Oregon Trail stage two co-hosted by Sarah Sturm, with Cécile Lejeune

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Payson McElveen

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4.9 • 727 Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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After the punishing 94.7 miles of stage two, Payson and Sarah sit down with Cécile Lejeune, who is currently duking it out for first place in the overall despite having raced fewer than 10 gravel races in her entire career. They recap the day, which included multiple crashes, plenty of interpersonal drama, and a few good samaritans. They also talk about Sarah’s issue with Cécile’s snack choices, the multiple jobs Cécile holds down when she’s not racing, and whether running (her first sport) f...

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0:00.0	I'm Pace McElvin and this is the WithPace podcast.
0:11.7	I knew Morgan was coming on to us and I didn't want her to think that we were working with him.
0:17.8	Oh, that is tricky.
0:19.1	And then the photographers were all there.
0:22.1	And at the worst moment, all of it converged at the same time.
0:26.4	Like, we, he was like looping back as we were passing him.
0:30.8	And the photographers were there as Morgan was catching us.
0:34.4	It was honestly, I was like, oh my God, this looks terrible.
0:43.0	Day two, Oregon Trail, gravel, 2025, 94 miles, I think today, Sarah.
0:53.2	Like five-ish thousand feet of climbing.
0:56.5	See.
0:57.4	But net like 8,500, no, not net.
1:01.2	8,500 of descending.
1:02.6	Yeah, lots of descending.
1:03.8	Net, like 4,500 foot descending, I think.
1:06.6	Yeah.
1:07.3	But luckily it came at the end-ish.
1:10.1	Yeah.
1:10.8	We are at elevation 1, end-ish. Yeah.
1:19.4	We are at elevation 1,000-ish feet now on the coastal side of the Cascades, which I think is super cool.
1:19.7	One of my favorite things about, one thing that I admire about bike races is when they
1:26.9	like really show you a place. and I feel like this race is
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