From Beginner to World Cup MTB Racer: Sian A’Hern’s Journey
Downtime - The Mountain Bike Podcast
Downtime MTB
4.9 • 628 Ratings
🗓️ 29 October 2024
⏱️ 83 minutes
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Summary
Today, we’re diving into an incredible story of resilience and drive with YT Mob’s own Sian A’Hern. From a total skeptic about mountain biking to racing at Nationals – and then World Cups – all within a couple of years, Sian’s journey has been nothing short of remarkable. But it hasn’t been all smooth sailing; she’s faced multiple injuries, each time coming back stronger. We explore her mental strategies, the tools she relies on to stay focused, and how she’s overcoming the feeling of getting too comfortable since achieving her dream of making it onto a factory team. Sian’s outlook on life and bikes is contagious, and there’s a lot to learn from her story. So, it’s time to sit back, hit play and listen to this episode with Sian A’Hern.
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| 0:00.0 | I had like a really nile stomach bug, like 30 minutes after my race run. And I don't need to go |
| 0:05.0 | into the details, TMI. Positive mindset needs to kick in because your body just does not heal well |
| 0:10.6 | when you're negative all the time and when you're, you know, feeling sorry for yourself and all the |
| 0:15.1 | rest. I let myself have a coffee with my emotions every week if I need them. I personally wasn't happy |
| 0:20.5 | where I was, but I think I |
| 0:21.5 | just fell into the comfort of being comfortable. I feel like if you do something hard to start your day, |
| 0:26.7 | you feel like your whole day is actually going to be easy. I was, you know, classic teenage girl, |
| 0:31.7 | a little bit off the rails, in the wrong crowd. This is a vulnerable Sean moment. |
| 0:39.8 | Hey everyone. I'm Chris Hall and this is the downtime podcast where we're going to be taking |
| 0:43.9 | you deeper than ever into the gravity base side of mountain biking. This week's episode is |
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