Stage 3 bought a whole new type of racing to the Mediterranean Epic…and it was hard. The course started with a 3 mile paved climb with unrealistically high gradients. I was standing in my smallest gear and cranking over the pedals with my whole body leaning over the front tire. I burned match after match … More Mediterranean Epic: Stage 3

Moving on UP!…And down, and drifting a little bit, and jumping over rocks. I love the surprise and constant jostling of stage racing. For a type A personality like me where control is everything, stage racing allows me to let go just a bit. While I may still seem more calculated than most, with lists, … More Mediterranean Epic: Stage 2

“Yo puedo, yo puedo, yo puedo.” That’s all I could hear in my mind today as I pushed myself to the limit during my first race of the season. I have a very limited Spanish vocabulary, but it’s funny how 2 weeks in Spain has made all of my Spanish education come rushing back into … More Mediterranean Epic: Stage 1

           If base training wasn’t hard enough, this time of year is a mental game just as much as physical. I’m working HARD. I’m training hard. I’m resting hard. I’m doing things differently. I’m trying new strategies. I’m investing in myself. I’m travelling to train. I’m chasing weather. I’m working HARD. … More Mentally Preparing for your First Race of the Season (Featuring: The Mediterranean Epic)

It’s mid-December and if you haven’t already, it’s time to start thinking about your goals for 2019. Some people call these forward projected ideas ‘goals’ and some people call them resolutions. Regardless of what you call them, it’s time to start thinking about making some. So how do we make these goals into possibilities? Start … More Preparing for the 2019 Season: The Mediterranean Epic

One of the things that I love about bike racing is the fact that it’s different every time. No race is just like another. This weekend I saw the most beautiful dichotomy in bike racing. On Saturday and Sunday we raced nearly the same course, the same venue, the same competition, but in an entirely … More US Open of Cyclocross: The Perfect Dichotomy

This weekend at the Oz Trails Epic Rides event, I experienced everything that makes mountain biking beautiful: the battle against the competition, the elements, and one’s self. The weekend unfolded in a manner that left me with a high that cancelled out any low that came before it. It gave me frustration that was diminished … More Epic Rides Oz Trails: Never Ever Ever Give Up

I am so excited to be able to officially announce that I will be a member of the Clif Pro Team in 2019!! Clif Pro Team 2019 I started with the Clif Pro Team 6 years ago as a triathlete. I was signed to the team shortly after winning my first amateur XTERRA World Champion … More ‘Cross’-ing Over: Intro to the 2019 Clif Pro Team and Cross Reno

75 miles of singletrack. 10,000 feet of climbing. 7 hours and 46 minutes. I have always considered myself an endurance athlete. I excel at longer events, but, to me, longer events have always been in the realm of 90 minutes to 4 hours. When I signed up to race the Park City Point 2 Point … More Park City Point 2 Point

The words progress, experience, and growth probably appear more times in my blog than any other words. So, as I considered what I wanted to share about this weekend from the Mont Ste. Anne World Cup I tried to be creative and think of something new. The truth is, however, progress, experience, and growth have … More Mont Ste. Anne Elite World Cup!