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Episodes
Ellie Smart Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series…Ep126
26 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
American Ellie Smart is a professional high diver competing in the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series. She started competing in the World Series event...
Iris Wang Badminton: Olympics and Beyond…Ep125
12 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Olympian Iris Wang is a singles badminton player from Los Angeles, California. She started playing as a young kid and has been competing international...
Helena Gilbert-Snyder Lifetime Grand Prix & Women Belong in Cycling…Ep124
28 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Helena Gilbert-Snyder is a financial analyst at Specialized Bicycles. She also races bikes at the professional level across dirt, road, and gravel dis...
Dr. Stacy Sims on Female Physiology and Training…Ep123
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Stacy T. Sims is an applied researcher, innovator, and entrepreneur in human performance, specifically sex differences in training, nutrition, and env...
Michelle Sechser Olympic Lightweight Double Sculls…Ep122
31 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Olympian Michelle Sechser is a lightweight rower. At Tokyo 2020 she finished 5th in the lightweight double sculls, an incredibly exciting race where t...
Ishveen Jolly Founder Open Sponsorship…Ep121
16 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ishveen Jolly is an expert in sports marketing. She worked as a sports agent for many years and is now building her company, Open Sponsorship, to lead...
Raquel Vélez Alpine Parrot Dreaming Big…Ep120
03 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Raquel Vélez is the Founder and CEO of Alpine Parrot, an outdoor apparel company that caters specifically to people of size and people of color. She ...
Tory Mather Making Weight in Lightweight Rowing…Ep119
17 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tory Mather began rowing in high school after a friend convinced her to try Learn to Row. She rowed Division 1 at Marist College, where she was unanim...
Cynthia Appiah Beijing Olympics Bobsleigh and Monobob…Ep118
03 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Cynthia Appiah was a standout shot put and hammer throw athlete at York University. In the summer of 2011 she discovered bobsleigh at a testing camp a...
Helen Wyman Free Rule Change in Cyclocross…Ep117
20 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Helen Wyman is 10x British Cyclocross Champion, 2x European Champion, and World Championship bronze medalist. In addition to racing, Helen has worked ...
Mary Wittenberg League One Volleyball (LOVB)…Ep116
06 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mary Wittenberg is president of League One Volleyball (or LOV), a new, first-of-its-kind volleyball community with a network of junior clubs across th...
Nikaeda Griffie You Can Do Hard Things…Ep115
23 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nikaeda Griffie started running in high school as a way to socialize and continued cross country and track in college for gym credit and to stay in sh...
Starla Garcia Registered Dietitian & Endurance Runner...Ep114
09 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Starla Garcia is a registered dietician, Olympic Trials Marathon qualifier, and founder of The Healthy Shine, a sport nutrition and coaching consultin...
Paige Alms Big Wave Surf Champion...Ep113
25 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Paige Alms is a 2x Big Wave World Champion Surfer, one of Maui’s token female big wave surfers, an active water enthusiast, and foil frother. Born o...
Stephanie Scheirlynck Sports Nutrition...Ep112
11 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Stephanie Scheirlynck is a certified dietitian and nutritionist specializing in sports nutrition. Over the past 15 years Stephanie has worked with pro...
Race Car Driver Toni Breidinger In Control...Ep111
28 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
22-year old rookie race car driver Toni Brideinger is the all-time winningest female in US Auto Club history with 19 wins. Like all race car drivers, ...
Morgan Tuck Director of Franchise Development, Connecticut Sun...Ep110
14 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Morgan Tuck returned to the Connecticut Sun as the Director of Franchise Development after retiring as a WNBA player in March 2021. Morgan, a forw...
BONUS: Keeping Track: Dalilah Muhammad Journey to the Top
26 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Special bonus introduction to the Keeping Track podcast featuring American track and field star Dililah Muhammad who specializes in the 400 meter hur...
BONUS: Strides Forward: Ann Ashworth + Comrades Marathon
12 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Special bonus introduction to the Strides Forward Podcast featuring South African long distance runner Ann Ashworth. This episode follows Ann’s jour...
Aifric Keogh Get Fast First…Ep109
29 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Aifric Keogh started rowing in 2006 and has been a member of the High-Performance team for several years. Aifric studied Food Microbiology in UCC and ...
