Nichole Baker on her unexpected detour into racing and graduating from Johns Hopkins

With Pace · May 26, 2025 · 1h 37m

For years, Payson has maintained that Nichole is the most talented athlete in their household, but it wasn’t until this winter that she finally decided to add some structure to her riding and shoot for some concrete goals. It all came about during an unusual lull in her schedule shortly after she and Payson finished his crossing project in New Zealand and got married in Tasmania, and just after she completed her capstone project for her Master’s Degree in Public Health from Johns Hopkins.

Payson and Nichole sat down to talk about how her tentative request for a training plan turned into an…