Ep. 195 ~ Justinas Leveika, New Bikepacking Triple Crown FKT
Bikes or Death
Patrick Farnsworth
4.8 • 563 Ratings
🗓️ 27 November 2024
⏱️ 145 minutes
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Summary
At this point Justinas needs no introduction. In 2024 he completed a total of 10 ultra cycling races, winning most of them. Among them was a win, and new FKT, at the Tour divide, where he bested the long standing record Mike Hall set 8 years ago. He then went on to finish first, but not win*, at the Colorado Trail Race. Followed by a first place finish at the Arizona Trail Race, a time that would have been an FKT if it weren't for a re-route due to fires. His total time for the Triple Crown was 25d 5h 30m, which was 2d 13h 3m faster than the previous record time set by Jay Petervary 9 years ago.
What Justinas accomplished this year has left me speechless and fumbling to find the words to fully emphasize the magnitude of his accomplishments. Luckily for me, I was able to chat with the man himself and we can hear from him on his own reflections from an incredible year of bikepack racing.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, friends, and welcome back to the Bikes for Death podcast. As always, my name is Patrick, |
| 0:05.8 | and my guest today is none other than Ustinus Leveca, who just became the new bikepacking |
| 0:14.9 | Triple Crown FKT holder. What can I say about Ustanus and the incredible year that he has had in |
| 0:22.5 | 2024? He completed 10 ultra-cycling races just this year and won most of them. |
| 0:32.9 | And along the way, he said a new fastest known time at Tor Divide this year, besting the longstanding |
| 0:40.9 | time of legendary Mike Hall, whose record stood for eight years. He then went on to finish first |
| 0:48.8 | at Colorado Trail Race this year, but Asterix did not win it. And then he went on to win the Arizona Trail |
| 0:57.7 | race with a time that probably would have been an FKT if it wasn't for a reroute on the Arizona |
| 1:05.4 | trail this year. And when all the dust settled, he was left standing with a new bikepacking triple crown, |
| 1:13.7 | FKT, with a time of 25 days, 5 hours, and 30 minutes, which was 2 days, 13 hours, and 3 minutes faster than Jay Peterbury's time that has stood for nine years. |
| 1:33.6 | So any way you slice it, Oostinus has had an absolutely mind-blowing year in bikepacking this |
| 1:41.0 | year. It has been a thrill to watch him compete and have success in a variety |
| 1:47.8 | of different races. And I find myself struggling to even conceptualize or come up with the right |
| 1:54.6 | words to emphasize the magnitude of what he accomplished this year. But fortunately for me, I don't really have to do that |
| 2:04.0 | because I have Oostinus on the podcast today to tell us all about it. It was an absolute pleasure to |
| 2:11.7 | have him back on. And I really, really enjoyed this conversation. I'm really excited for him, and we can hear directly from the man himself. |
| 2:22.2 | So let's get right into it. |
| 2:25.4 | But first, let us take a moment to thank the people that made today's episode possible, |
| 2:30.6 | starting with our latest patrons. |
| 2:33.2 | This week, we would like to thank Ristosarvis for |
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