#20: Rebecca Rusch

The Paceline Cycling Podcast · Oct 17, 2018 · 52m

Rebecca Rusch has what may be the ultimate nickname not just for a cyclist, but for any endurance athlete. She’s known as the Queen of Pain. And she has more than earned that nickname. She has won the Leadville 100 four times. She set the record for the Kokopelli Trail, and has seven world championships to her name, not to mention being the first woman to climb the 5.11c Bermuda Dunes route up El Capitan in Yosemite, which was also only the second ascent of that route ever. More recently, she has devoted herself to other pursuits that don’t involve standing on the top step of the podium, like…