The Hidden Athlete
The Hidden Athlete Podcast delves into the lives of the humble elite endurance athlete who has achieved incredible things with little or no public recognition. This Podcast will always be about the athlete and has not been developed for commercial gain. For images and further stories about our stars jump on Instagram @thehiddenathletepodcast Enjoy.
Episodes
July 27, 2023 • 117 mins
This in one unique endurance athlete. We spoke to April after recently completing the Tour Divide in 18Days23Hours, but it isn't the fact she is one incredibly talented athlete, it is her back story that makes her truly unique. April has lived her life with Autism Spectrum Disorder, spent 20 Years in social work dealing with countless crisis siuations and dealt with losing her very best friend, her mum, at a very young age. April's...
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July 13, 2023 • 153 mins
Sacha recently completed the Tour Divide in 18Days 11hours coming in equal third with Texan Hannah Simon. The 2023 edition of the Tour Divide was an incredible race. 4,350km of self supported off road terrain, climbing over 60,000 vertical meters from Banff Canada to Antelope Wells on the Mexican border. Seven women broke the magical 20 Day mark and raced toe to toe from the gun which made for facinating watching. It was Sacha's fi...
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July 6, 2023 • 138 mins
Steve Halligan is proving to be one of the worlds most durable Ultra Endurance athletes. He has been first across the line in many long distance races including the 6,200km Terra Australis. The humble Irishman also travels to all points of the globe to race against the worlds best. More recently finishing on the podium in two of the most brutal races on the calendar. The Silk Road Mountain Race and Africa's new Grand Tour, the 2,75...
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May 26, 2023 • 89 mins
Kellie Emmerson is one of the most resilient and consistent Ultra Endurance athletes on the planet. In this episode the 3xNational Long Course Trail Running Champ, 5xAustralian World Champs Representative talks about what it takes to bank almost 40 Marathons and 30 100km+ races around the globe...whilst still being a mum of two young boys. After 12 years of Elite competition this superstar of Ultra Running doesn't look like slowing...
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May 18, 2023 • 113 mins
Doctor Stephen Lane completed a PhD in Biomedical Sciences with a focus on exercise nutrition and training adaptation.....he is a 7 x National Cycling Champion across multiple disiplines, Director of Human Performance Technology and has Coached professionally for over a decade. More recently he became a record breaking Ultra Endurance athlete. This episode connects the science with the outcome so look forward to some helpful tips a...
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May 10, 2023 • 123 mins
The Rhino Run is a 2.750km Ultra Endurance off road cycling grand tour. Starting on the coast of the Western Cape of South Africa in Plettenberg Bay the unsupported route weaves its way up through the Northern Cape before crossing the border into Namibia before finishing in Windhoek. Riders were responsible for sourcing their own food, water, shelter and any other services along the way. South Africa's Kevin Benkenstein & Abdul...
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January 5, 2022 • 146 mins
We shared the life story of Trans Am & Indian Pacific Wheel Race Record holder Abdullah Zeinab in Episode 55....our most downloaded episode to date. In this episode we unpack all the drama of the past two years of his 24Hour Distance World Record attempts. Expect a lot of bumps, bruises, detours, love, failure and success. At the time of making the decision to chase the record it was held by Mitch Anderson at 894km. Over the follow...
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October 7, 2021 • 64 mins
The international bikepacking community and events schedule is finally awakening from its 2 year COVID slumber so we thought we would have a ramble about some of the upcoming races both close to home and abroad. Two of Australia's most experienced bikepacking athletes Emma Flukes & Ty Domin share some views and insights into current activities.
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August 23, 2021 • 101 mins
The Birdman, as he is affectionately known to all that know him, is one of the hard nuts of the Ultra Endurance world. Humble by nature, Matt Falconer walks us through his life story and what it took for this 120kg chain smoker to turn his life around to become a favorite and highly respected competitor amongst his pointy end peers. This 4 x Finisher of the Transcontinental Bike Race (12th, 5th, 2nd & 20th) has plans to hit the gra...
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March 24, 2021 • 64 mins
Mikel Delagrange is a Human Rights Lawyer and Founder of the Amani Project based in the Hague Netherlands. Twelve months ago the listeners of this Podcast engaged in the The Hidden Athlete Project, now known as the Masaka Cycling Club Foundation. Masaka is a small city based in a very poor region in Uganda's South and just happens to have a wealth of Cycling talent currently unseen due to poverty and access constraints. In this Epi...
