Oct 2, 2026 · 41 min · 13 segments
Fans of XCO World Cup racing might have been surprised to learn at the beginning of the year that Mārtiņš Blūms was headed for the Grand Prix. The Latvian rider has been a mainstay on the World Cup…
Payson McElveenHost
Mārtiņš BlūmsGuest
Thank y'all so much for listening today and, uh, yeah, thanks for everyone who sent in your little notes about your favorite episodes over the last 400.
We'll do that first, and then we'll get into this interview with Martins Blooms.
I've been listening to the podcast for a bit over a year now, and my favorite episode is still the Bjorn Riley one.
"It's also rad to see the perspective of cyclists with other interests and goals.
I've been listening since the beginning, and I well recall when you had a non-athlete on in the early days.
It was among the most fascinating conversations, and I realized then that your podcast was something different.
Bikes mostly, yes, but human experience and the range of ways we challenge ourselves, overcome, fail, succeed, suffer, and enjoy life.
All of it was in this episode, and so much of life's pageant has been featured on your show ever since.
Thanks for all you do." And on that note, uh, Sarah is back with Hannah on Talking Over You.
They just did an awesome episode recapping, um, the birth of Sarah's daughter, Florence.
And I gotta say, you know, I haven't, uh, necessarily gone out and, and sought ... uh, pregnancy and birth content in my day, so maybe I'm just naive, but this episode was so good.
I, I have to think it's some of the best storytelling around, uh, around this process, um, in, I don't know, that I've ever come across.
Uh, Sarah and Hannah, just the way they bounce back and forth e- off of each other and story tell around the process and do this really fun kind of chronological timeline of, uh, yeah, that special day was really cool.
Thank y'all so much for listening today and, uh, yeah, thanks for everyone who sent in your little notes about your favorite episodes over the last 400.
We'll do that first, and then we'll get into this interview with Martins Blooms.
I've been listening to the podcast for a bit over a year now, and my favorite episode is still the Bjorn Riley one.
"It's also rad to see the perspective of cyclists with other interests and goals.
I've been listening since the beginning, and I well recall when you had a non-athlete on in the early days.
It was among the most fascinating conversations, and I realized then that your podcast was something different.
Bikes mostly, yes, but human experience and the range of ways we challenge ourselves, overcome, fail, succeed, suffer, and enjoy life.
All of it was in this episode, and so much of life's pageant has been featured on your show ever since.
Thanks for all you do." And on that note, uh, Sarah is back with Hannah on Talking Over You.
They just did an awesome episode recapping, um, the birth of Sarah's daughter, Florence.
And I gotta say, you know, I haven't, uh, necessarily gone out and, and sought ... uh, pregnancy and birth content in my day, so maybe I'm just naive, but this episode was so good.
I, I have to think it's some of the best storytelling around, uh, around this process, um, in, I don't know, that I've ever come across.
Uh, Sarah and Hannah, just the way they bounce back and forth e- off of each other and story tell around the process and do this really fun kind of chronological timeline of, uh, yeah, that special day was really cool.
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