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Leadville — The 100 Mile Mountain Bike Race Podcast, p/b Shimano is the show for people racing (or just interested in) The Leadville Trail 100 Mountain Bike Race. Fatty (a 25-time LT100 finisher), Hottie (4-time finisher 5-time crew chief), and a host of experts answer your questions, give you training tips, detail the course, and tell the stories about the highest and hardest one-day mountain bike race in America: The Leadville Trail 100 Mountain Bike Race.

Leadville, The 100 Mile Mountain Bike Race Podcast p/b Shimano Fatty & Hottie

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Leadville — The 100 Mile Mountain Bike Race Podcast, p/b Shimano is the show for people racing (or just interested in) The Leadville Trail 100 Mountain Bike Race. Fatty (a 25-time LT100 finisher), Hottie (4-time finisher 5-time crew chief), and a host of experts answer your questions, give you training tips, detail the course, and tell the stories about the highest and hardest one-day mountain bike race in America: The Leadville Trail 100 Mountain Bike Race.

    S7E06: Focus on Climbing, with Selene Yeager

    S7E06: Focus on Climbing, with Selene Yeager

    Without question, the Leadville 100 is about the location. And it's about fitness. And it's about nutrition. And it's about the people. But really, when you think about it — before, during, and after the race — it's about the climbs. Face it, your reaction and conjured mental image when hearing the words "columbine" and "powerline" are already vastly different than 99.99% of the people in the world. So in this episode, we talk about climbing, with the person who literally wrote the book on it. Selene Yeager's got practical, personable tips and guidance you will not want to miss! 

    • 55 min
    S7E05: Simplify Your Race Day Nutrition Strategy

    S7E05: Simplify Your Race Day Nutrition Strategy

    Your race day nutrition plan is a crucial part of your race training, and this episode Hottie's got a great interview with Bill Armstrong of NeverSecond about setting up a one-company nutrition ecosystem. Meantime, Fatty's got a tip on keeping the rubber side down. This is a great episode; don't miss it!

    • 36 min
    S7E04: Zoning In

    S7E04: Zoning In

    This episode is all about numbers. First off, Fatty says there are four key numbers you must know when racing the Leadville 100, but they aren't the ones people put on their top tubes. Next, Jonathan Lee of TranierRoad joins to help you get ininto the zone -- your training zone, of course -- and how to understand and incorporate zones into your training. And finally, Hottie has a chat with USWE about their newish pack and we discuss who will (and won't) benefit most from it.

    • 41 min
    S7E03: Perfecting Your Pedaling

    S7E03: Perfecting Your Pedaling

    We're excited to have Coach Hunter Allen—who has worked with Jeremiah Bishop and dozens of the Leadvilles—join us to talk about a crucial (and often overlooked) component to your success in leadville: pedaling. Trust us, it’s more than just turning the cranks. In Fatty's Finishing Tips, Elden tells you to lighten up...but in a good, non-judgey way that will make a real difference in your race. And finally, we're outrageously excited to announce our new jerseys and t-shirts, all of which you can pre-order now at https://store.dnacycling.com/lt100/

    • 57 min
    S7E02: 2022 Leadville 100 Champ: Hannah Otto

    S7E02: 2022 Leadville 100 Champ: Hannah Otto

    Hottie and Fatty are joined by 2022 Leadville 100 champ Hannah Otto — one of the busiest professional bike racers in recent years. Between juggling UCI races, the Lifetime Grand Prix, and the occasional FKT, Hannah stays fast, smart, and positive: skills all Leadville racers should try to emulate.
    In this episode, Hannah talks us through both her prior Leadville 100 races AND walks us through a new approach. While none of us could keep with Hannah’s schedule or her pace up Columbine, we can learn a bunch from how she balances goals and overcomes obstacles.
    You'll also want to listen in for the Fatty's Finishing Tips segment, which is all about consistency and why the mindset you train with is going to affect your race day results.

    • 58 min
    S7E01: It's Time to Find Your FTP

    S7E01: It's Time to Find Your FTP

    By now you know whether you got into the 2024 Leadville 100. If you did (and even if you didn't), now is the time to do a baseline FTP test, so you can measure your progress through the season (and yes, Fatty reveals his own current FTP). Coach Jonathan Lee of TrainerRoad -- a favorite friend of the show -- joins to talk about the why, how, and what of FTP testing.
    We also introduce a new segment for this new season: Fatty's Tips for Finishing. With 25 Leadville 100 finishes (and one DNF) ranging from as slow as 11:27 (1998) to eight sub-9-hour finishes (including six singlespeed finishes and one singlespeed win), Fatty has learned a thing or two (sometimes from successes, often from mistakes) about how to finish the highest, hardest, one-day race in America.

    • 53 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
315 Ratings

315 Ratings

Kimcork ,

Enjoyable pod, even when you’ll never race it

I really enjoy listening to the advice on this pod, even though I’ll never race Leadville or similar. I might have when I was younger, but now I appreciate learning about it and watching it on-line

RoBanJo ,

Love It

I have been listening to Fatty since you “tried out“ for a professional cycling team. Through blogs and podcasts I’ve come to appreciate him and this race he loves so much. Throw in hHottie and now you have a bangers podcast that really does a great job promoting this race. At some moments I’m inspired to try to partake but it ain’t gonna happen.

Deepbrook ,

THE source for all things Leadville MTB

Fatty and Hottie combine knowledge, experience, humor, and great personal chemistry to help anyone learn what they need to make their Leadville Trail 100 MTB race the best that it can be. Technique, gear, fitness, nutrition, and the course, all covered with the perfect amount of detail in an incredibly engaging manner. When I see the "new episode available" mark appear on the LT 100 tile in my podcast app, I stop everything and give it a listen.

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