Kimo Seymour, President of Events and Media at Life Time, on a new era of off-road racing

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Payson McElveen

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4.8 • 766 Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2021

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

In his role as President of Events and Media at Life Time, Kimo Seymour has been instrumental in the acquisition and shaping of mass participation off-road events such as Unbound Gravel and Leadville. Last week, Life Time announced a first-of-its-kind gravel series, where 40 professional riders (20 male and 20 female) will vie for $250,000 in prize money over the course of six races. The series, known as the Grand Prix, is comprised of three gravel races and three cross country races, i...

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0:00.0	you know, I've been asked a number of times, you know, why the Grand Prix? And, you know, we did it because,
0:04.7	you know, I feel like for cycling as a sport, someone has to step up and take a run at it.
0:10.9	Someday, if we get to a point where, you know, non-indemic sponsors, when United Airlines and
0:17.6	Bank of America and Chevrolet starts sponsoring stepping in and sponsoring athletes or
0:24.8	events like they were 20 years ago in the Lance Armstrong era. That's when we know we've created
0:29.6	something and something good is happening to the sport. It's showtime everybody. Showtime!
0:37.2	You've been living in the dream world, Neil.
0:40.9	This is the world as it exists today.
0:45.8	Life moves pretty fast.
0:48.2	You don't stop and look around once in a while.
0:50.6	You could miss it.
0:53.8	Listen, we're talking about practice.
0:57.0	Repeat on the dude's room.
0:58.0	Donnie, you're out of your element.
1:01.0	I see, you think this has nothing to do with you.
1:05.0	Don't ever trash talk black Jesus.
1:10.0	This is the adventure stash with Payson McElvin.
1:14.2	Hello everyone.
1:15.4	Welcome back to the show.
1:16.9	Kimo Seymour today.
1:18.1	That might not be a name that many of you all are familiar with.
1:22.1	And yet, chemo is as responsible as just about anybody for helping create and add to this incredible momentum
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