Morgan Aguirre on leaving the U.S. for European gravel

The Adventure Stache

Payson McElveen

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4.9 • 727 Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2024

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

In 2019, Morgan Aguirre decided to step outside of her comfort zone. Having never competed in any sports, she rented a bike from her local Trek store with the goal of riding 50 miles. Things escalated quickly, and soon, fellow Seattle resident (and now WorldTour rider) Veronica Ewers saw her posts on Strava and asked her to join the Fount Cycling Guild, a Seattle-based team geared towards new riders. But just as her aptitude for road racing was becoming increasingly apparent, Morgan made an u...

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0:00.0	Learning like how to suffer was something that I've always really struggled with.
0:05.0	Like to go to that really dark place and get comfortable there has been hard.
0:10.0	And this was the race where I decided, okay, like you have to believe you can win the race.
0:16.0	Even if you, somewhere deep down, you don't think you can.
0:19.0	You got to like fake it until you make it.
0:22.2	So that's kind of what this felt like.
0:25.4	And yeah, then having it all come together was like, wow, what now?
0:30.1	It's showtime, everybody.
0:32.3	Showtime!
0:35.0	You've been living in a dream world, Neil.
0:41.3	This is the world as it exists today.
0:45.3	Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while.
0:48.3	You could miss it.
0:50.3	Listen, we talk about practice.
0:53.3	Repeat on the dude's room. Donnie, you're out of your element. Listen, we talk about practice.
0:55.9	Repeat on the dude's room.
0:57.8	Donnie, you're out of your element.
1:01.1	I see, you think this has nothing to do with you.
1:05.2	Don't ever trash talk black Jesus.
1:10.2	This is the adventure stash with Payson McElvin.
1:12.6	Hello, everyone.
1:13.2	Welcome back.
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