Putting in Work – Junior to Elite With Ethan Craik
Downtime - The Mountain Bike Podcast
Downtime MTB
4.9 • 628 Ratings
🗓️ 30 August 2022
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
Ethan Craik has had an incredible first elite season taking an incredible 7th place in Mont Sainte Anne. We sat down to find out more about this upcoming talent. Hear about Ethan’s background in high-level BMX racing. Find out how he ended up riding for GT Factory Racing and what that support has meant for him. We dig into Ethan’s process, his warm-up routine, how he finds his race pace and plenty more. So sit back, hit play and listen to this episode with Ethan Craik.
You can follow Ethan on Instagram @ethancraik.
Supporting Partners
Wahoo
A market leader in Road cycling, Wahoo are relatively new to the mountain bike world, but are serious about getting involved. They are already supporting top athletes like Tahnee Seagrave, Danny Hart, Wyn Masters, Brendan Fairclough, and Loic Bruni, along with many others too.
Wahoo were kind enough to support my training for the EWS100 and since November last year I’ve been using Wahoo’s products and found them intuitive, robust and a great addition to my training. Their GPS watch the ELEMNT RIVAL, their GPS computer the ELEMNT BOLT, and a Wahoo KICKR smart trainer were my choices, all combined with the super comfy TICKR heart rate strap. You can also check out their online one stop training and virtual racing platform, Wahoo X.
You can check out all that Wahoo have to offer over at wahoofitness.com.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, I'm Chris Hall and you're listening to the downtime podcast, where we delve deep into the gravity-based side of mountain biking. |
| 0:10.7 | First up, I want to thank our supporting partner for this month, and that's Wahoo. |
| 0:14.4 | Wahoo are a market leader in road cycling, but still relatively new to the mountain bike world. |
| 0:18.8 | However, they're super serious about getting stuck in and are already supporting top athletes like Tiny Seagrave, Danny Hart, Wimmasters, Brendan Fairclough, Loic Bruni and many more, and I'm stoked for them to be supporting the podcast this month. Wahoo kindly supported my training for the EWS 100 in the Tweed Valley earlier this year. That means I've been using WAHU products since |
| 0:37.9 | November last year and I've personally found them to be really intuitive, robust and a great |
| 0:42.4 | addition to my riding and training. The GPS watch, the element rival, provides you with |
| 0:46.7 | everything you need for tracking your training right there on your wrist. With customizable profiles |
| 0:51.2 | for each activity, it's your perfect companion for riding, gym sessions, |
| 0:55.0 | indoor sessions and much more. |
| 0:57.0 | If you want a GPS computer to mount on your bike, you've got the element bolt or rome to choose from. |
| 1:02.0 | I've been using the bolt, which is the smaller of the two. |
| 1:04.0 | It's got fully customizable data screens on a super easy-to-read display, and it connects to your phone for super simple setup. I also have a |
| 1:12.0 | Wahu kicker smart trainer which has been invaluable for targeted interval sessions allowing me to |
| 1:16.7 | really take my training up a notch. Pair the kicker with Wauhu X, they're one-stop shop for |
| 1:21.4 | training and virtual racing platforms and you never know you might even start to enjoy some indoor |
| 1:26.2 | training. All of those pair with the awesome Wahoo tick a heart rate strap, |
| 1:30.2 | which is super comfortable to wear and gives you the most accurate heart rate data for all your training. |
| 1:35.1 | You can check out all that Wahoo has to offer over at WahooFitness.com. |
| 1:39.5 | While you're here, don't forget to subscribe or follow the podcast so you never miss an episode. |
| 1:43.9 | There's buttons to help you get that done over at downtimepodcast.com for slash subscribe. Merch is available if you want to support the show. That's over at downtimepodcast.com for slash shop. Also, I'd love as many of you as possible to get behind our print project with the awesome team over at Miss Spent Summers. It's called Downtime EP. |
| 2:01.3 | It comes out twice a year and it's a timeless, beautiful piece of mountain bike history to have, hold, read and cherish. |
| 2:07.6 | You can get single copies of back issues or you can save yourself a bit of money by treating |
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