The Mettleset Podcast is on a mission to bring you stories of tenacity, courage and mettle from athletes in the Middle East and beyond. From women’s sports and motorsports to adventure, action- and ultra- endurance sports, and everything in between, listeners will get a dose of the region’s most compelling - fun and funny - underreported sports stories every week. Hosts Dawn Barnable (Sports Communications Professional & Ultra Cyclist) is joined by friends who range from record - and boundar ...
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The Just Bikes Podcast is a new podcast from The Mettleset, hosted by ultra-cyclist Dawn Barnable and friends. As the name suggests, the podcast is all about bikes. From ultra- to adventure, the pain cave to the peloton and lots of type-two fun, The Just Bikes Podcast will feature a host of guests from all over the world to talk about all things cycling and cycling culture. Follow us on IG at @justbikesthepodcast. Don’t forget to subscribe, like and leave a review wherever you get your podca ...
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EP64. 🏓 Pickleball’s top player Megan Fudge’s Meteoric Rise, Recorded Live from the Launch of the Pickleball World Rankings
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Hello Everyone, Today's topic is a sport that some of you may or may not be familiar with: Pickleball. And my guest is none other than one of the world’s top players, Megan Fudge. With roots in Europe, the American has had a meteoric rise in the sport, since she started it four years ago going from insurance advisor to now being ranked #1 in the wo…
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19.2 🚵🏻♀️ SheTitan: A Woman’s Place Is On The Startline.. Of The Skoda Titan Desert Race Morocco 🇲🇦
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Hello everyone, Dawn here Today’s episode is all about the Titan World Series and more specifically, their plans to get more women on the starline, and over the finish line of the original Titan Series Race, The Skoda Titan Desert Race in Morocco. Mariona Faixat Codinach tells me all about the SheTitan program, what it aims to achieve and why it's …
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19.1 🇲🇦🇸🇦 The Titan Desert Series... the Dakar of MTB Races
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Today’s episode is all about the Neom Titan Desert Race Saudi Arabia, which is my next mountain bike race. The race takes place 18-22 November in Neom, KSA. In today’s episode, I chat with Manuel Tajada Vitales, the manager of the Titan World Series to chat the origins of the race, this year’s edition, the camp and some of his favorite memories of …
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18. 🇿🇦⛺ Luxury Tents AKA A Sani 2 C Race Report with Dawn & Annie
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Hi All In April, I finished Sani2C, a three day, point to point stage mountain bike race in KZN, South Africa. The race was 272 km with 4000m of elevation gain on some of the most beautiful mountain bike trails in the world with various terrains including single track through farmlands, nature reserves, sugar cane fields, forests, down the infamous…
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17. 🇿🇦 Sani 2 C's Farmer Glen Haw on 20 Years of Adventure & Impact
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Hi all, In April, I finished Sani2C, a three day, point to point stage mountain bike race in KZN, South Africa. The race was 272 km with 4000m of elevation gain on some of the most beautiful mountain bike trails in the world with various terrains including single track through farmlands, nature reserves, sugar cane fields, forests, down the infamou…
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16. Lost: My cycling mojo - a dispatch from Alpe D'Huez 🏔🇫🇷
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Today’s episode is a little Bonus update from me on what’s been happening in my world and what’s coming up. Maybe you can relate, maybe you can’t, but I hope some people will find it helpful. And my next race - as noted - is: 🇸🇦 The NEOM Titan Desert Race KSA 🚲 380 KM ⛰️ 2800m 🗓️ Nov 17-23 - 5 days of racing including the Prologue 📍 NEOM, Saudi Ara…
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EP63. 🛹 Skate and Have Fun 🇮🇳 India's skateboarding star Zarah Ann Gladys' Olympic dreams and ‘have fun’ philosophy
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Today’s guest is the youngest athlete I’ve had on the podcast. At just 8 years-old Zarah Ann Gladys was also the youngest competitor at the World Skateboarding Tour 2024 from Arada, which took place earlier this year in Dubai. The event, which covered both park and street skateboarding disciplines, saw skateboarders from all over the world compete …
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15. 🇷🇼 Komera 💛 Rwandan cyclist Violette Neza’s mission to share the joy of cycling
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Happy World Bicycle Day! Earlier this year, I spent a week chasing - and sharing the stories of the cyclists competing in the Race Around Rwanda, a 1000km self-supported bikepacking race with 18,000m of elevation and 40% offroad. I detailed the stories from the road of beautiful and brutal race this year in episodes 6 through 10 as well as episode …
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14. 🇷🇼 The Race Around Rwanda’s Lanterne Rouge(s) - #55 Bartmus & Bartmus
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If you’ve been following The Just BIkes Podcast for a while, you’d know that earlier this year, I spent a week chasing the cyclists competing in the Race Around Rwanda, a 1000km self-supported bikepacking race that took place in February. With about 18,000m of climbing and 40% offroad with some VERY wild weather patterns, this race is tough. It’s o…
