Everesting World Record with Keegan Swenson – Successful Athletes Podcast – Episode 1
Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast - Presented by TrainerRoad
TrainerRoad
4.9 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 19 May 2020
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
A sneak preview of a totally new podcast from TrainerRoad – the Successful Athletes Podcast!
A look into the preparation and execution of the Everesting World Record by Stans Pivot's and Monster Hydro's Keegan Swenson.
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Keegan's ride file: https://www.trainerroad.com/app/career/keegels/rides/81082796-everest-fkt-i-think-i-officially-hit-everest-around-7-42-i-am-100-shelled-
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TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
- How to select the best route for an Everesting attempt
- How to build a pacing plan for Everesting
- How should you train for a successful Everesting attempt
- The best gearing and equipment choices for Everesting
- Logistics and support strategies for Everesting
- How to build a nutrition plan for Everesting
- What Keegan learned while setting the Everesting World Record
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, coach Jonathan here and welcome to a sneak peak of a new podcast from us here at |
| 0:04.9 | Trainer Road. It's called the Successful Athletes Podcast and it's where we interview individuals |
| 0:10.1 | who have done something extraordinary on the bike. Whether that's winning a race, whether that's |
| 0:14.5 | getting a PR, or something interesting or noteworthy in any way that they have done on the bike, |
| 0:20.0 | we'll interview those athletes, we'll dissect their preparation and their execution, |
| 0:24.4 | so hopefully we can learn something from these performances that will make us faster cyclists |
| 0:28.6 | and multi-sport athletes. Now this will be an entirely different podcast from the Ask a Cycling |
| 0:32.8 | Coach podcast, but right now like I said, you're going to get a sneak peak at the first episode with |
| 0:37.0 | Keegan Swenson and in the coming couple weeks here, you're going to get more episodes coming out |
| 0:42.1 | when the podcast is actually released, so stay tuned to TrainerRoad.com slash forum for more news |
| 0:47.1 | from that and I hope you enjoy this episode with the current Everesting World Record holder, |
| 0:52.4 | Keegan Swenson. Welcome to a new podcast by TrainerRoad, the Successful Athletes Podcast, |
| 0:57.6 | where we dig into the performances of athletes who've done something that's noteworthy, |
| 1:02.0 | respectable or just plain awesome in one way or another, and for this first episode, we have |
| 1:07.3 | Stans Pivitz, Kean Monster, Hydro's Keegan Swenson. It's up Keegan. We are going to talk about |
| 1:13.9 | your latest achievement that you just did and it was an Everesting attempt, correct? |
| 1:19.4 | It was. Can you dig into it a little bit? What was your time and everything else? |
| 1:25.0 | Yeah, so the official time from Hell's 500 was seven hours and 40 minutes, I think five seconds. |
| 1:33.8 | That's really fast. What is Everesting to give people some context? |
| 1:38.3 | Yeah, so Everesting is, I guess riding your bike one continuous time for 29,029 feet or more if you want. |
| 1:48.6 | This one turned out to be 29,600, I think, was my final number. |
| 1:53.1 | There are other rules too, right? You have to repeat a climb to do it. |
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