Girls Gone Gravel podcast

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Girls Gone Gravel is a community of women empowered to chase their big adventures.

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**REBROADCAST** Be a Good Steward with Amy Charity (Episode 196)

Putting on a gravel event for thousands of people is no small task. Our guest this week Amy Charity knows that all too well. Amy is at the helm of the GRVL series which hosts gravel races in FNLD GRVL in Lahti Finland, RDL GRVL in Adelaide Australia, as well as SBT GRVL in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. This year their flagship race, SBT GRVL was met with an enormous new challenge as it faced major resistance from some residents of the small rural community that hosts the event. Amy talks through the challenges of putting on such a large event in a remote, rural community and how she and the GRVL team have had to work with stakeholders to make changes with the event so that it minimizes disruptions for residents of the county. She also discusses why it is so important that we, as gravel cyclists, act as good stewards to the places in which we ride our bikes to ensure that these places are being protected and preserved for all users of the land. Follow SBT on Instagram @sbtgrvl and check out their website for details on the 2025 event.

50 min
JAN 14

Seeking Epic Adventures with Heather Jackson (Episode 200)

Welcome to our 200th episode! This week Kathryn and Kristi are joined by a very special guest, Heather Jackson. A former professional triathlete, Heather has jumped with both feet into the world of off road racing, claiming impressive results in both gravel cycling AND ultra running. Heather grew up in an athletic family, and her early years in sport were spent on the soccer field and in the ice hockey rink. After her collegiate years playing ice hockey at Princeton, Heather quickly found her way into triathlon and never looked back. In her over 15 years as a professional triathlete Heather claimed 6 Ironman wins, 16 Ironman 70.3 wins, and finished in the top 5 at the Ironman World Championships 4 times. Heather talks about her transition from top Ironman pro to gravel racer and trail runner, and some of her highlights on the dirt so far including being part of the epic 9-woman sprint at Unbound in 2024. She also gives her advice for folks that may be pursuing both cycling and trail running this season. Follow Heather on Instagram @hjacksonracing Follow us on Instagram: @girlsgonegravel @feisty_media Girls Gone Gravel Website: https://www.girlsgonegravel.com/ Feisty Media Website: https://livefeisty.com/ Support our Partners: Feisty Girona Gravel Camp: https://www.thomsonbiketours.com/trips/feisty-girona-gravel-camp/ To shop all LTH Nutritional Supplements, head to shop.lifetime.life/nutrition and use code FEISTY at checkout to get 20% off your order! Feisty’s Lift Heavy Guide: Get your guide to lifting heavy plus a 4-week training plan at https://www.womensperformance.com/lift-heavy

1h 17m
JAN 7

**REBROADCAST** More Women More Miles with Meredith Root (Episode 197)

This week Kathryn and Kristi are joined by Meredith Root of Tactic Nutrition to share some big news for 2025. Girls Gone Gravel will be teaming up with Life Time and Tactic Nutrition to create the More Women More Miles community. This is our way of “keeping our foot on the gas” to make sure that women’s participation in big gravel events continues to grow. As a coach, Meredith explains how important it is for women to continue to regularly carve out time and attention for themselves, no matter how small or big your goals may be. The More Women More Miles program will help us all do just that, with bi-monthly meet seminars covering a range of topics related to racing long, a community of like-minded women, and pre-race meetups at Unbound in 2025. Follow Meredith and Alex on Instagram @tacticnutrition and learn more about their coaching services at tacticmethod.com and tacticworksout.com Join the More Women More Miles community at https://www.girlsgonegravel.com/morewomenmoremiles Follow us on Instagram: @girlsgonegravel @feisty_media Girls Gone Gravel Website: https://www.girlsgonegravel.com/ Feisty Media Website: https://livefeisty.com/ Support our Partners: Feisty Girona Gravel Camp: https://www.thomsonbiketours.com/trips/feisty-girona-gravel-camp/ To shop all LTH Nutritional Supplements, head to shop.lifetime.life/nutrition and use code FEISTY at checkout to get 20% off your order! Feisty’s Lift Heavy Guide: Get your guide to lifting heavy plus a 4-week training plan at https://www.womensperformance.com/lift-heavy

