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Acknowledgements: I again extend my deepest gratitude to the organize and all of the volunteers who made this possible. Here is how I found a new layer to my own answer to why? To my pacing buddy and fellow commiserator, thank you for being a part of this journey. 💜🚴🏼‍♀️ There are all sorts of responses when I tell someone I did an ultra endurance ride. The most common of then is expectedly a flavor of “Why in world you do that?!!” It’s something that is beyond belief–even to some of my cycling friends. This weekend I realized that my answer to the question of why has been subtly evolving. ...

I’m currently 12 days away from the biggest event and race I have ever done. The Swift Summit 200 features 326.4km of distance and 3,229m of elevation. It’s likely to be hot, and potentially smokey. Last Fall I completed my first 300km ultra-endurance ride to the Coast and back, but that was a bit less distance, 700 meters less elevation, cooler weather, and my fitness level was higher. This is the last year for the Swift Summit, and it has been a big goal to complete the 200 mile course. Almost all of my training the past month has been focused on preparing for the race, dialing in bike fit, testing different strategies, and more. I realized late last night that I finally know what an A race is.1 It has been interesting to see and experience how many different avenues I have conciously or even subconciously started to optimize in preparation for this massive event. ...

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Returning to competitive cycling after injury, I expected physical challenges but wasn’t prepared for the profound emotional revelation of community acceptance and the realization that I truly belong in this space.