In this episode I sit down with Jeremiah Bishop. Jeremiah is a professional Mountain Bike Racer, and cycling coach, and has spent the last couple of decades traveling all over the world competing in and winning some of the most grueling races. Most recently though, Jeremiah started working on a project called “The Impossible Route”. The Impossible Route is a documentary series where Jeremiah and Tyler Pierce travel to various locations to tackle routes that some would consider, well, Impossible. In this episode Jeremiah talks about how The Impossible Route got started, some of the routes he has already done, and some that are currently in the works. Check out the show notes to find out more about The Impossible Route, to contact Jeremiah, or to follow him on social media. Thank you for listening and I hope you enjoy.

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Website: https://www.jeremiahbishop.com

The Impossible Route: http://www.theimpossibleroute.com

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A few months ago while on a gravel ride with one of the local cycling clubs, the Haymarket Blue Ridge Cyclists, I heard about a guy named Kasey Clark and a ride that he had just recently done where he rode all of the gravel roads in Loudoun County in 24 hours. I was also informed that he too had a cycling club called the Velo Pigs. Well, between the awesome ride he had recently done, and with a club name like that, I thought, I have got to find out more about Kasey, and try to get him on the podcast. At the time I didn’t realize that his journey and that ride had been filmed, and I happened to stumble across a video on YouTube called Gravel Spotlight: Kasey Clark. It’s an 8 minute video that spotlights Kasey and his ride that he did. In this episode, we’ll learn a little more about who Kasey is, his love for cycling, and about the ride he did and why he did it. Thank you for listening and I hope you enjoy.

If you'd like to contact Kasey and the Velo Pigs or to find out more about the route Kasey did with America's Routes, please see the contact info and links below:

Website: https://velopigs.org

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1479660972111107

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/velopigs/

America's Routes: https://americasroutes.com

Kasey's Route Strava File: https://www.strava.com/activities/4271979692

Video of Kasey's Ride: https://americasroutes.com/video/

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Since around the summer of 2020, I started thinking about doing some sort of bike packing trip. I dont know where the idea came from, but I started watching a lot of YouTube videos, researching gear, reading articles, etc. Around October of 2020 I heard about the Virginia Endurance Series and the race they put on called RockStar. This particular race has 3 different routes. The trail route is a MTB route that is the most challenging, then there’s the gravel route which is slightly less challenging, but still challenging for a gravel bike, and then there’s the Pave route. The Pave route is the road route and is 165 miles with 10,000 ft of elevation gain. I initially was thinking of signing up for the gravel route, but I talked myself out of it. Honestly, it was just too much to wrap my head around. There’s a lot of fitness, gear, and time for the event that I either didn’t have or didn’t think I had. Essentially I got in my own head. Since October I have been consistently riding roughly 100 miles per week, lifting weights, and doing yoga in preparation for when the registration went live. Due to COVID, it was touch and go on whether the event was even going to happen, but the registration finally went live, and I signed up and got a coach on the first day of registration. I knew as soon as I signed up that there was a lot of training to do in a short amount of time, but I also have complete faith in my coach, as well as in my own commitment to training for something that I really want to do. I have already done 3 previous episodes with my coach, Dave Latourette, but this episode is different in the sense that it focuses on me and my race, instead of someone else and their race. In this episode we discuss how how and why behind my particular training plan, and how to start training with my new power meter and smart trainer. As we get closer to the event we will do more episodes and discuss race particulars, plan A’s, plan B’s, goals, and go a little deeper with the why behind some of the workouts. Stay tuned for those!!! In the mean time, thank you for listening and I hope you enjoy.

If you'd like to contact Dave or his wife Jen to help you achieve your fitness goals, please visit their website:

www.ttenation.com

You can also email them at:

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In this episode I’ll be speaking with Rob Issem. Rob is the founder of the Virginia Endurance Series. The VES is a series of races that include a lot of different MTB and Gravel races around Virginia. I recently signed up for one of Rob’s races called the RockStar. This is actually a grand depart style event and is broken up into 3 separate races. There is a MTB, gravel, and a road ride. I will be completing the road ride. In this episode we will learn who Rob is, discuss the different events that VES has, and really dive into the RockStar road ride. Thank you for listening and I hope you enjoy.

