Today’s guest is the one and only, Haley Smith. Haley is a professional mountain bike racer who hails from Canada and has represented her country on some of the biggest stages including the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Haley is a regular on the UCI Women Elite Cross Country Mountain Bike World Cup circuit and in 2022, Haley explored for the first time, the gravel scene here in North America, dipping her toe in by competing in the inaugural Lifetime Grand Prix Series—where she walked away as the overall series winner, which included a staggering win at the Crusher In the Tushar, in Beaver, Utah.  But Haley Smith, while perhaps best known for her exploits on the bike, is far more than a bike racer. In today’s episode, Haley and I will explore a number of different topics including her transition—not away from UCI World Cup Mountain Biking, which continues to be a major focus, but into long endurance events, including targets like the Marathon Mountain Bike National Championships in the Yukon and year two racing in the Life Time Grand Prix series. Her race calendar is bold and ambitious, balancing the explosive power needed for shorter XC racing at the highest level with some of the harshest endurance events on the planet like the Crusher in the Tushar, Leadville and Unbound.  We’ll also explore topics such as sleep, social media, and why Haley believes that putting your identifying eggs in many different baskets makes you a stronger athlete and human. In this conversation we also dive into Haley’s grad school endeavor, where she’s pursuing her Master's in Sports Psychology and Haley sheds light on her work as a mental health advocate and openly shares her experience navigating an eating disorder as a professional athlete along with a recently diagnosed condition that will undoubtedly strike home for many.  Courageous, strong, vulnerable and articulate, Haley is transparent and honest about her successes and challenges, on and off the bike, openly sharing her story, which includes her many wins and her struggles. Haley embodies what it looks like to be audacious and bounce forward and this is a human and conversation that’s sure to inspire.