Local Legends - Episode 4 with Pete Tholl
Pete was born and raised in San Diego growing up Encinitas and graduating from San Dieguito High School. Pete got into riding by some friends and later started road racing in 1988 with the Swamis Race Team. In 1993, he took a hiatus from racing and riding when he started a family. Later when his kids were in high school he picked up the bike again and has been riding and racing ever since.
In this interview
As i mentioned, I didn’t know about his road racing experience before this interview; however, I did know Pete consistently performed at the top of mountain bike races competing in Cat 1 as well as gravel races. I’ve known Pete since 2016 when we raced on TASCO-MTB race team. This was a unique race team that was curated by Milwaukee Marc and with Nate (TASCO owner) after a virtual Strava race called "Tour de Dirt" brought riders out of their holes competing on segments and later created a home for a band of misfits.
For me, I always leaned into what Pete had to say because he shares lot of wisdom as a racer and athlete with no nonsense, no ego, no bullshit.
This interview may seem out of order because it was originally recorded on Dec 1, 2021 when I was doing Local Legends on Instagram Live. For those new to Local Legends and this podcast, I originally interviewed my guests on Instagram Live not knowing what would come of these interviews. It wasn't until after sixty interview, that I decided to change to a podcast platform to be more easily accessible.
It also seemed fitting to re-release this episode after the most recent interview with Chris Horner where Pete is mentioned a few times. It’s because of this interview with Pete that I learned about Pete's road racing history and about Chris Horner.
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