Leadville recap with Michaela Thompson and John Gaston

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Payson McElveen

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4.9 • 727 Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2024

⏱️ 108 minutes

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Summary

To recap this year's Leadville, Payson sits down with two riders who had some of the most impressive results on the day, Michaela Thompson and John Gaston. Michaela rode to third place this year, a full hour faster than her time last year. She talks about returning to Leadville ready to change the narrative, gives a play-by-play of the race, and talks about the emotional moment she shared with Sofía Gómez Villafane at the finish. John Gaston placed second at Leadville, even though cycling isn...

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0:00.0	I thought I was tapped out. I mean, without joking aside, like 2015, I did Leadville. I think I finished in like a 648, I want to say that year.
0:07.8	And I 100% thought that was my ceiling as a bike rider. Like no questions asked.
0:13.9	There was no way I would ever get faster than a 648 Leadville, you know, as the broadcasters would have it right.
0:20.2	Like I should be
0:21.1	retired and like a DS in the car at this stage in the game.
0:25.3	It's showtime, everybody.
0:27.5	Showtime!
0:30.1	You've been living in a dream world, Neil.
0:33.8	This is the world as it exists today.
0:40.3	Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while.
0:43.3	You could miss it.
0:45.3	Listen, we're talking about practice.
0:49.3	Repeat on the dude's room.
0:51.3	Donnie, you're out of your element.
0:53.3	I see you think this has nothing to do with you.
0:57.6	Don't ever trash talk black Jesus.
1:02.4	This is the Adventure Stash with Payson McAlvin.
1:07.1	Hello everyone and welcome back to the show.
1:10.1	I'm recording this the evening before steamboat gravel.
1:15.2	Before anything else, I want to briefly acknowledge some hard news. Our cycling community received yesterday.
1:23.3	One of my dearest and longest standing race friends, Howard Gratz, was involved in a
1:28.4	really bad crash, about a mile from the finish of Breck Epic yesterday.
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