Chris Burkard on his record setting bike lap of Iceland

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

🗓️ 18 February 2020

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

In the summer of 2019, acclaimed photographer Chris Burkard set a new record in the WOW Cyclothon in Iceland, completing the 844 mile ride that traverses the perimeter of the country in 52 hours, 36 minutes and 19 seconds. In his second appearance on the show (he appeared previously in Episode 2), Chris does a deep dive on his record-breaking effort, which included 45mph crosswinds, zero sleep, unicorn hallucinations, and nine hours of torrential rain. He talks about why he puts himself throu...

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0:00.0	Every job, even yours, mine, even if it's the dream job,
0:03.5	it has the opportunity to become mundane.
0:06.8	And so like if I'm constantly pushing this message,
0:09.4	get outside your comfort zone, do whatever,
0:11.0	like photography becomes my comfort zone.
0:13.5	Traveling to weird places becomes,
0:15.6	so what's out of my, this is out of my comfort zone.
0:18.2	This is way out.
0:19.1	And I pursued that as a way to explore the limitations
0:24.4	that I feel like I've set on myself.
0:26.5	And so I feel like during those long night rides,
0:30.4	that's where I found the most joy.
0:33.4	It's showtime everybody.
0:35.4	Showtime!
0:36.6	You've been living in a dream world, Neil. It's showtime, everybody! Showtime!
0:40.4	You've been living in a dream world, Neil.
0:44.8	This is the world as it exists today.
0:48.4	Life moves pretty fast.
0:51.0	You don't stop and look around once in a while.
0:52.4	You could miss it.
0:57.0	Listen, we're talking about practice. Repeat on the dude's room.
0:59.0	Donnie, you're out of your element.
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