AMR Trains #35: A Chat with Kathryn Bertine, Former Pro Cyclist + Activist
Another Mother Runner
Feisty Media
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 22 June 2021
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Kathryn Bertine, author, activist, former pro cyclist, and documentary filmmaker, joins Dimity to talk about her newest book STAND: A Memoir on Activism.
Among other things, the two discuss:
—The massive disparities between men and women's pro cycling;
—Why an abundance of patience is integral to both athletics and activism;
—The day Kathryn thought she would end her life—and what stopped her;
—How highpointing is bringing Kathryn a new athletic mission and unexpected joy.
Links:
Half the Road: Kathryn's documentary on women's cycling
Homestretch Foundation: Kathryn's foundation for developing women's cyclists
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| 0:57.1 | Welcome to AMR Trains, a podcast about training and racing and endurance sports. |
| 1:24.9 | I'm Dimitie McDowell, co-founder of another mother runner. |
| 1:28.8 | You all are in for such a treat today as I talk to Katherine Bertine. If you don't know who she is, |
| 1:34.3 | you will soon. I'll just read a portion of her bio, which includes that she is an author, |
| 1:39.5 | athlete, activist, former pro cyclist, and documentary filmmaker. She retired from bike racing in |
| 1:46.1 | 2017, but remains active in advancing equity for women's pro cycling. Her documentary is called |
| 1:53.1 | Half the Road, and that illustrates the vast disparity between the world of men's and women's |
| 1:58.0 | pro cycling. She chronicles making the film Half the Road, along with her pro cycling career, |
| 2:03.9 | her birth and passion for activism, her mental health struggles, and her love life in stand, |
| 2:09.6 | a memoir on activism, a manual for progress, what really happens when we stand on the front lines |
| 2:15.2 | of change. We're going to talk about all of that in this podcast, but before I do that, I should add |
| 2:21.2 | Katherine and I were teammates for a short spell on the women's Colgate crew. She is three years |
| 2:26.9 | younger than I am, so our paths only cross briefly. She was your freshman, and I was a really |
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