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With Pace
Professional mountain biker Payson McElveen sits down with some of the biggest names in sports and adventure to get an inside look at what sets them apart. With no script, the casual conversations are as diverse as the guests, with topics ranging from harrowing tales of survival, to debates on current events, to everyday tips and tricks and everything in between. As Payson travels the world for his two-wheeled day job, listen in as he rubs shoulders with and learns from some of the most…
Episodes
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David Spindler on brain chemistry and mental health for athletic performance (with Riley Amos)
Dr. David Spindler has been working as a high-performance cognitive specialist for over 25 years, helping top-level athletes unlock their brain chemistry and…
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Savilia Blunk recaps the Olympics XCO race
Just a few days after returning home from Paris, Savilia Blunk sits down with Payson to talk about her experience competing in the XCO race at the Olympics…
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Riley Amos on the Olympics and a dominant World Cup season
After going nearly undefeated on the World Cup circuit this year, U23 XCO rider Riley Amos returns to the show to talk about the season and the lead-up to the…
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Sarah Sturm on Migration Gravel, plus Crusher cancellation analysis
Sarah Sturm is back, fresh off of winning Migration Gravel in Kenya. As usually happens when she and Payson start chatting, the conversation covers a broad…
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Dylan Stucki on aid station chaos, Single Speed Worlds, and the Durango Derby
Dylan Stucki has dabbled in just about every bike-related career out there. He's worked as an equipment tester, mechanic, and race promoter, and even found the…
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Samara Sheppard on her Grand Prix debut, Olympic disappointments, and Cape Epic podium
New Zealand cyclist Samara Sheppard has found success in multiple disciplines, including cross country (she won a U23 World Cup in 2012 and is a multi-time New…
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Chef Biju Thomas on cycling, food, and emigrating to the U.S.
As co-founder of SkratchLabs and co-author of the FeedZone cookbooks, Chef Biju Thomas has played a major role in how cyclists fuel themselves. He and his…
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Paige Onweller on her surprise Unbound success after ankle surgery
A year and a half ago, Paige Onweller was working as an emergency PA and racing bikes on the side. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, she won Big Sugar…
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Lea Davison on putting the “tired” in retirement and being an advocate within the sport
Lea Davison thought long and hard about her retirement, but even when she finally decided to bring her mountain biking career to a close, she didn't have any…
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Payson's 10 craziest moments from Unbound
Trains, a moto crash, the hero pull of the day, and two peeing mishaps are just some of the crazy moments from Unbound that make the cut in this episode. As…
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Unbound recap with Pete Stetina and Lauren De Crescenzo
This year’s Unbound was one of the most dynamic and exciting in the event’s history, featuring two new winners, separate starts for the elite men and women…
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Jasper Ockeloen on Unbound, Sockeloen, and the Dutch Mafia
Jasper Ockeloen started racing on the road in the Netherlands when he was 8 years old and took up cyclocross not long after. The combination has come in handy…
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Kateřina Nash on 30 years of racing and her role within the UCI
At 46, Kateřina Nash has been racing bikes for three decades and continues to compete at the highest level. Originally from the Czech Republic, she competed in…
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Kenny Belaey on 9 trials World Championships and life after competitive cycling
Kenny Belaey started riding professionally at age 9 when he and his brother began doing trial biking shows in their native Belgium. Since then, he’s racked up…
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Taylor Lideen on missing out on the Grand Prix and starting the season with a bang
After participating in the Life Time Grand Prix in its first two years, Taylor Lideen missed out on a spot this year. While that might leave some riders…
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Sea Otter recap with Hannah Otto
The Grand Prix is back and Hannah Otto is here to give a rundown of the first race of the season. She and Payson discuss the opposite tactics that played out…
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Nichole Baker on her eighth year in Uganda for Path of Logic
After four years of pestering, Payson has finally convinced Nichole to return to the show to talk about her most recent trip to Uganda. In 2017, she visited…
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Cynthia Carson on winning Badlands and the Atlas Mountain Race
It takes a particular kind of grit to win the grueling 800-mile Atlas Mountain Race, and Cynthia Carson did it on less than five hours of sleep. The rising…
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Luke Lamperti on his first few months in the WorldTour
