Hey everybody. How is it going? It has been a while, hasn't it? Thank you so much for tuning in. As always, this is the

Pillars podcast. I am your host, Dylan Bowman. And today I am very excited to share a conversation

with professional cyclist and Red Bull teammate of mine, Mr. Tim Johnson. Of course,

most of the time on this show, we focus on trail and

ultrrunning, but for those who know me, you know that I am a fanatic of literally almost every sport in the

world, including cycling. And more than being a fan of sports, I am just a huge fan of athletes. And Tim is a

great athlete and he truly represents what it means to be a great ambassador who has a long-term

impact on his sport. And honestly, his career is something I aspire to emulate within trail running to

whatever extent I can but in his heyday Tim was one of the best cycle across

athletes in the world he earned six national championships among many many other

accolades he also raced professionally in Europe

during the height of the doping era. And so it was really fascinating to hear him talk about that,

just how heartbreaking it was for him, but also how that experience helped to shift his career towards cyclocross,

where he ultimately had huge success.

And I think more than anything, it is Tim's post-racing career that I admire the most.

After he retired from pro racing, Tim remained around the scene as an ambassador

and has really helped to shepherd the sport forward as the director of development for USA cycling, where he used his experience, his relationships, his reputation to look after the aspiring pro riders who came behind him.

Tim is now the director of performance for Super Sabians, a continuous glucose monitoring technology

company, which we talk about at the end.

But he's just an awesome guy.

Honestly, this one felt a little rushed. We had a hard stop,

and I had much more that I wanted to get into, but we didn't have a lot of time. So we'll just

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