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Today’s returning guest just completed an epic single speed journey on the Arizona Trail 800 Ultra Endurance Mountain Bike Race. She completed the 837 mile trail with over 100,000’ of elevation gain in 11 days, 12 hours and 19 minutes. She is a veteran, mom, wife, nurse practitioner, bike shop mechanic, and enduro racer turned bikepacker. At the time of this recording, its been only 5 days since her finish and I’m sure she has a lot of things to catch up on and a calorie deficit to correct so I’m super grateful she’s taken the time to sit down with me today. 

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Leigh’s Coach: https://www.instagram.com/elizasampey/

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I met today’s guest at a local running group here in Flagstaff and there I learned how fast and accomplished he is as a runner. He’s raced distances from one mile to 60k and his sweet spot seems to be the 50k distance. He recently completed his first triathlon, placed 8th overall in the Crown King Scramble, 3rd overall in the Adrenaline 50K night run , 2nd overall at the Tushars Mountain Run Marathon, 2nd overall at the Cocodona Elden Crest 36 and most notably placed 5th in the 2024 Imogene Pass Run, there were 599 in the mens division so this puts him in the top 1% of the finishers.

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https://www.instagram.com/manofsalt/

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Today’s guest is one of the most unique humans I’ve had the privilege to get to know. He is an ultra endurance bikepacker, runner and all around trail crusher. He recently completed the 2024 Gunny Loopy Loop and is planning to be at the start line of the Arizona Trail 800 grand depart this year.

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https://www.instagram.com/bodhi.roether/

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In today’s episode, Tyler Hughes joins me for a deep dive debrief on my 2024 Colorado Trail Race.

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Today’s guest has spent her life studying and coaching the mental and psychological aspects of endurance sports and she has become an expert in that arena. She is a sports performance psychologist and has her masters degree in applied positive psychology. 

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https://www.instagram.com/shannonleighthompson/

https://sweetperformances.wordpress.com/about-shannon/

https://hypo2sport.com/

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Today’s guests finished 1st place male single speed and 2nd place female on the 2024 Colorado Trail Race. They are incredible and inspirational bikepackers and I’m honored to sit with them for a little CTR debrief.

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https://www.instagram.com/matt.annabel/

https://www.instagram.com/karin_pocock/

https://jwookieone.com

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Today’s guest hails from the Driftless region of Wisconsin and is a maple syrup farmer. He is the co-founder of Embark Good Maple Energy and we’re sitting here near the start of the Colorado Trail Race which we will both be racing/surviving this year as part of the grand depart. This will be his first bikepacking race and he’s jumping into the deep end of the pool with the CTR.

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https://www.instagram.com/embarkmaple/

https://www.embarkmaple.com/

https://jwookieone.com

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Today’s guests both just completed the 2024 Bones to Blue bikepacking race that started in Truckee California and made a big lap around Lake Tahoe. The course is 250 miles with 31,000 feet of elevation gain and it’s in a historic and beautiful part of the Sierra Nevadas. They’re both fast bikepackers and finished 1st place in their respective classes.

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Leigh’s Coach: https://www.instagram.com/elizasampey/

http://leighbowe.com

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In today’s solo episode, I’ll share my thoughts on the pros, cons and the reason why I sold my SRAM AXS wireless shifting to go back to traditional cable shifting for bikepacking and longer endurance rides.

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https://bike.shimano.com/en-US/product/component/grx-di2.html

https://mtb.shimano.com/products/mtb/xtr/components/

https://www.instagram.com/justin.and.bikes/

https://www.instagram.com/dcernst/

https://www.instagram.com/msoleilblais74/

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(00:00:00 Intro

(00:00:41) Sponsors & How to Support

(00:03:16) Solo podcast intro

(00:06:17) Pros on the AXS Wireless Shifting System

(00:13:26) Cons on the AXS Wireless Shifting System

(00:23:33) Examples of SRAM AXS issues

(00:27:01) Verdict on SRAM AXS wireless shifting

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Today’s guests are by far the most hardcore couple I know. They have extensive ultra endurance resumes and you may know them by their slightly intimidating nicknames, El Freako and Turbo. Jeff Hemperley & Holly Hovious are both leaving their mark on the ultra endurance running and bikepacking community.

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https://www.instagram.com/el.freako.racing/

https://www.instagram.com/kokopellibike/

https://www.instagram.com/esigrips/

https://www.instagram.com/drinkhyfive/

https://www.instagram.com/squirrels_nut_butter/

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