Earlier this week I interviewed Imogen Smith, for the Sunday Spin. That’s the clip just up there on this page. Imogen was a super successful mountain biker, especially in enduro races, when I was first getting into mountain biking.
And then she seemed to disappear off the scene.
Well, she has re-emerged, with a story to tell. Some of it is on her fascinating blog. Some of it can also be read in AnnaB’s interview with Imogen for her Strong Women series.
So its thanks to AB for the tip. Imogen turned out to be not just an interesting interview subject, but a total delight to meet and talk with. So engrossing was our conversation (to me at least) that I forgot to do some basic things, like take her picture.
Even more embarrassing was a Total Radio Journalism Fail on my part … starting to “record” the interview with the machine still on Rec/Pause. About 10 minutes in I looked at the recorder, to see that it wasn’t. The next clip is just after that moment.
Great interview Andrew.
I had wondered what happened to Imogen as when I was getting into MTBing she was killing it in the womens racing. I was in slight awe of riders like her that could smash the Noosa Enduro course into submission(while it made me cry like a baby!) I am glad to hear she is back on the dirt.
Yeah Dave. I would still be in awe if Imogen wasn’t so damn nice.