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The Hidden Athlete Podcast delves into the lives of the humble elite endurance athlete who has achieved incredible things with little or no public recognition. This Podcast will always be about the athlete and has not been developed for commercial gain. For images and further stories about our stars jump on Instagram @thehiddenathletepodcast Enjoy.
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This in one unique endurance athlete. We spoke to April after recently completing the Tour Divide in 18Days23Hours, but it isn't the fact she is one incredibly talented athlete, it is her back story that makes her truly unique. April has lived her life with Autism Spectrum Disorder, spent 20 Years in social work dealing with countless crisis siuations and dealt with losing her very best friend, her mum, at a very young age. April's approach to the challenges of Ultra Endurance will put your life in the sport into perspective and also a smile on your face. Enjoy the superstar human that is April Drage. Follow her journey on Insta: @aprilawol
Sacha recently completed the Tour Divide in 18Days 11hours coming in equal third with Texan Hannah Simon. The 2023 edition of the Tour Divide was an incredible race. 4,350km of self supported off road terrain, climbing over 60,000 vertical meters from Banff Canada to Antelope Wells on the Mexican border. Seven women broke the magical 20 Day mark and raced toe to toe from the gun which made for facinating watching. It was Sacha's first ever international Ultra race so was relatively unknown to the Global ultra cycling community, but in Australia, which is now her adopted Country, she is know as an Ultra Crazy who has accumulated almost 20 overall, first female and podium finishes in just the past 3-4 years. Enjoy the Sacha Dowell story and follow her journey from here on Instagram @sachad_ultracrazy Thanks for listening and please drop us a comment and rating to help us promote these incredible endurance athletes.
Steve Halligan is proving to be one of the worlds most durable Ultra Endurance athletes. He has been first across the line in many long distance races including the 6,200km Terra Australis. The humble Irishman also travels to all points of the globe to race against the worlds best. More recently finishing on the podium in two of the most brutal races on the calendar. The Silk Road Mountain Race and Africa's new Grand Tour, the 2,750km Rhino Run. But it is his love for the iconic 4,400km Tour Divide offroad self supported bikepacking race, where he has finished in the Top5 in every edition he has raced, that has endeared him to the global bikepacking community. His 15Day18Hour PB in the 2023 Edition started with plenty of drama but this 47yo legend of the sport just keeps finding a way to be at the pointy end and continually improving his time. There is plenty of racing left in Steve Halligan so jump on his Instagram @halligan.steve and cheer him on.
Kellie Emmerson is one of the most resilient and consistent Ultra Endurance athletes on the planet. In this episode the 3xNational Long Course Trail Running Champ, 5xAustralian World Champs Representative talks about what it takes to bank almost 40 Marathons and 30 100km+ races around the globe...whilst still being a mum of two young boys. After 12 years of Elite competition this superstar of Ultra Running doesn't look like slowing down any time soon. Enjoy the wonderful story of Kellie Emmerson and please follow her journey on Instagram @kelemmo
Doctor Stephen Lane completed a PhD in Biomedical Sciences with a focus on exercise nutrition and training adaptation.....he is a 7 x National Cycling Champion across multiple disiplines, Director of Human Performance Technology and has Coached professionally for over a decade. More recently he became a record breaking Ultra Endurance athlete. This episode connects the science with the outcome so look forward to some helpful tips along the way. You can connect with the Doc at hptek.com.au or on Insta @drslane
The Rhino Run is a 2.750km Ultra Endurance off road cycling grand tour. Starting on the coast of the Western Cape of South Africa in Plettenberg Bay the unsupported route weaves its way up through the Northern Cape before crossing the border into Namibia before finishing in Windhoek. Riders were responsible for sourcing their own food, water, shelter and any other services along the way. South Africa's Kevin Benkenstein & Abdullah went toe to toe averaging well over 300km a day for the full 2,750km. This was one of the craziest ultra endurance feats ever. Enjoy.
We shared the life story of Trans Am & Indian Pacific Wheel Race Record holder Abdullah Zeinab in Episode 55....our most downloaded episode to date. In this episode we unpack all the drama of the past two years of his 24Hour Distance World Record attempts. Expect a lot of bumps, bruises, detours, love, failure and success. At the time of making the decision to chase the record it was held by Mitch Anderson at 894km. Over the following 2 years it was bettered by Ralph Disevisont who set the new mark at 915km and then the unthinkable happened.....Christoph Strasser cracked the 1,000 barrier setting the new goal at a crazy 1,026km. To continue to follow the Abdullah Zeinab story jump on Instagram @abdullahzeinab or subscribe to the Glucose Network on Youtube.
The international bikepacking community and events schedule is finally awakening from its 2 year COVID slumber so we thought we would have a ramble about some of the upcoming races both close to home and abroad. Two of Australia's most experienced bikepacking athletes Emma Flukes & Ty Domin share some views and insights into current activities.
The Birdman, as he is affectionately known to all that know him, is one of the hard nuts of the Ultra Endurance world. Humble by nature, Matt Falconer walks us through his life story and what it took for this 120kg chain smoker to turn his life around to become a favorite and highly respected competitor amongst his pointy end peers. This 4 x Finisher of the Transcontinental Bike Race (12th, 5th, 2nd & 20th) has plans to hit the gravel in a big way throughout 2022....check out where he is heading next. Follow Matt's story on Instagram @b1rdmn, Twitter, Strava and Facebook. And for a more detailed description of all his Transcontinental Races head to his website www.mattonabike.com Enjoy.
