Episode 23: Alex Howes — Pro Cyclist, Canoe Enthusiast

King of the Ride

Ted King

Sports, Health & Fitness, Business

4.8 • 660 Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2018

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Alex Howes is a long time member of the Slipstream program, beginning his time on the development program, U23 team, and of course a long time member of the pro team. Alex and Ted were teammates in 2015, went toe-to-toe at Leadville the following year, and catch up in this episode with the lively banter found in a round of 20 Questions. This episode is presented by Strava. Try out their incredibly helpful and insightful Summit features by visiting www.strava.com/summit and use code: "king" at checkout.

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, welcome to King of the Ride podcast. As always, I'm your host. I am Ted King.
0:08.8	If this is your first time to the show or if you were a seasoned listener to King of the Ride,
0:13.2	I know that you are really going to enjoy today's episode. That's because we have Alex Howes as our guest today.
0:20.5	Stallwart American Pro Cyclist.
0:22.2	Alex started his time getting into this here sportive elite cycling back in 2003
0:27.7	with the 5280 Garmin Sharp Chipotle, VMG, felt slipstream, barracuda, EF, education first,
0:35.7	now powered by Cannondale team.
0:39.6	Okay, okay, clearly I kid.
0:42.1	But at one point or another, Alex has had those names stamped across his chest on his jersey as part of the slipstream operation.
0:49.5	And I am pumped to see that he is still out there enjoying the ride.
0:53.4	Alex and I, we dive right ahead and mix things up on today's pod with a round of 20 questions.
1:00.0	Now, this was recorded just a few short weeks ago while Laura and I were in Colorado for the
1:05.1	Thanksgiving holiday, and that gave me the opportunity to catch up with Alex to talk shop
1:10.2	with my former teammate.
1:11.7	We talk fat bikes and trainers, Leadville and Dirty Kansa, tents and sprinter vans,
1:16.5	knobby tires, and skinny, canoes or kayaks.
1:20.0	Wait, what? Canoes or kayaks?
1:21.6	Yes, that is right.
1:22.9	This is a very atypical format to the show with 20 question Q&A, but one that I know that you are really
1:29.9	going to embrace. Today's episode is presented by Strava. Now, I'm recording this here in Vermont,
1:37.2	but I'm proudly born and raised in New Hampshire, just like Strava itself. It was at the Green
1:41.9	Mountain Stage Race in 2009 when my friend, fellow New Englander,
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