222. Sarah Sturm, Pro Cyclist
Hurdle with Emily Abbate
iHeartPodcasts
4.9 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 26 September 2022
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
For the past 5 years, Sarah Sturm has trusted her gut and pursued a career as a professional cyclist. But it wasn't until recently that she took the leap of faith, leaving her 9-to-5 job as a designer to hit the saddle full-time. For episode 222, she tells us about that transition, and how she got started — stumbling into the best collegiate cycling program in the country. She also talks about what "doing good" means to her, gives us the lowdown on enneagrams, and dishes on all the expert-backed tips that beginner cyclists need to know. Hint: Leave the underwear behind.
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| 0:00.0 | you learn so much more from those low spots than you do from like the glory moments. |
| 0:20.4 | Hey everybody, Emily Abadi here. You are listening to episode 222. We love a nice |
| 0:26.0 | even number of hurdle. A wellness focused podcast where I connect with everyone from your favorite |
| 0:32.1 | athletes to top experts in industry CEOs about their highest highs, toughest moments and everything |
| 0:38.8 | in between. We all go through hurdles in life and my goal through these discussions is to empower |
| 0:44.6 | you to better navigate yours and move with intention so that you can stride toward your own big |
| 0:50.6 | potential. And of course, have some fun along the way. For today's episode, I am excited to |
| 0:58.2 | bring you my combo with Sarah Sturm. She is a pro cyclist and bike racer who made the decision |
| 1:05.4 | not all that long ago to leave a career in graphic design to follow her passions on two wheels. |
| 1:14.7 | Sarah and I have a really interesting conversation about the discrepancies, let's call them |
| 1:19.9 | within male and female cycling and how a lot of women in this sport in particular had other |
| 1:26.3 | careers before making the transition into the saddle full time. She shed some light on why that |
| 1:32.3 | might be and also shares her hopes for the future of the sport. Funnily enough, Sarah and I |
| 1:38.5 | happen to share the same motto which is too good and we have a really beautiful chat on what |
| 1:44.8 | that looks like in our day to day. And of course, I could not have a pro cyclist on the show without |
| 1:51.1 | asking her for her best practice cycling tips. So Sarah's offering up a lot of really helpful |
| 1:57.6 | information on everything that you need to know to feel successful on the bike ranging from the |
| 2:03.7 | thing that you shouldn't be wearing under your bibs to her full proof way to enjoy the ride more |
| 2:12.0 | every single time. Loved this conversation, Sarah's energy is electric. In full transparency, |
| 2:18.4 | I learned of Sarah and started following Sarah after I saw her gorgeous new kit that she made |
| 2:25.2 | in collaboration with Rafa. I'll link that in the show notes but yeah, love this combo, love Sarah's |
| 2:30.9 | energy and I have heard a thing now for encouraging me to finally take an in your gram personality test. |
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