Haley Batten, mountain biker

The Adventure Stache

Payson McElveen

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4.9 • 727 Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Haley Batten burst onto the elite World Cup scene this year, taking the podium at back-to-back races in Nové Mesto and Albstadt, and securing herself a place on Team USA for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. Haley joins Payson from her training camp in Italy to talk about the whirlwind of success she’s achieved during her first year out of U23. They talk about why her first podium came at a moment when she was beginning to doubt herself, how her mindset has changed since she made the Olympic team,...

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0:00.0	it didn't even phase me like it really didn't I didn't like I had nothing to lose I was just so
0:06.0	relaxed and just like slowly worked my way up the whole race and then it wasn't until I saw like my
0:13.5	boyfriend on the sideline and like people I knew and I just like broke like my body just
0:19.5	reacted and I just like broke down and I think it was
0:23.3	because I just really didn't think I was capable of that. It's showtime everybody. Showtime!
0:31.8	You've been living in a dream world, Neil. This is the world as it exists today.
0:40.5	Life moves pretty fast.
0:42.9	You don't stop and look around once in a while.
0:45.4	You could miss it.
0:48.5	Listen, we're talking about practice.
0:51.7	Repeat on the dude's room.
0:53.2	Donnie, you're out of your element.
0:55.6	I see.
0:56.1	You think this has nothing to do with you.
0:59.5	Don't ever trash talk black Jesus.
1:04.2	This is the Adventure Stash with Payson McAlvin.
1:08.8	Hello and welcome back, everybody.
1:10.5	This week we have a guest that many of y'all have been requesting for a couple of
1:15.0	months now.
1:16.2	Haley Batten.
1:17.3	Haley has been a very promising talent in the American mountain bike scene for several
1:22.9	years now, but just had a huge breakthrough this spring, winning her first elite World Cup and
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