Ep. 34 - Jolene Holland on womens racing
Bikes or Death
Patrick Farnsworth
4.8 • 563 Ratings
🗓️ 28 January 2020
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
As a follow up to the last episode with Roger Gilles, where we discussed his book Women on the Move about women's racing at the turn of the century, I asked Jolene Holland if she would be willing to come on the show to discuss women's racing now.
Jolene has been cycling for the past 10 years and now rides for Colavita as a Cat 1 racer. She is also the creator of Ultra Violet Racing Team, which focuses on helping bridge the gap for women in bike racing. Her enthusiasm for competitive bike racing and getting other women involved really shines through as you listen to her. Another focus is FUN, she says if you ride with her there is a good chance a bike ride will be followed by a beer (or three) which has led to your friendly neighborhood strip club in the past.
There is no one right way to ride a bike or be a member of this community. Jolene is a great example of someone who finds joy in all types of cycling and is working to make the sport more inclusive and FUN for everyone.
The topic of women in sports is larger and more complex than than can be adequately covered in an hour long podcast. I appreciate Jolene's willingness to discuss this topic and share some of her own perspectives and experiences as a female bike racer in 2020.
Now, go ride your damn bike!
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Bikes for Death podcast. I'm your host Patrick. And on this episode, we are going to follow up to the last episode that I did with Roger Gillis. And we discussed his book, Women on the Move. If you haven't listened to that episode already, I suggest that you might want to pause, go back and listen to it. |
| 0:21.8 | One, it's really good. |
| 0:23.4 | I think it shares a part of our history, specifically women's racing 120 years ago |
| 0:29.1 | that most of us, myself included, were not aware of. |
| 0:34.4 | After I recorded that episode, I got to thinking that it would be neat to reach out to |
| 0:40.9 | a current women's racer and kind of get some perspective on what her thoughts were on the book |
| 0:48.6 | or the podcast and what women's racing looks like now, some of the stuff that's good, some of the stuff that's |
| 0:56.6 | bad. And I reached out to a few people, and Jolene Holland was recommended to me. I already follow |
| 1:03.7 | on her on Instagram and know a little bit about her. And I met her, actually, I met her at Spirit |
| 1:08.5 | World 100 this year when I was in Patagonia there. |
| 1:12.0 | Yeah, I reached out to her and she was more than willing to chat and I just want to thank her |
| 1:16.5 | for tackling this topic. |
| 1:18.9 | I don't want her to feel like she's speaking for all women. |
| 1:22.3 | That's a conversation with many, many levels. |
| 1:24.9 | And it's certainly unfair to put the weight of all womanhood on her shoulders. |
| 1:30.8 | But it was good to just chat with her, open up a dialogue about her perspectives in women's racing |
| 1:37.4 | and her experiences therein. As always, I really enjoy talking to her. She's a very inspirational |
| 1:43.5 | person who's diligently and intentionally making conscious efforts to improve women's cycling, women's racing. |
| 1:54.0 | And we had a great conversation. I hope you enjoy it. But before we get to the show, I just want to remind you that this show is 100% listener |
| 2:01.5 | supported. I couldn't do it without you. I mean that. I'm pumping out way more episodes |
| 2:07.8 | than I ever thought possible or ever thought that I would. And that's simply a factor of all |
| 2:14.6 | the support that I get from y'all and specifically the financial contributions. |
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