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Off Season Update

I always have mixed feelings about the off-season. On one hand I love having the additional time to play in my garden, go for hikes with dogs, spend quality time with my husband, catch up

August Racing

Two weeks after Nationals, it was time to get back up on the proverbial horse and get into race mode. I was looking forward to the Colorado Crankworx race for a few reasons. First, it

XC National Championships

Hmmm, where to begin? Honestly, it's been about a month since the race-and I'm still not sure how I feel about it.  On one hand, my goal was to get top ten in the cross

World Cup #5: Windham, NY

In an effort to gain some race experience, and take advantage of the UCI points I’d accumulated last year, I decided to head out to New York to race in World Cup #5. I did

Beti Bike Bash

This was a girls-only mountain bike race put on by our local Yeti Beti bike team, with really impressive backing from all sorts of great companies-mainly Stan’s NoTubes. I had been looking forward to it

Teva Mountain Games

It seemed like we were home for less than a day, before Ari and I packed up again and headed back to the mountains for another race. This time we were headed to Vail for

Iron Horse Bicycle Classic

This was the first year in several that the Iron Horse race weekend has included a mountain bike race. Since Ari and I love visiting our cousin Tom and his wife Maggie, we look forward

Road to Victory

After pretending to be a professional cyclist yesterday, today I did the opposite. I joined the ranks of hundreds of recreational cyclists and participated in one of the best cycling events I've ever done: the

For reals

Saturday I got to try something I've never done before: motor-pacing. I felt like a fo'-reals professional. Except that I was nervous and scared, and got snot all over me when trying to blow my

Race Report: Front Range 60-half

Yep, I told Coach Ann today that I was like a methodical Mad-Scientist for this race. After not feeling or doing well in Fruita the prior weekend, I wanted to focus on preparation for this