Pursue Your Passion with Sarah Lamb (Episode 20) by Feisty Media

This week Kathryn and Kristi chat with Karen Jarchow, professional mountain biker and gravel cyclist. Along with her own athletic feats, Karen is the assistant marketing director for Ergon Bikes, and runs youth mountain biking camps with her company Vail Valley Alternative Sports (VVASA) Academy in Colorado. She tells us how the VVASA has transitioned to operate safely during COVID-19, which has led to some lasting positive changes in how they will continue to run camps in the future. Karen also tells how recovering from hip surgery in January was a catalyst for change in many areas of her life.

This week Kathryn and Kristi chat with Beth Morford, owner of Frontier Bikes, a women-owned and operated bike shop and spin studio in Eudora, Kansas. Beth tells us about her transition from sports massage therapist to bike mechanic & shop owner, and how Frontier is working to bridge the gender gap in bike shop culture. She gives us advice on how women can build community through their local bike shops, and also why you should be lifting heavy in the gym to get faster on your bike.

Check out Beth’s shop in Eudora KS at https://www.frontierbikes.com

This week Kathryn and Kristi interview Hannah Grant, chef and author of "Eat Race Win". Hannah details her history as a chef for sixteen cycling Grand Tours and her philosophy for cooking food that was nutritious and delicious but also fulfilled the emotional needs of the athletes each day. Plus her experience as a female chef in a male-dominated industry and how she adopted social media early to give access to a previously unseen part of the Tour.

This week Kathryn & Kristi swap epic hiking stories after Kristi returns from an unexpected twenty mile hike on her weekend getaway. We then catch-up with guest Megan Fisher, a para athlete, physical therapist, coach and motivational speaker. Meg details her journey as an athlete, beginning with her accident that left her with a traumatic brain injury and an amputation. She also covers her experience with Team USA on the paratriathlon team at two Olympic games and her later move to gravel. Plus her thoughts on how we can get more challenged athletes into the gravel scene and how a bicycle is an enabling vehicle for movement for all bodies.

This week Kathryn and Kristi catch up with Amy Charity, founder and race director of SBT GRVL, as well as coach and author. Amy details her late start to bike racing in her thirties, her pro career road racing around the globe and her later decision to move off road and to a more stable lifestyle. Plus the backstory on her book, "Wrong Side of Comfortable" and how we can all learn to push our limits.

This week Kathryn & Kristi catchup with Rach McBride, a long distance triathlete who also loves gravel riding. Rach discusses their late start in triathlon and how they has been getting fitter and faster in her forties. We hear from Rach on how they learned to push hard through gravel racing and how that has translated into confidence at the Ironman distance. Later we dive into their identity as a non-binary athlete and hear their thoughts on dealing with negative comments online and how we can make events feel more inclusive to all athletes.

Kathryn and Kristi are back with an episode with Girls Gone Gravel show producer, Live Feisty Media Senior Editor, and age-group triathlete, Taylor Mahan-Rudolph. Our conversation with Taylor covers her background as a runner turned triathlete, her experiences as a bi-racial athlete and includes a roundtable discussion on the barriers facing BIPOC entering the world of endurance sports. Plus we cover how we can get more POC into the gravel world and Taylor's first experience going off road on the mountain bike.

This week Kathryn and Kristi speak with Olivia Dillon, former pro cyclist now Director of Sales for Velocio Cycling Apparel. Olivia details her start in cycling and explains how she got the courage to leave her job in finance to pursue a career as a pro in her thirties. We also hear about the women who lifted her up as she was learning the ropes and how women's cycling has changed over the years. Plus her story of leading Dirty Kanza in 2019.