Sunday, September 16, 2012

Great day riding.

I wait all summer for rides like this. Fall is the best! WP with TG Sheri.


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Monday, September 10, 2012

Passo Duran, Dolomites, Italy

The Passo Duran is situated in Vento and belongs to the Dolomites-Alps
. Starting from Agordo, the Passo Duran ascent is 12.5 km long. Over
this distance, you climb 992 meters. The average percentage is 7.9%
with the maximum being 15%. There are two restaurants and a little
church at the top. Ciao!
--
cheryl roth

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Stopping to enjoy the flowers

Tough Girls like to stop along the way and smell the flowers. This
year the columbine were going off! My four beautiful days of riding in
Durango were truly amazing - the Colorado Trail, Hermosa Creek, more
Colorado Trail! The high country was a blanket of flowers and flowy
singletrack. PS Thanks Rudy Project. That helmet fit perfectly right
out of the box! And my Scott 29er fit perfectly as well :)

Kay Levesque

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Tough Girl Meghan

After having a year of off time recovering from back surgery, I have finally started to race again! I did not do much racing over this summer because of school commitments but did get a chance to go race in Angelfire, NM! I ended up winning the Cat 1 women 19-29 and getting a good ride in at the same time! It is great to be back racing!

Another great season from our sponsors

Thanks to all our sponsors, power bar, rudy project, sram, DT swiss, schwalbe, mt Borah, rock shox, save our soles, truvative, feedback sports, insight lasik and scott bikes and boulder cycle sport for making this another great racing season.  Every ride was a success and never a disappointment.  It is always exciting to represent such fine people and products. 
Thanks again,
TG Coreen

riding in Montrose

After an exciting day of riding in the Mavic neutral support car for the US Pro Cycling Challenge Stage 2, I rode some sweet singletrack with my little brother in Montrose, CO. Great flowy sage brush trails coupled with some technical rocky stuff made for a fun day of trying to keep up with my youthful bro who is 18 years younger than I am!

Practice makes Perfect: Descent Style

As a new member of ToughGirl Cycling, I'd like to thank all of my teammates, our terrific sponsors, and our awesome supporters this season. I have learned so much from ToughGirl veterans on the mountain bike (Rebecca, Lynn, and Sheri!) and hope to keep improving for many seasons to come. 

Coming from a road background, riding singletrack descents always has pushed my adrenaline levels through the roof, but not in the go-really-fast-kind-of-way. More likely, I'd "freeze" than "flee", as I was overly brake-happy and looking straight down instead of ahead. So, some friends decided it was time to hit Monarch Crest Trail. What a great ride!! I knew I was in for a long day, so I packed up my pack with PowerBar Bars (Cookies n' Cream) and set-up my wheels with the Schwalbe Hans Dampfs. With some advice from Rebecca--to just let go and hold on!--I finally found my groove on the 30+ miles of singletrack descents. The tires were a big boost in confidence as they gripped on all kinds of terrain. 

Channeling that feeling in the finale of the Winter Park Series, I felt solid throughout the entire King of the Rockies Race. The pace started out moderately, with Rebecca, Erin Huck, Lisa Hudson, and Sheri Boltz, and I breaking from the start. I followed Lisa into the singletrack, sitting in 4th. I reined in my effort on the first big climb, as I had bonked the year before, so I kept the top three in sight until the final switchback. Then, the Spruce Creek descent was lonely, as I solo'd down to Flume trail and then onto Chainsaw. A group of Expert and Pro women caught me in the twists and roots of Flume, but I just kept my pace and stayed smooth. I pulled away at the top of Chainsaw, and then, increased my gap with the descent into Elk Meadow. The water aid station was perfectly timed, as I was getting hot and asked the boys to douse me (they smiled and obliged). Checking in with my legs, I knew I could start to ramp up my cadence and effort--for the first time this season, I found the sweet suffer spot, where I was giving it my all, but not running out of steam. I worked with Christine, another Pro rider, up the doubletrack climb, but left her in the technical sections of WTB, where again, everything was falling into place! I cleaned the entire trail for the first time and found myself charging all the way to the finish line. 

Coming in at 4th place in the Pro Women's Field, I checked my time and saw I shaved 20 minutes off from last year!! Was it the confidence in the descents? I think so! 

-Claire

Some TGs having Fun!!

Beti Bike Bash 2012
 



Photo Shoot at Green Mountain