Leadville, The 100 Mile Mountain Bike Race Podcast p/b Shimano S1E8: Your Crew and You, Part 1: Planning
There's a good chance that you've got friends and/or family coming along with you to Leadville, in which case there's nearly a 100% chance they're going to be crewing for you on race day.
Which means that they've got as big a day coming up as you do...but concentrated into short little moments of crazed intensity when you roll in, breathing hard and amped up and unable to articulate a darned thing.
This is the first of two episodes where Hottie and Fatty focus on crewing strategies for Leadville. You — and your crew — will not want to miss them. The Queen of Pain weighs in as well on this topic, driving home the "free minutes" a racer and crew can collect in this race with a well-executed race strategy.
Also on this (very packed!) episode, Fatty and Hottie talk about the Silver Rush 50 (since Fatty raced it about two hours before they recorded) — is it a good tune-up for the Leadville 100?
In this installment of The Course, Fatty and Hottie detail the trail from the top of Columbine to the Pipeline Aid Station.
And of course Jonathan Lee of TrainerRoad provides his weekly training tips.
It's a loaded show full of information you (and your crew) can use. Enjoy!
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