Sam Moore Women Specific Training Design…Ep108
15 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Moore recently joined University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Exercise and Sport Science graduate school as a research fellow under Dr. Abbi...
Erin Jackson Power To The Ice …Ep107
01 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Erin Jackson is a speedskater and scholar from Ocala, Florida. She has been a roller skater for as long as she can remember, going on to pursue inline...
Pooja Kalyan Trusting What You’ve Trained …Ep106
17 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Pooja Kalyan is an eighteen-year-old from Fayetteville, Arkansas. She started skating when she was six at The Jones Center in Springdale, Arkansas an...
Grace Gonzales Angel City Elite…Ep105
03 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Grace Gonzales is one of five runner-founders of the elite distance running team, Angel City Elite, based in Los Angeles and sponsored by Brooks. ACE’...
Muffet McGraw Hall of Fame Women’s Basketball Coach…Ep104
20 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The legendary, Muffet McGraw was the Notre Dame women’s basketball head coach for 33 seasons. In two of those seasons (2001 and 2018) she won the na...
Gabriela Reutter Seeing The Puzzle Picture…Ep103
06 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Professional Show Jumper, Gaby Reutter was born in Santiago, Chile and began riding at only four years old. When she was 17, she moved to the United S...
Dempsey Arsenault Beyond Her Comfort Zone…Ep102
22 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Lacrosse superstar Dempsey Arsenault graduated from Boston College in 2019. There, she was one of the “Big Three” —a trifecta of women’s lacro...
Erica Vanstone Roller Derby Sport & Community…Ep101
08 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Erica Vanstone is the Executive Director of the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA), the international governing body for the sport of roll...
Clara Honsinger US National Cyclocross Champion…Ep100
25 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Team USA Cyclocross rider Clara Honsinger grew up riding mountain bikes on the trails behind her home in Oregon and started racing bikes as a teenager...
Khadijah Diggs #nevergiveuponyourself…Ep99
11 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Khadijah Diggs is a Triathlete on TEAM USA, a mother, and works full time. Her mission is to promote a positive image of Muslim women and Islam in ge...
Haley Rosen Just Women’s Sports…Ep98
25 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
CEO and Founder of Just Women’s Sports, Haley Rosen received a BA and an MA from Stanford University, where she played as a midfielder for the Cardi...
Brianna Decker USA Hockey Now & Future…Ep97
11 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ice Hockey super star Brianna Decker has been playing hockey at the International level for almost twenty years. She generously shares stories of play...
Dr Kirstin Lauritzen The Immune System and Building Resiliency…Ep96
28 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
With Dr. Kirstin Lauritzen we talk basics of the immune system, the gut, how male and female immune systems differ, and what you can do to build resil...
Brandie Wilkerson Deep Drive to Beach Volleyball…Ep95
14 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Brandie Wilkerson started playing beach volleyball in 2013 after being inspired while watching the 2012 London Olympics. While she had a later start t...
Catherine Breed Record Breaking Open Water Swimmer…Ep94
31 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Open water swimmer Catherine Breed swims fast for long distances in lakes and oceans. She holds four open water records, two USMS national records, an...
Talya Minsberg New York Times Sports Journalist…Ep93
17 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Talya Minsberg is an Assistant Sports Editor at New York Times. Previously, Talya worked as an editor on NYT’s Social team and for Special Projects....
Meg Fisher Paralympic Gold & Grit…Ep92
03 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Megan Fisher is a Multiple Medal Winner in Paralympic Cycling at both London and Rio Olympics and is a 10x World Champion. She’s now a Certified Ath...
Leslie Kim Dynamite Starfish…Ep91
19 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In 2015, Artist and Rock Climber Leslie Kim started creating illustrations inspired by her travels to different rock climbing areas and soon combined ...
Kriste Peoples Throwing It All Up Against The Wall…Ep90
05 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kriste is a trail runner, adventure runner, meditation teacher, and also a speaker, writer, and media producer. She coaches women in trail running alo...
Robyn Lesh American Magic…Ep89
30 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Robyn Lesh is a design engineer with American Magic, a racing boat preparing for the America’s Cup. Robyn manages weight and center gravity of the b...
Rhian Ravenscroft Speak Up Every Time…Ep88
16 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the midst of cancelled races and uncertainty, Vice Director of The Cyclists’ Alliance, Rhian Ravenscroft is looking to rethink how women’s cycl...