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62. 🗞️ 🎙️ Sports journalist Reem Abulleil on storytelling, the regional stars of sport and finding your super-power
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Hello everyone. Today’s guest is one of the region’s most prominent sports journalists. She and I met years ago while I was working in public relations, managing the communications for Yas Marina Circuit for the Formula One Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, and Reem was working as a journalist with Sport 360. Since that time, Reem’s career has f…
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13. Saudi's First Pro-Cyclist Moroj Adil 🇸🇦 on Going from Learning to Ride 🚲 to Pro in Two Years
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Moroj Adil is Saudi Arabia’s first pro cyclist and you’d be forgiven for not knowing her name yet as she only started cycling two years ago. Yes, that is right, from not knowing how to ride a bike, to being on the Liv Alula Jayco Continental team, her story is one that needs to be heard and what’s most exciting is that it's just getting started. In…
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EP61. 🚲 Saudi's first pro-cyclist Moroj Adil 🇸🇦 on self-belief and her road to the Liv AlUla Jayco Continental Team
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The Mettleset is back, We have an amazing array of guests lined up, and kicking off this new era is a guest who is simply remarkable. Moroj Adil is Saudi Arabia’s first pro cyclist and you’d be forgiven for not knowing her name yet as she only started cycling two years ago. Yes, that is right, from not knowing how to ride a bike, to being on the Li…
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12. 🏔️🚲 Elevation Revelation: Nick Glover 🇮🇲 on Triple Everesting, mindset, the peloton of sherpas and processing it all
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Today’s episode features a member of a very elite club with member numbers totalling around 50 worldwide at the time of recording. This club is the Triple Everest Hall of Fame. Not just any old member of this club, Dubai-based Nick Glover is a unique one as he is also believed to be the first type one diabetic to ever Triple Everest, and the first …
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11.2 🐘 🚲 Part 2 of The Story of VIA Race with organizers Ingeborg Oie and Ian To
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This is part two of our two part episode on VIA Race, a new 4000 km self-supported bikepacking race set to kick- off this July from Southern Spain. If you haven’t listened to part one yet, I do suggest you do that as this is a continuation of our chat with Ingeborg and Ian, the organizers of VIA Race. Check it out HERE. In part two we discuss the e…
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11.1 🐘 🚲 The Story of VIA Race with organizers Ingeborg Oie and Ian To - Part 1️⃣ of ✌️
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We know that bikepacking and ultra-cycling is about testing your limits - physical and mental, it's about adventure, camaraderie. It is about eating. It’s also about storytelling and this is the story of one of the newest self-supported ultra-cycling races on the calendar, VIA Race. Ingeborg Oie and Ian To, the team behind this upcoming race, agree…
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10. RAR 🇷🇼 Jenny Tough’s Race Around Rwanda
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The Race Around Rwanda is a 1000km self-supported cycling race that takes place annually every February in Rwanda. This year, The Just Bikes Podcast was on the ground and aimed to give you a daily update of what was happening, the highs, lows, weather and emotions and all the people questioning, ‘can that really be considered gravel?’ Due to tech p…
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EP60: Women of Wisdom - IWD 2024, the fourth in a series
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This is the fourth episode in a series to commemorate International Women’s Day because for us, every day is International Women’s Day, as we work to help create a more welcoming, equitable and just sports industry for all athletes. We’ve taken some of the best moments from the 50+ episodes that we’ve recorded to share with you tales of joy, mettle…
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EP59: Women of Wisdom - IWD 2024, the third in a series
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This is the third episode in a series to commemorate International Women’s Day because for us, every day is International Women’s Day, as we work to help create a more welcoming, equitable and just sports industry for all athletes. We’ve taken some of the best moments from the 50+ episodes that we’ve recorded to share with you tales of joy, mettle,…
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EP58: Women of Wisdom - IWD 2024, the second in a series
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This is the second episode in the Women of Wisdom, a series to commemorate International Women’s Day. For us, every day is International Women’s Day, as we work to help create a more welcoming, equitable and just sports industry for all athletes. We’ve taken some of the best moments from the 50+ episodes that we’ve recorded to share with you tales …
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EP57 Women of Wisdom - IWD 2024, the first in a series