45 min
12/27/2024 · BONUS

Feisty Conversations for a Fueled Future - Let's Get Beyond Diet Culture - Feisty Triathlon

Here we go again with the bombardment of “New Year, New You” ads and messages to “eat this, not that,” or “do this specific workout for 30 days to get amazing abs.” You know the drill and they’re probably in your feed as we speak. In this first-of-its kind episode, Feisty Media podcast hosts Kathryn Taylor (Girls Gone Gravel), Sara Gross (Women’s Performance Podcast), Kelly O’Mara (If We Were Riding), and Selene Yeager (Hit Play Not Pause) unite for a candid conversation about these societal pressures of New Year's resolutions and the pitfalls of Fitness Challenges within women’s fitness culture. Building positive new habits isn’t a bad thing, but the problem is that most of the challenges, diets, and cleanses often lead to underfueling, which can sabotage your goals as an active woman. Sharing their own personal experiences with diet culture and disordered eating, Kathryn, Sara, Selene, and Kelly advocate for more self-acceptance and celebrating what the body can achieve, emphasizing overall health over aesthetics. Quite simply - they want you to be fueled for your 2025 goals. That’s why we’re launching the Feisty Fueled Challenge in January to foster healthier food and fitness dialogues. This FREE five day challenge will help you dive deeper into some of the internalized messages that we all struggle with, and feel empowered to make smart and mindful decisions about how to fuel in 2025. Starting January 6th, you’ll receive daily emails from leading fueling & mindset experts that will reframe your mindset around fueling and cover some practical ways to fuel your 2025 goals. With just 10 minutes each day, you’ll be ready to be your best feisty, fueled self in 2025 and redefine health and fitness on your own terms. To sign up for the FREE Feisty Fueled Challenge: https://www.womensperformance.com/fueled-challenge

55 min
12/10/2024

The Daydreamer with Heidi Rentz (Episode 199)

For our final show of 2024, Kathryn and Kristi are joined by return guest Heidi Rentz. Heidi and her partner live in Patagonia, AZ and have been hosting gravel cycling camps and events in the region for over 15 years. They recently launched a new event for 2025, but this time they are breaking out the running shoes! The Daydreamer trail run will be taking place in Patagonia February 27-March 1, 2025. The event will be held at the Patagonia Lumber Co, and will be offering 10km, 30km, and 50 km distances. Heidi fills us in on all of the event details, and also gives some tips on weaving cycling and running fitness together for your training plan in 2025. Find more information about The Daydreamer at https://www.runthedaydreamer.com/ and follow their Instagram @runthedaydreamer Follow us on Instagram: @girlsgonegravel @feisty_media Girls Gone Gravel Website: https://www.girlsgonegravel.com/ Feisty Media Website: https://livefeisty.com/ Support our Partners: Feisty Girona Gravel Camp: https://www.thomsonbiketours.com/trips/feisty-girona-gravel-camp/ To shop all LTH Nutritional Supplements, head to shop.lifetime.life/nutrition and use code FEISTY at checkout to get 20% off your order! Feisty’s Lift Heavy Guide: Get your guide to lifting heavy plus a 4-week training plan at https://www.womensperformance.com/lift-heavy

