About this episode

This episode features Kayla Hall hosting a discussion with three women who excelled in the Rockstar Challenge bikepacking race.

Today on the Bikes or Death podcast it's all about the ladies! For the first time ever I turned the microphone, and podcast, over to the talented Kayla Hall who guest hosted today's episode! Her guests for today's podcast are Abi Snyder, Jenny Klecak, and Leila Husain, who among other things, participated in this year's Rockstar Challenge. A 270ish mile, singletrack focused, backcountry bikepacking race in Virginia that boasts about 40k feet of elevation. Each of these Rockstar Women put on an impressive performance, all beating the previous Fastest Known Time. Abi took the overall Grand Depart win and set a new FKT. Leila was 3rd overall and 2nd place female. And, Jenny, who had to scratch from the Grand Depart came back just 2 weeks later and set a new FKT, besting Abi's time by 2 hours. Another story from today's episode that caught my ear was when Leila got a stick lodge into her leg on a descent. I'll let Leila tell that story, but trust me, you're gonna wanna hear it (or maybe not 😬). I want to send a special shout out to Kayla for doing such a fantastic job facilitating a fun and engaging conversation! She emailed me this idea a couple of months ago and it seemed like the…

People in this episode

Host: Kayla Hall

Guests: Abi Snyder, Jenny Klecak, Leila Husain

Topics covered

• women in sports
• bikepacking
• elevation challenges
• Fastest Known Time
• Rockstar Challenge

Keywords

• Rockstar Challenge
• bikepacking race
• Fastest Known Time
• Virginia
• women athletes

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Virginia

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