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Biking After Baby

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Cycling and racing have been a huge part of my life for the past 6 years. My life pretty much revolved around riding and training. It was my identity. However, last year this all changed when I found out I was pregnant.

Return of the Competitive Spirit

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If you asked me how I got into cycling and racing, the answer might actually surprise you. My story initially has very little to do with riding a bike. Racing as it turns out filled a void that I had

Pedaling Towards Clarity

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I am certain that all cyclists, at some point, get asked the question—“Why on earth do you do that?”  To the inquirers, we are the “crazy, lycra-wearing, ride ridiculous distances in all sorts of weather conditions on skinny little seats”

How I found the “ME” in Team

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If you were to ask me why I decided to join the Balanced Women’s Cycling team it is a pretty straight forward answer. For one, there is the excitement of being on a team. Listening to everyone’s stories and all the

WONDER WOMAN

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Ladies! This post is for you.  Do you ever get on your bike and have a fantastic, amazing, super awesome, best, ride-I-have-ever-had day?  The kind of day you wish you could replicate over and over every time you get on

Time For The Curtain To Come Down

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Numbers, Watts, Kilojoules, data. These topics are discussed ad nauseam it seems in cycling circles. Data is everywhere in cycling, well almost everywhere… I want to start by saying this is my personal experience. I don’t pretend to know how

Why I Ride

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Mostly when you read this blog you are going to hear about racing, training, and all of our other misc cycling adventures.  I want to take a step back from that and tell you a little bit about why I

Balanced at the USA Cycling Coaching Summit

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We’re Expanding

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Balanced is expanding our Women’s Cat 1/2 and 3/4 Teams in the 2015 road season. BALANCED Women’s Cycling Team is a collaborate project utilizing skills and trades of our riders coupled with state-of-the-art scientific tools and current athletic performance research

Moments from Gateway Cup 2014

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