Ep162: Madeline Depman Mountain Bike Racing After Pregnancy

February 8, 2024
Madeline Depman is early on in her career as a professional mountain biker. She completed her first bike race when she was 16, which was her first introduction to being part of any competitive sport. Since then, she has been working hard to gain fitness and technical skills with the goal of being one of the best in the country. In 2021 she raced her first Cross Country Mountain Bike World Cup in Snowshoe, WV. In 2022 her daughter Ruth was born. Madeline started racing again in 2023 with a lighter schedule to give ample time for recovery but a 3rd place in the Ring of Fire (part of the NUE series) in Bend, OR was a notable post-partum result.

Outside of racing, Madeline is busy with a mobile 1 year old but is still very involved in her local cycling community as a coach and board member for Duluth Devo. 

In the episode Madeline and I talk about what it means to feel herself again, her physical activity through pregnancy to now, the energy demands of breast feeding, and her tactics for training and racing with Ruth.

I learned SO much and … have so much MORE to learn!

So do we all!

Madeline’s website
Madeline on IG
Why Diastasis Recti Happens Postpartum & What You Can Do, Runner’s World, Nicole Radziszewski, 1-11-21
Ring of Fire, 50 mile mtb race
Rose Grant on IG
Lizzie Deignan on IG
Sonya Looney’s website
Catherine Pendrel on IG
How the New York City Marathon Is Supporting New Moms on Race Day, NYT, Talya Minsberg, 11-4-23
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