Duo Athlete
Hi! We’re Shayna and Frank. We’re a couple of athletes here to talk about training, racing, bikes, running, our relationship, and all the chaos that comes with trying to fit endurance sports into real life.Thanks for listening! Follow Duo Athlete so you don’t miss new episodes.Bike. Run. Real Life.
Team Dynamics: Racing, Crewing, and Building Community
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In this episode of the Duo Athlete Podcast, we talk about the team side of endurance sports — from riding with teammates at Unbound, to leading a local race team, to organizing Dragon’s Back XC, to the very real stress of being someone’s crew on race day.
We get into what it feels like to build community through racing, why SAG stops are more complicated than they look, how couples make race decisions together, and why finishing one big event somehow leads straight into searching for the next one.
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Unbound Unfinished: Mechanical Chaos, Remote Crewing, and a Hard DNF
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In this episode, we recap Frank’s wild day at Unbound Gravel — a race that started strong and quickly turned into mud, mechanical chaos, roadside bike repairs, and eventually a tough DNF.
Frank walks through what happened when his drivetrain stopped cooperating, how he tried to turn the bike into a single speed, and the very unhinged moment of trying to straighten a bent chainring with a rock on the side of the road. Meanwhile, Shayna was attempting to crew remotely from home using maps, Garmin LiveTrack, Apple location sharing, and a wh...
Training for Marji, Leadville & Life as Duo Athletes
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We’re Shayna and Frank — partners and amateur endurance athletes . . . training for mountain bike races, ultra runs, gravel events, and some questionable ideas that sounded fun at the time.
In episode one, we talk about training for Marji Gesick 100 "Worst of Both Worlds," Shayna’s return to running and MTB skills journey, Frank’s Leadville 100 experience, and how cycling and running fit together when you love both.
We also cover Big Frog 65, Snake Creek Gap, Oak Mountain 50K, training as a couple, and the chaos of starting a podcast with no m...
