10. You do something that ranks at least a 5 on your “Things-I-Never-Want-To-Do-List”. For me, this is a 1 to 10 scale, with 1 being washing dishes, and 10 being running into a burning building while eating a live rattlesnake. Mountain biking happens to fall in between those two extremes….

Right now I’m hammering away at the keyboard in the corner of a coffee shop in Bend, Oregon. I just finished my amazing 3rd cup of coffee so I keep typing too fast and making typos and having to backtrack, but the enthusiasm is making up for lost time. Now…

Hey everybody! I realize I’ve taken quite the break from my blog, but that was necessary since the past few weeks have been a little crazy and it’s impossible to explain to other people what my plans for the year are when I didn’t know them myself. For the last few…

No matter how amazing the season is, it’s always so nice to get home and back into your own bed. I was definitely getting a little homesick towards the end of the race season so finally returning to Minnesota after being gone since Christmas was a really good feeling! But…