Girls Gone Gravel podcast

This week Kathryn and Kristi welcome their first ever mother-daughter duo, Melisa Rollins and Lisa Nelson. This pair of Leadville legends has an impressive history with the MTB 100 Race in Leadville, and this year Lisa finished the race for her 20th time! Known by those around her as “The Hammer,” Lisa tells us what prompted her to sign up for the race the very first time back in 2000, and what has kept her coming back year after year. The iconic race has had a massive impact on both women’s lives, and the pair discuss how they have inspired each o...

This week Kathryn and Kristi come to us live from the expo at Gravel Worlds in Lincoln Nebraska. They chat with a handful of racers from the Pro Women’s field before the race, and then catch up with the race winner Rosa Kloser and runner up Gee Schreurs. Tune in to catch the pro’s answer to Kathryn’s rapid fire questions!

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This week on the show we welcome back Lauren Hall to fill us in on all of the recent happenings in the world of cycling. Lauren was on the ground at the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift with the USA Cycling Foundation, and we get all of the inside scoop on what her time was like there. She then headed straight to Leadville to be part of the commentary team and the Leadville Trail 100 Mountain Bike race. Leadville 2025 was an epic day, and the three discuss all of the highlights of the day, as well as a few...

On this week’s show we are joined by runner-turned-cyclist Caroline Wreszin. The LA based athlete got started on the bike in highschool when an injury sidelined her from running, and she was hooked from the first ride. As a self described competitor, Caroline found her way into gravel racing, and despite her first race being icy cold, she hasn’t looked back. Last year Caroline built up her own privateer program and focussed mainly on gravel racing. This year she has her eyes set on some big goals for LA 2028, and has shifted her focus onto the road. Caro...

On this week’s episode we have another interview from Kathryn’s time in Girona this spring. Today she is chatting with the Girona-based, American cyclist Morgan Aguirre. Morgan started cycling in 2019 and quickly fell in love with the sport. She joined a team, and started racing on the road in the US. With a fully remote job, Morgan realized that she had a unique opportunity to relocate from Seattle to somewhere that would allow her to ride her bike outside all year long so she made the move to Girona in 2022 to immerse herself in the world of cycl...

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This week on the show we are throwing it back to April, when Kathryn had a chance to sit down with professional cyclist Danni Shrosbree in Girona ahead of the kick off to her 2025 race season. Growing up as a running and competitive swimmer, Dani dabbled in triathlon a bit, then was recruited to her university rowing team. After university she was looking for an outlet to stay active and found cycling, at first just for fun, but was talked into doing a crit race (which she won) and was hooked from there. From there, Danni worked her way...

On this episode, Kathryn and Kristi welcome back pro racer and Gravel Worlds organizer Hannah Shell. Hannah has always been a huge advocate for women in the gravel space, so when she was asked to join the team of organizers for Gravel Worlds she jumped at the chance. The race takes place in Lincoln, NB, and is a weekend packed full of fun activities for everyone including the world famous “First to Last” Party. The race also offers the biggest single day prize purse in gravel, with $100k on the line for the professionals. Girls Gone Gravel will be at t...

On this episode Kathryn is joined by our friend Brooke Goudy as well as Roam Fest founder Ash Zolton. Roam Fest is a three day mountain bike party in Fruita, Colorado for femme riders to celebrate getting together with like-minded folks who love riding bikes. Ash talks about how Roam Fest came to be, and how the festival has evolved over the years, and the things that haven't changed like creating community and making space for everyone. Brooke and Ash also give expert explanations of the different types of mountain bikes and mountain bike trails for those that are...

This week Kristi is coming to us from live on the ground at SBT GRVL. Listen in as she catches up with gravel pros, age group athletes, race organizer Amity Charity, GRVL Femmes team leader Lani Woods, women’s para division champion Clara Brown, and the epic duo of mom-to-be Iz King and her own mom who took on the ride together. This year the event was spread over two days. Saturday’s non-competitive ride took riders out on a scenic route around Steamboat Springs and offered three different distances to choose from. Sunday’s option featured a pro and am...

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Welcome to our third episode in our SBT GRVL series! This week Kathryn and Kristi welcome cyclist and mom of two, Lani Woods. Lani is captaining a GRVL Femmes team at SBT this coming weekend, leading a group of five women through the event. Lani got her start in cycling after a knee injury in 2020 sidelined her from obstacle course racing. She found joy on the bike, and loved being able to push herself further and further. Lani has raced almost every discipline of cycling, but has gravitated towards ultra endurance events and, more recently, gravel racing. Lani spent...