Mikel Delagrange is a Human Rights Lawyer and Founder of the Amani Project based in the Hague Netherlands. Twelve months ago the listeners of this Podcast engaged in the The Hidden Athlete Project, now known as the Masaka Cycling Club Foundation. Masaka is a small city based in a very poor region in Uganda's South and just happens to have a wealth of Cycling talent currently unseen due to poverty and access constraints. In this Episode we talk to the progress being made through our collaboration with the Amani Project and sister clubs, we talk about the barriers that remain and how we plan to navigate through those, we tall about how a relationship with Wahoo and the e-racing platform has enabled us to bring this talent to potential recruiters. All the topics accumulate up to an exciting future for our friends in East Africa and we would love the Global Cycling community to get involved. Please enjoy, share and help if possible by clinking on the below links.www.masakacyclingclub.com/donateInstagram: @teamamaniInstagram: @masakacyclingclubInstagram: @africarisingcyclingInstagram: @kenyan_ridersInstagram: @jfc_cycling
James Hayden is a 2 x Transcontinental Race Winner (2017 & 2018) and known as one of the worlds best on/off road Ultra Endurance Cyclists racing today. James has accumulated a long list of accomplishments in a very short period of time but its his life story he shares in this episode that is particularly fascinating. The James Mark Hayden story feels like it has many chapters to come so jump in and enjoy learning about what makes this incredible endurance athlete tick and continue to follow his story @jamesmarkhayden & jamesmarkhayden.uk Enjoy.
Jason Hardrath is fast becoming one of the most fascinating Ultra Endurance athlete's on the planet. An athlete addicted to adventure and currently embarking on the crazy goal of holding 100 Fastest Known Times on some incredibly challenging routes throughout the USA. Jason spends a lot of time letting us into his world and what motivates an athlete of his quality to embark on the crazy individual challenges that rocks his world. Enjoy and you can follow Jason's story on Instagram @jasonhardrath.
George Mallory was born in South Africa and quickly set about accumulating some extraordinary achievements in the world of Rock Climbing. His famous Grandfather George Mallory the explorer & mountaineer was the inspiration behind Georges brief transition into mountaineering which included a summit of the awe inspiring Mt Everest. After immigrating to Australia George developed a training concept where he would climb the height of Mt Everest on his bike in a single day, this became an obsession both before and after his actual climb of Mt Everest. A concept that is now recognised as the Everesting phenomenon amongst cyclists the world over. Enjoy what is a very fascinating chat with an incredibly humble and extraordinary athlete.
This is an incredible story of an extraordinary young female adventure cyclist who embarked on her first super challenge navigating solo across the high passes of the Himalayas at the age of just 17. This journey then sparked an around the world 29,000km record attempt at the age of 19. Vedangi's story is truly incredible and it unfolds with an extraordinary amount of drama which highlights how special this young woman really is. Enjoy the wonderful story of Vedungi Kulkarni and please jump on and follow her world at @wheelsandwords and www.vedangikulkarni.com
Rob Preston has been competing against the world's best in Orienteering, Rogaining & Adventure Racing for well over two decades. 2016 Mixed Pairs Rogaining World Champion, Member of the Australian Orienteering World Cup team for 15 years and ranked in the Top10 in Australia for 17 Years. Rob also was Captain Team Gippsland at the recent Prime Amazon Worlds Toughest Race Eco Challenge Fuji finishing an impressive third after coming from dead last. This incredibly popular and chilled Aussie hard nut walks us through what it takes to be one of the toughest endurance athletes on earth. Enjoy
A ripping chat between Canadian Podcast Host Steve O'Shaughnessy and Chairman of the Masaka Cycling Club Miiro Michael. Many of you are already heavily involved in The Hidden Athlete Project as donors so this story will be of great interest. You will certainly feel like your investment is in great hands after listening to this chat. If you enjoy the listen and would love to get involved please go to thehiddenathlete.com.au and click on the Masaka Cycling Club page for all the info you need. And please join us on the Instagram journey @masakacyclingclub
Jason is Australia's most successful cyclist, with 7 x 24 Hour Solo Mountain Bike World Championships, 13 x National Titles, 29 Consecutive 24Solo Wins, Mountain Bike Australia Hall of Fame, Cycling Australia Mountain Biker of the Year and we suspect there is still plenty more to come in the years ahead. Enjoy the crazy world that is Jason English and follow the rest of his journey on Insta here: @jasonaenglish and also check out both his YouTube Channel and website www.jasonenglish.com.au
Brooke Williams is an aspiring young Australian track athlete who burst on to the scene at the 2012 Zatopek track meet as a Wildcard to win the Australian U23 10,000m National Title. Brooke went on to represent Australia in Mountain Running before disappearing from Athletics. A comeback five years on lead to a near death experience which Brooke shares in detail in this short story of her life to date. Its an incredible roller-coaster ride so far with more to come as she continues another comeback and journey towards realising one last dream of representing Australia once again. You can follow Brooke Williams on Instagram @brooke_williams90
In this episode we touch base with both Ty Domin (@tydomin) and Lewis Ciddor (@overland.archive) and chat about the world of Bikepacking. How COVID-19 has impacted the 2020 race calendar, what Ty & Lewis have planned for 2020 and they also dispel some of the myths or barriers of entry for beginners entering the world of Bikepacking. Enjoy.
This was a fun chat with Jordan Addison from GIRO Podcast in the UK about all things The Hidden Athlete and Masaka Cycling Club. Jordan is a huge contributor to the Masaka Cycling Club and reached out with an opportunity to share the details of the project to Cycling Fans in the UK. You can follow GIRO Podcast on Insta here @girocycles and the Masaka Cycling Club Project here @masakacyclingclub . Enjoy.
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