is gonna be the story people are telling. And so they didn't have an access battery. Usually they have a pile of 'em and they just sell 'em out and give 'em to I see my old Nica coach, Mike, Mike Warren is there and he's I was like, Mike, Mike, I see you're here. Gimme your access battery. And he's no, man, no man. I have to ride outta here. Come on. Come on. And then I was like, I'm racing gimme your access battery. He's no, no, no, no, no. And so I got in, like I spent like a minute and a half like arguing him and finally I get his battery. And so I go in and he's dude, you're really stranded me out here. You owe me. And he is he was like really mad. And so I took his battery and then I'm still kind of working out a couple kinks on the new bike. And so I dropped my chain, lost some more time, but then, I think my fitness is pretty good right now. So then I caught up to Lance who is in. , which I guess was like fourth place. And then we caught up the Tyler, which was third place, and then we see Chris Blevins right down the road. And then I was all like, I was like, yeah, okay, maybe I'll sudden a little flyer at the end and try to get these two Legion Crisp printers. But I didn't really think I had a very good chance. And then half a mile from the finish, I flatted. , and I was like, like my rear tire was kind of bouncy and I could feel the rim. And I was like, really? This is so stupid. So then Tyler went, he did 1500 watts and he got third. And then I took Lance to the line. Like I, I made him fight for it, but I, I got fifth. So, not a bad [00:05:44] Craig Dalton: result. You would've thought with all that negotiating to try to get an access battery, you wouldn't even be part. [00:05:50] Ian Lopez de San Roman: The event. It wasn't a very, I didn't have very good luck that day. Like right after the race, me and like Stan and a couple other people went and rode around and then like we rode up the old low gap finish and then like my friend Taj was like next to me and then he like got too close and hit my rear brake going or my front brake going like 20 and then I crashed and flooded my other tire on the front. And then, It was always like lying on the ground with another flat tire, like after the race. And I was like, what am I doing? So then like a log a truck with some logs came by and then we put my bike in the back and I held onto the back like a garbage man and rode five miles down the road on the back of this truck. And then I was like, I was just like so bummed, but whatever. Not a, not a [00:06:32] Craig Dalton: terrible result. And best to get that bad [00:06:34] Ian Lopez de San Roman: luck out of the way. This part of the season. Yeah. Something to improve on. And so we'll go from there and see. [00:06:38] Craig Dalton: Let's start at, let's take a step back and just understand one, you're from Sonoma County in California, right? Yeah. And two, you've, you were the youngest person to get accepted in the Lifetime Grand PR pre for 2023. [00:06:54] Ian Lopez de San Roman: Yeah. Yeah. Super excited on that. And your age is? I'm 19. [00:06:59] Craig Dalton: Okay. So at 19, how did you find the bike? Like when did you find the bike originally, and what was your progression like? How does a 19 year old find the. with the capability and skill to race at a professional level on the gravel scene? [00:07:11] Ian Lopez de San Roman: Yeah. Honestly, I don't really know how I'm, how I'm here, , I started like actually kind of riding when I was like third or fourth grade. Like me and my mom would kind. Be like, yeah, yeah, we should, we used, started mountain biking. So my aunt is a pro. She went to the Olympics like twice I think. And so we always kind of, me and my sister kind of looked at it like, man, that's, that's kind of cool. And then we just we just had some like really crappy, like old bikes. And so we started kind of riding a little bit, and then there's like a local Wednesday night race called dirt C crits. And then we I had ridden like maybe like a total of like couple days like cumulatively like a one. Not like one week, but you know what I'm saying, like seven total days over a couple months. And I was like, my friend invited me to this local race. I went and I was like, man, that was pretty fun. And then like my sister came and showed up and watched and she's nah, never. I'm never riding a bike like that. I'm never riding a bike. And then like I kind of just kept riding from there. And now my sister's racing, cycling cross in Belgium. And I'm here in the Grand Prix . I don't know I honestly don't know, like in, I feel like we're missing a few [00:08:17] Craig Dalton: pieces there. So then you, you sort of, you discover it through the local dirt Cris series [00:08:22] Ian Lopez de San Roman: at Local Dirt Cris. And then I kind of slowly, I raised that whole series and it was just like every Wednesday night you go and it's just like juniors beat down. Like it's just like a fight with ev all the juniors. It was so fun. the