Brennan Wertz's guest appearances

Brennan Wertz

The Gravel Ride. A cycling podcast

King of the Ride

The Adventure Stache

Groadio - The Premier Gravel Cycling & Racing Podcast

OwlTail

Brennan Wertz spent eight years as a top-level rower before transitioning to cycling. During that time, he raced for Stanford, nabbed a world record, and chased the Olympics before injuries sidelined him. When he picked up cycling to pass the rehab time, he fell in love with the sport and never looked back. In 2021, he jumped into Unbound and landed in the top 10. This year, he’s racing in the Life Time Grand Prix, which brings a whole new set of unknowns.In this conversation, Brennan sits down with Payson in Monterrey, CA to talk about his rowing career, finding his way into cycling, and why he was hooked on gravel from the start. With only a year and a half of racing under his belt, he’s aware that he doesn't have the experience that his competitors have, but with years of rowing, he’s got the power numbers and the mentality to make up for it. He talks about how much he enjoys getting out of his comfort zone, how he's tried to bring the team spirit of rowing into his gravel training, and how he hopes to prove that bigger racers can perform at the highest levels of the sport. This year, he isn’t looking forward to the events that his 6 foot 5, 200-pound frame is most suited for, but to the races that pose new challenges. Mountain biking at Sea Otter and elevation at Leadville are two of the events he’s most excited about, and he tells Payson about how he's training for them, and whether he'd ever be interested in dipping his toe in professional road racing.Instagram: @theadventurestache

Brennan Wertz spent eight years as a top-level rower before transitioning to cycling. During that time, he raced for Stanford, nabbed a world record, and chased the Olympics before injuries sidelined him. When he picked up cycling to pass the rehab time, he fell in love with the sport and never looked back. In 2021, he jumped into Unbound and landed in the top 10. This year, he’s racing in the Life Time Grand Prix, which brings a whole new set of unknowns. In this conversation, Brennan sits down with Payson in Monterrey, CA to talk about his rowing career, finding his way into cycling, and why he was hooked on gravel from the start. With only a year and a half of racing under his belt, he’s aware that he doesn't have the experience that his competitors have, but with years of rowing, he’s got the power numbers and the mentality to make up for it. He talks about how much he enjoys getting out of his comfort zone, how he's tried to bring the team spirit of rowing into his gravel training, and how he hopes to prove that bigger racers can perform at the highest levels of the sport. This year, he isn’t looking forward to the events that his 6 foot 5, 200-pound frame is most suited for, but to the races that pose new challenges. Mountain biking at Sea Otter and elevation at Leadville are two of the events he’s most excited about, and he tells Payson about how he's training for them, and whether he'd ever be interested in dipping his toe in professional road racing.Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/theadventurestache/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@theadventurestache</a>

Brennan Wertz, gravel racer and former champion rower

World Champion rower turned gravel cyclist, that's right, Brennan Wertz is our guest today. A linguist, a world traveler, a Stanford graduate, an incredibly friendly individual, Brennan is a speedy and excellent addition to the gravel peloton. At just 23 years old, the sky's the limit with the power numbers he's able to produce. Please enjoy the show! Here's the summary of my Last Best Ride exploits: https://youtu.be/_mRv_b7JMW4

World Champion rower turned gravel cyclist, that's right, Brennan Wertz is our guest today. A linguist, a world traveler, a Stanford graduate, an incredibly friendly individual, Brennan is a speedy and excellent addition to the gravel peloton. At just 23 years old, the sky's the limit with the power numbers he's able to produce. Please enjoy the show! Here's the summary of my Last Best Ride exploits: <a href="https://youtu.be/_mRv_b7JMW4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/_mRv_b7JMW4</a>

Episode 94: Brennan Wertz — World Champion Rower Turned Gravel Racer

Amanda chats with up-and-coming gravel racer, Brennan Wertz, on his rowing background, how he got into bike racing and his experience at the latest San Diego Belgian Waffle Race. Follow Brennan on Instagram at @brennan.wertz. Check out this episode's sponsor Endura and receive 20 percent off your order when entering WIDEANGLE20 at endurasport.com. You can follow Amanda on Twitter at @_amanda_panda_ and on Instagram at @amanda_panda_. Catch up with Zach's on Twitter at @theshoestar and on Instagram at @zacharyschuster. Follow Bill at @cxhairs  on Instagram and Twitter. Follow the show @groadio Email the show at groadio@gmail.com. Groadio is part of the Wide Angle Podium network. Please consider becoming a member. Go to www.wideanglepodium.com/donate to learn more and contribute.

Amanda chats with up-and-coming gravel racer, Brennan Wertz, on his rowing background, how he got into bike racing and his experience at the latest San Diego Belgian Waffle Race. Follow Brennan on Instagram at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/brennan.wertz/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@brennan.wertz</a>. Check out this episode's sponsor Endura and receive 20 percent off your order when entering WIDEANGLE20 at <a href="https://www.endurasport.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">endurasport.com.</a> You can follow Amanda on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/_amanda_panda_" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@_amanda_panda_</a> and on Instagram at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/amanda_panda_/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@amanda_panda_.</a> Catch up with Zach's on Twitter at <a href="http://www.twitter.com/theshoestar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@theshoestar</a> and on Instagram at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/zacharyschuster/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@zacharyschuster.</a> Follow Bill at @cxhairs  on <a href="https://instagram.com/cxhairs/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/CXHairs" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>. Follow the show <a href="http://www.twitter.com/groadio" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@groadio</a> Email the show at <a href="mailto:groadio@gmail.com">groadio@gmail.com</a>. Groadio is part of the Wide Angle Podium network. Please consider becoming a member. Go to <a href="http://www.wideanglepodium.com/donate" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.wideanglepodium.com/donate</a> to learn more and contribute.