Looking back on my First Decade of Cycling
February 20, 2019In 2008 I bought my first road bike and rekindled a love of bikes that had been absent since I was about thirteen years old.
Cycling
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Mind Over Matter – Suffering to Achieve your Goals
November 6, 2018I slowly began to grasp that I should have been pushing myself to the point that my legs were begging for mercy by the end.
The Bare Essentials to Keep You Riding through the Fall
October 26, 2018By investing around $100 in just a few key pieces of cycling gear you can keep riding throughout the fall and even early winter.
Rebuilding my Cycling Confidence
September 19, 2018I felt like I was losing the joy that cycling used to bring me and I wasn’t sure how to get it back.
Finding Balance: Riding, Racing and Being a New Mom
June 13, 2018I had only been back on the bike for three or four weeks at that point, not feeling very fast or strong, yet I decided to make my return to racing with a time trial, just eleven weeks postpartum.
Getting Back on the Bike, Post Baby
April 26, 2018In spite of the fact that I was active all throughout my pregnancy, I realized I was going to have my work cut out for me to get back into the kind of shape I was in last spring.
Pedaling All the Way to the Delivery Room
February 28, 2018I was expecting to teach until a week or so before my due date, but I was definitely not planning to ride on the day I gave birth, or so I thought.
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Achieving Athletic Goals During Pregnancy and Beyond
January 7, 2018Pregnancy is definitely something that will slow a female athlete down bit by bit, but it doesn’t mean you have to give up on future goals and aspirations.
The Twelve Days of Christmas Cycling Style
December 21, 2017On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me, a bicycle oh yippee
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The Pregnant Cyclist Weeks 23-27: New Limits and Adapting my Training Routine
December 13, 2017I was starting to feel more of a toll on my body in different ways which posed some new challenges for me.