Girls Gone Gravel podcast

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This week Kathryn and Kristi chat with Karen Jarchow, professional mountain biker and gravel cyclist. Along with her own athletic feats, Karen is the assistant marketing director for Ergon Bikes, and runs youth mountain biking camps with her company Vail Valley Alternative Sports (VVASA) Academy in Colorado. She tells us how the VVASA has transitioned to operate safely during COVID-19, which has l...

This week Kathryn and Kristi chat with Beth Morford, owner of Frontier Bikes, a women-owned and operated bike shop and spin studio in Eudora, Kansas. Beth tells us about her transition from sports massage therapist to bike mechanic & shop owner, and how Frontier is working to bridge the gender gap in bike shop culture. She gives us advice on how women can build community through their local bike s...

This week Kathryn and Kristi interview Hannah Grant, chef and author of "Eat Race Win". Hannah details her history as a chef for sixteen cycling Grand Tours and her philosophy for cooking food that was nutritious and delicious but also fulfilled the emotional needs of the athletes each day. Plus her experience as a female chef in a male-dominated industry and how she adopted social media early to...

This week Kathryn & Kristi swap epic hiking stories after Kristi returns from an unexpected twenty mile hike on her weekend getaway. We then catch-up with guest Megan Fisher, a para athlete, physical therapist, coach and motivational speaker. Meg details her journey as an athlete, beginning with her accident that left her with a traumatic brain injury and an amputation. She also covers her experie...

This week Kathryn and Kristi catch up with Amy Charity, founder and race director of SBT GRVL, as well as coach and author. Amy details her late start to bike racing in her thirties, her pro career road racing around the globe and her later decision to move off road and to a more stable lifestyle. Plus the backstory on her book, "Wrong Side of Comfortable" and how we can all learn to push our limi...

This week we check in with Kathryn who is visiting her parents and Kristi who is celebrating the annual "TimFest". Next we chat with Chloe Murdock, physical therapist and bike fitter who relocated to Switzerland earlier this year. Chloe tells us how she got into bike fitting and her process for conducting a fit. She also provides helpful insights for determining what is normal saddle discomfort, c...

This week Kathryn & Kristi catchup with Rach McBride, a long distance triathlete who also loves gravel riding. Rach discusses their late start in triathlon and how they has been getting fitter and faster in her forties. We hear from Rach on how they learned to push hard through gravel racing and how that has translated into confidence at the Ironman distance. Later we dive into their identity as a...

Kathryn and Kristi are back with an episode with Girls Gone Gravel show producer, Live Feisty Media Senior Editor, and age-group triathlete, Taylor Mahan-Rudolph. Our conversation with Taylor covers her background as a runner turned triathlete, her experiences as a bi-racial athlete and includes a roundtable discussion on the barriers facing BIPOC entering the world of endurance sports. Plus we co...

This week Kathryn and Kristi speak with Olivia Dillon, former pro cyclist now Director of Sales for Velocio Cycling Apparel. Olivia details her start in cycling and explains how she got the courage to leave her job in finance to pursue a career as a pro in her thirties. We also hear about the women who lifted her up as she was learning the ropes and how women's cycling has changed over the years....

This week Kathryn and Kristi chat with Amanda Nauman, collegiate swimmer turned cross and gravel racer. Amanda shares her story of getting into cycling during college, how she got her nickname "Amanda Panda" and her take on race planning for the Mammoth TUFF gravel event. Plus her take on recent events, virtual races during the pandemic and her new quarantine pet!

On the show this week, Kathryn and Kristi speak with Olympian mountain biker and co-founder of Little Bellas, Lea Davison. Leah details her origins in ski racing then mountain biking and her first qualification to the World Championships. She also covers her feelings on Olympic postponement, how she's been staying motivated during this time and her belief that all her hard work will pay off.   Plu...

This week Kathryn & Kristi chat with Heidi Lentz, co-founder of the Cyclist Menu, former pro mountain biker and cycling guide. Heidi details how to she entered the gravel world, her first experiences with gravel cycling to becoming a cycling guide and how she started her first gravel camp in 2015. We also hear about the format of her camps and about some of the epic camp destinations.

This week we talk to Kristen Legan, a cyclist and coach for Rambleur Rising. We dive into a variety of coaching topics for athletes facing the pandemic including: finding new goals and reframing your season, how to shift your training for the summer, and how your body interprets stress. Plus Kristen's insights on the biggest mistakes athletes make and how to train for truly epic events. Plus Krist...

This week we chat with Betsy Welch, Senior Editor and writer for Velonews. Betsy shares her experiences covering the pointy end of the race and her strategies for getting to the meat of the story in her race reporting. We also cover her start in cycling after moving to Colorado and dive into the discrepancies between women and men's cycling coverage. Also Kathryn's niece is learning to ride withou...

This week Kathryn and Kristi chat with reigning Dirty Kanza champion, Amity Rockwell. Amity shares information on her move to Santa Barbara during the pandemic and her training purgatory with no races on the calendar. We dive into the story of her Dirty Kanza win in 2019 and her attraction to ultra distance racing. Plus stay tuned for her insight on the different platform for women cyclists in the...

This week we talk to ultra endurance cyclist Lael Wilcox and film-maker Rue Kaladyte. We catch-up on Lael’s current projects with Rue including a conservation project in Colombia and the bicycle mentorship program for girls: “Anchorage GRIT”. Lael gives advice for getting over fears of riding alone in the wilderness and provides insight into how you can prepare for your own adventure on two wheels...

This week Kathryn & Kristi talk to journalist, cyclist, podcast host and author Selene Yeager. Selene provides us with a much needed "voice of reason" during this time by outlining how she maintains a common sense approach to our current situation. She discusses how she's using accountability buddies to stay motivated to ride and shares important bike safety considerations for those taking things...

In the second episode of the Girls Gone Gravel podcast, Kristi Mohn & Kathryn Taylor speak with Laura King, cyclist, co-Founder of Rooted Vermont and new parent. Laura shares her experience as a new mother to daughter Hazel Grace King. She dives into the challenges of moving across the country to rural Vermont, the societal pressures associated with riding a bike while pregnant and transitioning t...

On the first episode of the Girls Gone Gravel podcast Kristi Mohn & Kathryn Taylor talk with superstar Alison Tetrick, winner of Dirty Kanza 2017. Alison chats about entering the world of gravel after burning out from road racing, mental strategies for getting through the dark points in races and putting on her big girl chamois when things get rough in life and on the race course. Plus her tip...