bike pedler, like they didn't put like the winner got $150 gift card. It was like super cool. They, they cm c h at the time, right? Yeah. And they'd take these old like motorbike trophies and it was awesome. And so, yeah, I kind of just kept going through and then my sister and I got a coach. Did you get, did you get involved in the Nica scene? Yeah. So we got involved in the Nika scene when I was in like fifth or sixth. I want to say like I started riding with him and then like pretty quickly, like I was always kind of riding with the varsity group and so if you've been riding with a varsity group since you were in like fifth or sixth grade, once you're actually in the Nike varsity, it's a little bit weird. , but it must have been nice to [00:09:15] Craig Dalton: have those older student athletes just kind of teaching you the ropes a little bit and showing you like, Yeah, you're capable of riding a 35 mile mountain bike [00:09:24] Ian Lopez de San Roman: ride or whatever it was at the time. Yeah. Back in the day, we barely rode it all. 15 miles was like such a big day. , it was good. We didn't have, we had a pretty strong scene, but it was like the people who were like a year or two older than me that were good, the people that were like, Older that we were actually in were, were like, I feel like the level was a little different then. But yeah, it was super solid. We got the kind of ride like every Saturday. But from there I don't know, we just kind of rode a lot. And then as you were, as you were in [00:09:53] Craig Dalton: high school, competing in [00:09:55] Ian Lopez de San Roman: like a mountain bike races? Yeah. Actually now I remember. So the point where it actually got serious was like, I think it was like 2016. , we like worked, did like a couple cycle cross races, and then we met this kid Paul, and then his dad like coached people and then like his brother Gavin had been to like Europe as a pro and then was kind of on the way out. And so then he just kinda took us under his wing and was like, , I'm gonna coach you guys. And he was a super cool dude. He was like, well, I'm, he was like super religious and he was like, well, I don't charge you guys anything. We're coasting coaching. So I can say a prayer before the races. And he'd get you together. And he'd be like, God, what He was, he was an awesome guy, awesome guy. Love that guy. He got us pretty serious. He gave us psycho cross drills and then we just like kind of kept going from there.. It was weird. Like I wasn't a very good junior. Like I always followed exactly like exactly what the coach gave me, but , it like was not working. And so, it's really weird to say, but junior racing is a lot of who develops first? . And so I was like super late and so I was going to these Nire races and I was just getting likes like o obliterated. Yeah. In every single race. And I was like, I was getting like super done with it and I was like, I'm falling all this coaching, like nothing's working. And then, , it was covid, COVID year is when I think it, like when I really got serious, it was like three years ago. And then I, I think I like, back then I thought I had three months. of writing, and I was like, dude, I'm gonna be done in three months. And I never really thought like I actually had a future as a pro. Like I just thought, I wasn't you're not built for it. Yeah. And so, I was like, all right, like I had a really bad relationship with my previous coach. I don't really want to like, like talk trash or anything, but then I just like switched coaches and then I was like, it. A couple months later, I was like, whoa. I'm like actually getting like faster, like really quick. And then it's just been like a, like an up from there. And , it honestly might be a good thing because like it kind of kept me hungry and I had no success. Obviously sucks to lose races, but if you're, if you're out there every single weekend just getting your face kicked in, like I feel like at some. You're gonna, you're gonna win. And hopefully that's this year. Yeah. I think, I [00:12:14] Craig Dalton: mean, that's part of the process, right? Yeah. We all start out as this lowest person on the ride. And you, you know, you get to the top of a climb and you're the last person there and everybody's ready to leave. And you keep doing that, you keep plugging away and next thing you know, you're not the last person to arrive at the top of the climb. And I think that's, you know, the nature of developing as a cyclist. It's interesting in your case, like developing as a young cyclist and having to have that patience. , you know, ultimately discovering Hey, I actually am talented even though I've been getting my teeth kicked in for a few years. [00:12:45] Ian Lopez de San Roman: Yeah, yeah. And yeah, junior cycling is interesting. Like it's, it's funny how like a result as a as a good junior can like really land you on a team, but it's also like those kids like long term, might not be in the sport. And so, I've once I