Savilia Blunk 6X USA Mountain Biking National Champion…Ep135

11/17/22 • 50 min

Savilia Blunk was raised in rural Northern California. As the youngest of three, she spent her childhood chasing two older brothers around on rusty, hand-me-down bikes. Her love of the outdoors and the adrenaline from physical activity began with her parents providing an early introduction to pure adventure... Of course, strong internal motivation to keep up with her brothers also helped! Savilia started bike racing in high school through the NorCal NICA league – founded in 2009, NICA (the National Interscholastic Cycling Association) develops interscholastic mountain biking programs for student-athletes across the United States. Savilia is a six-time MTB National Champion, Pan Am Champion, current Elite Cross Country National Champion, and she has achieved two World Cup bronze medals. One of Savilia's biggest passions is to be an approachable mentor to kids getting into the sport, and to inspire cycling as a lifelong outlet.

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Molly Seidel Olympic Marathon Bronze Medalist…Ep134

Olympian Molly Seidel is a professional runner. She is well known for her incredible performance in the Tokyo Olympics heat to win bronze in the marathon. She was 2nd in the Olympic trials, which was her first-ever marathon. In 2021, Molly ran the fastest time ever by an American woman at the New York City Marathon in 2:24:42, shattering the previous course record by more than a minute. None of that success is a fluke. Molly graduated from the University of Notre Dame, where she was a 4-time NCAA champion, 6-time NCAA All-American, 6-time Atlantic Coast Conference champion and 2016 female ACC Athlete of the Year. Molly speaks up about mental health, eating disorders, and the impact physical movement has on both. Molly along with Kathrine Switzer and The Women’s Sports Foundation partnered with Michelob Ultra to help increase representation of female and non-binary runners by bringing visibility to the incredible stories of these athletes and helping more female and non-binary runners to join the race to equality by covering race fees and providing training to first-time marathon runners.

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Joanne Lannin Who Let Them In? Women in Sports Journalism …Ep136

Joanne Lannin wrote for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram in Portland, Maine for twenty-two years ...where she was the first female sports reporter.

Who Let Them In? Pathbreaking Women in Sports Journalism is Joanne’s fourth book about women and sports. Joanne is a retired English and journalism teacher and she still plays basketball in an over-50 league. She lives in the Portland, Maine area with her husband Rik and their two rescue pups.

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