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After Losing His Best Man, He Built Something Bigger | Tom Hanley, Nine13sports
On today's show I sat down with Tom Hanley, a Marian University alum and four-time track cycling national champion who founded Indianapolis nonprofit Nine13sports to get kids active and teach life skills through cycling. Hanley shares how he got into cycling as a kid, Marian's prominence in collegiate cycling, and his elite racing path before a tragic party-bus crash on his wedding day killed his best man and left Hanley with crushed vertebrae and a brain injury, ending his cycling career. He explains channeling grief into launching Nine13sports in 2012, including the Kids Riding Bikes in-school simulator program and a Kids Building Bikes workforce program, reaching 50,000 students in 2025. During the pandemic, Nine13 created Nine13 Logistics to move and deliver millions of pounds of food, emphasizing collaboration to scale nonprofit impact. If you like this episode and want to hear more Get IN. episodes where I interview Hoosiers making a difference, visit getindiana.com/podcast. You are going to learn about: - The Launch and Mission of Nine13sports - Kids Riding Bikes and Kids Building Bikes Initiatives - The Creation of Nine13 Logistics to Combat Food Insecurities Thank you to our partners: Elements Financial Check out these great clips from the show: 01:39 Guest Introduction: Tom Hanley, Nine13sports 02:54 How He Found Cycling 04:35 Racing Before Lance Armstrong Boom 06:25 Marian and Velodrome 09:04 College Titles and Pro Dreams 12:34 2010 Party Bus Crash 16:04 Turning Trauma Into Purpose 19:53 Launching Kids Riding Bikes 21:24 Bike Freedom and Opportunity 24:55 Scaling and Building Bikes 28:46 Kids Riding Bikes 28:55 Scaling to 50k Students 29:28 New HQ Before COVID Hits 31:32 Pivot to Food Delivery 33:06 Building Last Mile Logistics 34:14 How Food Distribution Works 37:04 Running Two Divisions 38:45 Impact Footprint and Growth 39:31 Nonprofit Leadership Advice 41:10 Why It's Called Nine13 41:48 Future Plans and Food Hub 43:30 Solving Food Insecurity 46:52 How Hoosiers Can Help 47:54 Why Indiana Feels Like Home 48:48 Rapid Fire Bike Wisdom 50:59 Velodrome Racing Explained 54:03 Final Indiana Questions 55:43 Guest Recommendations Get IN. is brought to you by our friends at Sweetwater. Whether you are looking to start a podcast or level up your current show you need to hit them up.
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