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This is a very special edition of The Mettleset Podcast, the first of a series, with episodes going live daily next week as well. For us, everyday is International Women’s Day as we work to help create a more welcoming, equitable and just sports industry for all athletes. Since our first episode went live in October 2022, we’ve had the opportunity …
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EP56 REWIND- Pt 2 of 2 - 🩺 Dr Kate Jordan is demystifying female athlete health and well-being
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Today’s episode is a continuation of our discussion on female athlete health with Dr Kate Jordan, a sports and exercise medicine physician at based in Dubai. The first part of this REWIND episode came out last week, and you can access it directly from here: EP55: Part 1 Female athlete health: Sports and Exercise Medicine doctor Kate Jordan on commo…
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9. RAR 🇷🇼 Look at Us - Stories from the Finish Line of The Race Around Rwanda 2024
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The Race Around Rwanda is a 1000km self-supported cycling race that takes place annually every February in Rwanda. This year, The Just Bikes Podcast was on the ground and aimed to give you a daily update of what was happening, the highs, lows, weather and emotions and all the people questioning, ‘can that really be considered gravel?’ Due to tech p…
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EP55 REWIND - Pt 1 of 2 - 🩺 Dr Kate Jordan is demystifying female athlete health and well-being
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Concussions, shoulder troubles, ACL tears, low bone density, Low Energy Availability, menopause … Sports, and injuries from it, tend to impact female athletes in a different way to their male counterparts. Yet, it is only now that awareness and medical research has ramped up around the gender differences in sports medicine. Joining us on today’s sh…
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8. RAR 🇷🇼 Day 3 & 4 - Here For The Vibes at CP3 of The Race Around Rwanda
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The Race Around Rwanda is a 1000km self-supported cycling race that takes place annually every February in Rwanda. This year, The Just Bikes Podcast was on the ground and aimed to give you a daily update of what was happening, the highs, lows, weather and emotions and all the people questioning, ‘can that really be considered gravel?’ Due to tech p…
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7. RAR 🇷🇼 Day 3 Twinning - Caps #77 Mark & Oliver on the Race Around Rwanda
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The Race Around Rwanda is a 1000km self-supported cycling race that takes place annually every February in Rwanda. This year, The Just Bikes Podcast is on the ground and aiming to give you a daily update of what’s happening, the highs, lows, weather and emotions and all the people questioning, ‘can that really be considered gravel?’ February 6th is…
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6. RAR 🇷🇼 🚲 Day 2 - Hard Earned KMs: CP1 to CP2 of the Race Around Rwanda
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The Race Around Rwanda is a 1000km self-supported cycling race that takes place annually every February in Rwanda. This year, The Just Bikes Podcast is on the ground and aiming to give you a daily update of what’s happening, the highs, lows, weather and emotions and all the people questioning, ‘can that really be considered gravel?’. February 5th i…
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RAR 24 🇷🇼 🚲 Day 1: Tugende… or not. What happened on day 1 of the Race Around Rwanda
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The Race Around Rwanda is a 1000km self-supported cycling race that takes place annually every February in Rwanda. This year, The Just Bikes Podcast is on the ground and aiming to give you a daily update of what’s happening, the highs, lows, weather and emotions and all the people questioning, ‘can that really be considered gravel?’ February 4th is…
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4. 🇦🇪 🚲 A slice of UAE cycling history: The Spinneys Dubai 92 Cycle Challenge
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This is Episode 4! Today’s episode gives a glimpse into the history of cycling in Dubai as I speak to the Race Director of the oldest mass participation cycling race in the United Arab Emirates, The Spinneys Dubai 92 Cycle Challenge. I owe a lot to Dubai when it comes to cycling and this race was actually my very first ever. A race I did a week aft…
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EP54: 🎾 Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open insider Vickie Gunnarsson shares her journey on and off the court
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It is sport event season in the Middle East and one event that we’re super excited to see roll into Abu Dhabi for its second edition is The Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open which is taking place 3-11 February at the International Tennis Center, Zayed Sports City. In today’s episode, we speak to one of the unsung heroines of the event, Vickie Gunnarss, Senio…
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3.2 Ultra-Eating 🍕🚲 Ultra-Cycling Coach Niel Copeland & Dawn chat race nutrition when riding your bike a really (really) long time (Rewind from The Mettleset)