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December 14, 2020 • 125 mins
James Hayden is a 2 x Transcontinental Race Winner (2017 & 2018) and known as one of the worlds best on/off road Ultra Endurance Cyclists racing today. James has accumulated a long list of accomplishments in a very short period of time but its his life story he shares in this episode that is particularly fascinating. The James Mark Hayden story feels like it has many chapters to come so jump in and enjoy learning about what makes ...
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November 26, 2020 • 89 mins
Jason Hardrath is fast becoming one of the most fascinating Ultra Endurance athlete's on the planet. An athlete addicted to adventure and currently embarking on the crazy goal of holding 100 Fastest Known Times on some incredibly challenging routes throughout the USA. Jason spends a lot of time letting us into his world and what motivates an athlete of his quality to embark on the crazy individual challenges that rocks his world. E...
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November 20, 2020 • 94 mins
George Mallory was born in South Africa and quickly set about accumulating some extraordinary achievements in the world of Rock Climbing. His famous Grandfather George Mallory the explorer & mountaineer was the inspiration behind Georges brief transition into mountaineering which included a summit of the awe inspiring Mt Everest. After immigrating to Australia George developed a training concept where he would climb the height of M...
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September 16, 2020 • 124 mins
This is an incredible story of an extraordinary young female adventure cyclist who embarked on her first super challenge navigating solo across the high passes of the Himalayas at the age of just 17. This journey then sparked an around the world 29,000km record attempt at the age of 19. Vedangi's story is truly incredible and it unfolds with an extraordinary amount of drama which highlights how special this young woman really is. E...
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September 6, 2020 • 126 mins
Rob Preston has been competing against the world's best in Orienteering, Rogaining & Adventure Racing for well over two decades. 2016 Mixed Pairs Rogaining World Champion, Member of the Australian Orienteering World Cup team for 15 years and ranked in the Top10 in Australia for 17 Years. Rob also was Captain Team Gippsland at the recent Prime Amazon Worlds Toughest Race Eco Challenge Fuji finishing an impressive third after coming ...
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A ripping chat between Canadian Podcast Host Steve O'Shaughnessy and Chairman of the Masaka Cycling Club Miiro Michael. Many of you are already heavily involved in The Hidden Athlete Project as donors so this story will be of great interest. You will certainly feel like your investment is in great hands after listening to this chat. If you enjoy the listen and would love to get involved please go to thehiddenathlete.com.au and clic...
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April 24, 2020 • 120 mins
Jason is Australia's most successful cyclist, with 7 x 24 Hour Solo Mountain Bike World Championships, 13 x National Titles, 29 Consecutive 24Solo Wins, Mountain Bike Australia Hall of Fame, Cycling Australia Mountain Biker of the Year and we suspect there is still plenty more to come in the years ahead. Enjoy the crazy world that is Jason English and follow the rest of his journey on Insta here: @jasonaenglish and also check out b...
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April 23, 2020 • 63 mins
Brooke Williams is an aspiring young Australian track athlete who burst on to the scene at the 2012 Zatopek track meet as a Wildcard to win the Australian U23 10,000m National Title. Brooke went on to represent Australia in Mountain Running before disappearing from Athletics. A comeback five years on lead to a near death experience which Brooke shares in detail in this short story of her life to date. Its an incredible roller-coast...
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April 17, 2020 • 85 mins
In this episode we touch base with both Ty Domin (@tydomin) and Lewis Ciddor (@overland.archive) and chat about the world of Bikepacking. How COVID-19 has impacted the 2020 race calendar, what Ty & Lewis have planned for 2020 and they also dispel some of the myths or barriers of entry for beginners entering the world of Bikepacking. Enjoy.
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April 15, 2020 • 53 mins
This was a fun chat with Jordan Addison from GIRO Podcast in the UK about all things The Hidden Athlete and Masaka Cycling Club. Jordan is a huge contributor to the Masaka Cycling Club and reached out with an opportunity to share the details of the project to Cycling Fans in the UK. You can follow GIRO Podcast on Insta here @girocycles and the Masaka Cycling Club Project here @masakacyclingclub . Enjoy.
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