Leadville recap, with Torbjørn Røed, Cecily Decker, Emily Fagan, and key takeaways

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Payson McElveen

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4.9 • 727 Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2025

⏱️ 125 minutes

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Summary

In this packed Leadville 100 recap, Payson chats with 4th-place finisher Torbjørn Røed about his journey to the Grand Prix and their sprint finish last weekend. Then, he talks to Cecily Decker (aka Diesel Decker), who saw her months-long preparation for the race pay off when she took third place on the day and the top spot in the Grand Prix standings. Later, he chats with Emily Fagan, a middle school math and English teacher from North Carolina who took home the “Last Ass Over the Pass” troph...

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0:00.0	I'm Pace McElvin and this is the WithPace podcast.
0:05.0	That's where my race began at about mile 79, where I knew that anything that was coming out of my body came from a really deep place that I needed
0:22.9	to access because I did I did want to stop I'll be honest I did want to stop and then
0:27.5	that's where it happened I clicked I clicked my switch said all right girl it's time
0:33.2	so put on a little chat stick to get rid of that wind and took off.
0:42.5	Hello, everyone, and welcome back.
0:43.7	Thanks for listening.
0:47.4	We have a pack show today, recapping the Ludville 100.
0:51.4	Three interviews, a little update on the Grand Prix points,
0:55.2	including the U23 competition, which I don't think has gotten near enough attention this year.
0:58.6	And I'll also spend a quick minute on what I think were the biggest storylines from the race
1:03.4	this year.
1:04.4	Most of them probably won't surprise you, but I did want to share a couple of brief thoughts
1:08.2	on each.
1:09.4	But first, we'll start with everyone's favorite section,
1:12.5	the voice memos submitted by you,
1:14.9	the listeners,
1:15.9	who were in attendance this year.
1:18.8	And after that,
1:20.7	we'll have interviews with podium finishers Torbjorn Road,
1:23.7	Cessaly Decker,
1:25.1	and we'll round things out with a very special guest.
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