Ellen Campbell, professional off-road cyclist

The Adventure Stache

Payson McElveen

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4.9 • 727 Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Ellen Campbell has been riding bikes since she was a kid growing up in Durango, Colorado. She raced in college and on the national circuit, but it was only last year that she decided to step into professional gravel full-time. Joining Sarah Sturm’s privateer program, she competed in the Grand Prix in 2022 with the goal of finishing every race. This year, she’s racing in the Grand Prix again, but her perspective and goals are shifting. In this interview, Ellen tells Payson about why she made u...

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0:00.0	I guess I just wanted to see what my version of racing looked like.
0:05.9	That moment when I told Sarah that we were at Leadville and watching Howard approach
0:11.1	Leadville and watching Sarah approach Leadville was like very different.
0:14.3	Like Howard cut and dry Sarah, I had to like write out her bottles for her.
0:19.0	And then I'm like, well, how would I do this?
0:22.3	Like, what would it look like if I was doing Leadville?
0:25.6	Like, would I be like Howard or would I like be like Sarah?
0:28.7	I wanted to like figure out my way in this world and the sport, I guess.
0:34.9	Yeah.
0:35.2	That's my goal.
0:36.5	It's showtime, everybody.
0:38.6	Showtime!
0:41.2	You've been living in the dream world, Neo.
0:45.0	This is the world as it exists today.
0:49.8	Life moves pretty fast.
0:52.2	You don't stop and look around once in a while.
0:54.6	You could miss it.
0:57.8	Listen, we're talking about practice.
1:01.0	Repeat on the dude's room.
1:02.6	Donnie, you're out of your element.
1:04.9	I see.
1:05.5	You think this has nothing to do with you.
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