I’ve spent the past few days reflecting on my experience with Ride The Rockies, not only as a newbie, but as a female cyclist participant. The six biggest lessons I learned from this event is pushing yourself out of your comfort zone forces you to grow; strangers can be trusted and can be helpful; inclusivity…
Greg The Giant pulled me for 20 miles today. All that pulling of random strangers these past four days finally gave me the karma I deserved. Greg told me he plays a “close the gap” game with people on the road. I do this too. It helps pass the time and miles. Well, Greg told…
This year I wanted to race the IRONMAN 70.3 Boulder. However, there are only so many weekends in summer to compete. The 70.3 in Boulder has been falling the day before Ride the Rockies for the last few years. I made the decision to go for Ride the Rockies this year instead, since both would be way…
Today and yesterday’s fierce climbs prove that there is only “do” or “don’t,” there is no “try.” I saw that phrase spray-painted while pushing up Independence Pass yesterday, and for the rest of the ride, that’s all I could think about. When we say we are going to “try” to do something, we set ourselves…
The first and only sexist comment of the day happened 20 miles in to today’s ride. I’m still baffled that people still use “girl” as an insult. I was passing a group of men and said, “I your left” as we climbed up this hill. As I pushed them, one of the men said, “dude,…
Here are the notable rides and races I participated in this year. Karen Hornbostel Time Trial Series 04/06/2016: 6th place – 28:23.9 04/13/2016: 6th place – 28:01.0 04/20/2016: 5th place – 19:59.232 04/27/2016: 7th place – 28:20.285 05/04/2016: 8th place – 28:01.720 05/12/2016: 5th place – 26:52.616 05/18/2016: 7th place – 27:26.0 Colfax Half Marathon…
The 2016 Ride The Rockies route has been announced: Carbondale to Fort Collins, 6 days, 403 miles! The course will showcase Independence Pass, Fremont Pass, Tennessee Pass, Vail Pass and Trail Ridge Road through Rocky Mountain National Park. In its 31st edition, RTR will visit one of our state’s iconic landmarks in Independence Pass, ascend…
The Copper Triangle 2015 did not disappoint. Well, Vail Pass Eastbound kind of did. This was our first time participating in the Copper Triangle, so we had not expectations. I had had ridden the other direction on Ride the Rockies last year, and really enjoyed it. We had spend the night in Georgetown to get an early…
Ride the Rockies Day 7 Canon City to Westcliffe was a bitch of a ride. I was tired and it was hard. After not getting much sleep I woke up a little later than usual. When I got out of the tent to get coffee, I realized most people had packed up already. Then sun…
Ride the Rockies Day 6 Salida to Canon City was quite a ride. It started downhill and that’s awesome. Actually most of the ride was downhill, but the climbs were a bitch. It was a relatively short day, only 66 miles and the majority was downhill. So it sounds like an easy ride, but there…