Monica Garrison | Opening Doors to Sport and Community

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🗓️ 10 November 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

In 2013, Monica Garrison rediscovered cycling as a means to manage stress, stay fit and spend time with her kids. What she gained were mental and physical benefits so powerful that she founded Black Girls Do Bike (BGDB) that same year. An organization that empowers all women to connect and experience the joy of cycling, it’s especially dedicated to opening doors for women of color and addressing health disparities. Now with over 100 chapters, BGDB allows women from across the world to form a deep sense of community through their passion for cycling and for giving back. On this episode, we hear from Monica and other inspiring BGDB members about their experiences with the group and their mission to democratize wellness.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Brendan Collinsworth and you're listening to Trained Body and Mind.
0:05.0	Oh, hello, welcome to Trained Body and Mind, a podcast exploring the cutting edge of
0:10.5	holistic fitness.
0:11.5	I'm your host Jacqueline Byer.
0:13.8	Each episode I connect with the world's leading experts and athletes to talk about mindset,
0:18.3	movement, nutrition, recovery, and sleep.
0:21.4	What we like to call the five facets of fitness.
0:23.8	Today, I'm talking with a founder of a remarkable grassroots bicycling organization that has
0:29.0	exploded across the United States.
0:36.0	There's a saying in the cycling community that every turn of the will is a revolution.
0:41.8	Play on words, but also true in so many ways because cycling allows you to, in most cases,
0:47.6	do things you didn't think you could do and that has an effect on the mind.
0:52.5	And it's liberating too in a way where if you have all these women who are working towards
0:58.5	the same goal and you achieve it, then it does translate into other parts of your life
1:03.4	where you're thinking, man, what else could I accomplish if I put my mind and energy to
1:07.2	it and don't take no for an answer?
1:11.9	That's Monica Garrison, founder of Black Girls Do Bike.
1:14.9	It's a US-based cycling community for women of color.
1:18.3	And when Monica uses words like revolution and liberation, she's not grandstanding.
1:23.6	Both recreational and commuter biking is overwhelmingly dominated by white men.
1:28.6	And in contrast, only about 6 or 7 percent of US cyclists are black or brown.
1:34.6	But as you'll hear in this episode, race is only a small part of the story.
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