I think perhaps my personal highlight of the entire weekend was the last stage, the famed Stage 8. This wasn’t my favorite course in practice, but in the race the heavens opened up in a purely spectacular fashion about three minutes into my run. (more...) [0 comments]
Sometimes you don’t know what your limits are until you go slamming into them at 100mph. (more...) [2 comments]
As someone said to me recently — “It’s only bike racing, but my god, it can break you.” And this weekend, it almost broke me. (more...) [9 comments]
After Crested Butte, things are going to be different. I think we will all be more grateful for the opportunities we have had to ride our bikes and travel the world, and I think we will all be more focused on living each day in the present. (more...) [5 comments]
Okay, so, yes, I’m aware it’s July and I haven’t written anything on here since May. I think that’s okay though, because I’ve been busy doing other fun things, not to mention letting all my thoughts on life and bike … (more...) [2 comments]
Here’s the thing about mud in New Mexico — they make houses out of it. (more...) [0 comments]
This race was the first enduro I’ve done that felt like, well, a race, as opposed to “crisis management.” (more...) [2 comments]
This race wasn’t really a race between me and the other pro women. It was a race between me and this dude we’ll call the “Asshole In My Head.” And I freaking stomped his ass. (more...) [9 comments]
Here’s my grand theory (on mountain biking and life in general): if you don’t do a thing, you won’t be good at the thing. And sometimes the “thing” in question is annoyingly specific. (more...) [1 comments]