Sarah Axelson 48th Anniversary Title IX…Ep87
02 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Axelson, Title IX expert, Senior Director of Advocacy at the Women’s Sports Foundation joins the show in honor of the 48th anniversary of Titl...
Deanna Belleny Diversify Dietetics…Ep86
18 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Deanna Belleny Co-Founder of Diversify Dietetics earned her Bachelor’s degree in Human Nutrition and Foods at the University of Houston and her Mast...
Marinel de Jesus Earth Is Beautiful…Ep85
04 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Marinel de Jesus, founder of Peak Explorations, is a lawyer, writer, a public speaker, a world traveler, and a nomad who leads tours most often high-a...
Faith Dismuke Sprint Dreams…Ep84
21 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Former track and field pro athlete and new novelist Faith Dismuke ran for Villanova an NCAA Division I school and for USA Track and Field. In 2015, Fa...
Tamara Gorman Extra Year…Fast Track 10
14 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Team USA Triathlete Tamara Gorman won two World Triathlon Championships (as a junior and as an Under 23 competitor). In 2019 she medaled in three Tria...
Maggie Steffens Don’t Be Shy of your Dreams…Ep83
07 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Maggie Steffens, two-time Olympic Gold medalist, MVP at both 2012 and 2016 Games. In London 2012, her first Olympic Games, Maggie tied the record fo...
Tamyra Mensah Stock Proudly Dominant…Ep82
23 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tamyra Mensah Stock current World Champion wrestler is on her way to Tokyo Olympics. This year she dominated by winning golds at Pan American Games, P...
Olga Harvey Women’s Sports Foundation Lessons From Sports Fast Track
16 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Olga Harvey, Chief Strategy and Impact Officer at the Women's Sports Foundation on how WSF is handling a new reality of social distancing and how they...
Tracy Fober At Home Movement Based Fitness… Ep81
09 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Physical therapist, coach, strength trainer Tracy Fober talks body weight training and movement based fitness. Training at home doesn’t mean limitin...
Katie Nageotte Training During Covid-19 Fast Track 8
02 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Katie Nageotte, one of the top American pole vaulters, currently ranked 4th in the world, so also one of the best in the world explains how she’s tr...
Sarah Kelleher Flourish… Ep80
26 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Kelleher is a high performance coach and strategic consultant supporting individuals, teams, and organizations to flourish. She is Associate Con...
Lucinda Brand Try Everything Fast Track 2020_03_20
21 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Lucinda Brand professional Dutch road and cyclocross cyclist on coronavirus in March 2020, training with uncertainly, Olympics, and the past cyclocros...
Patricia Destine Row New York… Ep79
12 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Patricia Destine, now a middle school coach at Row New York started in Row New York as a high schooler, still rows, kickboxes, and is working towards ...
Bryce Wettstein Skateboard By Heart… Ep78
27 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Bryce Wettstein is a professional skateboarder and 2019 USA National Champion for Women's Park format. This summer will be the first time skateboardin...
Dagmara Wozniak Winning Well … Ep77
13 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sabre fencer Dagmara Wozniak is a two time Olympian – London in 2012 and Rio in 2016, where she won a team bronze medal. After recent ankle surgery ...
Jacqie McWilliams Commissioner Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association … Ep76
30 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jacqie McWilliams Commissioner of the CIAA spent nine years at the NCAA, managing NCAA championships. She was a student-athlete at Hampton University ...
Christina Vassallo Active (not Athletic) With Diabetes Fast Track 6
23 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Christina Vassallo, curator and arts administrator, just named Executive Director of Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia. Christina is also an ...
Katie Visco Following Dreams Across Australia… Ep75
16 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Katie Visco ran across Australia. 2200 miles, more than three months, a marathon plus each day. Her husband Henley Phillips pedaled a bicycle loaded u...
Laura Moretti Reece Fuel The Body Fast Track 2020_01_09
09 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Laura Moretti Reece, Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics currently part of the Female Athlete Program and Sports Medicine/ Orthopedics Team at Bo...
Hannah Jennings STRONG!… Ep74
02 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Competitive Strongman and Strength Coach Hannah Jennings has been active in the weight room since high school, competes in both Powerlifting and Stron...
