My mom is dying
Last night I dreamed I was carrying a heavy bag and while most of the time I could handle the weight, occasionally it would get so heavy I could barely move. I would figure out how to keep moving, but...
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Midsouth Training – Week 7
As you may recall: last year I put my name in the lottery for Midsouth Gravel on a whim. Not only did I not overthink it, but I also didn’t really think about it AT ALL. This is a huge gravel event;...
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MidSouth Gravel 2023
You guys – definitely travel and ride bikes somewhere you’ve never been before. The Midsouth Gravel is both a gravel race and an event, but the dedication to authentic inclusion makes this event stand...
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Indoor Training Only Mostly Sucks
Now that I’m a few weeks removed from Midsouth Gravel, I want to write about the training experience. What I used Saris H3 direct-drive/smart trainer TrainerRoad AI-enabled training program an...
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How The Story Goes
It’s hard to believe it’s been a minute since my last post. Not much has happened – the northeast has had a pretty rainy spring and summer so far, so I’ve been getting out and exploring as the weather...
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Northwoods 600
I’m still basking in the incredible sense of accomplishment and pride in completing the Northwoods 600 – a 600+ mile bikepacking route that circumnavigates the western portion of Lake Superior through...
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Behind the Journey: Northwoods 600
Along the journey, Jess and I fielded a lot of questions from others on how we got to the place of actually going on the trip came together. First, no – we aren’t sisters. We were internet friends for...
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Exit, Stage Left
My mom, Jacqueline Vera Block Haag, died early on Saturday morning, September 16, 2023. She was diagnosed with recurrent metastatic breast cancer in December 2022. The best case was we might get three...
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Grief is fickle
“I’m not good at this” I told my dad as I let the deep, heaving sobs leave my body. “No one is” he said. This past Monday, Oct 16, marked one month since my mom died. On Tuesday, my dad was the sole...
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Moving forever forward
2023 has been a year of tremendous accomplishment and bottomless grief. I spent some time meditating on what themes 2024 will encompass and two came to me clear as tingsha bells bring us back to the...
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