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This is Part 2 of a 2 Part series and If you missed the first part, you may want to go check it out. I chatted with my coach Niel Copeland about all things ultra-cycling - Ultra Cycling 101 - but we saved perhaps the best, for this episode and that is ultra-eating or how to eat and fuel when riding your bike for a very very long time. As I mentione…
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3.1 Ultra-Cycling 101 📚 🚲 Coach Niel Copeland & Dawn chat about what it takes to be an ultra-cyclist (A Rewind from The Mettleset)
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EP 3.1 is actually a rewind from The Mettleset, and if you haven’t checked that out, you really should. Released a year ago, this EP is still very relevant for anyone who has ultra-cycling on the 🧠. Maybe you want to be an ultra-cyclist? Maybe you are one already, or maybe you’re just curious to know how one can race distances 700 km to 7000 km +, …
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EP53 Pt 2: 🇮🇶🤼♀️ Iraqi jiu-jitsu gold medallist Ishtar Izzawi on finding her flow through jiu-jitsu
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Hi Guys, If you’ve arrived at Part 2 of our chat with Ishtar Azzawi, the founder of Baghdad Skate Girls, after listening to Part 1, fabulous. We hope you enjoyed it! If not, we urge you to head to Part 1 of this episode to listen to the inspiring origin story of a skateboarding community exclusively for women in Iraq. This instalment dives into Ish…
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EP53 Pt 1: Rolling Revolution: 🇮🇶🛹 Baghdad Skate Girls Founder Ishtar Azzawi on shaping a new horizon for women through skateboarding
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Ishtar Azzawi calls this her planting season. It’s fitting because this jiu-jitsu champ, and our guest, who has represented her country Iraq in the sport while living abroad all her life had always felt that her true calling had gone unanswered. So, last year, she decided to pack her life in the UAE and head home to Baghdad. The planting season sym…
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2.2. 🚲 Cycling Storyteller Juliet Elliott on becoming both a cyclist and Content Creator - Part 2 of 2
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This is Part 2 of my chat with Cycling Storyteller, Juliet Elliott. Juliet Elliott is a friend of mine and also a widely followed cycling storyteller who shares adventures and advice on two wheels in a series of fun, accessible videos on her YouTube and Instagram account, with a combined audience of over 225,000 followers. She’s gained such a follo…
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2.1 🚲 Cycling Storyteller Juliet Elliott’s Year In Bikes - Part 1 of 2
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Today’s guest is Juliet Elliott, the queen of storytelling on two wheels. Between her YouTube and Instagram, Juliet has a combined audience of over 225,000 followers, gained through sharing adventures and advice that is fun, accessible and with a dose of good humor. Juliet and I love a chat so I’ve actually divided this episode into two parts - bot…
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EP52: Sumud: 🇵🇸🕊️🚲 The Story of Para-Cycling Team the Gaza Sunbirds
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Welcome to 2024 and perhaps one of our most important episodes. This is the story of the Gaza Sunbirds, a Palestinian para-cycling team located in Gaza, as told by Karim Ali, the team’s UK-based International Coordinator. While we wished that sharing this story would have been under better and peaceful circumstances, we’re here to tell you that thi…
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EP51: 🏇🏼🇦🇪 Hoofbeats and Harmony: Dressage athlete Natalie Lankester on the promising trajectory of dressage in the UAE and performance in the 2023 Asian Games
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Hi Guys, Remember the first time you heard about the sport dressage? Did you have to google it or are you reaching for your phone right now? You’re not alone! Even in a country where we are based - the UAE- and a region where equestrian traditions date back centuries, dressage (and we’ve just dropped a hint here), is only just growing in popularity…
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1. 🚴🏼♀️ Dr Sarah Ruggins on endurance and signing up to The Transcontinental, without a bike
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The Transcontinental (TCR) is an annual, self-supported ultra-cycling race that, as the name suggests, spans almost across the entire European continent. It is widely considered one of the toughest on the planet, testing rider’s fitness, mental strength, planning, problem solving and ability to endure as they ride 4000km with approx 40,000m of clim…
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As you just heard, The Mettleset is launching a new podcast, The Just Bikes Podcast - hosted by Dawn and friends. As the name suggests, the podcast is all about bikes. From ultra- to adventure, the pain cave to the peloton and lots of type-two fun, The Just Bikes Podcast will feature a host of guests from all over the world to talk about all things…
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The Just Bikes Podcast is a new podcast from The Mettleset, hosted by me, (slow) ultra-cyclist Dawn Barnable and friends. As the name suggests, the podcast is all about bikes! From ultra to adventure, the pain cave to the peloton and lots of type-two fun, I'm going to be speaking to. feature a host of guests - new and old friends - from all over th…
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EP50 Pt 2: Moonshot 🌙 🇦🇪 🏂🏾: UAE Snowboarder Amenah Al Muhairi & Mum Maya on community and sponsor support and chasing Olympic dreams
