May 2, 2022
**REBROADCAST** Monica Garrison - Changing the Gears of the Cycling Culture
Each week on the Women's Performance Podcast, we discuss the four pillars of performance, which are physiology, nutrition, mental health, and culture, while recognizing that ultimately, we can't separate one from the other.
Today, we take this multidisciplinary approach with activist, entrepreneur, Mom, and cyclist, Monica Garrison. As Founder and Executive Director of Black Girls Do Bike, Monica and her team of "Sheroes" have amassed a worldwide organization of 30,000 members with over 100 chapters in the US and, most recently, in London.
While it's wildly important to celebrate the fact that she is helping to get black women on bikes and identify as cyclists, it's equally important to recognize how black women are shifting the culture of cycling for the better.
Monica and Sara Discuss:
* Monica's background as a photographer/videographer and how that influences her work with Black Girls Do Bike
* Crafting the imagery of BGDB
* How they motivate their children
* The impetu…