Welcome back to Season 2 of What’s in Pete’s Pocket. In this limited series, Pete Stetina will be checking in from 6 events this season. He will share tips for fueling and what to expect leading into the event and pen a follow-up shortly after. This one is on his first Grasshopper pre-season race.
2024: A Year of Surpassing Expectations and Embracing the Journey. Enjoy this piece from our HPT athlete, LTGP silver medalist, and Leadville 100 winner Melisa Rollins.
Ryan Collins just can't stop. He is always finding, pushing, and rewriting the limits of ultra-endurance efforts. He recently won the 6hr event at Ultra Cycling Worlds, setting a new course record. Here is Ryan's debrief of the experience and fueling lessons gained from this effort.
The 2024 Life Time Grand Prix (LTGP) served up another riveting off-road racing season. With the dust (literally) settling from the finale at Big Sugar, we’ve taken a moment to reflect on the season as a whole. Here is a race-by-race highlight of how the LTGP shook out.
Big Sugar was the finale for the Life Time Grand Prix (LTGP) series in Bentonville, AR. The two-week-long festival of all things bike was capped off with a 105mi gravel race that would seal the LTGP overall standings. Alexey showed he was there to party... and not just at the Rave that night.
Fittingly, the final installment of this year's Race Roundups with Pete concludes with his recap of the Gravel Earth Series (GES) final: Ranxo. Read on to get an in-depth look at Pete's final GES race in Spain.
HPT Athlete and endurance connoisseur, Ryan Collins, recently took on a big challenge: breaking four world records in one go. Ryan was able to do that...setting a new record for the 100k, 100mi, 200k, and farthest distance in 6 hours.
Lauren de Crescenzo (LDC) took a commanding win (and her third in a row) at The RAD. On the heels of recovering from a broken collarbone, she showed up ready to race and took a leap of faith around 90mi out from the finish.
With an unexpectedly quiet July, Pete took the opportunity to put his energy into a new challenge: a NorCal area FKT, the Marin High Five. Jump in to see how Pete's FKT went, his fueling strategy for the effort, and what makes this challenge unique.
The second year of the Gravel National Championships brought more power as the discipline's National scene is growing. This year, The Feed's HPT athletes captured the Pro Women's podium entirely. We'll unpack the race and experiences from the lenses of our three ladies.
Alexey Vermeulen is back with a report on his summer season since Pro Road Nats back in May. This report highlights the balance of life activities he's maintained and how the entire experience of racing can shift from one weekend (Leadville) to the next (SBT).
Pete Stetina is back with another installment of his Race Roundups. In this series, he breaks down the latest event and provides a peak behind the scenes of pro racing. This one is all about his time at SBT GRVL and its teaser event, the HLL CLMB.
We reached out to a variety of our HPT athletes following the 2024 L100 MTB Race to get some perspective on this year's event. From fueling to equipment, we got two different takes out of it from Cole Paton and Melisa Rollins.
As the 2024 Tour de France passes into history, we are looking back at what the champions of this year's race used to fuel. From the intensity of mountain stages to the sheer speed of sprint stages, here is what the jersey holders fueled with.
And this is it – the last week of the 2024 Tour de France. The last week before the week before the Olympics starts and 75% of these riders go for glory again. With that being said, I’m Laurel Rathbun and let’s dive right into the last week of the TDF.
Laurel Rathbun is back again to recap week two of racing. After a brutal first week + and a much-needed rest day, the Tour started its second week with the Pyrenees over the horizon.
Bonjour! It’s Laurel Rathbun here, reporting for The Feed to bring you the commentary you didn’t know you needed and recap the first week of racing in the Tour De France.
The Race across the East is a 641mi trek across the eastern portion of the United States. It's the Eastern segment of the Race Across America (RAM). Ryan Collins tackled this inaugural event with a teammate and set the course record at an incredible sub-30hr mark.
Brendan Johnston claimed his second National Title of the 2024 season at the Australian Gravel National Championships. As Johnston prepares to slip on another National Champion jersey, we gathered a brief race breakdown from him from the title fight in Tasmania.
The Tour is a 21-day feast of adrenaline and exhilaration fueled by the rich flavors of perseverance and determination. In essence, it's a bike race coupled with an eating contest. The Tour is one of the most monumental efforts in sports, so what do Tour riders eat while racing?
The world's most prestigious bike race is almost underway: Le Tour! We’re excited to bring you a series that will serve to provide deeper insight into the Tour – from what secrets the pros hold to fueling trends leading the way in 2024.
The 2024 edition of the Unbound 200, was one for the books. This year, we saw the most competitive field yet, a monumental women’s race, and some of the fastest times in Unbound history. We sat down with three of our HPT Athletes to get an insider’s look at this year’s Unbound and the nuances of their execution, fueling, and experience.
German HPT Athlete Sebastian Breuer won the 2024 Unbound XL in a heated battle that lasted a touch over 20 hours. After 350 miles, it came down to a sprint finish. Dive into his race plan, preparation, and experience at this year's XL.
Winning the Unbound 100 while flying the stars and stripes was a statement. USA Gravel National Champion Lauren Stephens' ride was not only good enough for the win, but it would have placed her top 10 altogether in the Unbound 100.