Athlete Interviews: Keegan Swenson – Stan's Pivot Pro Team
Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast - Presented by TrainerRoad
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🗓️ 18 April 2019
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Keegan Swenson is one of the best cross-country MTB racers in the USA, and is currently focused on earning a spot to the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. I've never met anybody who approaches the training process with so much enthusiasm and optimism, and I think we can all learn from that in this interview. Enjoy the podcast, and be more like Keegan!
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Tune in, get faster, and follow Keegan's racing on his social channels @keegels99 and @stanspivot.
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TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE
• What Keegan eats for dinner the day before a race
• The one thing Keegan takes to every race
• Keegan's morning routine
• Pre-race breakfast
• Keegan's unconventional warmup strategy
• What music Keegan listens to before a race
• Why Keegan loves Park City so much
• How Keegan balances strength training with on the bike training
• What a typical strength training workout looks like for Keegan
• Keegan's favorite post-win indulgence
• The one thing Keegan wishes he did more of in his early years as a pro
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, coach Jonathan here again with a special athlete interview episode of the Asuka cycling coach podcast |
| 0:06.8 | This time once again with a member of the stands pivot team presented by Maxis and this time it's Keegan Swenson |
| 0:13.8 | Keegan has been on the podcast before you may know him as the data and equipment nerd that we've talked to for everything from tire choice to |
| 0:22.0 | How to glue your or how to tape your tire plugs onto your handlebars in order to get them off quickly to save time and erase if you have a flat |
| 0:30.0 | Plenty of stuff Keegan is an absolutely incredible athlete trains an amazing amount and we have a ton to learn from and throughout the rest of the year |
| 0:39.5 | Especially from his race execution you'll hear in this episode everything about just like with Chloe and Sophia |
| 0:46.0 | Everything about how he preps for a race from the night before all the way until the gun goes off |
| 0:51.3 | So if you are curious about the previous episodes with Chloe or Sophia you can listen to those |
| 0:55.9 | Just look at the two previous episodes and if you have any questions for Keegan |
| 1:00.2 | You can submit them at forum.trainerode.com |
| 1:03.0 | Look for the episode that coincides or the thread for give me that coincides with this episode and without further ado |
| 1:10.1 | Here is the interview with Keegan Swenson |
| 1:13.5 | All right Keegan. Let's talk let's talk race prep. Yeah |
| 1:17.8 | Night before the race. What's your ideal dinner? Oh, I'm pretty easy rice or pasta with chicken |
| 1:25.9 | Like I keep pretty simple. Do you like do you go heavier on the carbs? Oh, yeah, really heavy on the cards |
| 1:32.7 | Yeah, yeah, they're good to have right up |
| 1:34.7 | What did you have before sea otter because that's where we are right now sea otter? |
| 1:38.6 | What do you have before what do we I had rice and chicken? |
| 1:44.3 | Veggies stick and see maybe some sweet potatoes or regular potatoes. I can't remember it was like kind of like rice bowls |
| 1:49.1 | Yeah, yeah, so pretty basic |
| 1:51.1 | On sleep. Are there any like hacks that you do or anything that you've learned to help your sleep? |
| 1:56.9 | Because I've mentioned this with others, but like you guys sleep in so many different places |
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