Luca Kuhn is a Swiss born, London based entrepreneur and bike rider, who set up Ride Luca in 2020 - she saw a market dominated by gear that was often designed with men in mind, leaving women’s fit and needs as an afterthought. Luca wanted something different and has build a thriving community of riders and advocates. Empowering women on & off the bike.

In this episode, filmed in Mallorca, we first explore Luca's own riding ambitions as she pushed her limits and gave us all a fright when she fainted on the legendary Sa Calobra climb! She has since gone from strength to strength with a structured training program. We also delve into her motivations to start both a cycling brand and the community that surrounds it.

Across the Endurance podcast we speak to athletes, sports scientists and community builders, in order to glean life stories and wise words to help your ambitions.

We hope you enjoy this conversation and please leave a comment and share with friends.

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Kenton Cool is a renowned British mountaineer and one of the world’s most accomplished high-altitude climbers. An IFMGA-certified mountain guide, he is best known for summiting Mount Everest a record-breaking number of times for a non-Sherpa climber.

In this episode, filmed in front of a live audience at Kendal Mountain Festival, we explore motivation when you lose your community, and the chapters of a career within mountaineering, ranging from personal goals, to guiding to corporate leadership.

Beyond Everest, Cool has climbed many of the world’s toughest peaks and is widely respected for his leadership, resilience, and contributions to modern expedition climbing.

New episodes of the Endurance podcast each Saturday at 9am to watch on YouTube and listen across Spotify, Apple and Amazon.

Filmed and edited by Tom Grundy Media with support from Reuben Mantle.

Made in partnership with Enjoy Travel and co-hosted by Martin Mansell.

Thanks also to support from Move Pre Workout - part of my preparation for all training sessions and I’d encourage you to try.

Discount codes for both Enjoy Travel and MOVE Pre Workout

Use code RID3R at ⁠https://www.enjoytravel.com/⁠ ⁠to save up to 30% . If you’re travelling abroad or even just heading away in the UK, they make it easy to book car rental, hotels, airport parking and lounges in one place. You’ll earn rewards as you book, with every 10th booking free across all their products.

Use code ENDURANCE at checkout for 20% off your order ⁠https://movepreworkout.com⁠

Helen Rennard is a highly accomplished British winter climber and mountaineer. Over the winter of 2025 she has completed all 282 munros (Scottish mountains over 3000 feet) in 80 days and 9.5hrs, beating the previous record of just under 83 days shared by Martin Moran (1985) and Anna Wells (2024).

Filmed in front of a live audience at Kendal Mountain Festival, this is a fascinating conversation about intrinsic motivation, analysing risk and the power of friendships during endurance challenges.
New episodes of the Endurance podcast each Saturday at 9am to watch on YouTube and listen across Spotify, Apple and Amazon

Filmed and edited by Tom Grundy Media with support from Reuben Mantle

Made in partnership with Enjoy Travel and co-hosted by Martin Mansell

Thanks also to support from Move Pre Workout - part of my preparation for all training sessions and I’d encourage you to try.

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Discount codes for both Enjoy Travel and MOVE Pre Workout

Use code RID3R at ⁠https://www.enjoytravel.com/⁠ ⁠to save up to 30% . If you’re travelling abroad or even just heading away in the UK, they make it easy to book car rental, hotels, airport parking and lounges in one place. You’ll earn rewards as you book, with every 10th booking free across all their products.

Use code ENDURANCE at checkout for 20% off your order ⁠https://movepreworkout.com⁠

Jack Carlin. From Paisley and football dreams to Olympic medals and mishaps.

It was a real privilege to be amongst the first to interview Jack after his retirement from professional track cycling and get his incredibly candid reflections on what it took…

The breaks

The camaraderie

The purpose

Track sprinting maybe the antithesis of endurance cycling, but there is a lot to learn from a professional career that is sustained for over a decade and the mindset to live your childhood dream.

This episode was filmed at Lovat Farm Cafe near Inverness after cycling the route of the Ba Sportive

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Use code RID3R to save up to 30% with Enjoy Travel. If you’re travelling abroad or even just heading away in the UK, they make it easy to book car rental, hotels, airport parking and lounges in one place.

You’ll earn rewards as you book, with every 10th booking free across all their products.

Thanks to support from Move Pre-Workout - part of my preparation for all training sessions and I’d encourage you to try, using ENDURANCE at checkout for 20% off your order

https://movepreworkout.com

Filmed and edited by Tom Grundy with support from Reuben Mantle

This week’s we speak to Renee McGregor from Kendal Mountain Festival – a leading voices in sports nutrition, RED-S, and hormonal health.

Renee opens up about her own childhood and how that has informed and inspired her worked with elite and amateur athletes, as well as democratising her knowledge through being a prolific writer and speaker.

Bringing together research and her own experience as a trail and ultra runner herself, Renee talks candidly about mental health and happiness in our relationships with food.

Martin and I left Kendal humbled and inspired by how Renee can explain complex science into actionable advice and her willingness to share her own life story and motivations.

Follow Renee over on instagram : @r_mcgregor

Head over to her website : https://reneemcgregor.com where you can find links to her new weekly podcast Three Why's Women

Check our her books : https://reneemcgregor.com/product-category/books/

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'Adventure in its purest form, is simply a way of thinking'

Watch and listen to learn the 10.5 pillars of endurance according to Sean Conway

Successes, dreams and hiccups - welcome to the madly inspiring world of Sean Conway, the Zimbabwean born, Irish endurance legend who lives in Wales. Founder of the Sean Conway Endurance Club, supporting amateurs taking on their first 140.6 full Ironman - after his epic record breaking 105 Ironman in 105 daysIn this episode we cover Sean's expeditions and endurance philosophy.

Filmed and edited by Tom Grundy, with support from Reuben Mantle

https://www.seanconway.com

'The relief was immense: no longer was I talking, thinking or worrying about this. I was just actually doing it. I, Jenny Graham, was riding around the ACTUAL world!'

18,000 miles in 124 days. Solo & Self Supported to become the fastest woman to cycle around the world.

We welcome Jenny back on the Endurance podcast for the 2nd time, this time sharing her passion for community building and life outside of endurance cycling.

Since recording, and off the back of this epic trip to the Highlands of Scotland, Jenny has agreed to join hosts Mark Beaumont and Martin Mansell (alongside Hamish Graham) on Race Europe during the summer of 2026, which happens at the culmination of Series 2 of the Endurance podcast.

Filmed and edited by Tom Grundy, with support from Reuben Mantle

https://jenny-graham.com