Episode 130: Christopher Blevins -- Olympic Mountain Biker

King of the Ride

Ted King

Sports, Health & Fitness, Business

4.8 • 660 Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Christopher Blevins is on a tear. Winning the opening round of the UCI cross-country mountain bike race in Brazil here in 2024, he finished with the silver medal the next week in round two. Wearing the stars and stripes as the reigning US national champion, Chris has the Olympics high on his mind this summer going into Paris. From his early days on the BMX bike to showing stellar results on both the road and mountain bike in the U23 ranks, Christopher had to make a big decision going into the last Olympic cycle heading into Tokyo. We'll talk about that decision and how it's paid dividends since then. In addition to being extraordinarily fast on all things two-wheels, he's also a very fun, engaging, creative person. We'll talk about Stilspoke, an outlet for community building and storytelling, which is just launching now! Check that out at www.stilspoke.com You can follow all of his adventures at @christopherblevs And don't forget to get your hands on those five free travel packs plus a year's supply of vitamin D at www.drinkAG1.com/tedking

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody, welcome back to King of the Ride podcast. I am Ted King, your host for the next hour.
0:09.1	So I'm very excited to have you tune in today.
0:12.6	I'm very excited to have Christopher Blevins on the show today.
0:15.5	Now, this is a bit of a long time coming.
0:17.5	We share a whole bunch of friends on and off the bike.
0:20.3	We operate in similar circles.
0:22.9	We planned to do a podcast in person face-to-face one year ago, spring 2023 at Sea Otter, but that did
0:28.4	not work out due to some hectic scheduling on each of our parts. So here we are. Now one year later,
0:35.3	a world apart, but only a screen apart, allowing for this conversation to take place.
0:40.8	We, the King family, we wrapped up a couple days of racing just recently in Texas at Gravel Locos, one of our favorite events of the year.
0:48.6	And so from there in Haiko, we drove to Emporia, Kansas, the seeming epicenter of gravel, as this is the home to unbound.
0:55.8	It was just simpler to come here straight away for the next two weeks as opposed to going
0:58.9	home back and forth with the whole family. So here we are in Kansas.
1:03.4	And so while this is a big time in the calendar year to talk gravel racing, gravel cycling,
1:07.9	I really wanted to jumpstart, or maybe I should say continue the hype for the Olympics
1:13.1	as July and Paris 2024 Olympics are only a few weeks away.
1:19.3	So while I could have waited for June or peak summer to roll around and release this episode,
1:24.0	now seems like as good time as any.
1:27.3	Chris and I caught up on the eve of Novemesto, the World Cup race in Czech Republic,
1:31.3	amid a long summer stint for Christopher in Europe.
1:34.3	So with any luck, you're hearing this before the race weekend, you can tune in on Discovery Plus or Euro sport or Max or whatever method you're watching
1:43.3	bike racing these days and see this
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