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Hit the trail and plant some seeds with Diana Wright! As the Startup Community Builder for Greater Des Moines Partnership, Diana is a generous leader who uses the art of connection to evolve the Des Moines startup community, while also weaving webs throughout Iowa and beyond.

Together, we explore building within complex entrepreneurial ecosystems, how to plug into a startup community, the importance of learning from failure, communities of practice, and ways ecosystem allies can push through a J Curve by always adding diverse energy into the mix.

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Welcome to RAGBRAI - the [Des Moines] Register Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa.  Six days, two rivers, one state.  For the last 50 years bicyclists from all over the globe have descended on Iowa for the opportunity to spend six days riding (not racing) over 450 miles from the western edge of the state on the Missouri River to the eastern boundary at the Mississippi River.  Its big business and so are bikes all over the Hawkeye State. 

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RAGBRAI - In case you haven't heard, it's the Register Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa - a recurring event originally started by the Des Moines Register in 1973,  that drew over 60,000 folks to the Hawkeye State during its 50th Anniversary this year.   Truck side underride guards - this safety feature has the ability to save hundreds, but safety advocates and trucking industry veterans are at odds with how to implement it.  Finally, with the big move toward locating manufacturing and warehousing facilities in or near the United States underway big time, companies are coming up against challenges. 

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Steve Simonin is the President & CEO of Iowa Specialty Hospitals & Clinics and has been an avid bike rider for many years. In this episode, he dishes about all the fun things that happen during RAGBRAI, what it takes to prepare for a bike ride across Iowa in a week, answers some intriguing questions about his journey with weight loss, and explains what the heck "clipping in" means as well as some other "RAGBSAI speak".

What can you learn on the back of a tandem bicycle? Evidently, a lot! God taught Julie some valuable life lessons on this year's RAGBRAI (bike ride across Iowa), and she shares five of them to inspire us all in this episode. Don't miss this one! Join encourager, Julie Lefebure, each Tuesday morning as she offers real encouragement for your real life right now through a fresh, hope-filled perspective, a lighthearted inspiration, and Biblical insight, all in about 15 minutes. Each episode will lift your spirits and equip you to be a light in this world. Find extra encouragement at julielefebure.com/resources/.

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It's likely we each do something that may not make sense to others. For Julie, it's riding RAGBRAI. But oftentimes the why behind what we do is so very important. She explains in this episode her why and offers us encouragement in ours. Plus she invites you along for the ride! Join encourager, Julie Lefebure, each Tuesday morning as she offers real encouragement for your real life right now through a fresh, hope-filled perspective, a lighthearted inspiration, and Biblical insight, all in about 15 minutes. Each episode will lift your spirits and equip you to be a light in this world. Find extra encouragement at julielefebure.com/resources/.

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In this episode, Amy Rousselow, Waterloo Public Library's Marketing and Volunteer Services Manager, Lindsay Pieters, Experience Waterloo's Marketing Director, and Ana Hanisch, SingleSpeed Brewing Company's Director of Operations, sit down with Becky Miller, the host of the WPL Book Drop podcast, to talk about preparing for RAGBRAI coming to Waterloo, and some of their recent reads.

Titles discussed in this episode:

The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins
Lessons From Lucy: The Simple Joys of an Old, Happy Dog by Dave Barry
Educated by Tara Westover

Learn more about RAGBRAI coming to Waterloo at: https://experiencewaterloo.com/ragbrai/

From first communion in the Catholic Church to his present role as the leader of a church-based mental health support group in Des Moines, the love of God has always felt very real to Brad Wilson. Katie Gregor (episode 55) speaks with Brad about mental health, god, progressivism, insurance, and long distance biking. Pastor Emily joins for a discussion on Psalm 23.

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I go over all kinds of races and other events I did this summer, including:

Mennonite Relief Sale Trail 5K, Quad Cities Triathlon, Microbrew 6K, Buckeye Bridge Ride, Ride for JDRF, Vandalia Freedom Ride, Racin' in Mason 5K, some runs my daughter and I did on our vacation in/near Harpers Ferry, RAGBRAI, Steel City Half Day Fat Azz Run, Great Miami Sprint Triathlon, Harbin Park CX (cyclocross), Valley View Nature Preserve CX, and the inaugural Spoken Bicycles to Taft’s Ale House Ride.

Eventually I'll post a YouTube version of the podcast! Same exact content, just put on YouTube for those who don't do podcasts. See the pictures while I talk.

Mennonite Relief Sale Trail 5K

Quad Cities Triathlon

Bonnie Busch, whom I interviewed after the triathlon.

Microbrew 6K

Me, my daughter, my sister, my brother-in-law

Buckeye Bridge Ride

Ride for JDRF

Vandalia Freedom Ride

My run around Cincinnati/Ohio River/Newport, Kentucky

Vacation Pics

Baltimore

Bolivar Heights/Schoolhouse Ridge run in Harpers Ferry National Park, West Virginia

Shenandoah National Park, Virginia

National Zoo, Washington DC

Ben's Chili Bowl, Washington DC

Maryland Heights run, Maryland (across from Harpers Ferry)

Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

National Mall, Washington DC

RAGBRAI (Register's Annual Bike Ride Across Iowa)

Steel City Half Day Fat Azz Run

Great Miami Sprint Triathlon

Harbin Park CX (cyclocross)

Valley View Nature Preserve CX

T.J. Juskiewicz is the Director of one the largest annual bike rides in the world: RAGBBRAI. RAGBRAI, is the Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa, and is an annual event that travels west to east across the state of Iowa. The event has morphed into a cultural phenomenon that attracts riders from all across the world with it’s laid back vibe and party-like atmosphere. Lance and T.J. caught up at the race and shared some great stories from the past.

One of the most successful tennis players of all time, Chris Evert, stopped by for Episode 6 of The Forward Podcast with Lance Armstrong. Chris won 18 Grand Slam singles titles and 3 doubles titles during her career and now serves as a tennis analyst for ESPN. Lance and Chris cover topics such as: life after sports, tennis, family, and much more.