This week we are chatting with bikepacking champion, extraordinary endurance athlete, and all around awesome human being Alexandera Houchin!

Alexandera has had an inspiring athletic journey culminating in dominant performances at the Tour Divide, Colorado Trail Race, amongst many other long distance bike races.  She rides her single speed bike for days and days rocking steel toed boots, fixes bikes with sporks, and continues to smile and laugh despite any obstacle thrown her way.  More importantly, she’s a super down to earth, resilient, positive person who was an absolute joy to chat with! I’m seriously in awe of her accomplishments and her humbleness.

In this episode we chat all about her recent record setting ride on the 486 mile Colorado Trail, her journey from back of the pack in her very first race to becoming the first woman to win back to back Tour Divides (a 2,745 mile race from Canada to Mexico), and the lessons she has learned along the way.

This one was one of my favorite episodes of the show so far!  My mind is blown by the adventures Alexandera has had and her evolution as an athlete.  I’m so honored she would spend some time to chat and felt like her perspective on endurance sports was incredibly relatable.

I hope she inspires all of you to take on some major challenges in 2020! I know my motivation was through the roof after recording the episode!

MORE FROM ALEXANDERA HOUCHIN:

Alexandera’s Blog: https://alexandherrastro.wordpress.com

Outside Magazine Article: https://www.outsideonline.com/2397215/alexandera-houchin-endurance-cycling

REI Article: https://www.rei.com/blog/cycle/alexandera-houchin-is-the-peoples-champion-of-bikepacking

Bikepacking Article: https://bikepacking.com/news/alexandera-houchin-2019-tour-divide/

MORE LIKE A BIGFOOT:

Subscribe and Review on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/like-a-bigfoot/id1160773293?mt=2

Soundcloud Archives: https://soundcloud.com/chris-ward-126531464

Stitcher Archives: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/like-a-bigfoot

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/likeabigfoot/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/likeabigfoot/

SUMMER REPLAY: Alexandera Houchin -- Adventures from a Bikepacking Champion

What does training and competing in mountain biking bring to our lives? What does it mean to have our "why" be "just because..."? How can we discover space and meaning through our breath? What is it like when you are "in the soup" and not "thinking about or judging the soup"?

This week's episode is with the incredibly insightful mountain biker, filmmaker, all around AWESOME human being James Adamson!!!

James is a person I look up to and turn to when in need of wonderful, thought provoking conversations that help put into perspective obstacles I'm working through. 

This episode is a great conversation about what he discovered through diving full on back into biking this summer and how those athletic endeavors and adventures can help us navigate our own experiences through the world!

I hope you enjoy the episode and find as many nuggets of wisdom as I did when we recorded!! Thanks James!!

#354: James Adamson 2 -- Zen and Connection Through Mountain Biking

Want to improve your running performance? Try improving the health of your gut.

Talking on today's episode of the show about the health benefits and performance benefits of eating a diet rich in probiotic foods with Jared Toay. 

Once Jared discovered the health benefits of eating fermented foods, he hasn't looked back! He is the founder of Jared's Pro Pops, and is passionate about teaching others about the powerful benefits of a healthy gut.

Check out the full show notes for this episode at http://DizRuns.com/356

Want to learn more about the coaching options that I have available? http://DizRuns.com/coaching

Love the show? Check out the support page for ways you can help keep the Diz Runs With Podcast going strong!

http://dizruns.com/support

Become a Patron of the Show! 

Visit http://Patreon.com/DizRuns to find out how.

Subscribe to the Diz Runs With Podcast

Find Me on an Apple Device http://dizruns.com/itunes
Find Me on an Android http://dizruns.com/stitcher
Find Me on SoundCloud http://dizruns.com/soundcloud

Please Take the Diz Runs With Listener Survey

http://dizruns.com/survey

Win a Free 16-Week Training Plan

Enter at http://dizruns.com/giveaway

Join The Tribe

If you’d like to stay up to date with everything going on in the Diz Runs world, become a member of the tribe! 

The tribe gets a weekly email where I share running tips and stories about running and/or things going on in my life. To get the emails, just sign up at http://dizruns.com/join-the-tribe

The tribe also has an open group on Facebook, where tribe members can join each other to talk about running, life, and anything in between. Check out the group and join the tribe at https://www.facebook.com/groups/thedizrunstribe/

Diz Runs Radio: Running, Life, and Everything In Between

356 Jared Toay

Written By: Monique Benabou & Jake Clavette aka "Cavalier"

LONG WAY AROUND  - CAVALIER MIX

Interviews with incredible people about Adventure, Motivation, Mindset, Positivity, Endurance, Health, Perseverance, and Possibility

SUMMER REPLAY: Alexandera Houchin -- Adventures from a Bikepacking Champion

Like a Bigfoot

Related tracks