This week we have our second episode of our special series with SBT GRVL, and we welcome another GRVL Femmes mentor Christie Tracy. Christie is an ultra endurance cycling specialist, who started dabbling in gravel racing about 5 years ago. She recently outright won the 2025 24 hour time trial national championships, beating every other competitor! Christie began her cycling career after doing a triathlon for her 35th birthday, where she got hooked on the challenge of cycling. She has certainly taken that challenge to so many amazing levels, and will be imparting her knowledge to her team at SBT GRVL. Christie...

This is the first episode of a three part series in collaboration with SBT GRVL. Kathryn is joined by guest host and SBT founder Amy Charity, and the pair get the chance to chat with professional cyclist Ellen Noble. Ellen is part of a new initiative by the folks at SBT for 2025 called the SBT GRVL Femmes Challenge mentorship program. The program pairs professional racers with a team of amateur women who want to take on the race at SBT. The mentors will join their teams throughout the whole race, to help them with everything from pacing to nutrition...

Over the past eight years, Feisty Media has grown into a go-to resource for women’s health and performance education.

In this special episode, Feisty CEO Sara Gross and Hit Play Not Pause host Selene Yeager reflect on how Feisty’s content has evolved to meet the real-life needs of active women. From menopause and nutrition to strength training and brain health, Feisty is offering more than ever—including a new suite of comprehensive, on-demand courses.

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What a weekend at UNBOUND Gravel 2025! From epic community events, to next-level racing there was no shortage of action on the ground in Emporia. Thank you to the 80+ women who came out to the More Women More Miles shakeout ride, and to all of you who took the time to share your stories with us. The podcast this week features Kathryn’s live interviews from the pre-race expo with a few podcast fans, as well as Gravel Hall of Famer Amanda Nauman, cycling legend and commentator Meredith Miller, our friend Meredith Root of tactic Nutrition, and Grand Prix athlete Cé...

UNBOUND Gravel is right around the corner, and here at Girls Gone Gravel we could not be more excited! Our crew is making their way to Emporia, but before the race kicks off we are joined by cycling legend Lauren Hall, and Life Time’s VP of Marketing Michelle Duffy Smith to take a deep dive into all things UNBOUND. This year’s 200 mile race will feature nearly 100 elite female racers, so you can be sure there will be no shortage of excitement on race day. 2025 will mark the first year that the race will feature a prize purse for...

On our final episode of our More Women More Miles series we welcome back coach Kristen Legan to walk us through how to not mess up your final two weeks of race prep before UNBOUND. We cover everything from taper workouts to race week nutrition tips, and even how to lay out expectations for your friends and family for your race week. Kristen also goes over her suggestions on logistics prep for race day, with things like calculating food and hydration needs and making sure your crew is prepared with anything you may need at your checkpoint stops. If...

On this week’s show we are joined by runner-turned-cyclist Caroline Wreszin. The LA based athlete got started on the bike in highschool when an injury sidelined her from running, and she was hooked from the first ride. As a self described competitor, Caroline found her way into gravel racing, and despite her first race being icy cold, she hasn’t looked back. Last year Caroline built up her own privateer program and focussed mainly on gravel racing. This year she has her eyes set on some big goals for LA 2028, and has shifted her focus onto the road. Caro...

This week Kathryn & Selene are coming to us live from Girona, Spain, where they have just wrapped up the Feisty x Thompson Tours Gravel Camp and Selene is fresh off finishing the 100k at The Traka gravel race. We hear a little bit about the awesome week at gravel camp, and then Kathryn brings us some on-the-ground interviews from The Traka with 6x mountain bike world champion Annika Langvad, Ada Xinó who was not only a guide for Feisty gravel camp but also finished 3rd in the 560km race, 360km 3rd place finisher and gravel legend Sarah Sturm, 2024 Unbound G...

This week on our More Women More Miles series, we are so lucky to be joined by bike mechanic extraordinaire Casey Wytske. Casey has years of experience working as a mechanic in the cycling industry, and also teaching courses on bike mechanics. In this hands-on session Casey goes over all of the things we need to know in order to get our bikes ready to take on UNBOUND Gravel, or any other gravel event. To start off, she goes over tire selection to maximize comfort, efficiency and safety, as well as tips on how to find the right tire...

