Alison Jackson on collecting stories and finding her winning attitude

The Adventure Stache

Payson McElveen

Outdoors, Interviews, Society & Culture, Current Events, Culture, Photography, Adventure, Mountain Biking, Celebrities, Inspirational, Basketball, Health & Fitness, Entrepreneur, Cycling, Athletes, Sports

4.9 • 727 Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2025

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

If you’ve seen two-time Olympian Alison Jackson in the media, chances are she was either dancing, standing on top of the Paris-Roubaix podium, or both. The EF rider won Roubaix in 2023 and quickly became a fan favorite for her joyful social media presence and finish-line celebrations. She caught up with Payson in Girona this week shortly after breaking her arm at a race, and somehow seems to be as optimistic as ever. She talks about growing up on a bison farm in rural Alberta, why she goes ou...

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0:00.0	I love bike racing and performing and being awesome, but not at the expense of looking back on my life and being like, I actually missed out on living, like really living.
0:13.0	It's showtime, everybody. Showtime!
0:17.7	You've been living in a dream world, Neil.
0:21.4	This is the world as it exists today.
0:26.4	Life moves pretty fast.
0:28.7	You don't stop and look around once in a while.
0:31.3	You could miss it.
0:34.4	Listen, we talk about practice.
0:37.6	Repeat on the dude's room.
0:39.1	Donnie, you're out of your element.
0:41.4	I see, you think this has nothing to do with you.
0:45.4	Don't ever trash talk black Jesus.
0:50.1	This is the adventure stash with Pace and McAlvin.
0:54.6	Hi, everyone, welcome back.
0:56.5	We finally got Allison Jackson on the pod.
0:59.9	We've been trying to make this one happen since Gerona Winter Camp last year.
1:04.6	So when the stars finally did align, I was really, really excited.
1:10.6	Unfortunately, those stars aligning in part were thanks to
1:14.7	Allison breaking her wrist at UAE tour last week, having to come home a little bit early, but
1:19.9	in typical Allison fashion, she made light of that straight away. This was a really interesting
1:25.8	interview for me. Allison has quite a lighthearted, fun-loving persona online,
1:32.2	but you never really know how much someone's online persona
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