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So yeah... I'm addicted. Follow me more on Facebook. I am better at keeping that updated with events.
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Grocery Shopping

So I am grocery shopping... I am walking up and down the isles and around the store looking at my options of what I want. Some things I know I need. What if City Market doesnt have them? Somethings I know I want. Sometimes I'm down a weird isle I never had really been on before. I could always go to another store, but I'm on my bike, I am here now and its cold and icy outside, so it is here I will shop...

I guess you could say I am also grocery shopping for options in my life. I know what I want, its the knowing what I need that is the problem. I need food, hence the grocery shopping, but what else? I swear up and down that I need cycling and I swear it still. There are so many things I could choose, so many brands that are sitting on the shelf available to me. I just have to decide "this is the one I am going to buy." Then I can use the self check out, and "Voila!" its mine to do with as I like. I have my life in a shopping bag (more like my bike bag, but hey.) If it doesnt fit in my bag its obviously too big for me to haul home.

I am one of the luckiest people I know. I am living the journey of my dreams. I feel a little shocked that I am where I am, but instead of feeling shocked, I am currently feeling loved and blessed with God given "options", name brand talents, and priceless friends and family that I could never "buy off a shelf."

Bend OR CX National Championships

We left early Wednesday afternoon on our drive from Durango to Bend Oregon for the cyclocross national championships. It was an epic drive. I was in the ladies van with Shriver driving. It was nice to have some quality hours getting to know Coach Matt Shriver a little better and getting to know Magen Long. I continuously feel fortunate to be on a team with not only extreme talent, but one of beautiful individuals. Once we arrived in Bend we headed straight to the CX course for a few practice laps. It was like they had made an obstacle course over a sheet of ice and had me a in a mindset of fear of failure, but the last couple days on the course have been reassuring as the ice has turned into tacky mud. Shriver and "Balls-Out-Dip-In-Hagen" have taught me a lot about choosing lines and as I have gone around and around I feel I know the course like the back of my hand. My teammates have also shared a lot of valuable tips with me and I feel confident that I can do well and that our team can take home the gold. Seeing the girls from other schools out on the course today built a little fire with in me.... and all I can say is, "IT'S ON. Ka-Kaw!"

See more photos and follow our progress on our team website: http://cycling.fortlewis.edu/