Lilah Thompson Bring People Up Fast Track 2019_12_26
26 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Lilah Thompson, high school sophomore volley standout discovered volleyball only about a year ago. She has absolutely found her sport and shines at it...
Hannah Stodel Challenging Perceptions… Ep73
19 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hannah Stodel, 3 time World Champion, 4 times Paralympian. Hannah was born without a lower right arm. At 15 she started competing with her eyes on the...
Jessica Berman Deputy Commissioner, National Lacrosse League Fast Track 2019_12_11
12 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jessica Berman, Deputy Commissioner and Executive Vice President of Business Affairs at the National Lacrosse League, first woman to hold the title of...
Lia Neal Surrounded By the Right People… Ep72
05 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Lia Neal, Olympic swimmer, Stanford grad, now pro competing in International Swimming League. Lia won bronze and silver medals in the 4x100 freestyle ...
Cheryl Cooky Looking Into 4% Sports Media Coverage … Ep71
14 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Cheryl Cooky, associate professor of American Studies and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Purdue University, expert in gendered media repr...
Lisa Keller Cancer Survivor as Athlete Fast Track 2019_11_07
07 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa Keller cancer survivor, coach, and triathlete owns Multisport Training of Alaska, coaching for triathletes, is General Manager of Running Free Al...
Danielle Williams Tell A Different Story … Ep70
31 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Danielle Williams, Skydiver, Founder and Senior Editor of the blogging platform Melanin Base Camp Founder of Diversify Outdoors, and Co-Founder of Tea...
Julie Pedalino Custom Bike Fit Fast Track 2019_10_24
24 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Julie Pedalino bike builder with passion for ornament fancy lugs steel bikes talks importance of bike fit. Hear how small changes make a bike differen...
Sibyl Jacobson Going Great Guns … Ep69
17 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
76 year old triathlete Sibyl Jacobson 2-time ITU Triathlon World Champion, 2-time IRONMAN 70.3 World Champion shares her stories about competing as an...
Dawn Scott US Soccer High Performance Periods...Ep68
03 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dawn Scott, USA Soccer’s Women’s National Team High Performance Coach covers her work incorporating science of menstrual cycles with training, wha...
Eline Mets Celebrate Badass Motorcross Ep67
19 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Motocross Racer and filmmaker Eline Mets is the first woman in Canada to jump her dirt bike onto an airbag, a motocross champion, and is the creator o...
Ep66 Elana Meyers Taylor Set Sights Really, Really Big
08 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Bobsledder, Elana Meyers Taylor 4 time World Champion, 3 time Olympic medalist, and 2015 World Cup Champion, first woman to compete on US National Tea...
Ep65 Felisha Legette-Jack You Matter
25 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Felisha Legette-Jack, University of Buffalo Women’s Basketball Head Coach. She cares about all her players long after college career ends. We talk a...
Ep64 Haylie McCleney 24/7 Focus on Tokyo2020
11 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Haylie McCleney professional softball player, member of USA Softball Team, 4-Time All-American from University of Alabama, strength coach at Florida A...
Ep63 Tenzin Namdol Cyclo-Touring to Extra Dangerous
27 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Nam is a first generation Tibetan-American, cyclo-tourer, nature enthusiast, and budding travel writer. Through environmental activism, climate change...
Ep62 Sensi Graves Big Beautiful Life
13 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sensi Graves is a professional kiteboarder, coach, swimwear designer, entrepreneur, and writer. She launched Sensi Graves Bikinis to create suits that...
Ep61 Erica Ayala Women’s Hockey Now
30 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Erica Ayala New York-based sportswriter, broadcaster, and podcaster joins #hearher sports to talk about the current quickly changing situation in wome...
Ep60 Rebecca Ross Name Drops Mountains
16 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Rebecca Ross climber, mountaineer, photographer, adventure seeker. Rebecca recently won the McNeill Nott award, which she will use for an expedition i...
Ep59 Naya Tapper Scoring Machine
02 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Naya Tapper, rugby superstar, top try scorer for the USA Women's Eagles Sevens team began rugby career at UNC in 2012. In 2016 earned spot on USA Wome...
Ep58 Jen Gurecki Demand Exceptional
18 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jen Gurecki, CEO of Coalition Snow, a woman founded ski & snowboard company, Editor in Chief, SISU magazine, Co-host Juicy bits podcast, and Founder o...
