Off-season Adventures: 2x Olympian Ruth Winder and Enduro World Champion Jesse Melamed

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Payson McElveen

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🗓️ 1 January 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

In the third installment of our series about pros in the off-season, Payson chats with two cyclists from different sides of the racing world: former WorldTour rider-turned-gravel racer Ruth Winder, and the 2022 EWS World Champion Jesse Melamed. Ruth talks about recuperating from a mentally grueling season. After retiring from the WorldTour, she decided to compete in the Lifetime Grand Prix last year but came up against some unexpected hurdles. She talks about the work she’s done in the off-se...

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0:00.0	I would have cold track up and been like, forget this.
0:03.4	Like, I don't want to do bikes anymore.
0:04.9	I just can't do bikes.
0:05.9	I need a break.
0:06.5	I get on the start line and I'm like stressed.
0:09.1	I have expectations on myself.
0:10.7	I feel expectations from others.
0:12.2	People are like, two-time Olympian, Ruth Winda, what's she going to do?
0:15.0	And I'm like, why am I here?
0:16.2	What am I doing?
0:16.9	This isn't what I want to be doing. So the difference between now and sea otter is just like a lot of work on myself
0:23.6	and how I can fit bikes into my life and not have it be some like emotionally overwhelming, consuming part of me.
0:33.6	It's showtime everybody! Showtime!
0:41.5	You've been living in a dream world, Neil.
0:45.9	This is the world as it exists today.
0:49.4	Life moves pretty fast.
0:52.0	You don't stop and look around once in a while.
0:53.4	You could miss it. Listen, we're talking about practice.
0:58.0	Repeat on the dude's room.
1:00.0	Donnie, you're out of your element.
1:02.0	I see you think this has nothing to do with you.
1:06.0	Don't ever trash talk black Jesus.
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