A little background as to why I am here, and what's I'm doing.
I look at bikes all day long.
I wish I were riding bikes all day long, but for now, this is good enough.
I recently graduated from Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colo. and moved to Golden to begin a new job with Yeti Cycles. I do their marketing, public relations, communications, event planning, etc. Basically I am there to jump start some new projects, be organized and keep the lines of communication open. I love my job and enjoy having an hour and a half to ride bikes at lunch, watch dogs runs around the place, and see how excited people get about mountain biking each and every day!
One of my big projects is planning for the 7th Annual Yeti Tribe Gathering. This year we holding it in Fruita, Colo. on May 16-18. It is full of fat-tire festivities all weekend long! I am hoping to make it one of our best yet.
Yeti makes some pretty sweet bikes. I'm talking big time. I'll get my very first Yeti in May, and I am stoked to take the full carbon steed out on the trails and see what she can do.
Check it out on their website.
It's crazy to think bikes have only been in my life just under three years. I fell in love when I lived in Hood River, Oregon one summer, had tons of fun hanging out with guys at a bike shop, and decided to take one of their advice and try a collegiate race back at school. That was my sophomore year in college.
Fast forward two years, I have been racing just two years, competed in four national collegiate races (two mountain, two road) and it has become my career, a new passion and such a growing point in my life. I am hoping that it's true that women don't peak until their late twenties/early thirties. That gives me some time to get fast.
This summer should be a blast. I will be racing most of the Mountain States Cup series and Winter Park series plus a 12-hour endurance race in Steamboat Springs on a duo team with my boyfriend Nick. I am pretty lucky to have found someone crazy enough to ride bikes so much and someone that I can learn from and who can push me. Considering he has nearly 10 years of bike racing under his belt, I have a lot to live up to. It awesome to have your best friend and boyfriend at each and every race, someone who'll have a recovery bottle waiting at the finish line, and who is just as much of a nut.
I am racing for Team Vanderkitten which is based out of California. They make some incredible women-specific cycling clothes. I rode for the first time this weekend in the new kit, and wow, what a great chamois does for a ride. I'll be riding with teammate who still races at CSU for some of the races, so I won't be the only pink one out there. Although I currently do have a pink bike . . . . . and sunglasses . . . and socks. It'll stop there.
I got out this weekend and did get some time on the dirt. After about 5 hours on the road, Nick and I packed up our mountain bikes and headed to White Ranch. The grueling climb kicked my butt, and when my left calf said "No More!" I kicked my bike and then bombed the hill to feel better. I am hoping some bike-fit follow up will alleviate some of the issues I am having with my left calf and knee, and I'll be back in action in no time.
For now, I am hoping to get one last ski day in. The hills were alive with powder today at Copper Mountain and I am still not ready to put away the skis. My first and deepest passion- skiing- keeps me coming back.
More to come . . . . race update and new pictures next weekend.
I wish I were riding bikes all day long, but for now, this is good enough.
I recently graduated from Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colo. and moved to Golden to begin a new job with Yeti Cycles. I do their marketing, public relations, communications, event planning, etc. Basically I am there to jump start some new projects, be organized and keep the lines of communication open. I love my job and enjoy having an hour and a half to ride bikes at lunch, watch dogs runs around the place, and see how excited people get about mountain biking each and every day!
One of my big projects is planning for the 7th Annual Yeti Tribe Gathering. This year we holding it in Fruita, Colo. on May 16-18. It is full of fat-tire festivities all weekend long! I am hoping to make it one of our best yet.
Yeti makes some pretty sweet bikes. I'm talking big time. I'll get my very first Yeti in May, and I am stoked to take the full carbon steed out on the trails and see what she can do.
Check it out on their website.
It's crazy to think bikes have only been in my life just under three years. I fell in love when I lived in Hood River, Oregon one summer, had tons of fun hanging out with guys at a bike shop, and decided to take one of their advice and try a collegiate race back at school. That was my sophomore year in college.
Fast forward two years, I have been racing just two years, competed in four national collegiate races (two mountain, two road) and it has become my career, a new passion and such a growing point in my life. I am hoping that it's true that women don't peak until their late twenties/early thirties. That gives me some time to get fast.
This summer should be a blast. I will be racing most of the Mountain States Cup series and Winter Park series plus a 12-hour endurance race in Steamboat Springs on a duo team with my boyfriend Nick. I am pretty lucky to have found someone crazy enough to ride bikes so much and someone that I can learn from and who can push me. Considering he has nearly 10 years of bike racing under his belt, I have a lot to live up to. It awesome to have your best friend and boyfriend at each and every race, someone who'll have a recovery bottle waiting at the finish line, and who is just as much of a nut.
I am racing for Team Vanderkitten which is based out of California. They make some incredible women-specific cycling clothes. I rode for the first time this weekend in the new kit, and wow, what a great chamois does for a ride. I'll be riding with teammate who still races at CSU for some of the races, so I won't be the only pink one out there. Although I currently do have a pink bike . . . . . and sunglasses . . . and socks. It'll stop there.
I got out this weekend and did get some time on the dirt. After about 5 hours on the road, Nick and I packed up our mountain bikes and headed to White Ranch. The grueling climb kicked my butt, and when my left calf said "No More!" I kicked my bike and then bombed the hill to feel better. I am hoping some bike-fit follow up will alleviate some of the issues I am having with my left calf and knee, and I'll be back in action in no time.
For now, I am hoping to get one last ski day in. The hills were alive with powder today at Copper Mountain and I am still not ready to put away the skis. My first and deepest passion- skiing- keeps me coming back.
More to come . . . . race update and new pictures next weekend.
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