After a few years of unplanned world stoppage I am back with more cheers and happiness and joy and I even brought along a few friends known as #TheDirtyMouseketeers! Look for more info on our fun, dirty team at @thedirtymouseketeers on Instagram. Now to continue the story – and the journey!
In 2021 racing started again but I was not ready to fully jump in with both feet. I started a new job, did not have proper training, and just wasn’t motivated to get back on the saddle and do what was needed to race. Belgian Waffle Ride San Diego was shifted to July and with the expected weather being predicted to make this really The Hell Of The North (County) I chose to switch my race to Cedar City and do my part as a volunteer for BWR and also to help out my friends at IRC Tires. I did make the decision earlier in the year to race Rebecca’s Private Idaho Queen’s Stage Race to see if I had to do a race without a coach – more on that in another post. And a few weeks later headed to Cedar City for my 1st Belgian Waffle Ride there and chose the Wafer as I was already planning on shifting my racing to shorter courses with the exception of Dirty Kanza – now named Unbound Gravel. I had deferred my entry earlier in the year to 2022 as there was no way I was ready to tackle 200 miles of gravel chasing Dorothy and Toto and trying to find the Yellow Brick Road to the Wizard of Oz. BWR Cedar City was an amazing fun event and I cannot wait to go back again this year.
With this said, please visit this page over the next week for some updates from 2021 leading to the craziness of 2022 which will lead to one more mind bending experience in 2023! The #PowerGauntlet Challenge is almost complete and the power to snap us all back into reality will be in my hand – or at least bring me back to my own reality once 200 miles in Kansas is over!
kUDOs for cyclists everywhere! 