Larissa Connors

The Forward

Lance Armstrong

Lancearmstrong, Theforward, Sports, Arts, Wedu, Forward

4.5 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2017

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Larissa Connors is a professional mountain bike racer and the recent winner of the Leadville 100. In her “spare” time she is a full time math teacher in California. Larissa was in Aspen for the WEDU FIFTY and sat down with Lance to talk riding bikes and juggling a full time job. She may be the happiest guest we have had on The Forward. She also went out and won the women’s field in the FIFTY the day after the interview and returned to California that night to teach school on Monday morning.

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0:00.0	All right, welcome back to the Ford Podcast.
0:03.0	I'm your host Lance Armstrong.
0:06.0	My guest this week, Larissa Connors.
0:09.0	Not her typical guest here on the forward.
0:12.0	However, she is such a badass on the way she smoked all these other gals and a whole lot of dudes at this year's
0:21.2	Lead Bull Hunter to Mount Mike Rice. We just had to have her and then the energy
0:26.2	that she brings to life to her sport to her kids by the way she's a full-time teacher so one of the best mountain bikers in the world
0:37.6	and teaches full-time go figure that out I had to talk to this girl and it was I had heard she had
0:47.0	crazy energy and was was always ready but this was something that that I didn't see coming but before we get to Larissa I just want to say right quick
1:01.8	A decade is a long time. We all know that. It's 10 years. And imagine being an
1:10.4	athlete and competing in something or being a team and competing against another team and not having beaten your biggest rival for a decade.
1:22.0	It's not good.
1:24.0	Well my son, as I say every week, because I love to talk about Luke and brag about Luke and
1:27.4	brag about his team, a place for the West Lake High Shaps here and just outside of Austin. Their main rival is the Lake Travis Cavaliers.
1:38.5	And we haven't beaten Lake Travis in 10 years. That ended last Friday night. Lake Travis won the state
1:46.6	championships last year. Big Robert Reed, this was a home game, so proud of Luke and his entire team for breaking a 10 year old losing
2:00.0	streak. Played great. Tight game by the the way, this wasn't a blowout.
2:04.0	They pushed us, but I've never seen Luke so emotional about a football game.
2:11.0	Congratulations, Chaps. Also spent last Sunday up in Fort Worth at our Melo Johnny's location up there.
2:19.0	Been two years, been an amazing run, businesses crank and that part of Fort Worth, that part of the city is booming.
2:26.7	Crawford Edwards, our partner in that property is a great friend and a great partner. Thanks to everybody for showing up. Thanks for tuning in. Enjoy
2:35.5	Larissa. She's full of energy. So if you want somebody to sit there and sing you bedtime stories and bedtime songs tune out of this one
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