The Gravel Family Podcast

On this episode, we chat with Becca Book, the 2024 Gravel Worlds Long Voyage champion who finished in just over 18 hours making her the Gravel Worlds Long Voyage record holder. We also got to chat with her about her epic adventure in Chile for a thrilling backpacking race!

In this episode, we sit down with Luke Hall, the 2024 Long Voyage 300 winner, to dive into his incredible record breaking journey at Gravel Worlds, his personal cycling story, and what’s on the calendar for 2025. Luke shares insights into the challenges and nutrition strategy of his 2024 victory, how Gravel Worlds tested his limits, and what drives him to continue pushing the envelope in the sport. We also get a glimpse of his goals for the upcoming year, including the races and ambitions for his 2025 season.

This episode is sponsored by GoodLife Nutrition. To learn more GoodLife Nutrition's lineup of science backed products, head over to www.fuelyourgoodlife.com

*Please note we had a few technical difficulties including the mic picking up Jason and Sofia's keyboards to take down show notes, and some microphone feedback*

Sam Hansen, the 2024 Gravel World's Non-Binary Champion is not only a cyclist, but a mathematics communicator, librarian, and a podcast producer!

Having years of experience in the cycling world, they are an activist for Gender Expansive categories in the cycling industry. We chat all about their professional work, Gravel World's experiences and where they hope to see the sport in years to come!

Happy Holidays to our Gravel Family listeners!

We appreciate you more than you know and we're so lucky to be able to have the best listeners in the world. We will be taking a few weeks off to celebrate the holidays, but we will be back in 2025 with brand new episodes for you!

As the youngest known summiteer of Mauna Kea, and podiuming at races all over the country, Greer Peed is making his name in the cycling world! We chat about his inspiring summit, his 2024 Gravel Worlds 75 mile finish, his Everest experience on Zwift, and much more!

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In this season of Thanks, we wanted to thank all of our listeners, sponsors, friends, and family for an incredible 2024 season! We are so lucky and honored to have some of the best listeners in the industry!

While Trevor Slawnyk may be new to the race director scene, you'd never know it after participating in his Dozinky Doozy race in southeastern Nebraska. In this episode, we talk about his new event, what it takes to put on a new race, and another fun idea he possibly has up his sleeve!

Howard Florence, Kentucky native, came to Nebraska to ride on our gravel roads- and left soaked with champagne from his DFL First to Last win! We got to hear all about his day, what the First2Last party meant to him, and he tells us about a smell he still can't get out of his car- post champagne spray.

Following our announcement earlier this month about our new title sponsor: Lauf, we had the CEO of Lauf Cycles, Benedikt, on our podcast! He talks all about Lauf, the engineering of the bikes, and a tiny sneak peek of what could be next for Lauf!