Steph & Andreas - The Speed Project - LA to Vegas | Trailing Off

Steph and Andreas ran The Speed Project with No Binary No Problem, the first all-non-binary-people-of-colour team to cover the 305 miles from Los Angeles to Las Vegas. They finished 69th of 85 teams in about 56 hours. We talk about who gets to think there is space for them, filling the non-binary categories nobody has entered yet, and being wild queer creatures in the desert. Steph and Andreas both use they/them. In this episode: @oryfrazier @gender.nooch @nobinarynoproblem @thespeedproject Listen to the full show: Spotify: https://www.oryfrazier.com/go/spotify Apple Podcasts: https://www.oryfrazier.com/go/apple-podcasts Chapters 0:00 Intro 1:02 Introductions, and the Wednesday night Zoom 7:42 Ground rules before we start 14:22 What The Speed Project is, and why there are no rules 15:32 305 miles, 56 hours, 10 runners, 6 crew 16:32 Three vehicles, and running low on gas in the desert 21:02 Changing the route at the eleventh hour 22:28 How much about this race is deliberately gatekept 27:42 Squad A versus Squad B 34:22 The hour everyone knew they would finish 35:31 Whiskey Pete's, and the push into Nevada 39:36 Sleep, and seeing things that were not there 41:02 Doing it again next year 43:20 "I frankly want to be forgotten" 44:12 Filling the non-binary categories nobody has entered 47:42 Finishing 69th of 85 54:22 Keeping the team out of debt 1:01:02 Meeting the team in person for the first time 1:07:42 Crying at the finish, and one night in Vegas Steph & Andreas - The Speed Project - LA to Vegas