kind of figured out like you actually could do. I kind of had the mentality like maybe I'm not the most like naturally talented, but I'll be there, I'll be there to take these kids sponsors once they burn out, or, it was kind of my joke. I don't wanna say it like that, but I'll be, I'll be there like to put in all the work and then it's all the work you don't see. And I feel like a lot of people were kind of like, well, where did this Ian kid come out of? And it's I, the past three years, it's like I, I. Missed a day of training without being like, oh, I'm sick, or whatever. Right. So so a certain point, process point [00:13:30] Craig Dalton: sounds like in the last three years is really when you picked up road cycling and [00:13:34] Ian Lopez de San Roman: gravel cycling. . I would say like more two years for the road. I I'm super green on the road. I think it like it helps that I like, I'm naturally like fit, like I have experience in the pack on gravel, like a little bit, but I've just kind of. I just I went to a couple South American like road tours and just threw myself in the deep end. Let's get some handling skills and let's, let's go ride. And that that's super fun and I really had nothing to lose and like people down there really had all to lose, right? Because like I was just some like random American kid no one had heard of and then I was just down there having a good time. Nice. [00:14:08] Craig Dalton: And so as you thought about like where you wanted to go with your cycling, there's obvious. going on the road and there's sort of a process for ultimately getting into the world tour, and that may start with development teams. It may start with kind of going and finding your own opportunities in Europe. How were you thinking about what was gonna be next for you as, as we came to 2023? [00:14:32] Ian Lopez de San Roman: Yeah, I mean like are you asking about what my decision, my decision. [00:14:38] Craig Dalton: Yeah. It sounds you know, in getting to know you a little bit, you did have an opportunity to kind of stake your claim and say, I'm, I'm going to kind of go down the road path full, full force Yeah. Where there's this other opportunity to go gravel and potentially there's another one where it's kind of a little bit of [00:14:53] Ian Lopez de San Roman: both. Yeah, yeah. What do you, what are you thinking? It's hard. Like I, there's not really a, like a, a manual for how to do this, and I'm like super on the untraditional side of this. there's like the regular use act development path where you kind of hop around the teams and then you go race with the national team and like I've never raced for the national team. I, yeah, I would love to, but I just haven't. And so I've kind of been like, I've been under the radar and so yeah, I, I like when I went to these South American Road race, I like I got noticed by an agent and he was like, yeah, I'll put you on a road team. So I sent him some power numbers and he got me a spot on a team. And then, is it north of Spain? And so like the road scene there is or the amateur road scene is what it was for. So it's like super high level races every weekend. They're very underrated, like very hard races. Yeah, I had an opportunity to go there. I was gonna sit in an apartment with this like Costa Rican kid I met in Panama. And it was gonna be pretty cool. And I was pretty, I was pretty, decided I was doing that. And so, and then what happened was I had negotiated this guest ride spot for, to go to B W R Kansas In B w R or no, no big sugar in Arkansas. And yeah, I like. . I just got picked up by the ma la team and I was just like, the vibe of the team was really good and I was like, man, you guys are making this, this decision a lot harder. And I literally had a decision to decide like that week. And you had to, you had a [00:16:29] Craig Dalton: successful gravel season last year in 2022, right? You did. Yeah. [00:16:33] Ian Lopez de San Roman: People say it was like this breakout season, but I mean I didn't even have that crazy of results or anything. I just kind. Just put my, put myself in as many races as I could. Like I basically had no sponsors. Supportful helped me out a little bit with some kits and I just was like, all right let's make a mark. And yeah, I just got myself like I see like where I had friends in the country and be like, all right, I'll go to that gravel race. I can stay at their house. And so, [00:16:58] Craig Dalton: and also probably fortunate that you've got the Grasshopper series in your backyard. Yeah. So you can hit all those. At this point, MIGS done such an amazing job with that series. They're both so much fun and so competitive that if you can get your name on the top step there for the series as you did, that's huge. Like people are gonna take [00:17:17] Ian Lopez de San Roman: notice. Yeah. I don't know. I don't, I feel like the series win wasn't that big of a deal last year. Like I, I was like, whatever. It's just it's another series when I didn't