With Pace

Jill Kintner is a professional mountain biker. During one of the most decorated careers the sport has seen, she’s won multiple world titles, national titles, and an Olympic Bronze in BMX at the Beijing Olympics. Jill and Payson sat down at Red Bull HQ to talk about the winning mindset and never-give-up attitude that’s brought so much success, her improbable route to Olympic bronze, why she works so hard to give back to her communities, and thoughts on a women’s Red Bull Rampage. Instagram: @withpacepodcastYouTube: Payson McElveenEmail: howdy@withpace.cc

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: @withpacepodcastYouTube: Payson McElveenEmail: howdy@withpace.cc

Peanut butter and jelly, Tom and Jerry, Batman and Robin--we'd argue Adam Craig and Carl Decker are up there with the most legendary duos on earth. They certainly are the most interesting. Illustrious Olympic mountain bike careers, XGames level rally car partners as AC/CD, a Singlespeed World Championship dynasty, industry-altering bike set-up innovations, and some of the best storytellers we've ever encountered. Payson sat down with two of his childhood racing heroes at Adam's house in Bend, OR the day after the Singlespeed World Championships, and tried to figure out how many of the myths were true. This was the very first podcast Payson recorded.Instagram: @withpacepodcastYouTube: Payson McElveenEmail: howdy@withpace.cc

Sasha DiGiulian is a Boulder-based professional climber and Red Bull athlete. After an illustrious competitive climbing career that included a world title, Sasha attended Columbia University where she studied non-fiction creative writing and business. While getting her degree, she maintained her career as a professional climber, transitioning into a role that involved pushing the limits of big wall climbing and telling those stories through social media and content creation. Along with peers Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell, Sasha has helped push climbing in to the mainstream, representing a strong voice for women in particular. Sasha and Payson sat down in her dining room to chat about all of these topics, along with some of her most harrowing adventure stories, how she trains, time management, and aspirations for the future. Instagram: @withpacepodcastYouTube: Payson McElveenEmail: howdy@withpace.cc

"I am scared of the potential consequences of a cliff dive gone wrong almost as much as having to hold a nine to five office job.” As a member of Red Bull’s Cliff Diving circuit, David Colturi’s “9-5” is jumping out of the equivalent of an eight story building (or roughly 90 feet) at some of the most picturesque destinations in the world. After becoming friends in Red Bull’s High Performance training facility, Payson and David decided to sit down for a podcast one evening following their respective gym sessions. They talk similarities and differences between their sports, dives gone wrong, how David ended up on the circuit, “cliff diving” from a paraglider, comparing various stories of breaking their bodies in search of glory and much, much more. Instagram: @withpacepodcastYouTube: Payson McElveenEmail: howdy@withpace.cc

Born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska, Lael Wilcox is the best female ultra-endurance cyclist in the world. Her most notable accomplishments include winning the 4,300 mile Trans Am Bike Race outright (after passing the lead male rider in the final miles) and setting the record for the 2,750 mile Tour Divide (after riding thousands of miles to the race start from her home in Alaska). She has spent the past eleven years traveling the world on her bicycle, logging over 100,000 miles in 35 countries. In addition to racing and riding, Lael puts a lot of effort into getting more women on bikes. She organizes a teenage girls bicycle adventure program in her hometown and has hosted two international women’s scholarships. Payson sat down with Lael the day before Dirty Kanza, where she went on to win the DKXL. They chat about redefining mental limits of endurance, the wacky logistics of ultra racing, her epic duel in the final miles to win Trans-Am, and getting more women on bikes. They end their conversation with some questions that were sent in by her fans and some legends of the sport, such as Rebecca Rusch. Instagram: @withpacepodcastYouTube: Payson McElveenEmail: howdy@withpace.cc

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. Instagram: @withpacepodcastYouTube: Payson McElveenEmail: howdy@withpace.cc

"Inventor of the mountain bike" is a mantle Gary Fisher resists, but you'd be hard-pressed to find a more deserving owner of the title. In this colorful chat, Gary tells Payson about the humble beginnings of the "klunker" and the first company he started called "Mountain Bikes." He describes why the bike can solve many of the world's problems, and where he hopes it will lead us next. While discussing his early life, Gary takes us up close and personal with some of the biggest names of the 1960's hippie movement, including what it was like to witness the Altamont incident involving The Hell's Angels and The Rolling Stones. And of course, they discuss the intricacies of mustache maintenance, when even Payson is forced to admit that Gary's legendary facial hair cannot be rivaled. Instagram: @withpacepodcastYouTube: Payson McElveenEmail: howdy@withpace.cc

Angela is a Canadian triathlete and Red Bull athlete. She's won the North American Ironman championships, and completed the event in under 9 hours three times--including her improbable 8th place finish in the 2018 Kona World Championships after a year-long battle with Lyme disease. Angela caught up with Payson at Red Bull headquarters over the winter where they were participating in a training camp together. They talk about some of the highlights from the camp that pushed the boundaries of sports science, how Angela developed such an incredible capacity for suffering, her trajectory as a pro which included a stint living in a tent, her amazing comeback from Lyme disease and why giving up wasn't an option, her non-profit "I Race Like a Girl", and more. Instagram: @withpacepodcastYouTube: Payson McElveenEmail: howdy@withpace.cc

Tommy Caldwell is considered by most to be the greatest big wall free climber of all time. In 2015 he and his climbing partner Kevin Jorgeson were the first to complete the "Dawn Wall" in Yosemite National Park, which is thought to be the most challenging free climb in the world. But Tommy's adventure experiences span far beyond that, from being held hostage by a rebel militia in Central Asia, to an injury that should have ended his climbing career, to accomplishments that have repeatedly redefined what was possible in the sport. Payson met Tommy at his home in Estes Park, CO to get inside the mind of one of the worlds greatest adventurers. They discuss Tommy's unconventional childhood, what it's like spending seven years trying to climb a single route, and how his career has changed since becoming a father.Instagram: @withpacepodcastYouTube: Payson McElveenEmail: howdy@withpace.cc