Stay ConnectedThe award winning JustGoBike Podcast is all about the culture of biking just for the fun of it, and tales from the RAGBRAI Nation. Your hosts Kathy Murphy (Murphology), and Andrea Parrott (RAGBRAI and ParrotTalk), are joined by a variety of guests each week that delve into the social side of cycling.
Come for the bikes, stay for the fun, leave with a smile.
So…. just go bike!
Theme song by Ryan Stier
Logo by Suzanne Milosevich
Intro by Pumpkin
It's been almost two weeks since Murph departed on her cross-country cycling adventure with Team Biking to Remember, raising funds for Alzheimer's. So AP catches up with her about all she's seen and experienced so far, and what biking over a mountain range is really like. Follow her journey on Instagram and Facebook, search for Team Biking to Remember! Have a topic for a future episode? Message us at justgobikepodcast@gmail.com. The 200th episode of JustGoBike is coming up! Tell us your favorite memory or episode - call and leave a message at 515-303-0385 www.ragbrai.com www.murphologypodcast.com
AP gets into it this week with four main squawking points. Including how to be featured on an upcoming episode, how the RAGBRAI 2022 planning process is going, answers some frequently asked questions from the RAGBRAI info inbox, and last but not least - a classic John Karras article about breakfast at Donald Kaul's house. Have a topic for a future episode? Message us at justgobikepodcast@gmail.com . The 200th episode of JustGoBike is coming up! Tell us your favorite memory or episode - call and leave a message at 515-303-0385 www.ragbrai.com www.murphologypodcast.com
Just Go Bike contributor Kyle Munson is on the show today to interview Phil Joens. Phil is a Public Safety Reporter for the Des Moines Register and covers all kinds of stories in the area. He is also a long time RAGBRAI rider and has a unique perspective on RAGBRAI now that he gets to cover the big ride as part of his job. Kyle and Phil talk baseball, bicycles and do a little reminiscing about their RAGBRAI experiences. Have a topic for a future episode? Message us at justgobikepodcast@gmail.com . www.ragbrai.com www.murphologypodcast.com
On this episode AP and Murph caught up with Jason Sumner from the Ride the Rockies team who is a long time cyclist and a Colorado Native living in Crested Butte. He is a journalist and has authored the book: 75 Classic Rides Colorado. Ride the Rockies, a multi day bicycle tour that explores communities in Colorado, has many similarities to RAGBRAI and has the history to prove it. Back in 1985, Claire Martin, a Denver Post reporter, came to Iowa to ride RAGBRAI and was hooked. She went back to Colorado and pitched the idea to the Denver Post. A year later, Ride the Rockies was born! Jason is going to tell us more about Ride the Rockies. To learn more, go to www.ridetherockies.com Have a topic for a future episode? Message us at justgobikepodcast@gmail.com. www.ragbrai.com www.murphologypodcast.com
How many RAGBRAIs have you ridden? 5? 10? 20? Coreen Frasier has completed over 30! Take a listen to this inspiring re-broadcast from Episode 155. Coreen, a former bike racer, and a cancer survivor, has great stories from the road, a shower hack, and more from three decades of cycling across Iowa. Have a topic for a future episode? Message us at justgobikepodcast@gmail.com . www.ragbrai.com www.murphologypodcast.com
Coach David Ertl, certified level 1 cycling coach through USA Cycling is on today. Coach Ertl has been coaching for over 20 years! Each year he provides RAGBRAI riders with a training plan as well as tips to make your ride more enjoyable. And all of it is free! A few tips from Coach Ertl worth highlighting: Hills: don’t avoid them when training! Water: drink more than you think you need Food: don’t stuff yourself! Find the Training Log at https://ragbrai.com/ragbrai-training-lets-get-ready-to-ride-in-2022/ Have a topic for a future episode? Message us at justgobikepodcast@gmail.com . www.ragbrai.com www.murphologypodcast.com
This week AP and Murph are going to dig into each of the 8 overnight towns on the RAGBRAI route and offer up some highlights of what we can look forward to when we bike across Iowa in July, 2022. The overnight towns for RAGBRAI XLIX are: Sergeant Bluff, Ida Grove, Pocahontas, Emmetsburg, Mason City, Charles City, West Union and Lansing. Have a topic for a future episode? Message us at justgobikepodcast@gmail.com. www.ragbrai.com www.murphologypodcast.com
Did you know back in the early years of RAGBRAI, riding a 100 mile day was part of the planned route each year? This year to honor our founding fathers, John Karras and Donald Kaul, we are going back to the roots they created almost 50 years ago. So if you are riding RAGBRAI in 2022, you will get to do a century ride! Sound impossible? It is not! On today’s episode, enjoy a Parrott Talk where AP will provide you with some facts and some inspiration to help you get ready to tackle a RAGBRAI century day. A century for Karras!! Andrea also dug deep into the newspaper archives and found an article John Karras wrote back in 1974. He answers questions from riders who were getting ready to do their second RAGBRAI, which was called SAGBRAI that year. Have a topic for a future episode? Message us at justgobikepodcast@gmail.com . www.ragbrai.com www.murphologypodcast.com
A Bonus Episode This Week! The RAGBRAI route has been announced and this past Saturday, the morning after the route party, Murph fired up the portable recorder and took a walk around the Iowa Bike Expo to talk with some of the vendors as well as each of the 2022 overnight towns. She was also able to spend a few minutes with Matt Phippen, RAGBRAI director of operations. Please forgive the sound quality, the Bike Expo was full of excitement and noise! Have a topic for a future episode? Message us at justgobikepodcast@gmail.com. www.ragbrai.com www.murphologypodcast.com
On the show today is Brian O’Leary who is the executive director for The Dream Team. The Dream Team is a five month program that partners youth with adult mentors in the Des Moines area to provide a unique opportunity to build relationships, achieve personal growth, and learn life skills. The program culminates with a week long bicycle ride across Iowa and the emotional experience of riding from the Missouri to the Mississippi River. Brian is going to tell us more about the Dream Team, who will be celebrating their 25th year anniversary this year! You can listen to last year's podcast about The Dream Team here: https://soundcloud.com/justgobike/episode-169-brian-oleary-and-the-dream-team-host-murphology Have a topic for a future episode? Message us at justgobikepodcast@gmail.com. www.ragbrai.com www.dreamteamdesmoines.org www.murphologypodcast.com
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