This week we have our second episode of our special series with SBT GRVL, and we welcome another GRVL Femmes mentor Christie Tracy. Christie is an ultra endurance cycling specialist, who started dabbling in gravel racing about 5 years ago. She recently outright won the 2025 24 hour time trial national championships, beating every other competitor! Christie began her cycling career after doing a triathlon for her 35th birthday, where she got hooked on the challenge of cycling. She has certainly taken that challenge to so many amazing levels, and will be imparting her knowledge to her team at SBT GRVL. Christie talks about the importance of keeping a positive mindset in endurance events, and shares how she sets mini goals throughout events. 

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This is the first episode of a three part series in collaboration with SBT GRVL. Kathryn is joined by guest host and SBT founder Amy Charity, and the pair get the chance to chat with professional cyclist Ellen Noble. Ellen is part of a new initiative by the folks at SBT for 2025 called the SBT GRVL Femmes Challenge mentorship program. The program pairs professional racers with a team of amateur women who want to take on the race at SBT. The mentors will join their teams throughout the whole race, to help them with everything from pacing to nutrition and technical assistance. The goal of the program is to encourage more women to take on the race day at SBT, and show them that you don’t have to be a “bike racer” to do a bike race. Ellen is the perfect mentor for this program as she has an extensive background racing all disciplines of cycling at the highest level. However, in 2019 she was diagnosed with a medical condition that threatened her career and led her to take a few years away from racing. Ellen talks about the humbling process of facing a health condition that stripped away her identity of a “bike racer” and how she has painstakingly built herself back to a place where she feels healthy and strong enough to race her bike again. 

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Over the past eight years, Feisty Media has grown into a go-to resource for women’s health and performance education.

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What a weekend at UNBOUND Gravel 2025! From epic community events, to next-level racing there was no shortage of action on the ground in Emporia. Thank you to the 80+ women who came out to the More Women More Miles shakeout ride, and to all of you who took the time to share your stories with us. The podcast this week features Kathryn’s live interviews from the pre-race expo with a few podcast fans, as well as Gravel Hall of Famer Amanda Nauman, cycling legend and commentator Meredith Miller, our friend Meredith Root of tactic Nutrition, and Grand Prix athlete Cécile Lejeune who finished 5th in the 200 mile race (find her on Instagram @cecilejeune). After the race Kathryn caught up with Ali Tetrick who led the More Women More Miles group for the 100, as well as Serena Bishop Gordon who raced the XL, and XL Champion and new course record holder Heather Jackson.

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UNBOUND Gravel is right around the corner, and here at Girls Gone Gravel we could not be more excited! Our crew is making their way to Emporia, but before the race kicks off we are joined by cycling legend Lauren Hall, and Life Time’s VP of Marketing Michelle Duffy Smith to take a deep dive into all things UNBOUND. This year’s 200 mile race will feature nearly 100 elite female racers, so you can be sure there will be no shortage of excitement on race day. 2025 will mark the first year that the race will feature a prize purse for all elite racers, and the 200 mile race will also see the champions from the past 5 years on the start line, so competition will be fierce. Michelle and Lauren talk through the stacked women’s field, and try to determine what tactics may play out across the 200 miles of racing - including their best predictions of when LDC will take a flyer. We also get everyone’s picks for their top 5 finishers. Who do you think will take the top step?

Michelle and Lauren will be hosting a live broadcast covering the 200 mile race. The broadcast will kickoff at 10am central time on the Life Time Grand Prix Youtube channel. Prior to 10am coverage will be on the Life Time Grand Prix Instagram page @lifetimegrandprix, which will also be the place to catch race updates throughout the day.

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On our final episode of our More Women More Miles series we welcome back coach Kristen Legan to walk us through how to not mess up your final two weeks of race prep before UNBOUND. We cover everything from taper workouts to race week nutrition tips, and even how to lay out expectations for your friends and family for your race week. Kristen also goes over her suggestions on logistics prep for race day, with things like calculating food and hydration needs and making sure your crew is prepared with anything you may need at your checkpoint stops. If you are heading to Emporia there will be no shortage of fun activities and events to take part in, however you’ll want to make sure you don’t burn yourself out before you actually hit the start line. Kristen gives us a few tips on how to balance maximizing your fun social time at the expo with preparing yourself for race day to show up fresh and ready. Kristi and Kristen also go over an in-depth course preview for the 200 and 100 mile courses, and give their advice on managing adverse conditions like heat and mud.

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On this week’s show we are joined by runner-turned-cyclist Caroline Wreszin. The LA based athlete got started on the bike in highschool when an injury sidelined her from running, and she was hooked from the first ride. As a self described competitor, Caroline found her way into gravel racing, and despite her first race being icy cold, she hasn’t looked back. Last year Caroline built up her own privateer program and focussed mainly on gravel racing. This year she has her eyes set on some big goals for LA 2028, and has shifted her focus onto the road. Caroline’s main sponsor is Skratch Labs, and she shares what she has learned from working with the company as well as how they have helped her on the path to her goals. 

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This week Kathryn & Selene are coming to us live from Girona, Spain, where they have just wrapped up the Feisty x Thompson Tours Gravel Camp and Selene is fresh off finishing the 100k at The Traka gravel race. We hear a little bit about the awesome week at gravel camp, and then Kathryn brings us some on-the-ground interviews from The Traka with 6x mountain bike world champion Annika Langvad, Ada Xinó who was not only a guide for Feisty gravel camp but also finished 3rd in the 560km race, 360km 3rd place finisher and gravel legend Sarah Sturm, 2024 Unbound Gravel winner Rosa Kloser, and a special live podcast recording at the Canyon booth with Canyon athlete Heather Jackson and co-owner of the London Canyon Experience Center, Alex Gaudé. 

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Annika Langvad @annika.langvad

Ada Xinó @adanonstop 

Sarah Sturm @sarahsturmy

Rosa Klöser @rosaklsr

Heather Jackson @hjacksonracing

Alex Gaudé @molokocycling

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This week on our More Women More Miles series, we are so lucky to be joined by bike mechanic extraordinaire Casey Wytske. Casey has years of experience working as a mechanic in the cycling industry, and also teaching courses on bike mechanics. In this hands-on session Casey goes over all of the things we need to know in order to get our bikes ready to take on UNBOUND Gravel, or any other gravel event. To start off, she goes over tire selection to maximize comfort, efficiency and safety, as well as tips on how to find the right tire pressure. Casey also goes over the essential tools you need in your bag for any gravel ride, and then dives into a step by step bike check, including how to check and top up sealant in tubeless tires. Next Casey goes over fixing a flat and patching holes in your tire, as well as keeping your bike clean and running smooth on the course.

If you’d prefer to watch this episode on Youtube you can head over to https://www.youtube.com/live/txvQF_ZMSz0?si=Fqtf3ExCNcPhdupq to watch the video.

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This week we welcome artist and cyclist Lisa Congdon. After a handful of charity bike rides, Lisa was drawn into cycling when she moved to Portland as a way to make friends in a new city. With a few years of road riding under her belt, Lisa was drawn into gravel cycling in 2020 and hasn’t looked back. This elementary school teacher-turned artist, activist and cyclist has found a way to beautifully weave together her passions in a meaningful way by creating art that represents the things she is passionate about. Lisa describes how cycling allows her to let her mind wander into the creative spaces that help to get her creativity flowing for her artistic projects, and why cycling is so helpful for her creative practice. Not only does Lisa create beautiful art, she uses her work as a vehicle for social change, and has woven that into the work that she has done in the cycling space.

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