Ep57 Gymnast Rachel Haines Forgiving
04 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Gymnast Rachel Haines was a two-time member of the US Women’s Gymnastics team, two-time National Champion, and Division 1 college gymnast at Univers...
Ep56 Lisa Keller Take Up Space
21 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa Keller owns Multisport Training of Alaska, is General Manager of Running Free Alaska, bringing running to the women prisoners at Hiland prison in...
Ep55 Mallory Hatmaker Running is Treatment
07 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Runner and Nurse Mallory Hatmaker talks postpartum depression, being a mom running as treatment, taking care of herself first, work-family-exercise ba...
Ep54 Ashli Pratt Track Sprinter Ready To Win
21 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Ashli Pratt senior track sprinter at Laurel on wanting more African Americans in movies, finding a voice, winning, being confident and vibrant, choosi...
Ep53 Ninja Warrior Meagan Martin Fun Power
06 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Meagan Martin – Ninja Warrior superstar, professional climber, USA Team climber, powerful model for Athleta, and commentator for USA Climbing on ESP...
Ep52 Climber Mary Grace Stocker Seeking Adventure On Her Own
24 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mary Grace Stocker talks solo adventures, financial security, saving money, climbing in Yosemite, empowering other women, vertical wilderness, breakin...
Ep51 Cecelia Townes Fearless, Boosy, Tenacious GladiatHer
10 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sporty Esquire Cecelia Townes is a former tennis player at Howard University and a graduate of UCLA School of Law. She founded GladiatHers LLC to empo...
Ep50 Biathlete Deedra Irwin puts in the work for biathlon
27 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
USA Biathlete Deedra Irwin loves putting in the work to improve herself. She's training for the 2020 winter Olympics in Beijing. We get into details o...
Ep49 Sarah Ditmars Proving People Wrong
13 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Ditmars, kinesiologist, hockey coach, and personal trainer joins Hear Her Sports to talk heartbreak, who’s an athlete, breaking boundaries, fi...
Ep48 sculler Sophie Calabrese Losing is the Worst
29 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sophie Calabrese won GOLD medal in the Quad Scull at the CanAmMex Regatta in Mexico City this summer. She talks about the race, competing, the intense...
Best Wishes Thanksgiving Message
22 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Thanksgiving Everybody. Welcome to Hear Her Sports! We are taking this week off for the holiday but will be back with a new episode next week. L...
Ep47 Laelae Amituanai and Hannah Hall 1 Team 1 Family
08 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Youngstown State Women's Rugby players, Laelae Amituanai and Hannah Hall join the podcast in Episode 47. We talk rugby, team bonding, training, aggres...
Ep46 Jude Gerace Lively Wheels To Positive Outcomes
25 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jude Gerace, owner of Sugar Wheel Works, joins us in Episode 46. We talk wheel building, running a small business, being one of the few women in the c...
Ep45 XC skier Alayna Sonnesyn College to Pro
11 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Cross Country Skier Alayana Sonnesyn is a first year pro with the Straton Mountain T2 Elite Team. In Episode 45 we talk about the transition from coll...
Ep44 UNIQUE with Margo Burke
27 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Margo Burke is a funny, politically opinionated middle schooler. She also speed skates. In Episode 44 we talk training, skates, dry land training, val...
Ep43 Collette Smith 1st African American Female Coach In NFL
13 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Collette Smith is 1st African American female coach in the NFL, 1st female coach of the NY Jets, former player with NY Sharks women's professional foo...
Ep42 Iris Slappendel founder The Cyclists’ Alliance women’s sport union
19 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Iris Slappendel, founder The Cyclists’ Alliance women’s sport union talks about current state of women's cycling, the needs of women athletes, and...
EP41 Benita Fitzgerald Mosley Olympic Gold Medal Hurdler - Power of Sport
05 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Benita Fitzgerald Mosley Olympic Gold Medalist in 100 meter hurdlers talks about role as CEO of Laureus, the power of sport to improve lives of youth ...
Ep40 Blake Cason Climber and Coach talks mountains
21 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Alpine Climber and Integrative Wellness Coach Blake Cason shares her journey in climbing, preparing for upcoming trips, humility, ego, confidence, try...