Last year, I launched the Ride Fierce Women’s Race Scholarship. My hope was that I would be able to help a few women overcome a few of the barriers that may have prevented them from otherwise doing their first mountain bike race. With the help of a few friends and sponsors, I was able to…
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What is the Ride Fierce Women’s Scholarship?
I asked the 2025 Ride Fierce Women’s Scholarship alumni to share a few words about their experiences… and this is what they had to say.
Announcing the 2026 Ride Fierce Women’s MTB Scholarship
Watch this space for more information about what races will be a part of the scholarship and how to apply… coming early December 2026!
j’adore ça ici
Correct me if you speak French, but I think that means “I love it here.” It’s been years since I spent time in Europe, and it really is addicting. I’m sitting in the Zurich airport now, waiting to board my flight back to the U.S. and already scheming how I can come back and spend…
2025 Ride Fierce Women’s Scholarship: Success!
The four recipients of the 2025 Ride Fierce Women’s Scholarship have each completed their races, and I am so, so proud of each of them! Here are some short updates from each of them! The Shed Enduro: Annie Chapelle Holy Jalapeno, I did The Shed Enduro 2025!! WILD! I had a blast and I am…
Wow. Just Wow.
I opened up a new message on Slack to my manager and CTO at work this morning and realized that the last message I had sent to that particular group of individuals was from the ER in January after getting hit by a car. The subject of today’s message was that I had been selected…
THE Downieville Classic!
I don’t really remember how I first heard about The Downieville Classic, but somehow, back in Indiana, when I first started racing mountain bikes, there were three “big” races that I quickly learned about: Iceman, Leadville, and Downieville. I’ve raced Iceman numerous times over the years and plan to make the trip from Virginia again…
Let it Shine
This is the mantra that Erin Ayala, of Skadi Sports Psychology, helped me identify in the lead up to the Enduro National Championship, but also one that has kind of “stuck” ever since. The idea was that racing isn’t about “proving” myself, but about putting the skills, fitness, etc. that I’ve worked so hard for…
2025 Ride Fierce Women’s Scholarship: It’s Almost Race Day!
For the women of the Ride Fierce Women’s Scholarship, it’s almost race day! Megan: racing ORAMM on July 27Annie: racing The Shed Enduro on August 3Abby: racing Slatyfork Enduro on August 10Nicole: racing Shenandoah 100k on August 30 If you happen to be at any of these events, make sure you give these women a…
Endurance MTB Nationals–in ROANOKE!
Though I was very much on the “fringes” of the team that spent the last several years working to bring Endurance MTB National Championships to Roanoke, I was involved just enough to know that it was a possibility…and then, eventually, that it was really going to happen. There’s not much I like better than showing…
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