Dirty Kitten Radio Cat Chat Ep. 24 - Meet Kate “KJ” Phillips: New DKR Team Guest Rider & MABRA Women/WTFNB Board Representative

Kate has been an athlete most of her life. In the last few years since the start of the pandemic, she has become more focused on cycling (road, gravel, cross, and now mtb). Kate was also recently elected as the new Women's (WTFNB) Representative on the MABRA (Mid-Atlantic Bicycle Racing Association) Board of Directors.

Alex talks with Kate about her athletic background, cycling goals, and ideas for supporting underrepresented communities in cycling (such as women, trans, femme, non-binary, and BIPOC riders). What does "equity in sport" look like and how can we support ALL riders going forward?

Follow Kate on Instagram: @Kjincadence For more Dirty Kitten info, visit our website: www.dirtykittengravel.com

Dirty Kitten Radio "Cat Chat" Episode 23: Accountabilabuddies & Winter Training w/ Kari Hutson

Alex & Kari discuss winter training, preparing for cold-weather riding, trainer woes, and tips for staying motivated through the winter. Kari (Columbus, OH) is a DKR team rider, Ohio Gravel Grinders Ride Leader, Ultra-Endurance Athlete/Cyclist, Event Director/Series Manager, Basecamp Endurance Training Athlete, and Cycling Brand Ambassador.

Kari's winter riding tips:

• Find a community to help keep you motivated (your “accountabilabuddies”)

• Watch a show or movie that’s reserved for trainer-only time

• Practice your nutrition & hydration while riding inside

• Take the excuses out of it (plan ahead)

• Treat yourself & have fun with it!

Follow Kari on Instagram: @hutsonk09 For more Dirty Kitten info, visit our website: www.dirtykittengravel.com

Dirty Kitten Radio “Cat Chat” Episode #22: Goal Setting & Training Tips w/ Adam Diem (Carpe Diem Endurance Coaching)

Coach Adam lives in Cleveland, OH with his wife and kids. He is the Founder & Owner of Carpe Diem Endurance Coaching, as well as the Event Director for both Roughneck Gravel Roubaix & Rock Oil Foliage Frenzy (Oil Valley Endurance). In this episode, Alex and Adam discuss goal setting and training tips.

What are your goals? What’s the plan? How are you going to approach and achieve them? Coach Adams's top goal setting tips are: Break it Down; Narrow the Focus; Create Strategies; Commit; Practice, Practice, Practice; Set Supporting Goals; Have a Back Up Plan; Constantly Reassess.

To find out more about Coach Adam & Carpe Diem Endurance Coaching (CDE), visit their website. To learn about the Roughneck Gravel Roubaix, visit the event website.

For more Dirty Kitten info, visit our website: www.dirtykittengravel.com

Dirty Kitten Radio “Cat Chat” Episode #20: Doing Good Things for your Mental Health w/ Jess Santora-Sikorski. Jess lives in Southern Maryland and works as an 8th grade Math teacher. She is also a St. Jude Hero, Influencer, Hype Girl, DKR Guest Rider, and Host on the infamous Mid-Atlantic Gravel, Travel, & Dirt Podcast. In this episode, Alex & Jess discuss how cycling & running (and just moving in general) can contribute positively to mental health & wellness. Some of Jess's mantra's include: "Do good things for your mental health; Perseverance through problems; Work through the suck; My anxiety is kind of my super power; I want to be part of a group that includes people; You get to do this!" Follow Jess on Instagram: @jess_santora

For more Dirty Kitten info, visit our website: www.dirtykittengravel.com

Dirty Kitten Radio "Cat Chat" Episode #19: Rescue Pets, Bike Polo, Mental Health, and Guest Riding. Alex chats with DKR Team Guest Rider (Technical Learning Advisor, Bissell Pet Charity Volunteer Coordinator, Subaru Ambassador), Sharon Finkbeiner, about the various activities she does: playing bike polo (and making her own mallets), mountain biking (trail & enduro), racing cyclocross (not so much anymore), volunteering with a pet charity (Bissell Pet Foundation), slinging Subaru swag (as an ambassador), traveling the world (hopefully hiking the Andes), and helping at Dirty Kitten events as a guest rider (DKGR 5.0). Enjoy the show!

For more Dirty Kitten info, visit us at www.dirtykittengravel.com

Dirty Kitten Radio "Cat Chat" Episode #18: Bikes, Blood, and Books with Amanda Headlee. Alex chats with DKR Team Guest Rider (program manager, author, cyclist, duathlete, hiker, and adventurer), Amanda Headlee, about her side-gig as a "crafter of dark fiction" (dark fiction/horror fiction writer) and how she attempts to balance ALL the things in her life: work, training, writing, and relationships. "With a love of scary stories and folklore, Amanda Headlee spent her entire life crafting works of dark fiction. She has a fascination with the emotion of fear and believes it is the first emotion humans feel at the moment they are born. Most of her work focuses on dark fiction associated with folklore and cosmic horror. The fear of humanity’s insignificance in the vastness of the Universe intrigues her. By day, Amanda is a program manager; by night, she is a wandering wonderer. When she isn’t writing or working, she can be found logging insane miles on one of her many bikes or hiking the Appalachian Mountains." Visit Amanda's website and follow her on social media (@amandaheadlee). For more Dirty Kitten info, visit us at dirtykittengravel.com