Ep. 855: Racing the Tour Divide in Your 60's - Revisited - Marty Johnson
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 11 August 2022
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Bikepacking: Marty 65-Year-Old Races Tour Divide 6th Time – 2750-Mile Off-Road MTB from Canada to Mexico, Proving Adventurous Years Peak Later.
Originally aired on January 27, 2020
When Marty's 60th birthday came rolling around, he knew he needed to do something adventurous that took him out of his normal routine and into an entirely different frame of mind. From that longing came the idea to race in the Tour Divide, a 2,750-mile, mostly off-road, mountain bike race from Canada to Mexico along the Continental Divide.
Now, at the age of 65, Marty is gearing up this June for another TD attempt. His 6th time on the trail.
Our most adventurous years don't have to be the earliest. In fact, they can be the most recent. I hope Marty's story helps you see your own adventure in 2022.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, folks, hope you're having a good week. My name is Mason. I'm the host here. In this |
| 0:27.1 | episode, we're actually throwing back a couple years. But before we jump in, I did want to let |
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| 1:15.0 | And Narley, thank you so much for doing the giveaway. |
| 1:17.6 | All right. |
| 1:18.0 | So for this episode, when we talked to Marty Johnson, this was a really cool episode |
| 1:22.4 | because it was right before the pandemic. |
| 1:25.0 | Marty was getting ready for his sixth tour divide, which is the 2750-mile |
| 1:31.5 | mountain bike race from Banff, Alberta, all the way down to Mexico. It's every summer. |
| 1:37.5 | And Marty was getting ready for his sixth one, but he was 65 years old. He had done his |
| 1:42.6 | first one to celebrate his 60th birthday and had done it |
| 1:46.5 | every year since. And he has done some since. So over half a dozen now. And what's so cool about this is the |
| 1:52.3 | resolution Marty decided to make when he turned 60 years old. A lot of us think that maybe our |
| 1:58.4 | adventure life is winding down at that point. Well, for Marty, it was just getting started. |
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