actually win the race. [00:17:28] Craig Dalton: , I'm gonna have to hype you up as that is a big deal winning the Grasshopper series. And why don't you talk about some of the other races that you did and how they performed at the [00:17:36] Ian Lopez de San Roman: bws. I switched to gravel as I was like, I'm traveling all over the country and then I have this series in my backyard that's like world class. And so that's where my kind of switch to gravel came. And I was like, I always knew I wanted to do longer events and I realized my power profiles more built for that. And so like I switched to that. I kind of started over a year off with some grasshoppers and then I went to B W R San Diego. And I, like I met, , Michael Marks the, the kind of BWR founder. And the story is like I double flighted the first day. I like made it like I, I closed this big old gap. I made it back to the front group. People were like, whoa, whoa, okay, who is this little kid in the group? And then, and then I like, and then I started like barfing at like hour five or six or something and I was like, gone. Gone. And I finished like 17th. So it wasn't like a super great day. And then I. And then they hit the wafer the next day and I was like, yeah, let's trace the wafer. Like this will be, this will be super fun. And then it was in a front group, and then I. , like I hit a pothole going like 35 and no one had called it out in the group of four of us. I was holding on my water bottle and I just yard sailed and so I like cracked my bar. I was like, I was super scraped up and so then Michael Marks picked me up off the road and he was like, dude, and like you were about to get second. And he was like super, he was like super bummed for me and so I actually it was kind of a get, I don't know, it was kind of weird, like it was that really. That was a kind of pivotal moment in the season where he I met him, we had a really great like connection and so then we kinda drove around the rest of the day. I was like bleeding all over the inside of his Bronco and yeah, like he had kind of helped me. He was like, dude, you're really fast. He kinda helped me get to the rest of his races. And so then I did the B W R series and then I finished fifth like overall. And so I didn't like, I didn't really think that was possible, but it was a pretty big result with. with having STNA win and then like Griffin and Brennan. So like it was kind of big names and I was like, whoa. Like I'm really standing on the podium with Yeah. Giants right now. Yeah, [00:19:38] Craig Dalton: that's huge. So then you decided, as you mentioned, you kind of made that connection with the La Mazda team. Yeah. You got an opportunity to race with them as an option in 2023. Yeah. Did you decide to do that before you got accepted to the Grand Prix? [00:19:53] Ian Lopez de San Roman: Yeah, I did kind of take that gamble cuz I. . If I, if I don't get in the Grand Prix, like everyone kept telling me I could get in and I was like, I, I don't know. There's a chance I don't get in. And yeah I was kind of planning on doing most of the races anyways, except and maybe I probably wouldn't have done Unbound if I hadn't got in. Yeah. Yeah. I don't know. But [00:20:13] Craig Dalton: obviously like the, the Grand Prix creates a lot of structure to the season. Yeah, because you've got. Seven events, six, you know, you get to drop whatever that you need to focus on as you think. Does that change your mentality going into the year or do you and your coach have that kind of figured out like how you're gonna prepare for these different [00:20:31] Ian Lopez de San Roman: events? I think we're gonna play it like, and see how it starts out and so I don't know. I'll go in the sea with pretty good farm hopefully, and then we'll see how it goes from there. Yeah, I don't know, it doesn't really change anything. I think. I like, I think it, I find it I can kind of race into form and so I can, yeah, like I basically was doing like last, last season, I think there was like, I had six consecutive race weekends and it was just like Grasshopper, Nike race, other gravel race, grasshopper. And it was just like back to back to back to back. And it like, I was hitting at a hundred, like after Sea Otter, I came out with 150 ctl and then, . I got one of the whatever, like Sea Otter sickness was going around that like everyone had. I got something in there and I was like so wiped out for Sea Otter last year. It was so bad. But yeah, I don't know. I'm excited for the season. I don't really, I'm not gonna put too much oh, what's the Grand Prix? I'm just gonna treat it as another race. Yeah. Do your [00:21:29] Craig Dalton: thing and be consistent along the way. It sounds like given your background with the Nica mountain bike racing and obviously the gravel experience you have, it's not. A roadie going into the series being intimidated by, you know, the mountain bike style racing, the mountain, actual mountain bikes race you're gonna do. Is there anything