Why do I ride?  I have an 8 month old little girl and well she’s fearless…that or she just doesnt know better…either way she is always on the go trying to discover everything and anything she can get her hands into. Well, I want to be like her again. Before my ACL surgery, I used to hit the gym a lot, ran, did cardio kickboxing, martials arts (karate and judo) and loved every single minute of it and I wasn’t afraid of getting hurt. And ever since the surgery I’ve been afraid… and I feel like the surgery took away my courage, my determination, my will and I sunk into a deep depression that made it longer and harder for me to recover from the surgery. So slowly I pulled myself together, I did a few activities here and there but never something as big as a triathlon, a cycling event nor a marathon.

After having a baby and seeing her go, I realized, I need to be fearless again like her - so I ride. I’m still scared to fall off my bike or never able to ride up to the top of a really steep hill but I’m slowly overcoming that