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Guests: Mari Holden; Beppe Salerno & Heather Dowd
It’s been several years since I first contacted my first guest – Mari Holden. And, it took our stay-at-home orders to have her light in one place long enough to find time to chat with me.
Mari is a multiple time national champion, a world champion, has been inducted into the Bicycle Hall of Fame, and is an Olympic champion, winning the silver medal at the games in Sydney in 2000 . She’s gutsy, smart, and takes her roles in whatever she is doing seriously. Today, she is sidelined while USA Cycling is trying to get everyone back to work, where she is the women’s road coach.
Then, we’ll check back in with Beppe Salerno and Heather Dowd, the husband and wife 
team that owns Tourissimo Travel Tours out of Italy.
First, Beppe fills us in on the situation on the ground in Italy, where is family lives and Beppe . Then, he and Heather talk about the now shortened 2020 tour season and why cycle touring is so important today.