Michaela Thompson is an incredible athlete and human being. With her 3rd place finish at Leadville a few weeks ago, she put herself on the map and is going to start marking her territory. And at only 22 years old, the cycling world better watch out, because she's got an exciting career ahead.

In our conversation, we talk about Michaela's background in cycling and racing, her early success as a Jr., her experience at Leadville, and the importance of approaching racing and life with curiosity and appreciation for the opportunity.

You can follow her cycling career on instagram here:

https://www.instagram.com/michaelamthompson/

and on Strava here:

https://www.strava.com/pros/24916063

Welcome everybody to the Uphill Goat! A high-performance podcast to help you be your best!

Today's guest is Jess Clapier, a Utah road racer who has won East Canyon Cat 1 Road Race, Mirror Lake Cat 1 Road Race, shared the podium with Olympian Howard Grotts at the Iron Horse Stage Race, and much more.

Jump into today's episode to hear all about his journey!

Go give Jess a follow on Strava and Instagram.

Strava: https://www.strava.com/athletes/11665028

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jess_clapier/

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The Uphill Goat is back! I had this conversation with Danny back in January, and I'm super excited for all of you to be able to enjoy it now.

Danny is a professional marathon mountain bike racer, racing the UCI marathon World Cup circuit in Europe along with other big one-day races.

In this episode, we dive into his journey of racing from a teenager at the National Championships with Keegan Swenson to his current goals and hopes as he balances being a husband, and father, working full time, and racing professionally.

Danny is super impressive on the bike and an even more impressive person. I loved chatting with him and learned a lot about discipline, grit, and following your dreams from our conversation. I hope you'll enjoy it as much as I did.

In this episode we talk about Keegan Swenson, and potential reasons to his constant and consistent victories this year. We talk about Alabama football and Coach Sabin's ability to recognize swings in sport, any how that can be applied to racing and being on the edge of change rather than late to it.

Have you found the starts of your XC races to be wild and crazy. It's because people haven't settled in yet.

Listen to this episode to find out what I call the 5 minute rule.