It's rare to jump into a new sport at 29 years old, isn't it? We pick up things a little easier when we're younger: sports, languages, friendships. But. On Saturday morning, when I was hauling ass up a muddy set of stairs with my bike slung over my right shoulder in my very first cyclocross …
A Story of Starting Over: One Year In Boulder
The sun was setting, the temps were dropping quickly, and I’d just finished another beautiful run on my favorite Boulder Open Space trail. I hobbled back to my car, picked up my phone and called my cousin. I was still breathing hard, still sweating, and the bottoms of my feet were still humming. I wiped …
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Hiking The Arapaho Glacier Trail
Last week I received possibly the best early birthday present in the history of birthdays: an annual national park pass. It’s been on my list since I moved to Colorado almost exactly one year ago. I was so inspired by my gift that I scrapped the next day’s bike plans in favor of a long …
And, Suddenly, It’s Fall
It only took one freak drop in temps to get everyone all giddy about a new season, especially the riders. Out come the knee warmers, out come the wool socks, out come the windproof jackets, deep winter gloves, shoe covers, and snoods gathering dust in our closets. It's the best time of year, in my …
Push Picks x SEP 19 18: Today Is A Sick Day
Remember Push Picks...? Let’s revive this series. I just accidentally typed suck day. That, too. I’m never sick! At least not while living in Colorado. Back in Florida, I was sick a lot. A lot, a lot. I probably used up all my sick days in a couple months each year. Thank goodness for my …
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A Good One
BANG! BANG! BANG BANG BANG! On Friday night I laid in bed way up in the loft of our lake house and listened to the acorns fall from the trees, crack against the roof just a few feet above me then crunch into the leaves below me. Over and over. So I closed my eyes …
Hiking The Pawnee Pass Trail
This. This is the Colorado I imagined as I drove mile after boring highway mile on my journey from Florida to Colorado last October. I’d never been before, but these snow-covered mountains—even in the summer—these thick green forests, and the rocky, rushing streams are what I expected to find when I planted roots in my …
Losing Someone
I could tell my mom didn’t want to talk to me. I could tell she didn’t want to pick up the phone and talk to me right when she said her usual hello, sweetie. And I got it. I understood. The heartbreak in her voice...I could feel it. There were more sighs than usual and …
What I’m Working On
Other than a few nights ago—when I was alone too long, when I was overtired, drowning in freelance deadlines, and missing my sweet little apartment in Florida—when I broke down in tears over failed relationships and the uncertain path I'm on now... other than all that, I'm happy with where I'm at. Things have really turned …
Cheering Our Faces Off On Lookout Mountain, CO Classic Stage 3
Twelve hours before I was riding bikes up a mountain in Denver with 50 new friends, I was laying in bed texting a friend about whether or not he thought I could actually do it. Sometimes I need someone who knows me on a bike to laugh in my face and text me back with …
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