apparently it turns out I'll just huck off pretty much any sort of drop scenario but not so good at flinging myself in the air so you've got half of rampage dials you just got to fix the other half just got fixed the other half but that's all right you know if money was no object what would you do it's still racing like I would be if like somebody handed me all that money right now and I could go back to racing I would just do it like that's a hundred% what I want to do. Enduro is not really about the racing. It's like that's the end result of it. It's like all the stories that go into it. Because it's biking. Yeah. Biking's meant. Hey everyone. I'm Chris Hall and this is the downtime podcast, the podcast the true fans of Gravity Mountain Biking, taking you deeper into the sport than anywhere else. This episode is sponsored by Fox Rating and Industry 9, but more about them later. Want to be in a prize draw to win a set of industry 9 wheels of your choice or a full set of the latest Fox Flexair Kit? Well, all you need to do is to take a couple of minutes to fill out

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All right, this week we're catching up with the one and only Katie Winton.

We talk about Katie's worst ever crash that she's been dealing with recently,

how recovery's been going and what that experience has been like, both mentally as well as physically.

From there, we get into some of the adventure racing she's been doing, her trip to Red Bull

rampage and the work she's been doing with crankworks. We also talk about the progression of the women's scene, the current state of enduro coverage and the challenge of trying to figure out what comes next. Katie still wants to race enduro, but as she explains, finding the support to make that happen is not straightforward. There's a lot in this one, recovery, racing, the realities of the sport right now and some

honest reflections on where things are heading. So without further ado, here's Katie Winton.

Katie Winton, welcome back to the downtime podcast. We've done this in Scotland. We've done it remotely

on the internet and we're finally doing it in person in Queensland. In Queensland, in my little house. Welcome.

Thank you. First one as well. I literally got in on the plane last night and yeah, super

nice to see a friendly face. Yeah. Sun's out. Beautiful place to be, eh? Straight in, hustling,

eh? Oh yeah, no messing. How are you?

You've just had, what, the worst crash of your life or the worst injury of your life? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Which is surprising for a lot of people when I tell them that. They're like, oh, you must have gone through major injuries like this all the time. I'm like, no, actually, I've done a pretty good job of staying on. so yeah

took a big crash

on the 4th of January

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