Fastest Bike with Denise Korenek

Welcome

Welcome to Episode #175 of the Mile High Endurance podcast.  You are listening to your weekly connection to coaches, experts and pro athletes to inspire and help you reach your endurance goals.  We are your hosts coach Rich Soares and 303 Chief Bill Plock.   Thanks for joining us for another week of endurance interviews and discussion. 

Today we have National champion cyclist, Denise Korenek on her record breaking feat of being the fastest sustained cycling speed of 184 mph.  We are going to talk about the inspiration, training, planning, engineering and nerves that it took to achieve that goal.

Thanks to last week's guest the legendary Julie Moss as we talk about her book, Crawl of Fame.  If you missed that interview go back and check out episode #174.  Also stay tuned for more information about her book signing events in Colorado later this summer.

 

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In Today's Show:

• We're going 184 miles and hour with Denise Korenek interview
• Video of the Week
• Endurance Trivia
• Articles
• News
• Upcoming interviews

 

Sponsor - Riplaces:

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Interview Introduction:

Denise Korenek holds the world record for paced bicycle land speed and is considered "the fastest cyclist on earth".  She set the record on September 16, 2018, at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, by traveling an average of 183.932 mph (296.009 km/h) on a custom-built carbon KHS bicycle behind a custom-built vehicle to minimize air resistance.  She lives in Valley Center, CA with her husband Chris.

Her record has been featured in Bicycling Magazine, on ESPN, in Outside Online, and now the Mile High Endurance Podcast.

Let's spend some time with our guest interview.

 

Sponsor - Halo Neuroscience:

Our post interview discussion is sponsored by Halo Neuroscience.  The Halo Sport from Halo Neuroscience will help you learn the technique and form to get faster.  20 minutes of neural priming with the Halo Headset gives you an hour of neural plasticity to work and lock in the muscle movement that leads to strength, power and endurance. Use the code "MHE" at checkout to save an additional $20.  Pre order now and your regular price of $399 is $299.  Add the MHE code and your price is $279. 

 

Denise Korenek Interview Discussion

• Shooting herself in the leg.
• Being tethered to the dragster.
• Riding with heavy leather gear and a moto cross helmet
• Salt flats, how flat do you think they are? 

 

Video of the Week:

Denise Mueller-Korenek is the Fastest Person on a Bike EVER

 

Endurance Trivia:

Question #1 - How many feet was Denise's suit tested for?

1. 100 feet
2. 200 feet
3. 500 feet
4. Unknown

 

Question #2 - In 1899, the first attempt was made by Charles Murphy when he became the first person to exceed 60 mph.  What was his nickname?

1. "Magic Mile" Murphy
2. "Mile A Minute" Murphy
3. "Chuck" Murphy
4. "Murph"

 

Question #3 - Charles Murphy's attempt did this by slipstreaming a _____.   The rest of the sentence:  along a track of rough wooden boards laid on the sleepers. He rode into the record books on what he called "a maelstrom of swirling dust, hot cinders, paper and other particles of matter"

1. Team of horses
2. A car
3. A train

 

New section - "What's New in the 303":

• We were chatting with Tyler Hamilton this week and I loved the way he phrased a question to Bill and I, which was "what's new in the 303" (area code)?.  I thought it would make for a good segment on the show.

 

News:

• https://303triathlon.com/usa-cycling-and-usa-triathlon-join-forces/
• https://303triathlon.com/ft-collins-triathlon-may-26th-pool-swim-great-way-to-kick-off-the-season/

 

Upcoming Interviews:

• Member of the 1995 US Postal Service team, teammate of Lance Armstrong in 1999, 2000, and 2001.  Olympic games 2000 and 2004.  National road race champion in 2008.  Co-author of the 2012 The Secret Race.  We are featuring Tyler Hamilton Training with coach Jim Capra and Tyler Hamilton.
• Running coach Andrew Simmons of Lifelong Endurance is joining us to talk about running coaching tips.  We can add coach Andrew to the long list of coaches who advocate lots of base work and some high end intensity.  His TrainingPeaks article Training in the Grey Zone: How to Avoid the Zone 3 Plateau is a read recommendation, but we are going to talk about it on the show.
• Justin Blalog - Film Shared Territory: Gravel Bike Across Iceland

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