Buying a Mountain Bike, Then Racing it 1000km Across Switzerland
Singletracks Mountain Bike Podcast
Singletracks.com
4.7 • 574 Ratings
🗓️ 2 September 2019
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Greg Jacob is a self-described “regular” guy who decided to attempt the Navad 1000, a 621-mile, single-stage mountain bike race across Switzerland with more than 100,000ft. of climbing along the way. He’s here to talk about how he went from basically zero mountain bike experience to completing a grueling race in just a short time.
In this episode, Greg shares:
His background in terms of fitness and spending time outdoors
His inspiration for signing up for the Navad 1000
How he prepared himself for the race.
The biggest challenges he faced in his training.
What surprised him about mountain biking relative to other sports he’s more familiar with, like road cycling.
How turning 40 this year puts him at a disadvantage for adventures like this, but also gives him some advantages.
Plans for mountain bike adventures in the future.
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| 0:23.2 | My name is Jeff, and today my guest is Greg Jacob. |
| 0:27.3 | So Greg is a quote, unquote, regular guy who decided to attempt the Navad 1000, |
| 0:34.3 | which is a 621-mile single-stage mountain bike race across Switzerland, with more than 100,000, which is a 621 mile single stage mountain bike race across Switzerland with more than 100,000 |
| 0:41.0 | feet of climbing along the way. |
| 0:43.2 | He's here to talk about how he went from basically zero mountain bike experience to completing |
| 0:48.1 | a grueling race in just a short time. |
| 0:51.2 | Thanks for joining us, Greg. |
| 0:52.6 | Hi, Jeff. |
| 0:53.3 | Thanks for having me. |
| 0:55.1 | It's great to be here. |
| 1:02.1 | And where are you joining us from? Based in France. Okay. Well, what is your background in terms of fitness and spending time outdoors? I know over email, you mentioned that you basically had no |
| 1:07.7 | mountain bike experience, but you are a pretty fit guy and you've spent a lot of time outdoors, right? |
| 1:13.0 | I wouldn't go that far saying I'm fit. |
| 1:15.1 | I think I'm pretty much average in regards. |
| 1:18.7 | I'm definitely not the sporty kind and not really into fitness and definitely not into any level of competition in any sports. |
| 1:29.2 | I do spend a lot of time outdoors. |
| 1:32.5 | I mean, 10 years ago, I moved back to France, specifically chose to live in the Alps |
| 1:37.6 | to be able to enjoy the mountains. |
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