035: Meet badass Aussie adventure-seeker Richelle Olsen and learn about her rad group for plus-sized women escaping their comfort zone

The Joyride Podcast!

Joyriders, Meet Richelle!

?SHE'S OUR FIRST INTERNATIONAL GUEST! ?

Richelle Olsen is a badass Australian adventure-seeker who is all about body positivity and escaping your comfort zone. I had such a great time chatting with her and could mostly keep up with her accent!

Topics discussed on the show:

Bells Beach, Victoria, Australia

Adult onset athlete

Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

Mt. Everest Basecamp

Pink Triathalon

Escaping Your Comfort Zone

The Inca Trail

The Great Divide Trail

Aussie Rail Trails

Tour Divide

Whistler, B.C

Banff, Alberta

Steamboat Springs, Colorado

Napa

Pacific Coast Highway

Cycling to Cabo

Munich

Helinox chair

Aldi Bike Touring for Beginners w/ Escaping Your Comfort Zone Queenscliff Trail mix + chocolate!! Cheesy mashed potato flakes Jetboil superstove Couscous with tuna Cycling Australia versus in the U.S. The kindness of strangers Packin' heat Amanda Batty Calling out shit (check this counterpoint to call-out culture) Tour Down Under Equal prize money for women! Senator Penny Wong

Casual violence and the turdness of people

Words of wisdom: Find your tribe! Facebook and Meet-up area great resources! It takes a lot of guts to reach out -"your dreams need to outweigh your fears."

Check out other podcasts Richelle has been on here!

Check out RichelleOlsen.com + RichelleRides on Insta + Escaping your comfort zone (on Insta) Tag us in a story if you enjoyed the show!

Coming up on the Bike Love Calendar:

Live the Revolution!

Get ready for another night of bike love stories! The eighth annual Live The Revolution on Friday, February 9, 2018 at the Alberta Abbey in Portland, Oregon.

Live the Revolution is a bicycle-themed storytelling event that benefits The Street Trust and features four storytellers, three of whom are badass women in the Portland cycling community, including the Shero of Black Girls Do Bike Portland and WomenBike Roll Model Keyonda McQuarters. Tickets are $15 in advance, and $17 at the door, get 'em while they last! Learn more here.

• Worst Day of the Year Ride: February 11
• Swift Stoked Spoke Series (Seattle): January 31, February 28, March 28
• Cycle Oregon Joy Ride: June 9
• World Naked Bike Ride: June 23
• Cycle Oregon Weekender: July 14-15
• Seattle-to-Portland: July 14-15
• WTFbikexplorers summit (Whitefish, Montana): August 16-19
• Cycle Oregon Classic: September 8-15

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Forever Forward!

xo

~C