Sonya Looney on Ultra Mountain Bike Racing, Being Brave, and Plant-Powered Adventure

Be brave. Do epic shit.

This is the mantra, the motto, the ethos of professional mountain bike racer, Sonya Looney. This week's guest embodies the Thought For Food Lifestyle almost perfectly. Sonya not only rides bikes faster than most, she's also a public speaker, podcaster, and plant-powered athlete. She's a champion of overcoming fear, empowering others, and living a life of adventure. She's raced all over the world, she's won the 24 hour world championships, and given a TED talk. I have been inspired by Sonya for quite some time, so I was extremely grateful to get her on the show and sit down for an epic conversation!

We cover so much ground, including her background with mountain bike racing, getting comfortable with discomfort, her craziest experiences, plant-based nutrition while adventuring around the world, and more. Really psyched about this episode, so I hope you enjoy it. Definitely be sure to follow Sonya and subscribe to her new podcast!

-Jackson

Are you enjoying the podcast? You can support our free content by sharing it with friends and family if you feel like they could get something out of our message. It would also help us out a ton if you left a quick review on the iTunes store, it really helps the podcast grow and reach more listeners (and it only takes 5 min)! If you want to go above and beyond, you can kick us some change by pledging your support on Patreon each month, which is a recurring crowd funding site dedicated to creators like us! It allows us to keep putting out the free content that you're used to, but helps us to invest more money into improving the quality of the show through better equipment (every penny we make on Patreon goes to bettering our setup to make the content better for you!).

If you haven't already, be sure to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes or wherever you listen to podcasts to get the new episode right as it comes out. Also, subscribe our YouTube channel, Thought For Food TV.

We really appreciate all the support guys, so don't forget to follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter so we can engage more with all of our awesome supporters. This is such a fun thing we're doing, and it's even cooler that we are having a meaningful impact on people's lives. So thanks! If you have any questions for future Q&A episodes, drop us an email at [email protected] or by visiting the contact us page on the website.
Show Notes
 

Connect with Sonya:

Website: http://www.sonyalooney.com/

Instagram: @looneysonya

Twitter: @sonyalooney

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/looneysonya/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/SonyaLooneyMTB

Podcast: http://www.sonyalooney.com/podcasts/

TED Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYiflJvxTac

Books/Resources Mentioned:

The Happiness Advantage

What The Health

How Not To Die

Vegan Alpletic: http://donate.mercyforanimals.org/veganalpletic

Follow TFF:

Facebook.com/TFFlifestyle

Instagram: @tfflifestyle

YouTube Channel: Thought For Food TV

Support TFF: www.patreon.com/thoughtforfood

Twitter: @TFFlifestyle

Follow Jackson on Strava: https://www.strava.com/athletes/54401

Music by:

soundcloud.com/dcuttermusic

soundcloud.com/peterkuli