Hannah Otto is one of the leading lights in US ultra-endurance and marathon MTB racing — multi-time national marathon MTB champion and holder of the Kokopelli Trail FKT she set in 2024 (130 miles in 13 hours, 49 minutes). She races a mixed calendar of marathon MTB, ultra-distance gravel including Unbound 200, and select FKT projects. For Roadman listeners, her perspective on training for events that mix steep, technical terrain with 8+ hours of pacing is one of the cleanest in the sport.
The major positions Otto is known for in cycling and endurance sport.
Every appearance by Hannah Otto on The Roadman Cycling Podcast — 1 episode in total.
“I had on my top tube every 5 to 10 miles I had what her split was and so I could tell whether I was ahead or behind at really close intervals because across a distance like that it's all too easy to become distracted to kind of become laxidasical um and all of a sudden you've lost 10 minutes.”
“In that first attempt I ended up doing about 13 hours well 13 plus hours of riding um on just over 2 and 1 half liters.”
“I was ahead of that previous time all the way the I was ahead of it for 125 miles I came into the final single track which is 12 miles to go dead set with the time and I came unraveled in those last 12 miles and I missed it by just 15 minutes.”
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