on the calendar that does seem intimidating in the [00:21:49] Ian Lopez de San Roman: Grand Prix to you? Obviously Unbound, but honestly I think big sugar is the one I'm like the most apprehensive about. Cuz like this last year I went to Pig Sugar and I got six. And I was just like, so done. So I finished the race. I don't even know why I finished the race. It's just part of I don't, I don't really quit on races, but it was just so stupid. Like it was like 17 miles in. I flatted it and then I like put all my like CO2 s and plugs in that tire and then like it was gone. And then I was like, well, and then I had tube and so I went. , I went to this Arkansas local's house. I like knocked on his door and was like, yo, you got a pump? And so I rode up his driveway and everything. So I went to his garage and I just tuned my bike up, like we pumped up my tires. And so like I had already lost like 20 minutes in the first like 17 miles of the race. And then it was just like flat after flat after flat. And then like it was so early in the race, no one was giving me tubes. So yeah, I was honestly like a little. I'm, I'm honestly like, oh, I have to really go back to big sugar. That's like what I'm not looking forward to, but whatever it'll be. Yeah. Maybe some tire [00:22:54] Craig Dalton: inserts and some different tires, [00:22:56] Ian Lopez de San Roman: man, next year. Oh, like the bike I was running, I could only fit, like I was running 30 eights that measured forties and that was like the biggest, and it was like rub on the front derailer and there was like rubbing on the frame, and so I. I'm maxed, I'm totally maxed. And every, I was running like 45 psi, which is like, everyone was like, well, like Ste had told me, no wonder you flat as you just bounced off the rocks. And and I was like, come on. Like I'll doing everything I can. Not flat , but. So [00:23:24] Craig Dalton: this, this season what, what is your equipment choice? [00:23:27] Ian Lopez de San Roman: What are you riding? I'm on the LA sla. Yeah, it's a sweet bike. It's pretty light. Yeah, I have a couple different setups. I can kind of run it. But yeah, [00:23:34] Craig Dalton: having just helped you take it off your car, it's definitely a light rig. Yeah. It look like it could take a bigger tire than what you were describing from last [00:23:40] Ian Lopez de San Roman: year. It takes if you can put like a 2.5 on it, and I, I'll just say I'll never, I'm not gonna be running that ever. But , it's cool. I I have mud clearance. Yeah. If Unbounding is mud, you know, [00:23:54] Craig Dalton: I think pros of these days, everybody likes to take a little bike packing trip, so maybe you can [00:23:58] Ian Lopez de San Roman: get some two fines off. Yeah, maybe I'll do that. [00:23:59] Craig Dalton: Is there any particular event in, in the Lifetime series or otherwise that you're very excited about [00:24:05] Ian Lopez de San Roman: for this year? I would say Leadville, like I kind of showed up last year and like I feel like I kind of showed that like I did have some potential to do a little better at that event and so I'm excited for that one. I think I'll probably I'll, that's probably like my, that Target one, maybe Crusher and the Tusher as well. . I don't know, as I live at two level, but I seem to actually like the altitude. Like I can adjust. I think at least I think I can adjust pretty quick. And [00:24:30] Craig Dalton: do you, do you feel like, the way you're built and the way you ride, are you, would you categorize yourself as more of a climber? [00:24:36] Ian Lopez de San Roman: Yeah, I still haven't hit those those world tour power numbers, like the people in the, the series. But I would say I have the body type of a climber and I'm, I. I'm on the way to developing the numbers to have as a climber. [00:24:48] Craig Dalton: Yeah. Nice. Well, it's gonna be super exciting to see how you do. I am always rooting for the NorCal guys and [00:24:55] Ian Lopez de San Roman: girls to do well. Thank you. Yeah, I'm excited. I think we've got some of the [00:24:59] Craig Dalton: best training in the world, and, , you're a product of that environment. Just all the great roads and great mountain bike trails you have up in Sonoma County. [00:25:07] Ian Lopez de San Roman: Yeah, yeah. We definitely have it going on here. Yeah, I'm super excited. Yeah. Well, [00:25:14] Craig Dalton: awesome. Well, thanks for coming over to the studio and if I don't see you before, I'll see you down at Sea [00:25:19] Ian Lopez de San Roman: Otter. Yeah, I'll see you there. Thank you. Big, thanks to Ian for stopping by and talking to us. I hope you enjoyed getting to know em, and you are as excited as I am to see how he fairs throughout the year and the lifetime grand Prix. As you guys know, I've got a strong bias to the Northern California athletes. So I'm super excited to see another one joining our strong contingent to compete throughout this gravel season. 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