Forget Me Not (Episode 18)

This week’s episode will be our first conversation since the riots at the US Capitol. As much as we would love to think that 2021 will magically fare better than 2020, a strong American democracy, racial justice, and immunity from a global pandemic won’t happen overnight.

Shaunna and Lisa suggest that we should NOT forget 2020, but instead learn as much as we can from it. A main premise of [un]phased is that we refuse to separate “real life” from triathlon — all of it is “life”. Given this, world events affect the endurance sport community generally, but also specifically affect the athletics that constitute our sport. We want to remember all that occurred in 2020, with the assurance that the most accurate story is told from multiple perspectives in multiple ways.

How will the history of 2016 – 2021 be taught in future history classes? How can we be the “ancestors” who pass down a fuller, more accurate story? How can we intentionally highlight voices that have been chronically excluded. Shaunna and Lisa attempt to help endurance sport tell a fuller story, forgetting nothing.