XXC Podcasts
Endurance racing is full of pain, suffering, winning and losing. Yeah… you’re probably not going to find too much of that on any of the XXC Magazine Podcasts. Here XXC Magazine publisher/mid pack at best racer (Jason), skilled racer/small bike company owner (Ben) and accountant/sometimes proof reader/newly christened podcast engineer/endurance race virgin (Zandr) take a break from all the seriousness and talk about racing on the lighter side. Sometimes they say something worthwhile but to be honest, most of the time they don’t. It’s just three guys and maybe a guest (who DOES know what the hell they’re talking about) talking bikes and racing.
XXC Magazine Podcast
Episode Five: Racing For Free – Chris Skogen
Length: 1:31:25
For the 2nd week in a row the XXC Podcast crew welcomes a guest (Thank God!). This episode we welcome Almanzo 100 race director Chris Skogen to the podcast to talk about riding gravel, racing and bikes. We also talk with Chris about the trials, tribulations and all out awesomeness of putting on one of the most popular gravel races in the country (if not the world) and doing it for free. Free as in no entry fee and free as in no paycheck. It’s a long one clocking in a 1:31, but seriously who can turn a deaf ear to aural train wreck that is the XXC Magazine Podcast? (Don’t answer that).
[XXC Podcast #5 direct download]
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Chris Skogen/Almanzo 100 - almanzo.com
Podcast comments, suggestions, etc., – xxcpod@gmail.com
XXC Magazine Podcast
Episode Four: OMG A Guest! – Andrea Wilson
Length: 1:22:29
OMG! OMG! Jason, Ben and Zandr finally welcome a guest to the XXC Podcast! Super fast singlespeed endurance racer chick Andrea Wilson joins the crew to talk bikes, endurance racing, mohawks, word pronunciation (It’s sill-a-moe, you three idiots!) and dealing with cyberstalkers. Sadly the podcast also welcomed a variety of technical difficulties (FREAKING ZANDR!! FREAKING SKYPE! FREAKING ZANDR!) that could not be fixed “in post.” Sorry. BUT if you can ignore that, it was a pretty darn, not bad, OK episode with a cool guest who we hope to have back on soon.
[XXC Podcast #4 direct download]
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Andrea Wilson - blog.brickhouseracing.com
The NUE Series - usmtb100.com
Syllamo’s Revenge - syllamosrevenge.com
Podcast comments, suggestions, etc., – xxcpod@gmail.com
XXC Magazine Podcast
Episode Three: Sit & Spin at Welnak Manor
Length: 1:27:07
With the prospect of an actual guest eluding the XXC Magazine Podcast one more (last!) time, Jason, Ben and Zandr are forced to take the patience of the audience to the brink and talk amongst themselves for yet another episode. Topics include: The vastness of the Welnak home, sit and spins, pizza fueled obesity and smoking for weight loss. Amazingly in between all that there is some race talk by the non expert podcast hosts and thankfully some technical difficulties as Jason gives Zandr race tips. Next episode we’ll have a guest, we’re 51% sure!
[XXC Podcast #3 direct download]
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Cohutta 100 - trailheadoutdoors.org
The Whisky 50 - epicrides.com
The Barry Roubaix - barry-roubaix.com
The Arrowhead 135 - arrowheadultra.com
Arizona Endurance Series - rockyroad5050.wordpress.com
Online relationships – Ug, Google that one yourself.
Podcast comments, suggestions, etc., – xxcpod@gmail.com
XXC Magazine Podcast
Episode Two: Beans Made For Sport
Length: 1:06:20
In the second XXC Magazine podcast XXC’s Jason Mahokey is joined by friend and endurance racer Ben Welnak and HVAC expert, full time accountant, part time editor type person and endurance race virgin Zandr Benedict to talk endurance racing. Truthfully not much race talk actually happened but we did manage to talk for 66 minutes about semi bike related topics as we slowly work our way up to having real guests with actual topics to talk about. But hey, we got to talk bikes and amuse ourselves (if no one else) for an hour or so. Feel free to download.
[XXC Podcast #2 direct download]
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Cohutta 100 - trailheadoutdoors.org
Equinox Challenge - equinoxskichallenge.com
Monster Cross & Mountain Bike - runriderace.com
Mohican 100 – mohican100.org
XXC Magazine Podcast
Episode One: The Anti Epic
Length: 24:12
In our first ever podcast XXC Magazine publisher Jason Mahokey talks with Ben Welnak from Twenty2 Cycles. Ben is the man behind the 150 mile Anti Epic gravel grinder race currently set for Saturday, April 7, 2012 in eastern Colorado. Bare with us as this is our first try at a podcast, mistakes were of course made and we hope to improve as we go along. You can download the podcast to your computer below by saving the link to your computer (control/click, save link as on a Mac). Episode #1 and subsequent podcasts will also be available soon on iTunes. Thanks for listening.
[XXC Podcast #1 direct download]
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
- antiepic.blogspot.com
- Colorado Endurance Series
