Kate Courtney, Mountain Bike World Champion

With Pace

Payson McElveen

Sports, Inspirational, Society & Culture, Adventure, Entrepreneur, Health & Fitness, Cycling, Gravel Cycling, Celebrities, Mountain Biking, Gravel Biking, Culture, Basketball, Interviews, Photography, Athletes, Current Events, Outdoors

4.8 • 766 Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2019

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Kate Courtney is the defending XCO Mountain Bike World Champion, many time national champion, and a Red Bull athlete. At just 23 years of age, Kate has already reached superstar status in a sport that often doesn't see athletes reach their peak until later. Tired from a long day of testing at a Red Bull training camp, Payson caught up with Kate as they sat on the floor of a hotel room. They talked about work ethic, gender equality and what we can do to promote further progress, the challenges...

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0:00.0	I'm a bike racer.
0:01.3	Like, I race my bike and I thought that was really important.
0:04.2	This is who I am.
0:05.2	This is what I do.
0:06.1	I'm going to go do it.
0:07.3	And I wanted to end the season with a challenge, not end the season with, I mean,
0:13.1	it is nice to end the season with a great performance.
0:15.4	But it is also really important to remember why we do this.
0:20.0	And the reason I race is not to win. I mean,
0:23.1	I love winning. Don't get me wrong. But the reason I race is to see how fast I can go and see how far
0:28.1	I can go and see how much I can do and see how good I can be. And that is what Marathon Worlds was about.
0:33.8	It's showtime, everybody. Showtime!
0:38.6	You've been living in the dream world, Neil.
0:42.3	This is the world as it exists today.
0:47.2	Life moves pretty fast.
0:49.6	You don't stop and look around once in a while.
0:52.0	You could miss it.
0:55.2	Listen, we're talking about practice.
0:58.4	Repeat on the dude's room.
1:00.0	Donnie, you're out of your element.
1:02.3	I see, you think this has nothing to do with you.
1:06.3	Don't ever trash talk black Jesus.
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