Hey everyone and welcome back to the Bikes for Death podcast. As always, my name is Patrick and I'm your host.

And on today's episode, I am chatting with Payson McKelvin, who for most probably needs little to no introduction.

Among many of his accomplishments, he's a Red Bull athlete, a two-time marathon national champion, a two-time Mid-South champion, and the host of the

popular Adventure Stash podcast. On today's episode, we cover a range of topics, including, but not

limited to what it's like to be a professional bike racer in today's day and age. His attempt at

the Colorado Trail, FKT, a couple of crossings that he's done, both in Iceland and in Tasmania.

So that is just a quick recap of some of the topics that we're going to be discussing on

today's episode. I was thrilled to have pacing on the podcast. I've been following his career,

both on and off the bike for many years. We actually started our podcast almost at the same

time. I started mine in late 2018. He started his right at the beginning of 2019. And so I paid

close attention to him as a podcaster, him as an athlete.

And I've admired from afar what he's been able to accomplish in both of those arenas.

And today's conversation did not disappoint.

I hope you enjoyed as much as I did.

And before we get to that conversation, I would like to thank the people that made today's

episode possible, starting with our latest batch of patrons.

This week, we'd like to thank Peter Meegartz for signing up to be a sustaining member

of the Bikes for Death podcast, as well as Jack Parsing, who has increased his pledge.

So we thank both of y'all for your support. And if you would like to help support these

podcasts, you can find out more over at patreon.com forward slash bikes for death. And as a reminder,

you can do a one-time donation or you can sign up to be a monthly

member and it really helps us keep the wheels turning and the lights on over here at Bikes

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