Leadville, The 100 Mile Mountain Bike Race Podcast p/b Shimano

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S4E06: Hardtail Party May 05, 2021

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We're joined by the host of the popular Youtube channel Hardtail Party for this episode. Steve has a deeper understanding of the pros and cons of hardtails as your everyday ride than just about anyone, and has some extraordinary recommendations on how to select your next bike (but you may be surprised what he recommends for a Leadville racer). Enjoy this episode with an incredibly smart guy with a very smart channel and a really great riding philosophy.

S4E05: Track Champ John Croom & Signing Up for Leadville Without a Bike Apr 27, 2021

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John Croom has NOT raced the Leadville 100. Yet. But that's about all he has not done. He's on Team USA for track cycling, was an Olympic hopeful, and holds the national record in track cycling's team pursuit competition. And now — like the rest of us — he's getting ready to race the Leadville 100. Unlike most of us, however, he does not own a mountain bike. Somehow, we don't think that's going to stop this inspiring racer.

S4E04: Shooting for a Sub-8 Finish...On a Gravel Bike Apr 21, 2021

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This episode is an answer to a question many racers have asked a number of times: is the Leadville 100 actually a great GRAVEL bike course? Well, we found a guy who — along with a few friends — has taken this question way beyond the "thought experiment" stage.

Stephen Fitzgerald of Boulder Colorado — owner of Rodeo Adventure Labs, a small bike company with some VERY capable gravel racing bikes — set out to race the Leadville 100 on his Trail Donkey...not just to finish, but in search of a sub-EIGHT race time.

Whether you're actually interested in trying this course on a gravel bike or just flummoxed by why anyone would try, we guarantee: you're going to LOVE Stephen's honest, insightful, and hilarious telling of his race.

S4E03: Lessons Learned at Leadville with Selene "Fit Chick" Yeager Apr 13, 2021

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Selene Yeager is a top-selling professional health and fitness writer, trainer, coach, and podcaster. She's been a regular contributor to Bicycling Magazine since 1998 and is currently hosting Hit Play Not Pause, a Feisty Menopause podcast for performance-minded women.

She's ALSO been on the Leadville podium, twice: once in the Leadville 100, and once in the stage race.

Selene brings a TON of storytelling skill, racing knowledge and riding wisdom to this episode. Don't miss it!

S4E02: Brian Feddema, Owner of Leadville's Cycles of Life Bike Shop Apr 06, 2021

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When — not if — you need work done on your bike in Leadville, you'll definitely want to go into Cycles of Life. And maybe you'll want to go in even sooner, because it's simply a great bike shop with a terrific vibe...and they take care of you like you're a local.

In this episode, Hottie and Fatty talk with Brian Feddema, founder, owner, and head mechanic of Cycles of Life, to hear his story, his shop's story, and how he manages to take care of hundreds of anxious racers who all absolutely MUST have their bike working perfectly...by 6:30am the next morning.

S4E01: As Serious as a Heart Attack Mar 31, 2021

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Michael Iddings is one of very few people to have completed the Leadville 100 more than twenty times. But as his power and max HR plummeted, his frustration grew: his doctors weren't taking his concerns seriously.

And, as it turns out, those concerns needed to be taken VERY seriously.

Season 4 of the Leadville Podcast is all about stories, and we're starting with a bang. You will not want to miss Michael's amazing cautionary tale.

S4E00: From the Ground Up — Talking With Ryan and Alexey Feb 17, 2021

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Season 4 of the Leadville Podcast will center around the amazing stories this race brings, and that dovetails nicely with the intriguing "From the Ground Up" contest pro cyclists Ryan Petry and Alexey Vermeulen have dreamed up: Choose three people new to mountain biking and give them (almost) everything they need to race the Leadville 100. We talk about the why, what and how of this contest that will be sure to result in amazing stories.

S3E24: Talking with Life Time about the LT100 in 2021 and Beyond Sep 22, 2020

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Our first guest this season was Michelle Duffy, Associate Marketing Director at Life Time, talking about the LT100 2020 registration challenges. Little did she (or we!) know that by the time we talked again, that would be the smallest challenge the team (and she personally) would have dealt with. We're happy to have the 2020 season behind us, to be looking forward to 2021, with Michelle on the mend and on the mic...once again, answering our questions about plans and logistics for next years' lottery, starting line, and race logistics.

S3E23: Life Time's Kimo Seymour Talks About the Future of the LT100 Sep 08, 2020

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Kimo Seymour — President of events and media at Life Time, not only has his thousand-mile buckle, he's finished the Leadville 100 UNDER eight hours every time he's raced. In other words, we could learn a thing or two about this race from this guy. But we didn't bring Kimo on to talk about the course or race day tactics (at least not this time). It's been a bad year, simply put, for racers, and we wanted to talk with the guy whose job it is to look past the problems we've got right now, and start thinking about what will hopefully be a brighter 2021. If you're dreaming about a 2021 6th & Harrison red carpet, this just may be the conversation you need.

S3E22: Talking with Todd Murray, Who's Raced EVERY LT100MTB Aug 31, 2020

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There are exactly TWO people who have done the Leadville 100 every single time it's been held. John Callahan is of course one of those two, and TODD MURRAY is the other...and we've got a full hour with him. There's literally nobody with more experience with this race, and it was an amazing honor to swap stories with him for an hour.

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