This week we welcome artist and cyclist Lisa Congdon. After a handful of charity bike rides, Lisa was drawn into cycling when she moved to Portland as a way to make friends in a new city. With a few years of road riding under her belt, Lisa was drawn into gravel cycling in 2020 and hasn’t looked back. This elementary school teacher-turned artist, activist and cyclist has found a way to beautifully weave together her passions in a meaningful way by creating art that represents the things she is passionate about. Lisa describes how cycling allows her to let he...

Our guest this week is Colorado-based cyclist Michaela Thompson, who joined us a couple of days before the kickoff of the Life Time Grand Prix at Sea Otter Gravel. Originally from Boulder, Michaela now lives in Durango CO. She talks about her upbringing in a family of athletes, and how she made her way from downhill ski racing to joining the cycling team at Boulder High School in her junior year. Michaela joined the Boulder Junior Cycling Club in 2019 where she dabbled in all disciplines of cycling, and qualified as a junior for Cyclocross Worlds in January of 2020. She...

Welcome to our 200th episode! This week Kathryn and Kristi are joined by a very special guest, Heather Jackson. A former professional triathlete, Heather has jumped with both feet into the world of off road racing, claiming impressive results in both gravel cycling AND ultra running. Heather grew up in an athletic family, and her early years in sport were spent on the soccer field and in the ice hockey rink. After her collegiate years playing ice hockey at Princeton, Heather quickly found her way into triathlon and never looked back. In her over 15 years as a professional triathlete...

This week on our More Women More Miles series, we welcome Olympian and 2022 Life Time Grand Prix Champion Haley Smith, fresh off an impressive performance at Cape Epic. ALong with all of her accomplishments on the bike, Haley recently completed her Masters of Science in Sport Psychology and has just started studying for her doctorate. This combination of experience and education makes Haley the perfect person to chat about mental performance when it comes to training and racing epic events. She covers everything from training mindset to tackling pre-race nerves, as well as setting meaningful goals and creating mantras...

As you may know, The Mid South Gravel was meant to take place last weekend in Stillwater, Oklahoma. However, the event had to be cancelled at the last minute due to a devastating wildfire in the area. Past guest Meg Fisher joins Kathryn this week, freshly home from Stillwater, to talk through the weekend’s events. Though Stillwater was spared of any major damage, the neighboring town of Guthrie was hit particularly hard by the fires, and many people there lost everything. Despite the devastation, the gravel community rose to come together on Saturday to show their support for St...

Our special guest this week for More Women More Miles likely needs little introduction in the gravel cycling world. We are joined by writer, cyclist, and host of the Hit Play Not Pau

se Podcast, Selene Yeager. Selene brings her wealth of knowledge on female physiology and hormones, and how we can tailor our training for Unbound Gravel accordingly. This episode gives us a broad overview of hormones in the female life cycle, starting from regular menstruation, through perimenopause, menopause and post menopause. Selene explains how our hormones affect our whole bodies as a system, and how...

This week on the show Kathryn and Kristi are joined by Life Time Grand Prix rookie Stella Hobbs, from Whitefish, MT. Stella grew up competing in nordic ski racing, and after a successful collegiate career she hung up her skis, moved back to Whitefish, and within a couple of years was the proud co-owner of Great Northern Cycle & Ski. She participated in the weekly group road rides, and started mountain biking with her husband. Then in 2020 the weekly shop ride went from pavement to gravel, thanks to the influence of Jess Cera. Although it took Stella a little while...

We are back with another episode in our More Women More Miles series. This week Kathryn is joined by Paige Onweller and Meredith Root, and the trio discuss race day nutrition and how to avoid underfeuling. We start by defining low energy availability, then Paige and Meredith key in on a few strategies on how to avoid underfueling when training for cycling events. Then they switch gears to discuss race day and training nutrition, covering carbohydrate intake as well as electrolyte and sodium intake. They also tackle the age old question; does carb loading really work? Listen in to...

This week we welcome artist and cyclist Lisa Congdon. After a handful of charity bike rides, Lisa was drawn into cycling when she moved to Portland as a way to make friends in a new city. With a few years of road riding under her belt, Lisa was drawn into gravel cycling in 2020 and hasn’t looked back. This elementary school teacher-turned artist, activist and cyclist has found a way to beautifully weave together her passions in a meaningful way by creating art that represents the things she is passionate about. Lisa describes how cycling allows her to let he...

Next up in our More Women More Miles series we are joined by Tactic Nutrition’s Meredith Root and Lynsey Martin. Today’s episode focuses on our daily nutrition off the bike, and why it is important to understand our daily needs to help support our performance on the bike. Lynsey and Meredith break down how we can calculate our caloric and macronutrient intake needs to help ensure that we are fueling our entire day well. They also give some tips for pre- and post-ride nutrition, and how to fuel for those early morning rides when eating breakfast feels like...

