we had the 2025 Life Time Chequamegon MTB Festival finish line livestream on while we were recording and it ruined this episode and we will probably never pod again because of it

topics include

• Xtreme Gravel (what is it? why is it? how is it?)
• marathon mountain biking
• Cecily Diesel Decker leads the chase
• Alexey Vermeulen is a grass specialist?
• reviewing Holy's Rosa Kloser interview
• Airbnb scams resonate with the people
• French Gravel races are a vibe or something
• where will Holy stay in Bentonville for Big Sugar?
• Saga Gravel in Chile was wet and Hannah Shell won (new world hispanic race specialist?)
• Mammoth Tuff is a UCI race
• waiting for Melisa Rollins to cross the finish line