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Stories about how hard things build stronger humans who have more fun. Guests from pro cycling, sports, politics, business, tech, journalism, the military and more. Resilience, grit, mental health, high performance, mindfulness. Host Andrew Vontz is an entrepreneur & co-founder of TheBetterLab.io, the company that helps you build mindful, science-backed practices to sleep better. Previously, he was a Strava executive; a communications leader at the human performance company, TRX; and a journ ...
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Pro gravel cyclist Chase Wark joins me today to talk about setting the fastest known time on the 300-mile Mega Mid South gravel loop after wildfires devastated the Stillwater, Oklahoma area and cancelled the Mid South gravel race. Find Chase @chasethebiker on Instagram. I wrote a story with my thoughts and reflections on the interview you’ll hear t…
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This podcast is a preview of the next book which comes out in December 2025 (or whenever I decide it’s good enough) as well as a bunch of quick tips for weight loss. These are a few tips which work well for me and if you ride your bike 10 hours a week or more and are struggling with your weight, you’ll love this.…
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Ollie Eisenbach is a German bike fitter and Insoles maker. He’s one of the best bike fitters in the world and has helped many of the best cyclists in the world for over a decade. His company SoleStars makes the best custom cycling insoles I know of and are used by many of the best cyclists in the world. If you want to learn about bike fitting or cy…
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The #1 thing you can do to support this podcast is to subscribe to the Choose the Hard Way substack. Just go to substack and search for ‘Choose the Hard Way’ or go to https://alwaysthehardway.substack.com/ and hit subscribe today. That’s where Andrew Vontz writes about bikes, zen and life + shares his reflections on conversations with guests on the…
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Christopher Blevins is a mindfulness practitioner who builds community and a more inclusive and healthy world through bikes. He’s one of the best professional mountain bikers America has ever produced and one of the best in the world. He has won the Cape Epic and taken gold in the mountain bike world championships in the short track and cross-count…
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This episode is 2 chapters (chapter 130 & 131) from the 2nd updated and extended edition of the book "How To Become A Pro Cyclist" which comes out in fall of 2024. The Ötztaler Rad Marathon is the basis of these chapters so if you love that race, here’s the details and story behind me winning it and breaking the course record.…
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Kristen Faulkner is an American pro cyclist who won the gold medal in the women’s cycling road race at the Paris Olympics in truly stunning fashion, surpassing two of the most dominant racers in the sport with a bold attack that left them looking at each other while she drilled it to victory. It’s one of my favorite bike races I’ve ever watched. If…
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Felix Großschartner is an Austrian Pro cyclist on UAE team Emirates, one of the best climbers in the world and one of the last riders in the mountains for Tadej Pogačar. Felix has raced all 3 grand tours many times, ridden for the best teams in the world and this episode was recorded days before he got on the plane to the 2024 Paris Olympics where …
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Gabriele Gallo is the man behind the Knowledge Is Watt Instagram account and Substack which does an incredible job at translating scientific papers into more easily digestible content to be read, understood and applied fast and easy for anyone. If you like sports science & training related to cycling, his accounts are a must follow on Instagram, X …
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A student struggling with his practice once asked the zen master Shunryu Suzuki to boil down Buddhism into a single phrase. Suzuki thought for a moment, then he responded: everything changes. This is part two of my conversation with Cory Richards about his memoir, The Color of Everything. Cory is bipolar and at different moments in his life he has …
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