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periodic pro triathlete @realtrisquad
these are a few of my favorite things 🤠✨

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off season ✨ things ✨ couple of rainbows, lots of girlies, loads of running, little bit of riding, lots of lifting, lots of laughs, lots of newness, lots of change, lots of fun, lots of doing things with the people I love the most 🫶

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Scenes from the Wednesday @nell_rojas_running coached workout.

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One part serious group ride, two parts parking lot party. 🪩

Join us this Saturday, October 3rd at 9:30 for our annual Fall Gravelanche ride! Three route options, coffee, donuts, chili dogs, post ride Normatec boot time provided by our friends @pauseboulder, immaculate fall vibes, and some deep sales on bikes and other gear 🤩

Want to join? Duh, of course you do. RSVP at the link in our bio 🔗

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The best part of racing Leadville is getting to hang out in Colorado for a couple weeks of summer! Thanks to the Van der Lindens for being the best hosts.🫶

Some highlights included:
- Endless single track rides - (was sure to make up for the lack of it in the race 😂)
- Quality time with friends
- Trampled by 🐢 (A little MN in CO)
- Cheering and supporting friends at @breckepic
- Van Camping and 🌈
- My #1 fans Mom & Dad ❤️

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What a week in the high country! Huge congratulations to all the APEX Performance athletes, coaches, and friends who pushed their limits and ripped some of the finest singletrack in the country at @breckepic ! We’re so proud of everyone who took on the challenge and gave it their all out there.

Did you spot 🐄 coaches @nealahenderson & @drevorak on top of French pass? They played a little game of lactate or lactose 😂 some riders voluntarily wanted to get poked while others opted for chocolate milk. It was cool to see what people’s lactate samples were at while summiting 12,500ft. @ali_odonnell had the highest reading on the day at 8.8mmol/L - crazy!! Science is fascinating 🧐

Coach @leahvdl3 took 2nd overall with solid riding all week!

Also - a massive thank you to those who joined us over the past few months at the breck epic community ride series. You all brought amazing energy and hope it helped your success during race week. Stay tuned for more events like this coming your way! Big shoutout to @semplicecafebreck for the coffee, muffins, and burritos pre/post ride - you made the rides that much better so thank you 😊

To help you recover and prepare for your next big goal, we’re going to keep this momentum going with…
🚨🚨10% OFF ANY SPORT SCIENCE SERVICE AT APEX UNTIL SEPT. 30 🚨🚨

Book online today with the code BRECKEPIC26

Thanks for letting us be a part of the journey. See you again this time next year, Breck ✌🏼

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They came, they saw, they conquered. 😤

Congrats to Ali (@ali_odonnell) & and August (@icanplaymusic) on each completing the @breckepic!! 6 days (well, 5 this year, Mother Nature had some other plans), 250 miles, & almost 40,000ft of climbing. You two are badass motherf***ers! 🥵

Now come back to work because we all miss Blossom (and know our customers do too).

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last hurrah #quietonthecrack #bikepark?? #weloveali

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A couple of triathlons, a swim-run and a mountain bike stage race on tap for these 5 this coming weekend 🤩! Let’s go!

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Finding my rhythm again 💫

The last month or so, honestly, I’ve been struggling with myself, this sport, my own expectations, and it ultimately took me hitting at tree at nationals, DNF’ing to finally ‘wake up’. The loss of focus to sitting on the side of the trail crying, upset, and so disappointed in myself is pretty much the moment I needed to get back up and find that fight again. I’ve always kept to myself, bottle everything up, searching for my confidence, my happiness, and understanding why I do this, and in that moment, everything exploded 💥

But this… THIS reminded me why I love what I do.

Riding to top of the Divide with an incredible person @watt_wagon (who certainly inspires me in so many ways), chasing mountain views instead of expectations, and I’m finally feeling the spark coming back. The smile is no longer hiding, my chin is up, and I’m looking ahead instead of behind.

I’m feeling better about where I’m at and found the excitement again for what’s coming up. Progress isn’t always measured in results. Sometimes it’s measured by the moments that make you stop, figure out a solution, work on yourself to enjoy the process of sport again.

Here’s to finding the rhythm, one day at a time ❤️

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It’s race week at the iconic Challenge Roth and @lily.harriss and @race_chase are ready to throw down!

@mdubrick7 is back on the race course at 70.3 European champs and @ali_odonnell is headed to shred some mountain bikes at the Firecracker 50!

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Boulder 70.3 // 4:37:42 // 🥈AG, 🥉FOA

Still riding the high from this race. What a joy it was to return to the 70.3 distance for the first time in two years on home turf with friends and teammates cheering me on. I went into this race unsure of what to expect - between the toll that working night shift has taken on my mind and body, not working with a coach for the first time in years, and the general craziness of life these days, I had no idea what the day was going to bring. So, I went in with the goal of having as much fun as possible - and I did just that (the first pic says it all ☺️) I’m proud to say I had a smile plastered on my face from start to finish and found a joy in every step that I have not felt for a long time. While I am extremely proud of the 14 minute 70.3 PR and my first overall podium at an Ironman-branded event, I am even more stoked to have rediscovered my love for this sport and the community that it encompasses. The energy on the course was electric and it was an honor and a privilege to be a part of it. Thank you to everyone who came out to cheer - you all helped make this race one I will never forget ❤️

📸 1, 2, 9 by the extremely talented @cocotakesphoto

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And to think I thought the @bolderboulder couldn’t get any better 🥹

Finding a way to still do the things I love with all the best people 💕🩼👩🏼‍🦽‍➡️

#bb10k #bolderboulder #wheelchairgirl

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