John Bayley

John Bayley is an Irish gentleman with a bubbling, always-pleasant disposition that is dangerously disarming to his competitors.

John will tell the tale of cycling in snow in Vermont one weekend, to melting in Kansas heat the next.

When he raced what is now known as UNBOUND in 2013, even after being stopped by not one, but two "forever" trains, he and his teammate, Dave Wilcox, took 3rd overall. He raced in Kansas again in 2016 and the heat kept him from eating for 100 miles!

John is a legend in New England, always in the top 10 anytime he has raced Mt Washington. He has competed in numerous gravel events and ultra distance events as well.

Adrian Bennett

Adrian Bennett, cycling coach for Wenzel Coaching, and former cat 2 road racer, was at the peak of his road cycling career when he took on UNBOUND in 2017. He was going for glory or the biggest bonk of his life.

Adrian’s training and preparation were part of the Project Y documentary film so his performance in Kansas was literally on stage.

He learned a lot in Kansas and shares his expertise as a coach of gravel cyclists as well as the lessons learned.

Pamela Blalock

Pamela Blalock has completed many long distance cycling events, mostly self supported. She has scaled Mt Washington numerous times, often to top finishes on her fixed gear bike! She has supported John Bayley & other cyclists at several events including BMB, RAAM qualifiers and RAAM, as well as the race now known as UNBOUND. Pamela’s experience as a rider has helped a bit with anticipating needs, but she doesn’t think one has to be a cyclist to be a good support person.

Pamela offers this bit of advice in advance: Unless your rider clearly needs to go to the ER, always tell them how good they look!

Ted King

Ted King began cycling in college and then went on to spend 10 years as a professional cyclist. He retired for the first time in 2015, then picked up a cycling ambassador role which spawned into the current booming world of gravel.

Ted has won the race now known as UNBOUND in 2016 and 2018. He has also won SBTGRVL, Vermont Overland, the Arkansas High Country Race (1,030 non-stop miles), unPAved Gravel, and a number of others in addition to numerous top finishes.

Ted is a member of the “1,000 mile club” — having completed 5 UNBOUND races.

He has a very busy 2022 lined up with the Life Time Grand Prix series and lots of other events on the calendar. He is husband to Laura, father to Hazel, and his son is due in early June!

Ted co-founded UnTapped, athletic nutrition based on maple syrup. He also co-founded Rooted Vermont, a gravel race in Vermont.

Jay Schuur

Jay Schuur is a four-time UNBOUND finisher (over 800 miles of Kansas ridden to date). He is a four-season "weekend warrior" cyclist enjoying long road and gravel rides in New England.

Jay is a practicing ER doc and will speak to balancing training for endurance events with work and family. He loves mid-west gravel so much that he managed to convince his son to go to college on the prairie in Iowa.

Jay is returning this year to UNBOUND with the goal of 1,000 miles of Kansas.

Andrew Ullmann

When Andrew Ullmann first heard about UNBOUND in 2016, he thought it was a cruel joke.

He became a frequent bicycle commuter in his early 40s, rode his first organized ride (Raid Rockingham) on a 5-speed bike a few years after that. He says he was way over his head that day but realized the supportive gravel cycling community was where he wanted to spend his time when riding a bike.

For his first attempt in Kansas, he was an avid cyclist at best. He didn't have a plan, didn't know how to train, and was scared. He found it challenging to find a balance between being an involved/engaged parent, working full-time and getting hours on the bicycle. Finishing that year was hard and rewarding.

He has returned to Kansas each year since then and has finished a total of 3 of the 4 attempts and beating the sun at least once.