Sean Gardner: Everesting, Fondos, and Climbing the Pro ranks #68 - a podcast by Coach Tim Hall

This episode is with Sean Gardner of CS Velo, perhaps best known as the first rider to complete an Everesting challenge in under 7 hours. Sean shares how he got talked into racing bicycles while in college, and how that's led to him racing at the highest level in the US. He shares insight into the changes he made from his first Everest attempt to the second one leading to breaking 7 hours. Plus, he discusses the experiences of support he's had on various teams he has raced for, among other interesting topics. Most recently Sean won the first ever Gran Fondo National Championship in Asheville, NC. I believe you will enjoy the insight and discussion!

*0:00 – Intro and how Sean got into the sport of cycling
*4:00 – Sean’s first bicycle race
*7:00 – impact of collegiate cycling at Virginia Tech
*9:40 – excitement of collegiate national championship
*14:20 – impact on motivation because of collegiate nationals
*17:00 – development and breakthroughs after graduating college
*20:00 – experience racing for Gateway-Harley team
*25:40 – the mission of the CS Velo Team
*28:10 – CS Velo experience and his specialty in the sport
*30:50 – Sean’s sub-7 hour record breaking Everesting experience
*38:10 – dealing with the media response to breaking the record
*41:00 – seeing the record broken by an Irishman six months later
*45:30 – Sean’s biggest takeaway from breaking the Everest record
*46:40 – the importance of mindset and reaching higher
*48:10 – winning the 2021 Gran Fondo National Championship in Asheville
*53:00 – unique experience and fun to be had at a gran fondo
*55:10 – winning the Beech Mountain KOM over Matt Zimmer

Follow Sean
Strava - https://www.strava.com/pros/1780717
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sean_the_gardner/
CS Velo on IG - https://www.instagram.com/csveloracing/

Everesting record story - https://cyclingtips.com/2020/10/new-everesting-world-record-set-under-7-hours-by-sean-gardner/
Record is broken - https://cyclingtips.com/2021/03/ronan-mc-laughlin-has-smashed-the-everesting-record-in-6-hours-40-minutes/

Under the Sun on IG - https://www.instagram.com/under_the_sun_podcast/

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