I love starting my season with a Stage race. Not only is the stage race format a great way to see achieve fitness and training from racing, but it’s like a crash course in remember all the ins and outs of performance.  Across the 4 day race I am testing out new warm ups that … More Mediterranean Epic

We did it! We crossed the final finish line of 2024. I haven’t attempted to hide the fact that I’ve been surviving the last month or so. After battling illness and fatigue from the long season, I knew Big Sugar would be a total battle. But, I’m not one to go down without a fight. … More Big Sugar 2024

It’s been one heck of a season. When I reflect on everything accomplished this year, it really feels like a couple of seasons in one. In this journey we pack so much in to such a condensed period of time that things from just a couple of months ago already seem a lifetime away.  We … More Little Sugar MTB Race

Racing the World Championship on US soil is a special opportunity and one that I put a target on early this year. I made it well known that this race was a big goal of mine and from a performance stand point I was set up perfectly. I won the World Cup in Snowshoe in … More XCM World Championship

If I could redo this race I would do it very differently. But I suppose that’s part of this journey. We don’t get to “get it right” every time and that’s what keeps pulling us back for more: the opportunity to try to do it better.  On the start line I felt particularly nervous. The … More Chequamegon

This weekend just confirmed what I already knew: The Leadville 100 is my favorite race. Up until this weekend I wasn’t really sure why. Was it because I love the unique challenge, or maybe because this race contains some of my favorite memories? While those things certainly contribute, I think the main reason that Leadville … More Leadville 100

Watch the film: https://youtu.be/Sq-kcxMBrVA?si=BxIlT6FIbKRW6iVY It was pitch black outside, except for the headlights of our vehicles in the parking lot. I was sitting in the car as Clayton pulled my bike out of the back of the truck. The light, icy breeze whispered across the road. It was time.  This whole thing was months in … More Kokopelli Trail FKT

Going to race in Europe is a heavy lift for a rider from the USA. The travel and jet lag alone poses a challenge for athletes, not to mention the language barrier and cultural differences. The racing is different in Europe too. The riders are generally more aggressive, it’s organized differently, and there are different … More Marathon World Cup – France

The National Championship always has a heavy weight to it. I think it’s because it isn’t “just one race” it’s the chance to secure the title for the entire year. Going into the weekend, my eyes were clearly fixed on securing that title and my heart was all in. Two weeks after 200 miles in … More Marathon MTB National Championship

I remember first hearing about Unbound (then Dirty Kanza) back in 2014 when I first started college in Missouri. There was this “crazy” race one state over in Kansas in which temperatures soar, mud rips apart bikes, and rocks shred tires. Oh, and they ride 200 miles. At the time it was inconceivable, but somehow … More Unbound 200