Leadville: The 100 Mile Mountain Bike Race Podcast, p/b Floyd's of Leadville

Join us for the "Leadville Live" Q&A episode of this show. Go to bit.ly/leadvillelive to get your free ticket! In this show we dig into whether and when to wear hydration packs in a race (and which does best in which parts of the course), as well as analyze the relative merits of different brands of hydration packs, bottles, and cages. Also, our nutrition guru talks about how to bounce back when things go wrong on race day, and our mechanic has valuable tips for maintaining your brakes.

Fatty's in Leadville to support his wife as she races the Leadville Trail Marathon. While there, he recon'd the newly-graded Powerline, giving real-time analysis (i.e., he strapped a mic to his chest and talked while riding up the climb) of what this course change means to racers, both on the way up and down. Is an impossible climb now easy? What about the descent? All this, plus cramps talk with Roxanne Vogel and bike cleaning techniques with Ryan Morse.

Fatty just built up his Leadville 100 race bike. and can't help but deep-dive on every little part of his new dream machine. The fact that Fatty eats, sleeps, and dreams this race probably means that the decisions he's made for his bike might be interesting to other endurance racers (like you!) too. This episode isn't all boasting about bikes, though. Our nutrition expert gives out fantastic race-day fueling tips and Coach Jonathan Lee hands out valuable advice for your climbing strategy. 

We talk with Kenny Carlson, a senior team leader in Garmin's Fitness software engineering group. No matter what device you race with, you'll find lots of good race-day info here.  Nutrition expert Roxanne Vogel explains what supplements you should check out, and which you might be better off leaving alone.  TrainerRoad's Jonathan Lee ends with great advice for racers who have other big races we want to fit in to our season.  

Roxanne Vogel, our nutrition expert is getting ready for an assault on Everest and has some highly Leadville-relevant tips for us. Jonathan Lee of TrainerRoad has a breakdown of what he says should be the hardest 3 weeks of your entire Leadville preparation. Hottie and Fatty talk about 1x Vs 2x drivetrains, with some insight and help from our friends at Shimano. First, though, we talk about getting together during the week before the race for some riding and live podcasting. Care to join us?

Floyd Landis joins Hottie and Fatty to break down how his company came to be and how we can use CBD to make us better Leadville racers. We also talk about ways you can stay grounded and keep yourself digging deep during the race, tips for fueling while training so you can stay strong during the race, and get sage advice from our expert mechanic on two critical aspects of keeping your bike in motion.

Larissa Connors is an incredibly fast, fun, and joyful racer...and quite possibly the most entertaining LT100 champion Hottie and Fatty have ever interviewed. Also, Hottie's back from Sea Otter and we talk about what what felt like the star of the show: the Niner MCR. Will this be the first production drop-bar bike to have mass LT100 appeal? 

You've got a weekend to come to Leadville to pre-ride some of the course. Hottie and Fatty have decidedly different takes on what you should ride.  Next, Fatty talks with Ty Hall, who raises money for the Leadville Legacy Foundation each year by starting in last place and racing his way through the field. How does he do it? This is a must-hear conversation.  And finally, Hottie has a conversation with Tony Manzella about how a cyclist-led spin class can pay off on race day.  

This podcast is all about preparation, but the reality is you can't be ready for everything...and the stuff that catches you off-guard is what you'll remember for the rest of your life. So in this episode of the Leadville Podcast, Hottie and Fatty talk about the importance of planning for the things you can't plan for in the Leadville 100 (and other races)...and embracing these unexpected moments.

This podcast is all about preparation, but the reality is you can't be ready for everything...and the stuff that catches you off-guard is what you'll remember for the rest of your life. So in this episode of the Leadville Podcast, Hottie and Fatty talk about the importance of planning for the things you can't plan for in the Leadville 100 (and other races)...and embracing these unexpected moments.

We talk about a part of training that many of us completely neglect: weight training. Bob Forster gives us details. Then nutrition expert Roxanne Vogel is back to talk about bonk-proofing yourself for the Leadville 100 by becoming metabolically flexible. And we’ll hear from pro cyclist and Leadville legend Jeremiah Bishop about making smart drivetrain choices. Plus, Fatty and Hottie reveal something new about their plan for Leadville this year...a plan Hottie is likely to regret.

This is such a packed episode. We look at whether the corral you qualified into is a good predictor of your finish time. (The answer is both surprising and useful.) We introduce our latest regular contributor to the show: JEREMIAH FREAKING BISHOP. Roxanne Vogel joins us to chat about putting that 50,000 calories of energy (i.e., fat) you've got in your body to work. And finally, Coach Jonathan Lee sets us on the path to building sustained power, which is what this race is all about. See? Packed show!

The Leadville 100 will start in waves this year. It's a big change, and has strategy implications for many (if not all) racers and crews. In this episode, Hottie and Fatty speculate and pontificate about how it will affect all kinds of racers in different places on the course. Then they go right to the source — Kimo Seymour, Sr VP of events and media at LifeTime — and ask all the questions you want answers to. 

Every year, there is someone in the Leadville 100 who is the last person to finish—the “Last Ass Over the Pass.” That person is guaranteed to have a story to tell. In this episode, we’ll hear his story. We'll also hear from Bob Forster, Physcial Therapist and Coach, on finding more horsepower in your engine (so you won't be the 2019 Last Ass Over the Pass).

Fatty and Hottie chat with Jeremiah Bishop, who last year took fifth overall in the 2018 Leadville 100...no small achievement on its own merits, but is seven times more incredible when you consider that he did this the day after WINNING the six-day-long 2018 Breck Epic. Fatty also talks about his off-season weight gain, and we bring in two experts —coach Jonathan Lee of TrainerRoad, and Roxanne Vogel of GU Energy Labs — to help him (and you) start reversing the damage done over the holidays.