Duo Athlete LLC - Shayna & Frank

Duo Athlete

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Hi! We’re Shayna and Frank. We’re a couple of athletes here to talk about training, racing, bikes, running, our relationship, and all the chaos that comes with trying to fit endurance sports into real life. Thanks for listening! Follow Duo Athlete so you don’t miss new episodes. Bike. Run. Real Life.

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Duo Athlete LLC - Shayna & Frank

Episodes

Team Dynamics: Racing, Crewing, and Building Community 08.07.2026 54:51

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Duo Athlete Podcast, we talk about the team side of endurance sports — from riding with teammates at Unbound, to leading a local race team, to organizing Dragon’s Back XC, to the very real stress of being someone’s crew on race day. We get into what it feels like to build community through racing, why SAG stops are more complicated than they look, how couple...

Unbound Unfinished: Mechanical Chaos, Remote Crewing, and a Hard DNF 01.07.2026 1:02:36

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we recap Frank’s wild day at Unbound Gravel — a race that started strong and quickly turned into mud, mechanical chaos, roadside bike repairs, and eventually a tough DNF. Frank walks through what happened when his drivetrain stopped cooperating, how he tried to turn the bike into a single speed, and the very unhinged moment of trying to straighten a bent chainring...

Training for Marji, Leadville & Life as Duo Athletes 23.06.2026 44:18

Send us Fan Mail We’re Shayna and Frank — partners and amateur endurance athletes . . . training for mountain bike races, ultra runs, gravel events, and some questionable ideas that sounded fun at the time. In episode one, we talk about training for Marji Gesick 100 "Worst of Both Worlds," Shayna’s return to running and MTB skills journey, Frank’s Leadville 100 experience, and how cycli...