Category Archives: Washington (Western)
Getting the Party Started: Stottlemeyer 60 Mountain Bike Race (Port Gamble, WA)
The weather was pretty nice last Saturday—I hope you did something epic with it. Epic certainly defines the time that I and my fellow Sturdy Bitch Racing teammates had at the NW Epic Series’ Stottlemeyer 30/60 mountain bike race in … Continue reading
Trying Something New at the Black Diamond XTERRA (Black Diamond, WA)
So I don’t do triathlons (and I haven’t run a 10K-distance in years). Still, at some point, signing up for the Black Diamond XTERRA triathlon on August 5th must have seemed like a good idea, because there I was. But … Continue reading
Sun and Fun at the Stottlemeyer 30/60 Endurance Race (Port Gamble, WA)
We racers could not believe our luck: a bluebird day with mid-60-degree weather instead of the wet, muddy conditions we’d come to expect this time of year. I had forgotten to swap out my heavier mud tires for more appropriate … Continue reading
What are the Duthie Trail Gnomes Building Now?
The forest gnomes are busy building again at Duthie Hill Mountain Bike Park. (Did they ever stop?) I caught a glimpse of these magical beings yesterday, after my teammate Katie and I took a fun, swooping run down Ryan’s Eternal Flow. … Continue reading
Seattle Sun Shines on the Urban Coyote ‘Cross Event
Rain is usually a participant in the annual Urban Coyote poker ride, but this time around it was pleasantly absent, making for a glorious Saturday cyclocross tour (and light gambling/drinking session) through the parks and streets of Seattle. More than … Continue reading
Posted in Biking, Seattle trails, Washington (Western)
Tagged Colin Meagher, cyclocross, poker ride, Urban Coyote
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Mountain Biking 101 With Sturdy B Racing
A few weeks ago, my mountain bike team, Sturdy Bitch Racing, held a women’s coaching clinic for new mountain bikers at Duthie Hill Mountain Bike Park in Issaquah, Washington. For a couple of ladies, this was the first time riding … Continue reading
Stoked on the Stottlemeyer 30/60 Endurance Race (Port Gamble, WA)
Who knew racing could be as fun as riding? Cross-country mountain bike racers know what I’m talking about: the courses we race around these parts tend to be devoid of the technical challenges we actually love to ride. There are … Continue reading
A River Runs Through It: A Wet, Wet Galbraith Keeps Its Flow (Bellingham, WA)
In the Northwest’s rainier months (that is, about eight months out of the year), parts of the Galbraith trail system can become a virtual water world… but don’t worry; for the most part, the riding’s just fine. Just because some … Continue reading
GoPro Fun at Duthie Hill Mountain Bike Park
Last January my friend Brian and I went in together on a GoPro video camera, which we picked up at the Sturdy Bitches’ silent auction/fundraiser (with 50% proceeds going to the Breast Cancer Fund). Of course we decided that Duthie … Continue reading
Posted in Biking, Issaquah trails, Washington (Western)
Tagged Bootcamp, duthie hill, GoPro, Issaquah, Ryan's Eternal Flow, Washington
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The End in Sight: Grand Ridge To Duthie, Coming Soon (Issaquah, WA)
That’s right. Soon there will be mud-free mountain biking all the way from Grand Ridge to Duthie Hill. Well, maybe not mud-free, but definitely less mud. The long-awaited Grand Ridge bridge-over-muddy water is nearing completion, courtesy of the Washington Trails … Continue reading