For our final show of 2024, Kathryn and Kristi are joined by return guest Heidi Wrentz. Heidi and her partner live in Patagonia, AZ and have been hosting gravel cycling camps and events in the region for over 15 years. They recently launched a new event for 2025, but this time they are breaking out the running shoes! The Daydreamer trail run will be taking place in Patagonia February 27-March 1, 2025. The event will be held at the Patagonia Lumber Co, and will be offering 10km, 30km, and 50 km distances. Heidi fills us in on all of the event details, and also gives...

Continuing our More Women More Miles series, this week we are joined by returning guests Hannah Otto and Meredith Root. In this episode the focus is on balancing strength training with indoor cycling in preparation for UNBOUND or other gravel events. Hannah and Meredith cover topics such as the value of indoor training for athletes, creative ways to build volume into your indoor training, and why it’s important to practice fuelling on your indoor rides. They also dive into how we can incorporate strength training into our cycling programs, and give some details on what that structure can lo...

This week, as part of the More Women More Miles series, we welcome coach, professional gravel racer and 10-year Unbound veteran Kristen Legan. Kristen has trained many athletes in their journeys to Unbound Gravel, and as the official Unbound coach she is the mastermind behind the free training plans that are available on the Unbound website. She talks about the overall picture of building a training plan for a bug gravel race, and underscores the importance of making sure that picture includes rest. While training for a big race like Unbound can feel daunting, Kristen reminds us to not...

Putting on a gravel event for thousands of people is no small task. Our guest this week Amy Charity knows that all too well. Amy is at the helm of the GRVL series which hosts gravel races in FNLD GRVL in Lahti Finland, RDL GRVL in Adelaide Australia, as well as SBT GRVL in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. This year their flagship race, SBT GRVL was met with an enormous new challenge as it faced major resistance from some residents of the small rural community that hosts the event. Amy talks through the challenges of putting on such a large...

Welcome to our 200th episode! This week Kathryn and Kristi are joined by a very special guest, Heather Jackson. A former professional triathlete, Heather has jumped with both feet into the world of off road racing, claiming impressive results in both gravel cycling AND ultra running. Heather grew up in an athletic family, and her early years in sport were spent on the soccer field and in the ice hockey rink. After her collegiate years playing ice hockey at Princeton, Heather quickly found her way into triathlon and never looked back. In her over 15 years as a professional triathlete...

This week Kathryn and Kristi are joined by Meredith Root of Tactic Nutrition to share some big news for 2025. Girls Gone Gravel will be teaming up with Life Time and Tactic Nutrition to create the More Women More Miles community. This is our way of “keeping our foot on the gas” to make sure that women’s participation in big gravel events continues to grow. As a coach, Meredith explains how important it is for women to continue to regularly carve out time and attention for themselves, no matter how small or big your goals may be. The More Women...

Here we go again with the bombardment of “New Year, New You” ads and messages to “eat this, not that,” or “do this specific workout for 30 days to get amazing abs.” You know the drill and they’re probably in your feed as we speak. 

In this first-of-its kind episode, Feisty Media podcast hosts Kathryn Taylor (Girls Gone Gravel), Sara Gross (Women’s Performance Podcast), Kelly O’Mara (If We Were Riding), and Selene Yeager (Hit Play Not Pause) unite for a candid conversation about these societal pressures of New Year's resolutions and the pitfalls of Fitness Challenges within w...

For our final show of 2024, Kathryn and Kristi are joined by return guest Heidi Rentz. Heidi and her partner live in Patagonia, AZ and have been hosting gravel cycling camps and events in the region for over 15 years. They recently launched a new event for 2025, but this time they are breaking out the running shoes! The Daydreamer trail run will be taking place in Patagonia February 27-March 1, 2025. The event will be held at the Patagonia Lumber Co, and will be offering 10km, 30km, and 50 km distances. Heidi fills us in on all of the event details, and also gives...

Geerike “Gee” Schruers was a soigneur on the women’s pro tour for over 10 years, taking care of some of the best riders in the world to help them perform at their best. However, last year she was tempted by the growing gravel scene, and made the jump to professional racing herself. Gee joined up with Specialized and is the only Specialized/SD Worx rider that focuses solely on gravel. She tells us about joining up with the rest of the road team for her very first training camp, and what she learned from her years as a soigneur that s...