We did it! We made it through the first cyclocross race of the season. And it was an absolute blast! At the end of the 2018 cyclocross season, I was so ready for a break. I only raced four times, but by the end of November, I was ready to hang up my bike for …
SBT GRVL: 100 Miles in Steamboat Springs
Has it been nearly a month since the SBT GRVL race? And has it been nearly a month since I should’ve posted this recap on the blog I’ve all but abandoned? Yes, yes it has. Alas, I still wanted to share the weekend and some photos because this race was a life-changing experience. I hope …
Weekend Running + Riding: Allenspark + A Ride to Spruce Confections
Another big weekend in the books. I’m not great at holding back once Friday night rolls around. I have all the time and almost none of the responsibilities on Saturday and Sunday, so I try and cram in all the activities, which leaves me feeling like I need another weekend to recover from the weekend …
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The Best Running and Cycling #Content I’ve Consumed Recently
This is not a favorites post. I repeat: this is NOT A FAVORITES POST. I don't love those, especially because most of them are filled with stuff to buy, and I don't think we need more THINGS in our lives (unless it's bikes or running shoes, let's be serious). Instead, I'm sharing lots of great content I've …
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A Flagstaff PR
I realize my blog’s content is very bike-heavy. But if you’re new here or didn’t read this thing before I deleted seven year’s worth of content at the end of 2017, you wouldn’t know my background in endurance sports began with running. I used to write a lot more about running, but I needed a …
Cyclists Are Getting Hit and Killed
I almost got hit (again) recently. Two weeks after moving to Boulder, a driver took a right turn over a two-way separated walking and biking path and into me. The impact knocked me off my bike, onto and over the hood of the car and onto the ground. My shifter broke off into my leg, …
Riding Up To Gold Hill for Pie and Cookies
During the Rapha Women’s Prestige, one of my teammates and former Rapha co-workers suggested getting the OG Rapha Boulder crew together for a ride in the mountains. I say OG crew because when I joined the café team, the clubhouse had only been open about six months. They were still working out the kinks, figuring …
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Road to DPT: CU Transfer Session
Am I really doing this? I thought as our tour group strolled like a quiet and timid new student parade between the ornate concrete buildings on CU Boulder’s suburban campus. One baby faced student after another passed by with their parents in tow carrying university paraphernalia and plastic bookstore bags—inside, no doubt, was a Buffaloes sweatshirt …
Training Lately: Back to Back Hard Rides
It’s Wednesday and I feel like I’ve somehow danced around a full-blown sickness. I could feel it building over the last week: mounting fatigue, a scratchy throat, aversion to food, pounding headache, achy shoulders. It didn’t happen overnight, rather lots of sleepless overnights working late, hard training sessions and a random weekend of dog sitting. …
Rapha Women’s Prestige Ride
If there’s one thing this ride taught me it’s that even when you’re at the lowest physically, mentally and emotionally, there’s always a little bit left. Like when you’re slumped over the handlebars heaving oxygen into your lungs at the top of a hard climb, when you’re two flats deep into a ride and out …
