Isabeau Courdurier is the guest on En Roue Libre
Episode in French.
Isabeau Courdurier is a professional enduro mountain bike racer.
When she did her first cross-country race at the age of five, young Isabeau was already showing an unwavering determination that never left her throughout her career.
Invited to an enduro race, she found a new lease of life for her passion. She was far from imagining that within a few years she would become the queen of the discipline, winning the World Cup overall three times and then the first enduro world championship title in history.
Isabeau’s story is above all that of a passionate young woman who achieved her wildest dreams one after another, despite the hardships life put in her way, and who today is opening a new chapter by putting her career on hold to become a mother.
In this episode, expect to discover:
– What led her to enduro and how she managed to rise to the highest level in the world.
– How mental preparation helped her face life’s hardships and overcome her blocks to become the athlete and woman she is today.
– The difficulties she faced as a woman, how she came to accept herself, and her advice to girls and young women to do the same and give the best of themselves
– How enduro, and mountain biking in general, are evolving, the growing place women are taking in them, and the challenges that remain.
– The place she chose to give motherhood in her career, and why she insists we don’t say the word “retirement” just yet
– And much more…
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Video chapters:
00:02 Teaser
01:24 Introducing Isabeau
02:11 Summary
02:52 Sell your bike on buycycle
04:03 1 message to get across
04:45 A dream
07:58 Mindset
10:44 The experience of grief
15:56 Mental preparation
17:51 Awareness of negative self-talk
19:33 Becoming an athlete
20:47 A turning point?
24:09 The flow state
25:43 Mental prep
27:22 In awareness
30:37 Determination
32:16 Hyperactivity
33:08 Falling in love with mountain biking
35:04 Choosing mountain biking
42:08 Her beginnings in XC
43:58 The pressure of others’ eyes
50:35 Advice to girls on accepting themselves
57:14 Practising gratitude
01:18 Enduro, a discipline made for her
01:05:21 How enduro has evolved
01:07:52 Was it better before?
01:11:49 The direction of the sport
01:15:51 The Enduro World Championships
01:18:54 The plan
01:24:29 Anne Caroline Chausson
01:28:19 The role of Cédric Carrez, her partner
01:37:23 Her role as a spokesperson
01:39:25 Her battles
01:44:17 The place of women in sport
01:47:29 Young prodigies among the girls?
01:50:12 What still needs to change
01:53:47 Retirement?
01:56:50 Any inspirations?
02:03:09:18 The plan is going as planned
02:06:07:01 The pressure women face
02:08:14:01 The programme
02:11:48:04 Isabeau in the DH World Cup?
02:17:24:00 Isabeau at Hardline?
02:20:45:06 What we can wish her for the future?
02:22:47:22 How to contact Isabeau
02:24:43:00 A next guest?
02:25:25:03 A final word?
02:28:08:04 Outro
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