Unbound course preview with four-time winner Dan Hughes

About this episode

Payson McElveen interviews four-time Unbound winner Dan Hughes about the race's history and course details.

Dan Hughes is a certified Unbound legend, having won the very first edition way back in 2006 and another three times for good measure. He’s seen the race go from 34 people in a hotel parking lot in Emporia to the most prestigious gravel race in the world. An Emporia local, he now works for Life Time as a Content Specialist and has already spent hours doing recon in the Flint Hills. In other words, there is no better person to talk to about the course. Payson sits down with Dan this week...

People in this episode

Host: Payson McElveen

Guest: Dan Hughes

Topics covered

• gravel racing
• Unbound race
• sports history
• fitness
• local culture

Keywords

• Unbound
• Dan Hughes
• gravel race
• Emporia
• Life Time
• Flint Hills
• sports
• fitness

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Life Time

Places: Emporia

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