meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Wild Ideas Worth Living

Making Room to Dream with Ryan Kinder

Wild Ideas Worth Living

REI Co-op

Rei, Writing, Trailrunning, Mountaineering, Author, Sailing, Girlboss, Sports, Environmentalism, Lifestyle, Health, Entrepreneurship, Snowboarding, Paddle, Activelifestyle, Outdoorsports, Rockclimbing, Health & Fitness, Running, Surfing, Inspiration, Athlete, Skiing, Nutrition, Vegan, Alternativelifestyle, Watersports, Podcast, Camping, Climbing, Yoga, Travel, Society & Culture, Snowsports, Places & Travel, Cycling, Backpacking, Fitness, Adventure, Wilderness, Endurancesports, Wildideas, Outdoors, Sup, Womensadventure

4.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Nashville musician Ryan Kinder has found a love outside of writing and performing music—Ironman competitions.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Brian Kinder is a singer-songwriter and Nashville, Tennessee, also known as Music City

0:11.6

USA, where he writes country tunes, infused with soul, rock, and pop vibes.

0:17.6

He spends his days balancing between writing sessions and the recording studio.

0:22.5

With so much time and effort dedicated to his musical career, it's amazing that he finds

0:27.3

the time for other passions.

0:29.8

For a few years ago, Ryan decided to take on a new challenge that would change his life.

0:34.9

He started training for an Iron Man triathlon.

0:39.1

I'm Shelby Stenger in this as well, ideas worth living.

0:56.4

In order to compete in an Iron Man competition, you need a ton of motivation in serious

1:01.7

skills.

1:03.2

Training entails months of rolling workouts, nutrition education, and practicing with various

1:08.6

gear.

1:10.8

Ryan never really considered entering a competition like this, but that changed when his friend

1:16.0

Kyle got sick.

1:18.2

Every year, Kyle cycled in a 440-mile bike race called the Torre de Neche's Trace.

1:25.0

When he got so sick, he could no longer race, Ryan vowed that he would take his place

1:29.8

and finish it for him.

1:35.4

You've competed in several Iron Man's, not just little triathlons, Iron Man's.

1:41.7

How did you get into it?

1:43.4

It's not often that we hear of country music stars who are also Iron Man athletes.

1:48.8

There's only been one other one as names Chuck Wicks, and we got to be friends long before

1:53.2

I started doing Iron Man's.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from REI Co-op, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of REI Co-op and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.