I am a new person every time I stand on the start line. This season, I was blessed enough to stand on some pretty incredible start lines. It was an outstanding season, filled with new experiences, bigger races, stronger finishes, and as always, lots of learning. This weekend I lined up for my final race of … More Mind Over Matter: Simplification for Intensification

Where did the time go? Four years of school are already coming to a close. It seems like just yesterday I was signing the papers and driving across the US to my new home in Missouri. Ever since then it has been a whirlwind. My college experience has been a tornado of opportunities whizzing by … More 5 Titles, 4 Years, 1 Journey, and A Whole Lot of Growth

Cross is here…. and so are a lot of other things. It has been a complete whirlwind since getting back from the World Championship in Australia. After such an incredible experience to represent the United States of America, my brain was still in a fog when I showed up to class the day after nearly … More Cross and Travel and School, Oh My!!

The World Championship: This race is the ultimate goal. This is what athletes all over the world suffer for and dream of. This year, for the first time on the mtb, I got to be a part of the USA World Championship team. This is a dream come true. The World Championship starts weeks before … More Controlling the Uncontrollable: MTB XC World Championship

         Live in the moment. This simple concept is something that I have been working on all season, and honestly, probably most of my life. A moment is so difficult to capture. A moment is fleeting and changes in an instant, however, I’ve learned that often times the key to racing is … More Moment by Moment 

“Far from what I once was, but not yet what I’m going to be.” This simple quote resonates with me as I think about the Mont St. Anne World Cup. For me, MSA is more than just another race, it is the representation of progress. 2 years ago, I stood atop the Beatrice baffled by … More Two steps forward…and a hop and a skip: Mont-Sainte-Anne World Cup

Drama:  “an exciting, emotional, or unexpected series of events or set of circumstances.”  Drama may have been the most commonly used noun in our condo this weekend at mountain bike nationals. Drama is the mysterious entity that hovers over the national championship. Why? Drama exists at nationals because nationals has something for everybody. Everybody wants … More USA National Championships: (mud, sweat, and drama)

The Dream: that’s what I’ve been living for the past 3 or 4 weeks. Driving home from yet another great weekend of racing at the Missoula Pro XCT I was contented with a 4th in the XC and in short track and was pleased with how the season had shaped up. As I scrolled through … More World Cups…feeling on top of the World

Missoula Pro XCT…one of my favorite courses on the US circuit. It is a climbers dream. The course features 5 laps with nearly 1000 feet of climbing per lap. This means that riders will conquer almost 5000 feet of climbing in an hour and a half. It was full-gas from the gun because every rider … More Missoula Pro XCT 2017

The Midway Pro XCT was more than just another race for me.  Standing on the start line meant that I had overcome the accident that still plagued my mind and emotions as I warmed up for the race. I spent the week between the incident and the race focused on my health, recovery, and gratitude. … More Call it a Comeback