Episode 81: Haley Batten — Professional Mountain Biker

King of the Ride

Ted King

Sports, Health & Fitness, Business

4.8 • 660 Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Haley Batten stormed onto the professional scene in 2021. She earned a spot on the podium in her first ever World Cup race, won a short track World Cup soon thereafter, and had a red hot streak all through the rest of the calendar year. She is America's top finisher at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics and she's just getting warmed up! It's fun to catch up with Haley who you'll soon realize has one of the most energetic, curious personalities out there. She took a quick break from academia, where's she's studying at Quest University in British Columbia for this conversation. Enjoy!

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0:00.0	Hello, welcome back to King of the Ride podcast.
0:07.6	Happy start to your holiday season.
0:10.0	I hope your turkey is brining.
0:12.2	I hope that your can of pumpkin has been procured for your Thanksgiving pie.
0:16.3	I hope your holiday shopping is off to a terrific start.
0:19.6	If that is your thing.
0:24.5	Basically, my friends, happy holidays from me to you.
0:35.2	And speaking of terrific starts, Haley Baton, our guest today, has had an amazing start to her first year in the elite women's cross-country mountain bike ranks.
0:39.8	She stormed the scene with a podium in her first ever World Cup race.
0:43.6	Soon thereafter, she won a World Cup short track.
0:45.5	And this summer, she represented the U.S.
0:49.2	and was America's top finisher at the Tokyo Olympics going top 10.
0:52.7	My friends, Haley is just getting warmed up.
0:53.9	Remember this name.
0:57.1	This girl has got some energy.
1:04.4	It was great catching up with Haley as she is on campus in one of her, let's call it, alternating semesters.
1:12.1	She races one semester away from school and then she'll go back and study embracing academia the next back and forth back and forth now as a product of collegiate cycling myself i'm always pumped when i hear about
1:19.1	cyclists getting into the sport even younger even earlier than i was able to so haley is an example of that
1:25.9	she was a standout Nike athlete.
1:28.3	Nike, of course, being the high school mountain bike league that is coast to coast here in America.
1:34.0	Nike is a common theme on this podcast.
1:36.3	This conversation is going to cover everything that has gotten Haley to her level of success,
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