The Ultra Cycling Show

The World Ultra Cycling Association is an international nonprofit organization that is dedicated to promoting the sport of ultra cycling while also maintaining global rankings of ultra racers. At the same time, WUCA, as it's abbreviated, sanctions events and world record attempts from 100km in distance and up, including cross state records and 6-12-24 hour records. WUCA is also the official ultra cycling source for the guinness book of world records.

On today's episode, we'll be chatting with WUCA's current president to learn more about the organization, its past, present and future plans, and we'll also discuss his upcoming 100 km outdoor track world record attempt.

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The Race Across America, more commonly referred to as RAAM, is known as the World's Toughest Bicycle Race. The route from Oceanside, California to Annapolis, Maryland traverses over 3,000 miles and climbs 175,000 feet across 12 states. On today's episode, we'll hear from Dustin Dinh, a dentist turned ultra cyclist who rode in the 2015 edition of RAAM.

We'll be covering what to do and what not to do out on the roads of RAAM, and we'll also be getting a glimpse into what it's like to crew for a RAAM racer from one of his crew members, Dawn Morgan Ellis. There's a whole lot of awesome ultra talk ahead, so grab an espresso and let's roll! 🚲💨

Today's episode is with one of the world's legends, Marko Baloh. Marko competed in UCI road races from 1985 to 1995. His first Race Across America (RAAM) qualification was in 2000 and his first solo RAAM was in 2003.

In total, Marko participated in 10 RAAMs, and as a solo racer, he has completed the 3,000 mile distance in an ultra fast time of 9 days 2 hours in 2011. Marko has also achieve 1st place in the 50+ age category and 1st place in a 2-man relay team. He has also participated as a crew chief and race official.

In addition to his RAAM achievements, he has also participated in the Race Across the West (RAW) on three occasions, once as a solo racer, once in a 2-person relay team, and once in the virtual RAW.

Specific to this episode, his other notable achievements include over a dozen world records, including three 24 hour time trial world records. In 2008, Marko completed 890 km on an outdoor track. Then in 2010, he became the first person ever to complete over 900 km in 24 hours (903.75 km to be exact). This episode covers Marko's spectacular recent achievements in setting 12 world records in the outdoor road category, including besting the existing 50+ world record of 856.3km in 24-hours and setting an entirely new record of 1000km in 28h 50m.

This episode is packed with wisdom and experience - you don't want to miss it!

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In today's episode, we have a chat with a speedy ultra racer, Mark Christopherson. Mark has been an ultra-endurance cyclist since 2013 and to date has completed 40 double centuries in the California Triple Crown (CTC) series of races. Notably, Mark won first place in the 2017 CTC Stage Race, which included three of the most difficult double centuries in the series: Mulholland, Oceanside, and Terrible Two.

Mark has also competed in LoToJa (Logan, Utah to Jackson Hole, Wyoming) on two occasions.

Outside of road cycling, Mark also competes in Mountain Bike races, specifically the Over the Hump Mountain Bike Race Series in Silverado, California, largest mid-week mountain bike race in the country. Mark rides for Team Simple Green / Specialized / Rock-N-Road.

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Imagine climbing over 46,000 feet across 600 miles on a recumbent bicycle that weighs 10 pounds more than the average road bicycle and then taking the victory in a 3-stage double century road race.

On today’s episode, we’ll be hearing all about the epic journey of one recumbent rider, Jason Perez, who against all odds claimed victory in the 2016 California Triple Crown series stage race, which included the Devil Mountain Double Century, the Central Coast Double Century, and the White Mountain Double Century.

In part 3 of 3, we’ll learn about Jason's race in the White Mountain Double Century, the third stage and final race in the series.

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Imagine climbing over 46,000 feet across 600 miles on a recumbent bicycle that weighs 10 pounds more than the average road bicycle and then taking the victory in a 3-stage double century road race.

On today’s episode, we’ll be hearing all about the epic journey of one recumbent rider, Jason Perez, who against all odds claimed victory in the 2016 California Triple Crown series stage race, which included the Devil Mountain Double Century, the Central Coast Double Century, and the White Mountain Double Century.

In part 2 of 3, we’ll learn about Jason's race in the Central Coast Double Century, the second stage race in the series.

Let’s roll! 🚲💨

Imagine climbing over 46,000 feet across 600 miles on a recumbent bicycle that weighs 10 pounds more than the average road bicycle and then taking the victory in a 3-stage double century road race.

On today’s episode, we’ll be hearing all about the epic journey of one recumbent rider, Jason Perez, who against all odds claimed victory in the 2016 California Triple Crown series stage race, which included the Devil Mountain Double Century, the Central Coast Double Century, and the White Mountain Double Century.

In part 1 of 3, we’ll learn about Jason and the Devil Mountain Double Century, the first stage race in the series.

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Dzung Dang is an accomplished ultra-endurance cyclist and randonneur residing in San Jose, California, organizer of the Carmel Valley Double Century, and founder of the XDV bicycle club.

Dzung's palmares currently includes 2 Paris-Brest-Paris crossings, bicycling across America twice (2015 self-organized and 2019 RAAM 8-person team), 3 finishes of the Silver State 508, 75 double centuries, and bicycle touring in Vietnam. Dzung has also used ultra-cycling as a platform to support non-profit causes such as anti-human trafficking and orphans.

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Welcome to the brand new ultra cycling show! I'm your host, Justin Too. Let's roll!

The vision of this show is to bring together the ultra cycling family through fun and friendly interviews, news, and ultra-minded content.

And when I say ultra cycling family, I really do mean family. As an ultra cyclist myself for over a decade, I've crossed paths with so many strong and courageous riders out there on the roads, and without fail, I've always received so much care and support from them all from single day events up to several hundred miles in length to multi-day events across states and countries.

There's so much fun, beauty and adventure when it comes to ultra cycling, both in the people, the courses, and the events, so it only makes sense to showcase them with compelling content to keep the ultra cycling family connected and growing strong.

On this show, I'll be interviewing ultra cyclists from all around the globe, from racers to randonneurs, to get in the minds of the ultra-endurance community covering everything from events to training to nutrition to all the tips and tricks in everyone's ultra cycling toolkit.

I'm also excited to spotlight popular ultra events and courses while highlighting the latest in ultra cycling news.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, or in this case, a single episode. So thanks for tuning in and I hope you'll join me on this ride as we kickoff the ultra cycling show together.

Together, let's keep spinning ultra! 🚲💨