Two months ago, my 50-minute commute to work (each way) really started wearing on me. It was about the time I moved from Boulder to Louisville, which added time to my drive. It was also when I really started to notice how early the sun was setting each evening. I was very happy at my …
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Saturday was my last race of the season. (Well, maybe.) Before Saturday’s race, I had no plans to do another this year. Over the last month I knew I’d lost some cycling fitness. After Tabletop Tuesday rides ended, I didn’t get out on the bike as much during the week due to some later nights …
This one time, while working at Rapha, my co-worker and I got talking about haircuts. She rarely gets them and told me that when her hair starts to get a little too long she just flips her head over in the bathroom and starts blindly cutting. I couldn’t believe it. I mean, if I did …
Monday! How’s everyone feeling with that extra hour of sleep? ^^^ Saturday night's sunset was pretty fantastic. I am actually feeling pretty fantastic today, but then again, Mondays are typically my most refreshed day of the week thanks to a no-alarms weekend. If I’m not racing on Saturday or Sunday and didn’t make early plans …
Ah…thank goodness, I thought as I rubbed one tired eye and peered out my frosty-rimmed kitchen window with the other. Piles of fluffy snow blanketed our bushes, and covered my car and the top of our city-issued recycle bin with fresh flakes. After a glorious 9-hour sleep on Saturday night, I woke up a little …
If there’s one person that gets me more than anyone else gets me here in Colorado, it’s my friend, Noot. That’s her nickname; her real name is Arthaya. We met over a year ago when she started working at Rapha a few months after me, and we hit it off immediately. She’s goofy and unfiltered. …
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Two weekends ago, the US Open of Cyclocross went down at Valmont Bike Park in Boulder. It’s Colorado’s only UCI race of the year, and it’s always a big, exciting event. Pros and non-pros from around the country head to Boulder for two days of tough racing. The fields across the board are stiff and …
Since I’m over here catching up on all the recaps and things, I might as well get out my pie ride post! It’s a fun one. This past Sunday, Rapha and Gravity Haus hosted a ride they called PiePalooza, and it was a blast! Gravity Haus “is a progressive hotel concept built for adventurous, mobile, …
After my parents’ visit to watch me race cyclocross at Valmont, I knew I needed a weekend off racing to recharge and rest a little. The nerves are almost harder on my system than the actual race itself. So when I walked through my front door a couple Fridays ago, I dropped all my bags …
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My second race as a Cat 3 is in the books! But it didn’t quite go how I would’ve liked. This past Saturday I raced in the third of six Without Limits races at Interlocken in Broomfield. And it was…tough. That’s probably the most tame way to put it. I didn’t race this one last …
