S9 Ep30: Trailer: Supersonic: The Marcus Christie Story
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\\nThis is a trailer of a new episode for Friends of the Podcast. To listen to the full episode sign up at thecyclingpodcast.com
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\\nThe path to a career as a professional cyclist is a road less travelled and also a notoriously gruelling one. For many, moreover, it can become a search for the self, the pursuit of an identity, which raises the stakes way beyond the promise or reality of whatever material rewards come with success.
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\\nRerouted into cycling by a running injury at age 17, Northern Irish rider Marcus Christie found himself on a fast track towards the pro peloton that soon turned into a white-knuckle ride. Over the next decade, Christie faced debilitating injuries, crippling insecurities, an eating disorder and \\u2013 parallel to, or maybe underlying all of this \\u2013 the key existential question of how to live within cycling or whether to try, as the years ticked by, to contemplate living without it.
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\\nInspired by the soul-bearing first-person account that he shared with us in 2020, Supersonic is Marcus Christie\\u2019s story.\\xa0
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\\nThe path to a career as a professional cyclist is a road less travelled and also a notoriously gruelling one. For many, moreover, it can become a search for the self, the pursuit of an identity, which raises the stakes way beyond the promise or reality of whatever material rewards come with success.
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\\nRerouted into cycling by a running injury at age 17, Northern Irish rider Marcus Christie found himself on a fast track towards the pro peloton that soon turned into a white-knuckle ride. Over the next decade, Christie faced debilitating injuries, crippling insecurities, an eating disorder and \\u2013 parallel to, or maybe underlying all of this \\u2013 the key existential question of how to live within cycling or whether to try, as the years ticked by, to contemplate living without it.
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\\nInspired by the soul-bearing first-person account that he shared with us in 2020, Supersonic is Marcus Christie\\u2019s story.\\xa0