Meet Dalton King | Cross Country Mountain Biker and outdoor enthusiast
We had the good fortune of connecting with Dalton King and we’ve shared our conversation below.
Hi Dalton, what do you attribute your success to?
I would say the most important factor behind my success is determination and having fun. I find that it is very important to keep a firm intent on my micro and macro goals. While having fun achieving and working towards each one of my goals.
Let’s talk shop? Tell us more about your career, what can you share with our community?
As a cross country mountain biker racing across the country I’m most proud of my progression as a mountain biker and person. I started racing my school series, NICA and some local races. To leaving that to race across the country and race nationals for the first time in a couple of weeks. I got to where I am today by training very hard with a great coach, Joseph Dabbs, and loving what I do more and more as I get better and better. It has been a tough journey with getting burnout about a year ago and having a good mindset to do all of the hard training I do. I’ve worked through the challenges by finding out why I got burnout, fixed the problems and kept training with more diversity than before and new kinds of riding and I’ve figured out the types of training I improve most from and enjoy most. One of the biggest lessons from my cycling career I’ve learned is finding the ratio of spending lots of hours on the bike training and having fun to doing the things I love off the bike and engage in those activities often to keep my mindset good and healthy. Something I want people to know about my story is if you find something you love and be determined and surround yourself with people you look up to and want to be like you will go very far in life and the activity that you love.
The Shoutout series is all about recognizing that our success and where we are in life is at least somewhat thanks to the efforts, support, mentorship, love and encouragement of others. So is there someone that you want to dedicate your shoutout to?
My parents deserve a large shoutout and credit in my success and story. They have supported me so much throughout my growth as a cyclist and person. They do this by always making sure I have what I need to be successful while at the same time making sure I’m taking the correct steps to be successful. I wouldn’t be close to where I am today without them.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/daltonking_mtb/
Youtube: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCRYVxdPQwojSMXlzkyrV2OQ
Image Credits
Noah Rigg Jamie Ingrahm Lake King
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