Tag Archives: Sturdy Bitch Racing
Correct Use of “Ultimate”: BC Bike Race Really is the Ultimate Singletrack Experience
Imagine seven days of riding technical Pacific NW singletrack, enough camaraderie to match the competitive spirit in the air, and racing on trails that you are excited to ride. You might find yourself using descriptors like “ultimate” or “epic” among … Continue reading
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
Building Character at the High Cascade 100 MTB Race (Bend, OR)
What’s worse than riding your mountain bike 100 uninterrupted miles? Riding it one-hundred-and-six miles, which was the length of this year’s Mudslinger Events High Cascade 100 race course, held last Saturday in Bend, Oregon. And what’s worse than riding 106 … Continue reading
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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
Smooth—But Not Easy—Riding at the Echo Valley Endurance MTB Race (Chelan, WA)
It may have been a “roadie” course—with not a rock or root to be seen—but few would call the Echo Valley 30/60 Endurance Race an “easy” ride. Last weekend’s race certainly made me work for my 3rd place finish. Host to … 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
