Terry Coddington NICA League Director for Arkansas Highschool Mountain Biking (#73)

Trail EAffect Episode 73 with Terry Coddington

• The Terry Coddington Back Story
  • Leadership that he learned while in the U.S. Navy including working with the Blue Angels
• Bike & Pedestrian Coordinator for Conway, AR
• Cycle-logical Coaching
  • Skills Coaching
  • Confidence = Speed
• Transition into NICA League Director for the State of Arkansas
  • Started as Team Director and Head Coach in Conway Arkansas
  • Grew the Conway Team to the largest in the state
• What NICA does for communities
• NICA Stories as a Coach
• The Our Ride Program
• All Kids Bike
• Terry getting back into Cycling to lose weight
• NICA GRiT Program
• Terry’s Thoughts on what Trails do for Communities
• What Terry looks for in other communities in terms of trails and what communities offer
  • Feeling Safe, especially with family or young children
  • Connectivity via bikes vs vehicles
• Famous Failure
  • Asphalt Sprint Car Racing Incident
  • Having Situational Awareness
• Bonus Questions
• Josh Shively Asks what music / songs get stuck in Terry’s head during long rides or races
  • Top Gun…?
• Jeff Gannon of Affordable Trail Solutions asks: Why is Terry So Fast and will he slow down?
  • Racing the Leadville 100 with Pneumonia (and finishing at 9:00 Hours)
• Jeff Also asks: What’s Terry’s thoughts on the current trail building boom
  • Trail Maintenance keeping up with the building
• My Bonus Question: Terry’s Thoughts on the Pay to Play Model and Bike Parks
• Closing Comments by Terry

Links:

Cycle-Logical Coaching LLC: https://www.facebook.com/cyclelogicalcoaching/

NICA Arkansas: https://www.arkansasmtb.org/

Outride Bike Program: https://outridebike.org/

All Kids Bike: https://allkidsbike.org/

NICA GRiT: https://www.nationalmtb.org/grit/

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