If you'd like to reach out to Rob, I have listed all of his contact info below:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/virginiaenduranceseries

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/capt.insaneo/

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In this episode I’ll be speaking with Dave Landis. Dave is the founder of the Trans Virginia bike packing event. Trans Virginia started out as a 550 mile bikepacking route from Washington D.C. to Damascus Virginia, and since then Dave has added on another 520 mile valley route as well as a 200 mile route that runs from D.C. to Harrisonburg. In this episode Dave is going to tell us a about the 3 routes, what type of gear to bring, and what type of setup works best for the routes. Thank you for listening and I hope you enjoy.

If you'd like to reach out to Dave, I have listed all of his contact information below:

Website: https://www.transvirginia.org

Email: [email protected]

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/315081315685573

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trans.virginia/

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In this episode I speak with Joe Coppola. Joe is the owner of the bike shop VeloConcepts in Culpeper, VA. VeloConcepts is central Virginia’s leading fitting lab, and is one of 4 fitters in the country that uses a combination of the GURU Dynamic Fitting Unit (DFU), STT Systems full body three dimensional motion capture system and a saddle pressure mapping system. Another thing that sets VeloConcepts apart from other bike shops is that they are a “fit first” bike shop. This is explained in more detail in the episode, but essentially you get fitted for you bike, before you pick the bike out. This way you know when your bike comes in that it’s custom fitted to you without any unnecessary and expensive aftermarket upgrades. In this episode Joe will explain to us the benefit of a properly fitted bike, and everything that goes into that process. Additionally, Joe’s fitting process is not just for road bikes, but all types of bike as well as stationary bikes like Peloton. So for all you spin class people out there, Joe can help you get fully set up on your stationary bike. Thank you for listening and I hope you enjoy.

If you'd like to reach out to Joe, I have listed all of his contact info below:

Website: https://www.veloconcepts.com

Phone: 540.773.2400

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/veloconcepts

Twitter: https://twitter.com/veloconcepts

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/veloconcepts/

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This episode was recorded and streamed live on Facebook via Zoom.  In this episode we discuss nutrition and hydration, and we also had some live questions during the interview.

If you'd like to contact Dave or his wife Jen to help you achieve your fitness goals, please visit their website:

www.ttenation.com

You can also email them at:

[email protected]

[email protected]

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In part 2 of the series with Dave Latourette, we discuss heart rate training, power meter training, and base/foundation training. The heart rate training and base training portion of the episode is applicable to all sports, where the power meter portion of the episode is directly related to cycling. If you’d like to reach out to Dave directly I have included all of the contact info for Him and his wife Jen in the show notes.  Stay tuned for more episodes with Dave as we do a deep dive into specific topics such as race season planning, how to work with a coach, hydration and nutrition, and more.  If you have questions that you'd like me to ask Dave on one of the episodes, please email me at [email protected].  Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoy.

If you'd like to contact Dave or his wife Jen to help you achieve your fitness goals, please visit their website:

www.ttenation.com

You can also email them at:

[email protected]

[email protected]

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In tonights podcast we’ll be talking with Coach Steve Bacon. Steve is a Breakthrough Coach, Motivational Speaker, author, and owner of Belief Theory. Belief Theory is a transformation strategy developed by Steve and delivered by a powerful team of professionals. Steve is a Certified Master Practitioner of Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP), Certified in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Certified Facilitator of the National Training Curriculum Institute (NCTI). The knowledge that healed people heal people drives Steve and his team to build a world with less suffering, by empowering clients to break free of behavioral patterns that no longer serve them. In tonight’s podcast we’ll be discussing the mental aspect of sports, how you can deal with mental roadblocks in training, staying motivated during these challenging times, goal setting for 2021. Thank you for listening, and I hope you enjoy the podcast.  If you'd like to contact Steve you can reach him at the below info.

Website: https://www.belieftheory.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/belieftheoryllc/

Email: [email protected]

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/belief.theory/?igshid=1r1j5f5h9p3i4

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In this episode I speak with Dave Latourette from Train to Endure.  Dave brings over 25 years of coaching experience to the world of endurance sports.    Dave not only coaches endurance sports, but also coaches swimming, cycling, and running, of all distances.  This is the first episode in a series.  In future episodes we will do a deep dive into nutrition/hydration, heart rate training, power meter training, how to work with a coach, race season planning, and much more.  I hope you enjoyed this episode as much as I did speaking with Dave.  Please stay tuned for much more to come.  

***This interview was done via telephone across country so I apologize for a little bit of lagging towards the end of the episode.***

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