Jesse Jakomait, Colorado Trail record holder

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Payson McElveen

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4.8 • 767 Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2020

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Jesse Jakomait is a bikepack racer and SRAM design engineer who holds the record on the Colorado Trail. He broke the record on his fifth attempt in 2015, completing the 562 mile route from Durango to Denver with over 75,000 feet of climbing in just under five days, beating the previous record by more than eight hours. To achieve this, he rode for 23 hours at a time, sleeping a total of three hours throughout the whole race. In this interview, Payson talks to Jesse about his years’ long quest ...

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0:00.0	you kind of embrace it because you're like, I came here for this.
0:03.3	Every cell in my body is going to be used to get the end of this thing.
0:07.4	You will never be that tired.
0:09.2	You will never be that sore.
0:10.8	For me, it was like, this is what I'm here for.
0:13.0	Like, I want to feel everything, see everything.
0:16.0	I don't want to shut it out.
0:17.1	I don't want to, you know, no, I want all of that stuff.
0:21.5	It's showtime, everybody. Showtime!
0:26.6	You've been living in a dream world, Neil.
0:29.6	This is the world as it exists today.
0:34.6	Life moves pretty fast.
0:36.6	You don't stop and look around once in a while.
0:39.6	You could miss it.
0:42.9	Listen, we're talking about practice.
0:46.1	Repeat on the dude's room.
0:47.7	Donnie, you're out of your element.
0:50.0	I see.
0:50.6	You think this has nothing to do with you.
0:53.9	Don't ever trash top black Jesus.
0:58.7	This is the Adventure Stash with Payson McAlvin.
1:03.5	Hello and welcome back to the show.
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