
With Pace
Payson McElveen
Professional mountain biker Payson McElveen sits down with some of the biggest names in sports and adventure to get an inside look at what sets them apart. With no script, the casual conversations are as diverse as the guests, with topics ranging from harrowing tales of survival, to debates on current events, to everyday tips and tricks and everything in between. As Payson travels the world for his two-wheeled day job, listen in as he rubs shoulders with and learns from some of the most inspiring athletes, entrepreneurs, academics, and others as they chase and inspire greatness.
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Dylan Bowman, ultrarunner
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05/27/19 • 87 min
Dylan Bowman is one of the best in the world at what humans do best: running far. Payson caught up with Dylan last winter in his Aspen, CO home to talk about exploring the limits of endurance, spending time with the running club in San Quentin prison, FKT’s, Mezcal, and much more.
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YouTube: Payson McElveen

Adam Ster, healer
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07/23/19 • 94 min
Adam Ster is the personal healer and bodyworker to some of the world's top athletic performers, such as NFL players and adventure sports athletes. He is an individual contractor, but some of football's top players such as Von Miller, Chris Harris Jr. and Aqib Talib keep him as part of their support structure, regardless of where team contracts or games take them. Although Adam's methods are at times non-traditional, his reputation and track record speak for themselves. Payson caught up with Adam the past winter in Golden, CO, just hours after he lead Denver Broncos players through their Sunday pre-game routine. They discuss many case studies, including Adam's role in helping paralyzed mountain bike freeride star Paul Basagotia get back on his feet, as well as philosophies regarding nutrition, training, and becoming a better, healthier individual in general.
Instagram: @withpacepod
YouTube: Payson McElveen

Chris Cosentino, celebrity chef
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07/02/19 • 63 min
Chris Cosentino is a celebrity chef, TV personality, owner of three restaurants, and avid cyclist. Most known for his 2012 victory of Top Chef Masters, Chris frequently features on some of the biggest foodie reality TV shows on channels such as The Food Network (Payson was on an episode of “The Best Thing I Ever Ate” with him in the fall of 2018). Chris is most known for specializing in offal, which is parts of an animal less traditionally eaten. Payson and Chris dive into topics including sustainability and the meat industry, why he considers ADD a superpower, a detailed tutorial on how to make the tastiest thing Payson has ever eaten, their mutual love for cycling, and much more.
Instagram: @withpacepod
YouTube: Payson McElveen

05/31/24 • 97 min
Jasper Ockeloen started racing on the road in the Netherlands when he was 8 years old and took up cyclocross not long after. The combination has come in handy now that he’s turned his focus to gravel and the increasingly popular discipline of beach racing, where he's a two-time European champion. This month, he’s back in the U.S. to tackle Unbound for the fourth time. In addition to racing, he runs the aero-sock brand Sockeloen, which he founded more than 10 years ago while racing for the Rabobank development team and doing a degree in commercial economics. Today, Sockeloen’s aero-socks are favored by some of the world’s top pros.
Jasper sat down with Payson in Bentonville last week to talk about their predictions for Unbound, how the race has changed since he and fellow Dutchie (and 2022 winner) Ivar Slik started attending, and why, despite some impressive road results, he never went to the World Tour. They also talk about how Jasper and his fellow members of the so-called “Dutch Mafia” are helping to make Euro tactics mainstream in American gravel, and how witnessing Ivar’s recent crash first-hand has made him re-evaluate the safety of the sport, especially in relation to his wife, Visma Lease-a-Bike rider Riejanne Markus.
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Instagram: @withpacepod
YouTube: Payson McElveen

06/23/24 • 81 min
A year and a half ago, Paige Onweller was working as an emergency PA and racing bikes on the side. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, she won Big Sugar. Recognizing that she had a fraction of the racing experience that her competitors had, Paige quit her job, built out her sprinter van, and got to work racing weekend after weekend around the country. She tried everything from time trialing to mountain biking, eventually deciding to commit to gravel and the Grand Prix. At Unbound this year, despite having spent barely any time on the bike since undergoing major ankle surgery, she placed third overall and first in the Grand Prix.
Paige sat down with Payson in Bentonville shortly after the race to talk about how her nerdiness and curiosity have helped her go from amateur to top pro within a mere 18 months, the rare ankle injury she suffered during a crash in February that brought her season to a standstill, and how she played to her tactical strengths during Unbound to ensure she would stay at the front despite having almost no training under her belt. They also talk about how groundbreaking the race was for the women’s field and how the past four months have taken her to the darkest and brightest places of being a professional athlete.
Paige's YouTube video: How to Survive Unbound Gravel
Instagram: @withpacepod
YouTube: Payson McElveen

07/22/22 • 57 min
Sam Pickman returns to the show to talk about Allied's first ever mountain bike, the BC40. He and Payson discuss how long it's been in the works, collaborating with Barcelona-based Cero Design to get the look just right, and why they changed the name of the bike just before the launch. They also get into the technical side of things, including bike geometry and the carbon manufacturing process.
Instagram: @withpacepod
YouTube: Payson McElveen

01/09/22 • 61 min
Payson answers listener questions about his upcoming 2022 season, including new and returning sponsors, his race schedule, and a few personal developments as well. He also shares some thoughts on the privateering model in gravel, and addresses what mountain bike he'll be riding this year.
Instagram: @withpacepod
YouTube: Payson McElveen

09/04/21 • 24 min
After a grueling 140 mile day of rain and headwinds, the group sits down to discuss Nichole's biggest day on the bike ever, Payson's favorite encounter with a local family, Rue's observations from the van, and Chris and Lael's misadventures with wind, mud, and horse poop.
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YouTube: Payson McElveen

09/06/21 • 18 min
Payson, Lael, Nichole, Chris, and Rue review their fifth day touring the Westfjords of Iceland. After the previous day's tailwind, today featured 90+ miles of headwind, side wind, cold, and rain. They talk about the creeping onset of fatigue halfway through their trip, the day's animal sightings, and the brutality of the environment that dictates its beauty and its harshness.
Instagram: @withpacepod
YouTube: Payson McElveen
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How many episodes does With Pace have?
With Pace currently has 324 episodes available.
What topics does With Pace cover?
The podcast is about Culture, Health & Fitness, Photography, Basketball, Entrepreneur, Inspirational, Mountain Biking, Celebrities, Adventure, Outdoors, Podcasts, Current Events, Sports, Cycling and Interviews.
What is the most popular episode on With Pace?
The episode title 'Crossing Tasmania Q&A' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on With Pace?
The average episode length on With Pace is 76 minutes.
How often are episodes of With Pace released?
Episodes of With Pace are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of With Pace?
The first episode of With Pace was released on Apr 8, 2019.
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