I didn’t start out an athlete. I’m not sure anyone really does. But I didn’t play sports in high school or college. I was on the debate team. I was interested in politics and studied constitutional law in my free time. Sure, I rode and trained horses, and had ridden bicycles with my family as…
Category: Thoughts & Musings
Testing Limits
It all started when I was playing around on Ride With GPS, plotting ways to connect several portions of trail in Hoosier National Forest with the trails at Brown County State Park. No matter how I tried to do it, I couldn’t make the loop less than 62 miles. Now, this wouldn’t have been a…
Full Send?!
For the last two years, “Full Send” has been my motto. When David first challenged me to ride in the pro/elite field at Iceman in 2018, I decided to go for it, and haven’t looked back since. Well, not until 2020 anyway. I came into the season feeling strong. I started working with a new…
Summer Come; Summer Go
I love summer. Its my favorite season. I love the sunshine. I love the long days. I love the heat. The only part I don’t like about summer is that it comes so late and leaves so quickly. Already, on August 18, when I’m writing this, I am entering my second week of teaching sixth…
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Roots
I ran into an old friend on the mountain bike trails last week. Not literally. I didn’t hit him. I actually saw him in the parking lot (and kept a good 6’+ of social distance!). This friend was talking about how everyone he rides with is younger, smaller, and faster than he is, and it…
Tips for Remote Learning
After being homeschooled K-12 and doing most of my university education online, the concept of remote learning is not at all foreign to me. In high school, I took an online paralegal course from the then-Oak Brook College of Law & Government, as well as individual online classes from Moody University and Patrick Henry College….
I Belong Here
For a year, I started pro/elite races with the nagging feeling that I was an imposter, an outsider: that I didn’t belong. I didn’t really have my pro card, I was just registering in the pro/open races that allowed for non-pros to race in the open category alongside the “real pros.” Even in Cat. 1…
Can You See It?
Last month, I traveled to Northwest Arkansas to participate in the 2019 Epic Rides OZ Off-road. Prior to attending the race, I had heard reports of the famed “Ledges” trail as being both technical and scary to ride. With only limited technical riding experience, I was admittedly nervous. How was I supposed to compete in…
Loving Neighbors & Racing Bikes
UPDATE 8/9/19: This update is much, much overdue. During the first two weeks of July, two different roofing projects were completed as a result of your generous donations! The first project was completed on Johnie’s roof by a group of students with Mission Serve who volunteered to help Neighborlink with several big projects. One of…
Ride Fierce Racing 