What? Marathon World Championships?

by Sonya Looney July 19, 2010

Last week, something happened. Something wonderful. Something shocking. When my teammate, Jeff Kerkove, told me he thought I had a really good shot of going to race the Marathon World Championships in St. Wendel, Germany August 8, I laughed in his face. In order to race a UCI World Championship race, you have to be [...]

Women’s Only Klinik in Denver July 21

by Sonya Looney July 16, 2010

Hey girlies!  Do you live in the Front Range?  Come on out to chat with me about bikes on July 21 at Wheatridge Cyclery!  Bring questions of any kind.  I’d love to chat with you and help you any way I can, and share embarrassing stories about myself See ya next week!

The Oregon Trail

by Sonya Looney July 16, 2010

I remember back in elementary school when computers were pretty “new” and we had the old school apple computers with the green screens. My favorite games to play were Number Munchers (I have always been a math nerd) and The Oregon Trail. Little did I know that one day, I’d actually be riding trails in [...]

Why endurance?

by Sonya Looney July 1, 2010

“WHAT?! WHY?!” are words uttered in astonishment from my own lips when I talk to ultra endurance runners. “You mean… you run for 100 miles and it sometimes take 24+ hours? Realllly?” I still have a difficult time comprehending running for that long, but I’m sure that once you start doing it, it doesn’t seem [...]

Expectation

by Sonya Looney June 23, 2010

Expectations… sometimes they are our friend and motivate us to do well at things we care about, and sometimes they are our enemy in that we feel let down if we don’t meet them, or we simply fear not meeting our expectations. Worse yet, perhaps we fear not meeting OTHERS’ expectations. Yesterday, I was riding [...]

Initial thoughts on a singlespeed

by Sonya Looney June 18, 2010

“I never want to do that!” Ironically, I have uttered these words about multiple facets of mountain biking and somehow always end up “wanting to do that” over time. I used to think that singlespeeders were complete psychos, and to some extent, I still think that… like the guys who do endurance races on one [...]