50 min
12/03/2024

**REBROADCAST** From Soigneur to Gravel Pro with Geerike Schreurs (Episode 182)

Geerike “Gee” Schruers was a soigneur on the women’s pro tour for over 10 years, taking care of some of the best riders in the world to help them perform at their best. However, last year she was tempted by the growing gravel scene, and made the jump to professional racing herself. Gee joined up with Specialized and is the only Specialized/SD Worx rider that focuses solely on gravel. She tells us about joining up with the rest of the road team for her very first training camp, and what she learned from her years as a soigneur that she is now applying to her own training and racing. Gee finished second at Unbound 2024 in an historic 9 women sprint to the finish line after 200 miles of some of the best and most dynamic women’s gravel racing we have ever seen. She outlines her plans for the rest of the season, and talks about where she thinks women’s cycling is heading in the future. Follow Gee on Instagram @geegeertje Follow us on Instagram: @girlsgonegravel @feisty_media Girls Gone Gravel Website: https://www.girlsgonegravel.com/ Feisty Media Website: https://livefeisty.com/ Support our Partners: Feisty Girona Gravel Camp: https://www.thomsonbiketours.com/trips/feisty-girona-gravel-camp/ To shop all LTH Nutritional Supplements, head to shop.lifetime.life/nutrition and use code FEISTY at checkout to get 20% off your order! Feisty’s Lift Heavy Guide: Get your guide to lifting heavy plus a 4-week training plan at https://www.womensperformance.com/lift-heavy

51 min
11/26/2024

**REBROADCAST** No Shortcuts with Crystal Anthony (Episode 191)

This week on the show Kathryn catches up with Crystal Anthony a few days ahead of her recent 9th place finish at the Leadville 100. The Bentonville-based athlete grew up in a cycling family, but first set her competitive sights on collegiate running. After missing out on an Olympic marathon qualification by a handful of seconds, Crystal decided to shift her focus to triathlon which eventually led her to cyclocross and then gravel racing. She has now been with the Liv team for seven years, and is consistently cracking the top 10 in the Life Time Grand Prix. Before committing to racing full time, Anthony was a middle school teacher for 12 years. She has maintained her love of teaching, and now gives back to the sport as a cycling coach. This coming year she will be running gravel camps with fellow Bentonviller, Paige Onweller. You can learn more about these camps and Crystal’s coaching on her website www.crystaljanthony.com Follow Crystal on Instagram @crystaljanthony

44 min
11/19/2024

Be Who You Are with Madigan Munro and Sofia Waite (Episode 198)

The USA Women’s national mountain bike team is absolutely stacked with talent. This week on we hear from Kristi who had the chance to sit down with two of its up and coming stars while visiting Bentonville this fall. Madigan (Maddie) Munro is a ski racer turned mountain bike phenom from Boulder, CO. She is currently signed with Trek Factory racing and will be making the jump from U23 to Elite on the World Cup circuit in 2025. Sofia Waite, of Golden, CO started her athletic career as a runner but quickly found her way to mountain biking through her local NICA program. Growing up racing against Maddie, Sofia has now signed with BH Coloma and is also racing as a U23 on the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup. The pair talks about the supportive dynamic throughout all of the women on the mountain bike national team, and how they are also becoming role models for the next generation of USA mountain bike athletes. They also fill us in on what life on the world cup circuit is like as they travel the world to race their bikes. Follow Maddie on Instagram @madigan.munro Follow Sofia on Instagram @sofiawaite Join the More Women More Miles community at https://www.girlsgonegravel.com/morewomenmoremiles

32 min

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Today’s Episode about Women’s Racing the next few months

07/23/2024

Kimcork

Was just wonderful!! Great insights — I knew some but certainly not all…. And personal element of the insights were especially terrific!
Stoked, pumped, inspired

03/24/2024

Heycoachmac

As a fellow adventure-seeker I’m so inspired by these stories. I want to try it all, and have yet to make it to mountain biking yet, but be assured it’s on the docket!
Loving this content

08/24/2022

Tom_Tu

Thank you for making such a great show featuring awesome women.
Girl power fuel!

08/11/2022

Clarisse from Sweet Sippin

Thank you guys for this awesome podcast, I feel like I made new friends, and I am learning so much! You guys should interview Cynthia Frazier, she is the organizer of the race Gravista in Virginia and just an absolute beast on the bike. She won Unbound XL this year.