I’ll be updating this as the summer races occur, so stay tuned for further updates! Middle Mountain Momma Brittany Nave Middle Mountain Momma A Goal: finish sub 4 hoursB Goal: finish without falls or mechanicals I’ve been suffering off and on from exertion headaches and trying to problem solve this with my doctors for a…
Enduro Ain’t Dead
The North American Enduro Cup (NAEC) is, in my opinion, the premier enduro event in North America, featuring a full two days of racing, fresh-cut stages, and a wide variety of terrain that attracts the top talent from all over the U.S. (and internationally) to the small town of Kellogg, Idaho. For the second year…
Same, but Different: Back to BCBR
I first competed in the BC Bike Race in 2024, thanks to the support of Rocky Mountain Bikes, and in the process, formed a new posse of friends. When we saw that the 2026 edition of BCBR would be the final race in the traditional 7-day format, some of us decided that we would reunite…
PMBAR
The Pisgah Mountain Bike Adventure Race (PMBAR) is a race I’ve heard about for a number of years, but never actually been able to attend until now. The basic premise is that you race with a partner, making your own route to various checkpoints in the Pisgah forest, and returning back to the start/finish line…
Ride Fierce Women’s Scholarship: May Update
Race season is here, and some of the Ride Fierce Women’s Scholarship recipients have already completed their target events, and others are hard at work training for later-season races. Here’s a short update from each of them! Wormhole Tasha Roemer Tasha raced the Wormhole 50k last weekend. She finished second in open women for the…
SWAG!
Five years ago now, when I started “Ride Fierce Racing” as a way to legitimize my privateer aspirations, I never dreamed that the arbitrary choice to have red jerseys would become a “brand” of sorts…but that, combined with my braid (can I ever cut it?), seem to be a thing. If you’re looking to get…
Ride Fierce Women’s Scholarship: Spring Update
It’s March already (how did that happen?!) and races are inching closer, and the women of the Ride Fierce Racing scholarship are hard at work training for their events. Here’s a short update from each of them! Wormhole Tasha Roemer I’ve been training hard for the wormhole race in April. I got a short break…
TransNZ Enduro
Hot diggity dawg—what a great week on bikes! I’m sitting on the flight home (or, more accurately, one of FOUR flights to get from New Zealand back to Virginia) after finishing the TransNZ Enduro, a 6-day blind enduro stage race on the South Island of New Zealand. The short version is that the race was…
Meet the 2026 Ride Fierce Race Scholarship Recipients!
Wow, wow, wow. Everything about the Ride Fierce Race Scholarship is still a bit overwhelming to me. What started as a pipe dream to get a few more women at the start lines of some of my regional mountain bike races has expanded beyond anything I ever thought possible. This year, there were 33 applicants…
Hindsight is 20/20
They say hindsight is 20/20, but that clarity never comes if you never take the time to reflect. It’s equally true that a single number, in isolation, cannot possibly tell a full story. Though it’s an exaggeration, I feel like, in the races that mattered, I finished last (or close to last) nearly every time…
Ride Fierce Racing 