In this Sprint Round Race Report, we discuss Adam Ashwill - Cyclist's recent 1st place victory in the 12-hr standard category of the annual Bessie's Creek 24. Congratulations, Adam! Let's roll! Also enjoy our previous interview with Adam: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2727483897465294. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ultracyclingshow/support ..read more

In this episode, we talk with James MacDonald, the only solo Race Across America finisher from Scotland. James reached the finish line of the world's longest non-stop bike race in a time of 11 days and 19 hours to earn 12th place overall in 2016 as a rookie. After this epic test of endurance, James went on to achieve something very special: the Guinness World Records for the fastest N-S-N double crossing of the island of the UK. In 2017, James rode from John o' Groats down to Lands End and back up to John o' Groats, covering a total distance of 2,711 km (1,684 mi) in a time of 5d 18h to impro ..read more

After watching the film Inspired to Ride years ago, French-Canadian ultra bikepacker, Louis-Eric Simard, took on the famous Trans Am Bike Race Bike Race, crossing 10 States in the USA, coast-to-coast, self-supported. If that wasn't enough, Louis-Eric is now on to his next big adventures organizing his very own ultra bikepacking events, the Race Around Cuba and the TransCanada Bike Race, which crosses Canada from West to East over 12,500 km (7,767 mi) and climbing 319,000 ft or the equivalent of Mt. Everest 11 times!  Louis-Eric is a successful entrepreneur and technologist, running his ow ..read more

Louise Gibson is no ordinary single mother. After repeated running injuries, Lou switched over to cycling and has since ridden the full route of Le Tour de France as team manager and one of the riders of the InternationElles - they're 10 female cyclists & several crew from across the globe, united in the fight for equality and to boost women’s cycling. Lou has also represented Great Britain twice at the UCI Gran Fondo World Championships, placed third overall in the 2020 Virtual Revolve24 24h challenge in a 4-female team, and Everested twice. The big question in this episode: Why shouldn't ..read more

Jean-Philippe Soulé has led a marvelously colorful life. In this episode, we hear from Jean-Phi from the perspective of award-winning author, travel-adventurer, athlete, humanitarian, photographer, and motivational speaker. Jean-Philippe ran ultra-marathons as a teenager, served in the elite Mountain Commando Special Forces of the French Army, worked as a mountain guide in rescue operations, taught ice-diving as a Master-Scuba-Diver-Trainer in the USA, raced cross-country ski marathons in Japan, became Japan cycling prologue national champion at a UCI Asia tour race, and sea-kayaked 3,000 mil ..read more

Humility, positivity, compassion, and the limitless boundaries of human endurance are all cornerstones of ultra cyclists and exemplified so well by today's guest, Srinivas Gokulnath. Originally from Bangalore, India,  Srini currently serves in the Indian Army as an Aerospace Physician in South Sudan and holds the proud title of first Indian solo racer to complete the 3,000 mile Race Across America (RAAM) and the 2,200 km Race Around Austria (RAA). Srini holds the Indian national record for cycling from the northern tip to southern tip of India, from Leh to Kanya-kumari and is also a UN Pe ..read more

Imagine riding all around the beautiful country of Italy passing through historic cities like Venice, Milan, Rome, Naples, and over the snowcapped Alps. Well, now you can with Luca Masini's Giro d'Italia Nonstop, or GINS, as its abbreviated, with over 2,400 miles (almost 4,000 km) and 166,000 ft (over 50,000 m) of climbing. On today's episode, we'll discuss the first edition of GINS which was held in August, as well as Luca's future plans for the event and his own ultra cycling achievements, including riding the 1,600 km (994.1 miles) BikingMan Inca Divide in Peru, the 24h Finale Ligure MTB ev ..read more

In this Sprint Round Record Recap, we discuss Joe Lawhorn - Cyclist's recent world records crossing the US state of Ohio from East to West (233 miles) and then back again for a total of 466 miles! Joe also holds the record for the Ohio single crossing from West to East. Congratulations, Joe! Let's roll! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ultracyclingshow/support ..read more

In this episode, we talk with a very talented ultra racer from Austria, Dominik Meierhofer - Radsportler, who is still very young in terms of ultra cycling, but has achieved some astonishing results. Dominik was the winner of Race Around Austria 1500 km and reached the podium in a couple of 24-hr races and long distance events like the Glocknerman Sprint or the Austrian Championships in ultra cycling. Recently, Dominik won 1st place overall in the 24h category of the 6-12-24 Hour World Time Trial Championships, which were held as a virtual event this year. For me, personally, this is something ..read more

In this episode, we chat with Caleb Cline, an impressive relatively new ultra cyclist with an inspiring backstory. Caleb is a graduate of the prestigious West Point - The U.S. Military Academy and served in the U.S. Army for 9 years 3 months 20 days. After suffering injuries in the line of duty, Caleb kept pushing the boundaries as a disabled veteran, motivated to not let his circumstances interfere with his potential. Since receiving his first trike bicycle, Caleb has been able to compete in ultra cycling events from the NCOM 375 in Texas to the Silver State 508 in Nevada. Most recently, Cale ..read more