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This is Part Two of two of our chat with 15 year-old Emirati snowboarder Amenah Al Muhairi, and her mum Maya! If you haven’t checked out Part One, you may want to pause and go back and do that now! It’s a great chat about Amenah’s start in sports, her and her family’s approach to training as well as wise words from Amenah herself. In this - Part Tw…
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EP50 Pt 1: Moonshot: 🌙 🇦🇪 🏂🏾 UAE Snowboarder Amenah Al Muhairi & Mum Maya on dreams, dream teams and being the first to represent the UAE in snowboarding
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This episode follows UAE National Day 🇦🇪, when everyone living in the UAE celebrates the independence of the country, 52 years ago. This is a young country with a rich history and a vibrancy that is hard to beat. That’s why it's a pleasure today to have a rising Emirati star - and our youngest guest ever -, 15 year-old snowboarder Amenah Al Muhairi…
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EP49:⛵Making Waves 🌊: Sailing legend Hannah Mills, OBE 🇬🇧 on Sail GP, realising your dreams and powering purpose
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Today’s guest is the most successful female sailor in Olympic history, Hannah Mills, OBE. Among Hannah’s many accolades are a Silver in the 2012 London Olympics, a Gold in the 2016 Rio Olympics and another gold in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. That’s certainly not where it started or ended for Hannah with multiple gold, silver and bronze medals to her n…
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EP48:🇴🇲 🧗🏽♀️Why not?! The first Omani woman to summit Everest, Nadhira Al Harthy on stepping outside your comfort zone and transforming your life
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When we sat down with Nadhira Al Harthy for this episode in early October, we knew that we were going to discuss her journey to become the first Omani woman to summit Mount Everest. We also knew we’d discuss how she became the first Arab woman to climb Ama Dablam, one of the most beautiful and technical peaks in Nepal. What we didn’t know, and as s…
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🍉 This is not an episode but a message from us to you
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Thanks for listening. As we mentioned, here are some resources and information below. Remember, your voice matters! 🇵🇸 Relief Efforts Palestine Children's Relief Fund (PCRF)- https://www.pcrf.net Emirates Red Crescent - https://www.emiratesrc.ae International Committee of the Red Cross - https://www.icrc.org/en Share Your voice, If you live in Cana…
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EP47: The fast track:🏃🏽♀️ 🇱🇧 Fastest Woman in Lebanese History, Aziza Sbaity, on uncovering identity and purpose through sprinting
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Hi Guys, Our show today is as power-packed as our guest when the gun goes off on a run track. Aziza Sbaity, who has earned the title of the Fastest Woman in Lebanese History, joined us for a chat right after her first track and field training session of the season - as she starts her prep to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics. Aziza has come out o…
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EP46: Me to We: 🇸🇦 Next Gen Saudi Sports Leader, Jeddah Tribe’s Jude Jamjoon on how triathlon helped her find her tribe
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Today’s guest is one of the next generation of Saudi Arabian sports leaders. Jude Jamjoon is the Co-Founder and President of Jeddah Tribe and to call this a Tri Club, would be accurate but it would miss the fact that it is also an event series and really at its core, a robust community that offers training, mentorship, support & encouragement for t…
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EP45: 🇲🇦🏌🏽♀️The Long Game: Maha Haddioui, the first Arab golfer on the Ladies European Tour, on the mental fortitude required to stay on top in the sport
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Hi guys, Our guest today is from Morocco, a country that was recently rocked by a devastating earthquake. We would like to take a moment to acknowledge the loss that Morocco has experienced and our thoughts are with its people during this difficult time. We’ve also linked some global aid initiatives that you can support below. Back to today’s guest…
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EP44: 🏔️ 🏃🏽♀️🇧🇭 Move Mountains: Fatema Husain on UTMB and being the first Bahraini - and GCC national woman - to complete the world's toughest ultramarathon
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Today’s guest is from one of the flattest countries in the world, Bahrain. In fact, the highest point in the entire country is only 134m above sea level and that’s not even open to the public. Why is that relevant you may ask? Well, our guest today just completed what is widely considered the hardest ultramarathon in the world, UTMB. For those who …
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EP43: 🇰🇷 🚴🏻♀️ K-Bikepacking: Exploring South Korea’s 600km Four Rivers Path in four (and a half) days
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Hello Dawn here, I hope you’re all doing well. Summer 2023 is over and well, mine was EPIC with not one, but two adventures involving bikes. Today’s episode is all about bikepacking in South Korea, more specifically, the 4 Rivers BIke Path in South Korea: approx 600 km of mostly car-free, dedicated bike paths extending from the Capital city, Seoul,…
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