Guest - John Petrylak "From Couch To Podium" | Ep 14

First guest on the Endurance Path podcast...! John Petrylak John was nearly 240 lbs when he realized he needed to make some changes. He was getting active again when some buddies invited him to join them on a 4 person team for a 24 hour mountain bike race. John was hooked on the bike at that point... Fastforward to 2017 and John Petrylak wins the (NUE) National Ultra Endurance Marathon Race Series. John walks us through his progression, we talk a little bit about loosing weight, training and touch on quite a few different races. We also discuss the difference between racing the 100k Marathon distance races and the 100M Epic distance races. John has had success in both. We also talk about the community around mountain bike racing and making new friends in the sport. John shares his sponsors with us, including talking about his coach Jeremiah Bishop and his local shop Bike Factory of Charlottesville that goes beyond the extra mile to keep his bikes rolling and John on the race course. No doubt, John's bikes get a lot of abuse with the amount of racing he's been doing and distances he's been racing. Show Notes Page: https://www.endurancepath.com/podcast/episode14/ Contact Steve: [email protected] John Petrylak's Sponsors Scott Bikes - bike sponsor through 2017 Norco Bikes - new bike sponsor starting 2018 Tifosi Optics Mavic ESI Grips Wolf Tooth Athlo Sports w/ Dave Manchester Bike Factory of Charlottesville John Petrylak's Coaches and Trainers Jeremiah Bishop Coaching Highland Training w/ Mike Schultz John Petrylak's Blog Feed Always Chasing John Petrylak's Home Race Series Virginia Offroad Series Other Races and Series Mentioned NUE (National Ultra Endurance Series) True Grit Big Frog Mohican 100 Carrabassett Wilderness 101 Crotched Mountain Shenandoah 100 Marji Gesick 100 Big Bear Grizzly USAC Marathon Nationals John Petrylak's Social Media Facebook (john.petrylak) Instagram (johnpetrylak) Steve's Social Media Facebook (endurancepath) - follow me on Facebook Instagram (endurance_path) - follow me on Instagram Twitter (hamlinsm) - follow me on Twitter