Author Archives: Kate

Broemmelsiek +

Posted on May 20, 2013

With all the gravel riding I’ve been doing as Dirty Kanza prep, it’s been easy to ignore my other bikes.  The road bike has been languishing on the trainer ever since February, when my cross bike arrived, and the mountain … Continue reading →

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Another weekend, another bike ride

Posted on May 14, 2013

This has been an atypically chilly spring for our area, but this weekend seems to have been a breakthrough of sorts with reasonable temperatures and sunshine, which has been in short supply lately.  Because of Dirty Kanza, I pretty much … Continue reading →

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Cedar Cross

Posted on May 6, 2013

About a year and a half ago, my friend Bob started talking about how he thought he could put together an epic monstercross (basically, cyclocross on steriods) course. Because I’m the kind of person who totally lacks follow-through, I thought … Continue reading →

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Training partner

Posted on April 30, 2013

It’s no secret to anyone who’s read my blog for long that my immediate family isn’t exactly involved in my endurance sports life. Their attitudes range from my middle son’s semi-gorced conscription into AR volunteering to my husband’s tolerance to … Continue reading →

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Night rider

Posted on April 27, 2013

No, not Knight Rider. Source Sorry, running friends…it’s another bike post, pretty much what you can expect at least through June 1. One of the downsides of being on a team is when your teammates all live somewhere else.  That … Continue reading →

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Third time’s a charm (and the first two weren’t bad either)

Posted on April 25, 2013

April has been a pretty fantastic month so far.  I celebrated my birthday, of course, and every weekend has been awesome. First up was the CAC2 and the next day’s gravel ride, and the following weekend featured Robby’s 5K, more … Continue reading →

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CAC2: Non-racing with the best

Posted on April 16, 2013

Note: This report was written by Kate with commentary from Adam in red (well, it’ll be added when he gets it to me.  For whatever reason people with two jobs don’t have a lot of spare time) and Jeff in … Continue reading →

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Ava Brown Memorial 5K

Posted on April 14, 2013

I first “met” my teammate Robby’s daughter Ava in this post (which tells you everything you need to know about how amazing my teammates are) back in 2011.  Robby and his wife Sarah lost Ava to SIDS in 2009, and … Continue reading →

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Sony walkman giveaway winner

Posted on April 10, 2013

Congratulations to Brandon LePage, one of my twitter entrants, on winning my Sony Walkman giveaway!  It’ll soon be on its way to you…hope you enjoy your new MP3 player! Thanks to everybody who entered…wish I could have given one to … Continue reading →

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It’s my birthday!

Posted on April 4, 2013

Much like last year, I’m recycling my facebook post as my birthday blog post. Enjoy, as they’re probably my shortest posts of each year! I first saw this video on Drunkcyclist.com and the blog post about the video was mostly … Continue reading →

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