I can’t believe it’s been just over a week since the high of Leadville. I’m still pretty high, but it seems so long ago! I’ve been polishing off all the bikes that have been neglected while the Fate was racing. The Safire, the Enduro, the P Bike are all getting some ride time! It’s been [..read more]
Leadville Trail 100 2011 As soon as I won the Leadville 100 race last year, I was already getting questions about racing in 2011 and coming back to defend my title and attempt the first ever women’s “threepeat” at this race. I remember saying last year, “can’t I just enjoy this win for a little [..read more]
Whew…….finally got a good night’s sleep after a week of totally amazing chaos that included racing, organizing, catching up with friends. supporting the race organization staff, doing interviews, promoting the Race Across the Sky movie, performing EMT duties and catching up with so many friends in town. The whole event was a huge success and [..read more]
Gringo Paceline Day My apologies for not writing this report after Stage 4, but the clean sheets of my hotel bed were just too enticing. Waking up at 6:30 am felt like luxury after so many days of 3:30 am wake up calls. We started our final stage of La Ruta in pouring rain. The [..read more]
Hot and Sticky Just stepped off the plane and I’m sweating at 11 pm at night. Frederico and Ligia, who I met when they were racing Leadville this year, are my local hosts and are taking care of me this week. It’s great to get a little local knowledge of the course, a ride from [..read more]
So we are changing things up a bit this month to encourage some interaction and even a little smack talking. For this month we will select the ugliest cycling kit, road or mountain, that is posted on my Facebook page as the winner. The key here is that it has to be your kit, a [..read more]
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