At 21 years old, Luke Lamperti is already riding for one of the biggest teams in the WorldTour, Soudal–Quick-Step, and he's hit the ground running. Since the…
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Mid South recap with DFL Beth McBride and rider experiences
At approximately 12:30 a.m. last weekend, Beth McBride crossed the finish line of Mid South to a thunderous reception. The race is known for its celebration of…
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Morgan Aguirre on leaving the U.S. for European gravel
In 2019, Morgan Aguirre decided to step outside of her comfort zone. Having never competed in any sports, she rented a bike from her local Trek store with the…
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Paul Voss on taking up gravel after the WorldTour
During his eight years in the WorldTour, Paul Voss rode for some of the most successful teams in the sport, including Milram, Endura Racing, and Bora-Argon 18…
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Ulrich Bartholmoes, 2023 Tour Divide winner
In 2023, just four years after competing in his first bikepacking race, Ulrich Bartholmoes won the biggest race of them all, the Tour Divide. The 2,745-mile…
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Danni Shrosbree on US vs European gravel and placing 4th at Unbound
Danni Shrosbree knows a thing or two about multitasking. Having spent years juggling a full-time job in the footwear industry alongside professional road…
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Christian Meier on leaving the WorldTour for ultrarunning
In 2016, Christian Meier made an unusual decision: at the age of 31, he walked away from a successful WorldTour career a year before his contract was due to…
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Lawson Craddock on 10 years in the pro peloton, the 2018 Tour, and Texas
Lawson Craddock grew up in the flatland of Houston but fought his way onto the WorldTour feeder team Trek-Livestrong when he was still a teenager. After…
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Heidi Franz on surviving the Zaaf debacle and returning to the pro peloton
In 2022, Heidi Franz was approached with an enticing offer: B&B Hotels-KTM, a revamped team with a sky-high budget and some of the biggest WorldTour riders set…
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Jack Thompson on resetting the boundaries of ultra cycling and recovering from addiction
Known to his fans as Jack Ultra Cyclist, Jack Thompson has been smashing world records left and right for close to a decade. Growing up in Perth, Australia, he…
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Sam Gaze on his mountain bike world titles, depression, and joining Alpecin-Deceuninck
In 2014, Sam Gaze was a privateering teenager from a rural farming town in New Zealand when he took the men's title in the opening round of an eliminator World…
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Petr Vakoč, off-road racer and former WorldTour rider
Before migrating to off-road racing last year, Czech cyclist Petr Vakoč spent nearly 10 years racing in the WorldTour, most notably as a member of team…
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Dennis van Winden, cycling coach and former WorldTour rider
Even by the standards of WorldTour racing, Dennis van Winden’s career has seen a lot of highs and lows. Starting out on the legendary Rabobank development team…
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End of year Q&A
In this final episode of the year, Payson answers your questions about training, the 2023 season, UCI points, mustaches, and much more. Instagram…
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Derek Teel on activation and double Everesting
This week, cycling trainer Derek Teel returns to answer more questions about strength training for endurance cyclists. He goes over the importance of mobility…
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Derek Teel on strength training for cyclists
Derek Teel began his career as a downhill mountain biker, only to pivot toward personal training when he became fascinated with his team’s trainers and…
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Katie Burrell on ‘Weak Layers’ and finding comedy in the outdoor industry
Katie Burrell has been called the “action sports cult antihero” for her wildly popular videos satirizing the outdoor industry. Through YouTube videos and…
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Angus Neaves on bikepacking 9,000 miles from Mongolia to Scotland
After finishing high school in his native Australia, Angus Neaves devised the ultimate gap year plan: a 9,000-mile solo bikepacking trip from Mongolia to…
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Starla Teddergreen on racing with Multiple Sclerosis
Starla Teddergreen had an extensive professional cycling career behind her and a spot in the Life Time Grand Prix when she was diagnosed with Multiple…
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Chris Burkard on the Tour Divide and moving to Iceland
This week, photographer and adventurer Chris Burkard returns to the show to talk about moving to Iceland and his experience racing the Tour Divide this summer…
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Thrainn Kolbeinsson, photographer, on the impending volcanic threat in Iceland
For the past couple of weeks, Iceland has been shaking with earthquakes as an underground river of magma moves toward the surface. Over the weekend, more than…
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Asa Vermette, the 16-year-old shaking up the downhill scene (with Neko Mulally)
