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Life in the Peloton, presented by MAAP

BONUS: Grounding, Sunlight & Life Beyond the Peloton

Life in the Peloton, presented by MAAP

Mitch Docker

Fitness, Sports, Wilderness, Health & Fitness

4.8543 Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

This is a cheeky bonus excerpt from the longer episode. To listen to the whole thing and future episodes become a member of The Pelo. You won't want to miss these exclusive chats dropping throughout the 2025 season! Sveino and I are back for another episode of the Life In The Peloton Chronicles. I absolutely love getting so sit down and catch up with my old mate for an hour or two each month, and this month’s pod is a banger.  Svein’s always been a guy I look up to for a whole heap of reasons. Sure, he was an absolute weapon on the bike - that goes without saying - but I’ve always admired the way he goes about things off the bike, too. He’s a real deep thinking guy who prioritises a clean and healthy lifestyle and a deep respect for the natural world - so I handed the reins over this month to learn more about his mindset and lifestyle. I have really fond memories of racing alongside Svein back in the Greenedge days. He was a great guy to be around in the races and someone I learnt a lot from. One of the first pieces of this holistic ‘grounding’ that Svein showed me and the team was making sure we all got our shoes off and got a bit of time spent barefoot on the grass to really connect with the Earth, and whenever we got the chance, we’d jump in the ocean; something else Svein is really passionate about. We talk about the importance of looking after your body whilst also respecting the natural order of things, and the impact a lot of bad modern habits can have on a person. Svein’s knowledge about things like circadian rhythms, solar callouses, and more is incredible, and I always come away from chats like this with a new found motivation to live a healthier, more wholesome lifestyle. Hopefully you do, too.  This ep is really insightful, and I think we can all learn a lot from Svein. He’s also just dropped his brand new book called ‘We Will Never Be Here Again’, which is all about his adventures in cycling; from the wilderness to the Tour de France. It’s an absolutely incredible read, and makes me think back to the crazy stories Svein would tell over the dinner table when we were away racing together. If you love listening to Svein, get yourself a copy and get stuck into it because it’s absolutely loaded with some great insight into what makes Svein tick. Grab a herbal tea for this one, and listen closely. Hopefully, you come away from this one having learnt something and feeling a little bit more enlightened.  Cheers! Mitch

Transcript

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0:00.0

Well, that's it. It's as simple as that. We're up and away. Swaino. How are you, my friend?

0:18.6

Hey, buddy. I'm doing good.

0:21.1

Yeah.

0:22.7

No complaints.

0:25.1

You know, February is blasted by.

0:26.2

We're rolling into March.

0:31.6

You know, for us, that's pretty exciting because we get these long days to start happening. And you feel the power of the sun again.

0:34.8

And that's something that I cherish a lot here because as much as I love living in these northern parts, that is the kind of the sun again and that's something that I cherish a lot here because as much as I love

0:38.6

living in these northern parts that is the kind of you know even if you're up in the mountains and

0:44.2

you're doing activities you're doing stuff man I just miss that sun and the and the strength of the

0:50.6

sun there's a different feeling you know when you start getting UVB back in that in that sunlight and it's just a whole other feeling you know so yeah

1:00.3

doing very well I'm I'm overdosing on it at the moment I'm ready for the shutdown um I'm

1:06.8

chocked up I was just out just before this out chucking the hose on a few trees that I planted

1:13.4

last year because we've just had such a dry summer here.

1:18.9

And I was away and just we're heading away again tomorrow.

1:23.4

So it's like, I better get some water into these puppies.

1:26.6

It's so funny. I also love this about this recording water into these puppies. It's so funny.

1:27.7

I also love this about this recording with you and I.

1:31.4

It's just being in the different hemispheres and just we can both sort of just relate to what we are missing or not missing or, you know, we're not sort of seeing the same song.

1:42.5

It's quite a cool thing being on the opposite end of spectrum, isn't it? Totally. Yeah, it's, we're not sort of seeing the same song. It's, it's quite a cool thing being on the

1:44.1

opposite end of spectrum, isn't it? Totally. Yeah, it's, it's such a contrast. I was ski touring this morning. It was dumping snow, you know, like, yeah, we have this huge snowpack. It's actually really bad avalanche time right now. So it's kind of going into all my little low-angle areas, you know, where it's somewhat safe and yeah, just a different world. But I know exactly what you mean, like in those drought summers, those long summers where it just doesn't seem to rain for like 30, 40 days straight. You're just like, man, how is everything going to survive, you know? If you're not there water and stuff, it's all just going to, but nature is pretty amazing. Like, it gets through that stuff as well. So, yeah, it's wild. It's one thing I noticed, like, I typically wouldn't go around and water these trees, but not that we necessarily need to talk about trees for too long, but I'm noticing the trees that sort of suckle off the next door neighbor who waters their garden

2:34.5

like every day, got to set springlers and whatever.

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