✨ Support on YouTube ✨ ✨ Support on Spotify ✨ Today’s returning guest just completed an epic single speed journey on the Arizona Trail 800 Ultra Endurance Mountain Bike Race. She completed the 837 mile trail with over 100,000’ of elevation gain in 11 days, 12 hours and 19 minutes. She is a veteran, mom, wife, nurse practitioner, bike shop mechanic, and enduro racer turned bikepacker. At the time of this recording, its been only 5 days since her finish and I’m sure she has a lot of things to...

✨ Support on YouTube ✨ ✨ Support on Spotify ✨ I met today’s guest at a local running group here in Flagstaff and there I learned how fast and accomplished he is as a runner. He’s raced distances from one mile to 60k and his sweet spot seems to be the 50k distance. He recently completed his first triathlon, placed 8th overall in the Crown King Scramble, 3rd overall in the Adrenaline 50K night run , 2nd overall at the Tushars Mountain Run Marathon, 2nd overall at the Cocodona Elden Crest 36...

✨ Support on YouTube ✨ ✨ Support on Spotify ✨ Today’s guest is one of the most unique humans I’ve had the privilege to get to know. He is an ultra endurance bikepacker, runner and all around trail crusher. He recently completed the 2024 Gunny Loopy Loop and is planning to be at the start line of the Arizona Trail 800 grand depart this year. ---------------- https://www.instagram.com/bodhi.roether/ ---------------- This episode is brought to you by: Squirrel's Nut Butter -...

✨ Support on YouTube ✨ ✨ Support on Spotify ✨ In today’s episode, Tyler Hughes joins me for a deep dive debrief on my 2024 Colorado Trail Race. ---------------- This episode is brought to you by: Squirrel's Nut Butter - https://squirrelsnutbutter.com/discount/ENDURANCE15 Use code "Endurance15" for 15% off! Embark Maple Energy - https://www.embarkmaple.com Use code “EMBARK20” for 20% off! ---------------- https://www.instagram.com/theendurancestudio/ Interested in sponsoring or...

✨ Support on YouTube ✨ ✨ Support on Spotify ✨ Today’s guest has spent her life studying and coaching the mental and psychological aspects of endurance sports and she has become an expert in that arena. She is a sports performance psychologist and has her masters degree in applied positive psychology.  ---------------- https://www.instagram.com/shannonleighthompson/ https://sweetperformances.wordpress.com/about-shannon/ https://hypo2sport.com/ ---------------- This episode is brought...

✨ Support on YouTube ✨ ✨ Support on Spotify ✨ Today’s guests finished 1st place male single speed and 2nd place female on the 2024 Colorado Trail Race. They are incredible and inspirational bikepackers and I’m honored to sit with them for a little CTR debrief. ---------------- https://www.instagram.com/matt.annabel/ https://www.instagram.com/karin_pocock/ https://jwookieone.com ---------------- This episode is brought to you by: Squirrel's Nut Butter -...

✨ Support on YouTube ✨ ✨ Support on Spotify ✨ Today’s guest hails from the Driftless region of Wisconsin and is a maple syrup farmer. He is the co-founder of Embark Good Maple Energy and we’re sitting here near the start of the Colorado Trail Race which we will both be racing/surviving this year as part of the grand depart. This will be his first bikepacking race and he’s jumping into the deep end of the pool with the...

✨ Support on YouTube ✨ ✨ Support on Spotify ✨ Today’s guests both just completed the 2024 Bones to Blue bikepacking race that started in Truckee California and made a big lap around Lake Tahoe. The course is 250 miles with 31,000 feet of elevation gain and it’s in a historic and beautiful part of the Sierra Nevadas. They’re both fast bikepackers and finished 1st place in their respective classes. ---------------- https://www.instagram.com/elbowrides/ Leigh’s Coach:...

✨ Support on YouTube ✨ ✨ Support on Spotify ✨ In today’s solo episode, I’ll share my thoughts on the pros, cons and the reason why I sold my SRAM AXS wireless shifting to go back to traditional cable shifting for bikepacking and longer endurance...

✨ Support on YouTube ✨ ✨ Support on Spotify ✨ Today’s guests are by far the most hardcore couple I know. They have extensive ultra endurance resumes and you may know them by their slightly intimidating nicknames, El Freako and Turbo. Jeff Hemperley & Holly Hovious are both leaving their mark on the ultra endurance running and bikepacking...

✨ Support on YouTube ✨ ✨ Support on Spotify ✨ Today’s episode features Nico Francis (They/Them), a veteran climber, backpacker and outdoors person who is new to the bikepacking world. Nico reached out to me through a mutual friend with a bunch of bikepacking questions. So I thought let’s turn this into a sort of Q&A and capture this on a podcast so everybody can benefit. If you’re a new bikepacker today’s episode is definitely for...

✨ Support on YouTube ✨ ✨ Support on Spotify ✨ Today’s guest is an elite cross country mountain biker and gravel racer, graphic designer, real estate agent, dad, and the host of the Stoke Podcast. ---------------- https://www.instagram.com/stokepodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/stories/quinntravisss/ ---------------- This episode is brought to you by Squirrel's Nut Butter - https://squirrelsnutbutter.com/discount/ENDURANCE15 Use code "Endurance15" for 15%...

