Lachlan Morton REVEALS How He Trained For And Won UNBOUND Gravel (and more) | LTA ep.6
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- Опубликовано: 9 июл 2024
- Lachlan Morton just won his first Unbound Gravel race. But he is also one of the pioneers of the gravel racing scene.
We sat down to talk about Unbound Gravel, how he trained for the event, why he got into gravel racing, how he balanced gravel racing while still being a World Tour professional cyclist and more.
If you simply want to know how he trained and won, then check the time stamps. But I invite you to listen to this whole episode as Lachlan shares his thoughts on a number of things. I also asked him when we will be getting another Thereabouts episode!
00:00 - Lachlan Morton’s First Experience with Gravel Racing
08:00 - Lachlan Morton’s Thoughts on The Evolution of Gravel Racing
14:15 - Lachlan’s Bike Set Up For Unbound Gravel
23:30 - Lachlan’s Training Approach
34:15 - Strategic Decision Making During Unbound Gravel Race
51:30 - Finding Freedom In Cycling
57:21 - Upomcing Race and New Thereabouts?
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A little about myself:
New to my channel? I'm an average recreational cyclist that recently moved from America to Girona, Catalunya, Spain. The Vuelta España and The Tour of Catalunya will all be held here in Spain!
Sometimes I race and when I do, I share my training with you along the way. So far, I've done crit racing, road racing and gravel racing. I haven't done a duathlon or a triathlon yet, but it is something I am thinking about!
So far in Spain, I’ve seen DSM cycling, SD Worx, Team Jayco Alula, Rally / Human Powered Health cycling, Ineos, Arkea cycling, UAE team emirates and more all training here. Did you know there’s also a GCN studio here?
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🙏🏾 That was a lot to type!! If you've read this far, thank you for taking the time to watch! 
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Great interview! Way to let him talk…..Haven’t seen you interview before but this uninterrupted long form is cool
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for taking the time to watch.
Loving these interviews. Can we get Dylan Johnson, he could talk about tyres for hours!
I’d love to chat with Dylan. I’ll try to get him on for you guys.
10/10, thank you for letting him finish his answers all the way through
Not a problem. And thank you for taking the time to watch.
What a pleasure to listening to this dude talk
The true test that gravel remains gravel is that everybody still complains about the course…loose gravel, water crossings, too many choke points, cattle roaming, etc… so long as it is just sort of wake up and a group of buddies race point to point it will be fine
Great job!!! thank you so much for just listening and not trying to talk over. KEEP IT UP!!!!
You’re welcome. And thank you for taking time out of your day to watch.
Lachlan you are an inspiration and a forever Legend. Thank you both for this. The Peoples CHAMP!
I think the advice I would give to all pros who want to try a gravel event is finishing is actually the primary goal not winning…winning is the icing on top but winning at all costs or the only goal is missing the point of gravel…its an adventure by design
Couldn’t agree more
Great interview, always appreciate hearing from the peoples champ
Thanks for stopping by to watch
Lachlan has changed cycling not bragging just showing regular cyclists it’s fun too get on the bike and have fun.
Agreed
Great interview C with Mr. Morton. I watched his Great Divide ride via YT and that portrayed his love of offroad cycling. While I'm sure the town of Emporia is grateful to have ex-pro and current professional riders performing in UB, I hope it stays true to its roots and doesn't get too big for its britches and forces people to move to other events that are less stressful as he mentions in min 13 about the "eliteness effect". In the very few years I've watched gravel races they certainly are snowballing in size and from an average rider's perspective the fun of riding a bike potentially gets pushed to the back burner.
Good point and I agree with you. Unfortunately for riders like us, I think these events will continue to get bigger and bigger each year with more World Tour and former World Tour riders rolling in. Let’s hope the organizers don’t forget what has made gravel such a popular alternative option for the everyday cyclist.
As genuine as genuine gets, such an enjoyable interview.
Thanks for taking the time to watch!
You for yourself deserve to have the best set and lighting, all the best!
A great interview.. I'd love to see an interview on how and why Lachlan set up his 2024 Unbound bike in detail.
Thanks, William! I appreciate you taking time out of your day to watch.
Nice to hear he kinda did it all intuitive.
Of course science tricles down, but sometimes your feeling is the best to listen to, and can actually be ahead of science 🙏
Spirit of Gravel runs strong in Lachlan….
I love Lachlan's training perspective: hitting his necessary training goals in the context of enjoying and appreciating life and cycling. Very cool, smart and inspirational!
Agreed!
Really enjoying the channel even though I don’t ride road or gravel.
That means a lot! Thanks for your support. Do you ride at all? Now you got me curious.
@@SeeSmithTV I ride about 100 or so miles a week. More ATB stuff. Mixed terrain on ridiculous bikes with swept bars and wide tires.
Hers A breath of fresh air 🫁
Sounds like a great, healthy approach to training and competition.
Agreed!
Great interview!
Thanks, Gabby. Thanks for taking the time to watch!
Very nice, thank you, subscribed.
Thanks, Greg. I appreciate that.
The coolest pro rider! Great interview, thanks guys! Lachlan please do another Therebauts movie featuring Gus. These are the best!
Thanks for hanging out and watching!
Lachlan Morton is Bad Ass
Lachlan do the XL next year…FKT
13:20 CC: Lifetime Grand Prix
blows my mind that the majority of people didn't know he completed the tour solo in 18 days. Unbound is nothing for him.
Forgot about that! That was dope.