May 19, 2023

TALK ABOUT BLOWING AWAY A PR

LAST NIGHT'S PODCAST WAS A GOOD ONE. My scheduled guest had to bail due to emergency surgery. Luckily I had a PRO MTB racer...

... and he had a very clear lesson.

The thing about the podcast interviews is they always bring something neither of us were thinking of to the surface.

This dude is a total stud.

Outstanding husband and father of 3
2-Time winner of Leadville
National MTB Champion
Founder of Rouleur Development

2 things stuck in my mind, which you might relate to.

His 20-year quest to qualify for MTB Worlds
Obliterating a difficult PR

I knew he'd represented the US at MTB Worlds in Switzerland. What I didn't know was that as a Junior, age 17, he was half a point away from going to Worlds...

... how heartbreaking would that be?

Someone would quit.
Many do.

At 40, he was in the best shape of his life. One a bunch of races, got the points and fulfilled his dream to carry our flag on the world stage.

His son is now beating him, and his next quest is to hang on to his pro status so...

... they can race pro together.

In the meantime, he's taken up Hard Enduro motorcycle racing. If you don't know what that is, it is by far the most difficult and challenging offroad racing on the planet: https://youtu.be/pD5qc9aAB4w

2 years ago, when he got into the sport, he found a terrible 1 mile climb. It took him and a buddy 2 hours to get to the top...

... this week he did it in under 7 minutes!

Bryson, how did you do that?

Well... the same way I won Leadville and went to World's, I kept at it.

Anything else?

I entered and trained for 5 Hard Enduros.

That's it?

I also found a new group of people to ride with that taught me so much I could never learn on my own.

Sound familiar?