✨ Support on YouTube ✨ ✨ Support on Spotify ✨ Today I have my first power couple on the podcast. They both recently completed the Cocodona 250 mile running race and they lived to tell about it. I’d like to welcome to the podcast Austin Corbett and Carrie Henderson. ---------------- https://cocodona.com/ https://www.instagram.com/austcorb/ https://www.instagram.com/carrie.jane.outdoors/ https://kahtoola.com/ https://wildernessvolunteers.org/ ---------------- This episode is brought...

✨ Support on YouTube ✨ ✨ Support on Spotify ✨ Today’s guest recently finished the 2024 Pinyons and Pines Bikepacking race in 2 days, 6 hours, and 30 minutes placing her/them first in the non-binary category and 8th overall. She/they is a talented rider and bikepacker and has completed the Colorado Trail Race and toured the Arizona Trail. ---------------- https://www.instagram.com/frances.lilly.hacker/ ---------------- Amazing Products/Companies I Use Squirrel's Nut Butter -...

✨ Support on YouTube ✨ ✨ Support on Spotify ✨ Today’s returning guest is an ultra endurance runner and just completed for the 2nd time the Cocodona 250 mile running race. She is my wife and was my first podcast guest and in today’s episode we debrief from the race. ---------------- https://cocodona.com ---------------- Amazing Products/Companies I Use Squirrel's Nut Butter - https://squirrelsnutbutter.com/discount/ENDURANCE15 Use code "Endurance15" for 15% off! Kahtoola -...

✨ Support on YouTube ✨ ✨ Support on Spotify ✨ Today’s guest is a math professor, race director for Pinyons and Pines, and he just set the FKT (or fastest known time) on the Race Across Arizona - a 616 mile gravel route across the state of Arizona which starts on the western border of in Topock and ends on the eastern border in Alpine and has a cumulative gain of 66,000 feet. This is his second time on the...

✨ Support on YouTube ✨ ✨ Support on Spotify ✨ Today’s guest just finished the 2024 edition of the Pinyons and Pines bikepacking race and has an extensive ultra endurance resume including racing the Tour Divide, the Arizona Trail Race 750, Stagecoach 400, Smoke and Fire 400, Comstock Epic, Coconino 250, Oregon Outback, California Sierra Trail Race, Trans Norcal, JP’s Fat Pursuit and many others. He is 62 years young and is an ambassador for Wolf Tooth and OTSO...

✨ Support on YouTube ✨ ✨ Support on Spotify ✨ Today’s guest is a devoted bikepacker, tattoo artist, and race director for the Stagecoach 400 bikepacking race. She’s become a staple of the bikepacking community and a caring and kind human being. ---------------- https://www.instagram.com/speedmeow/ https://www.instagram.com/stagecoach400/ https://socalenduro.wordpress.com/stagecoach-400/ ---------------- Amazing Products/Companies I Use Squirrel's Nut Butter -...

✨ Support on YouTube ✨ ✨ Support on Spotify ✨ In today’s episode, I setup the Endurance Studio Tent at the pre-race gathering on the 2024 edition of Pinyons and Pines. This episode slices and dices those mini interviews together, along with some bonus content. ---------------- https://danaernst.com/PinyonsPines/ https://www.instagram.com/pinyonspinesbikepackingride/ ---------------- Amazing Products/Companies I Use Squirrel's Nut Butter -...

✨ Support on YouTube ✨ ✨ Support on Spotify ✨ One could say today’s guest is the greatest ultra endurance and backcountry mountain bikers of all time - the GOAT. He is on the Industry Nine Pivot Pro Backcountry Team, founder of UltraMTB, co-founder of backcountry-mtb.com, and co-founder of Bikepacking Roots, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the growing bikepacking community. He holds multiple fastest known times including the Arizona Trail 750, The Grand Loop, Kokopelli...

✨ Support these videos and join as a YouTube member ✨ Today’s guest is an avid cyclist, runner and one of the most positive influences in my life. From the day I met him, he’s been an enthusiastic energy and has added great value to my life. He is a bikepacker and will be participating in his first grand depart this year on the 2024 Pinyons and Pines Bikepacking Race. ---------------- Amazing Products/Companies I Use Squirrel's Nut Butter - https://squirrelsnutbutter.com; Use code...

✨ Support these videos and join as a member ✨ Today’s solo episode will cover my thoughts on nutrition and liquid nutrition. I’ll cover what I’ve learned, a few tips and the pros and cons. ---------------- Amazing Products/Companies I Use Squirrel's Nut Butter - https://squirrelsnutbutter.com; Use code "Timberfriends" for 10% off! Kahtoola - https://kahtoola.com Dispersed Bikepacking Gear - https://Dispersed.bike ---------------- Interested in sponsoring or advertising on the podcast?...

✨ Support these videos and join as a member ✨ Today’s guest has dedicated her life to helping others. She’s spent 18 years teaching leadership on backpacking, rock climbing, and canyoneering courses for the non-profit NOLS, the National Outdoor Leadership School. She’s a certified life coach, dog lover, bikepacker and all around badass who has forged a new path after suffering a traumatic brain injury in 2019 that upended her...