Lael Wilcox on the Tour Divide, the Triple Crown, and riding around the world

The Adventure Stache

Payson McElveen

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4.9 • 727 Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2023

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

The queen of ultra-endurance cycling returns to the show to talk about her punishing experience at this year’s Tour Divide, her upcoming stab at the Colorado Trail race, and her plan to race around the world, which she devised while riding several thousand miles to the start of the Tour Divide. After setting countless course records on bikepacking routes around the world, Lael is focusing all her energy on racing this year. Following her grueling experience on the Tour Divide that saw her cou...

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0:00.0	I'd gotten to this like campground.
0:01.8	I was like, great, I can get water.
0:04.3	The water didn't work.
0:06.2	And so then I just went to the camp host area and stole some out of the back of his truck.
0:14.1	And then I'm like sleeping on this picnic table.
0:17.1	And then like I wake up like, I mean, it's like a body coming out of a casket and just throw up all over my bivie.
0:25.5	No way.
0:26.3	Yeah.
0:26.5	It was like maybe the Campos water was bad.
0:31.2	And then I was like, uh-oh, this is bad.
0:34.8	It's showtime everybody.
0:37.0	Showtime!
0:39.6	You've been living in a dream world, Neil.
0:43.3	This is the world as it exists today.
0:48.2	Life moves pretty fast.
0:50.6	You don't stop and look around once in a while.
0:53.1	You could miss it.
0:58.5	Listen, we're talking about practice Repeat on the dude's room
1:00.6	Donnie, you're out of your element
1:02.5	I see you think this has nothing to do with you
1:05.8	Don't ever
1:08.1	Trash Talk Black Jesus
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