XTERRA World Championship Italy: Race Recap & Lessons Learned

About this episode

Coach Chris Newport shares her experiences and lessons learned from racing in the XTERRA World Championship in Italy.

What is it really like to race the XTERRA World Championship in Italy? In this episode, Coach Chris Newport shares the full story of racing in Trentino, Italy—from qualifying at USA Nationals to battling freezing water, mud, panic, transition penalties, and one of the hardest race days of her life. You’ll hear: what the XTERRA World Championship course was really likelessons learned about gear, race prep, and mountain bikinghow mindset and self-doubt showed up on race daywhat Chris would do d...

People in this episode

Host: Chris Newport

Topics covered

• XTERRA World Championship
• race recap
• lessons learned
• gear
• race preparation
• mindset
• self-doubt

Keywords

• XTERRA
• World Championship
• Italy
• race recap
• mountain biking
• mindset
• self-doubt

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Italy, Trentino

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