Athletes Unfiltered – Strava Podcast
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Athletes Unfiltered – Strava Podcast
We’re going deeper than ever before and exploring what it means to be an athlete. Our guests range from pro cyclist Laurens ten Dam, who speaks about his struggles in the pro peloton and the time when his career almost ended, to Mirna Valerio, author of the blog “Fat Girl Running” who is trying to c...
Recent Episodes
13 episodes
Becoming a Marathoner: Live from New York
Over 52,000 people ran the 2019 New York City Marathon. Some were fast, some were less fast, but they all ran the same course, and the same distance,...
Tom and Brian Williams: Chasing Ghosts at the Comrades Marathon
Before Brian Williams and his son Tom set off to run the Comrades Marathon – an 86.8 kilometer race in South Africa, Brian’s mind was already at the f...
Dr. Rachel McKinnon: Fighting For The Right to Ride
Most athletes don’t have to fight for the right to compete in the sport they love. The vast majority of us can just sign up and race. For Rachel McKin...
Laurens ten Dam: Live Slow, Ride Fast
“I only won two races in my career and I had a 16-year career, so that would be a shit career if it was about winning for me.” Many cycling fans might...
Susie Chan: Overcoming Injury and Rediscovering Ultra
Susie Chan didn’t start running until she was almost 40 years old, but she didn’t waste any time. She went all in, racing ultras like the Marathon Des...
Rickey Gates: Every Single Street
After finishing a 3,000 mile run across the US, Rickey Gates had a strange feeling that he’d missed something. His route showed him a super thin slice...
Mirna Valerio: This Is What a Runner Looks Like
When Mirna first started running, she wasn’t very good at it. The body she has isn’t most people’s image of a “runner’s body”.
“It's a fat body....
How did I get here?
On this episode of Athletes Unfiltered, we’ll speak to three athletes who asked themselves, “How did I get here?” We’ll introduce you to Mimi Anderson...
Going Farther Together
In this episode, we show how sport can help us overcome self-doubt, help us make new friends and face up to problems we could never overcome alone. We...
Getting Better With Age
In this episode, we speak with three athletes who are getting better with age. Gene has run 200-milers and has a marathon PR of 2:54:23 - the fastest...
Rising From the Ashes
Three stories of people who were faced with overwhelming adversity and how they persevered. We’ll introduce you to a mountain biker who’s rebuilding t...
When Everything Turns Upside Down
Imagine being a world-class trail runner one moment, and then the next thing you remember is waking up in a hospital bed, surrounded by unfamiliar fac...
Just a Little Warmup
In the first season of the new podcast from Strava, Athletes Unfiltered, we’re exploring athlete motivations. We’ll introduce you to a rock drummer wh...