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Qualcomm Million Dollar Challenge

As many of you know, I coach a group here in San Diego that trains for the Qualcomm Million Dollar Challenge, a ride that goes from San Francisco to San Diego over 6 days. We train for 20 weeks for the actual ride down the coast. It is a fundraiser for the Challenged Athletes Foundation. Our ride is capped at 100 people, and the goal is to raise a minimum of one million dollars. We finally had our… »
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Hand Cycle Nightmare!

Some might say that it’s taken me quite some time to start riding a hand cycle and some might say that I’ve been pretty quick to, but I think in this particular situation everyone comes around when they feel it’s the right time for them. For me it happened to take about a year and a half post injury. The biggest issue for me was to deal with it mentally. The fact that a hand cycle is just not… »
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My VeloBetty Ride

Yesterday I did a great ride with my VeloBetty training group. We met in the mountains behind San Diego for an early morning ride in the hills. We were a group of about 8 women, and we were tackling the famous “Kitchen Creek” on Mt. Laguna. I always look forward to our VeloBetty rides because they are such epic, yet social events. We have a “no drop” attitude, and we always make sure that everyone… »
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Blockhaus-- The Giro by Air

I was at dinner on the rest day in my hotel in Chieti and decided that after seeing a couple friends that I was going to head to Rome and take in a day of sightseeing and shopping before my flight back to the States. I knew that Blockhaus was going to be a cool stage, but, it is always difficult to get the logistics down to see a hilltop finish, and I was thinking that a day in Rome might be a better… »
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Big Bear vs. Whistler

What is the difference between Whistler now and Big Bear then? Wow….ALOT!! Big Bear, California has been the site of numerous races. Not only Norba Nationals, but major World Cup races, Fall Classics, and even the first ever Women’s Only Weekend. Big Bear was somewhat the epitome of mountain bike racing. They had the organization, the courses, and the spectators. Big Bear is a cool little town… »
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Event Wrap-up: She Cycles

There was a time when I experienced a sense of unease entering a bike shop. Although I was a strong rider, I did not know the first things about using a multi-tool or how to determine a good pair of shorts from a cheap pair. I had this nightmare of a vision that I would ask a simple question and suddenly find myself standing under a floodlight surrounded by a ring a wrench-wielding mechanics and smooth-legged… »
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