Episodes
![The Western Challenge 525 with Sean Hernon](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog11324425/Sean1_q4qu2k_300x300.png)
Monday Apr 25, 2022
The Western Challenge 525 with Sean Hernon
Monday Apr 25, 2022
Monday Apr 25, 2022
Ultra cyclist and Mizen to Malin record holder Sean Hernon talks with Dickie about the inaugural Western Challenge taking place this June 17th and 18th. Starting and finishing on the Salthill Promenade, the event takes in the best the West has to offer:
https://eventmaster.ie/event/qMn0iP7SQq
200k, 300k & 525k options
Contact: challengesports365@yahoo.com
![Senator Róisín Garvey - It's not about the PB's](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog11324425/Roisin1_300x300.jpeg)
Monday May 03, 2021
Senator Róisín Garvey - It's not about the PB's
Monday May 03, 2021
Monday May 03, 2021
Senator Róisín Garvey talks to Dickie about taking back control on rural roads, lockdown cyclist smuggling and leaving no one behind in the group. Living in Inagh, county Clare, Róisín sets out her vision of cycling in rural Ireland that is now becoming a reality with new funding, she lets us in on her hacks for harnessing the 'fast lads' as a resource for novices and why bike training should mandatory in every secondary school.
![Cyrus Monk - The Music Man](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog11324425/CyrisIrelandRace_300x300.jpeg)
Tuesday Mar 30, 2021
Cyrus Monk - The Music Man
Tuesday Mar 30, 2021
Tuesday Mar 30, 2021
Former Australian u23 Champion and recent winner of the Tour Down Under points jersey Cyrus Monk chats to Dickie about racing in Ireland and on the Continent, altitude training in the Slieve Blooms, turbo training in a quarantine hotel room, making music and his planned return to Ireland and Continental racing with Evo Pro.... and bad cow jokes!
Visit Cyrus' website https://cyclistscientist.com
photo credit: Sean Rowe
![Lydia Gurley - Drama in the Velodrome](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog11324425/MadisonSquare_300x300.jpg)
Tuesday Mar 23, 2021
Lydia Gurley - Drama in the Velodrome
Tuesday Mar 23, 2021
Tuesday Mar 23, 2021
Episode 3 of the Challenge CC cycling podcast, Dickie talks to Lydia Gurley of Challenge CC and Aerocoach in the Irish training camp in Mallorca since lockdown started in March 2020. Irish national road silver medallist, world championship track bronze medallist and European Madison silver medallist with Lydia Boylan, who have qualified for the Tokyo Olympics. Lydia shares her thoughts about what a Velodrome would do for Irish cycling from the grass-roots level to elite, and shares with us the spectacle and intensity of track racing.
![Eoghan Clifford - Paralympic Cyclist and Engineer](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog11324425/Clifford1_300x300.jpeg)
Monday Mar 15, 2021
Eoghan Clifford - Paralympic Cyclist and Engineer
Monday Mar 15, 2021
Monday Mar 15, 2021
Episode 2 of the new Challenge CC podcast series. Dickie chats to Eoghan Clifford, Galway Bay CC, winner of gold medals at the Rio Paralympics and champion at both road and track at multiple World Championships, and lecturer in Engineering at NUI Galway.
![Pádraig Quinn - Life as a Pro-Continental Rider](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog11324425/PQ-e1420574908828_300x300.jpg)
Thursday Mar 11, 2021
Pádraig Quinn - Life as a Pro-Continental Rider
Thursday Mar 11, 2021
Thursday Mar 11, 2021