If you haven’t already heard of Asa Vermette, chances are, that’s about to change in a big way this coming year. The 16-year-old Durango native has been making…
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Big Sugar and Grand Prix recap, with Betsy Welch, Ellen Campbell, power file analysis, and rider experiences
It’s our final recap episode of the season, which means we’re not only looking back at the seventh and final round of the Grand Prix, but the 2023 Grand Prix…
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Sofia Gomez Villafañe, winner of the Life Time Grand Prix
Sofia Gomez Villafañe has many accolades to her name. Olympian, winner of the Cape Epic, winner of Unbound, and winner of Leadville are just a few of her…
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Gravel Worlds recap, with Keegan Swenson, listener Q&A, and dispatches from Team USA
The second-ever Gravel World Championships took place in Veneto, Italy earlier this month, and we’re bringing you a full episode about it. Payson chats with…
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Rad Dirt Fest recap, with Betsy Welch, Ellen Campbell, and power file analysis
As a new addition to the Grand Prix series, the Rad Dirt Fest was an unknown quantity for many of the racers last weekend. Alexey Vermeulen and Lauren De…
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Cole Paton, off-road cyclist
Cole Paton returns to the show after a transformative year in his career. When this conversation was recorded earlier this week, he was sitting in second place…
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Chequamegon recap, with Betsy Welch, Ellen Campbell, and power file analysis
In our latest recap of the Life Time Grand Prix series, we’re covering Chequamegon, the punchy, 40 mile mountain bike race in Northern Wisconsin. This year’s…
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Lachlan Morton on the Tour Divide
Last week, Lachlan Morton finished the 2,670-mile Tour Divide in just 12 days, 12 hours, and 21 minutes, more than a day faster than the officially recognized…
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Brendan Johnston, off-road cyclist
This week, Payson is joined by one of the Australian riders in this year’s Grand Prix, Brendan Johnston. Brendan dominated the marathon mountain biking scene…
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Zach Calton, off-road cyclist
This week, Payson catches up with one of the fastest racers in this year's Grand Prix, Zach Calton. So far this season, Zach has placed 6th at Leadville and…
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Maude Farrell, off-road cyclist
Payson caught up with fellow Grand Prix racer Maude Farrell at Leadville a couple of weeks ago to talk about how her season is going, why she went to Leadville…
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Leadville recap, with Betsy Welch, Ellen Campbell, and power file analysis
There was one story that dominated Leadville this year. Keegan Swenson smashed the course record by more than 15 minutes and finished nearly 25 minutes ahead…
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Lael Wilcox on the Tour Divide, the Triple Crown, and riding around the world
The queen of ultra-endurance cycling returns to the show to talk about her punishing experience at this year’s Tour Divide, her upcoming stab at the Colorado…
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Women of the Grand Prix, part 3: Alexis Skarda, Bella Hyser, and Anna Yamauchi
Alexis Skarda - 6:24 Alexis has been climbing pro podiums for close to a decade. The multi-time collegiate national champ has won Marathon Nationals, the…
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Women of the Grand Prix, part 2: Caroline Tory, Becca Fahringer, Caroline Mani, and Sarah Max
This week, we’re bringing you the next installment of our series on the women racing in this year’s Life Time Grand Prix. Caroline Tory [3:56] Caroline Tory…
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Ellen Campbell, professional off-road cyclist
Ellen Campbell has been riding bikes since she was a kid growing up in Durango, Colorado. She raced in college and on the national circuit, but it was only…
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Crusher in the Tushar recap, with Betsy Welch, Nathan Spratt, and power file analysis
The third round of the Life Time Grand Prix is an Infamous gravel race in Southwest Utah with over 10,000 feet of climbing over a punchy 69-mile course. This…
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Women of the Grand Prix, Part 1: Jenna Rinehart, Deanna Mayles, Iz King, and Leah Van der Linden
This year’s Life Time Grand Prix brought a host of new contenders to the women’s roster along with some familiar faces from last year. With such a stacked…
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Sepp Kuss on the Tour, finding his place in the pro peloton, and that viral mid-race battery change
Sepp Kuss is a cyclist for WorldTour team Jumbo Visma. In 2021 he won a stage of the Tour de France, and last year helped secure the victory for his teammate…
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Kristen Legan, 2023 Unbound XL winner
Kristen Legan works in PR and Communications with some of the biggest cycling brands in the world, including Shimano and Mosaic Cycles. But on race weekends…
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Unbound recap, with Carolin Schiff, Betsy Welch, and rider experiences
Unbound is always full of adversity, perseverance, and unexpected triumphs, and this year was no different. With plenty of inclement weather, mud, upsets, and…