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    • 2013
      • May
        • Protein Recovery Drinks: Part II
        • Protein Recovery Drinks: Part I
        • What Should I Title This Blog Post?
        • George's Collar Bone Injury: 1 Month Mark
        • Wawayanda Spring Cleaning Race Report
        • Hey Buddy, I'm a "Real" Cyclist!
      • April
        • Three Day Block: Intervals, Long Endurance Ride, and the Bike Line Fair Hill Race
        • An Update on the UCI Ruling 1.2.019
        • My Greenbrier Race Report
        • Preparing for Greenbrier
        • The UCI: How it Affects Me
        • Aftermath of George's Accident
        • Race Report Fades Into an Injury Report
        • Life Doesn't Slow Down
        • Breakthrough Ride
      • March
        • AFC Sugar Hill Challenge: Race Report
        • Everything is Falling Into Place
        • The Mindset of an Athlete
        • Is Bear Creek Too Rocky?
        • Almost Ready for Race Season
        • It's Time for Some Changes
        • George Hired a Coach!
      • February
        • Weather Doesn't Stop the Training
        • Ceres Park is Getting Famous!
        • A Week in Pictures
        • Goals and Dreams for the 2013 Racing Season
        • Coffee Conundrums
        • Ceres Park Was in the Paper!
        • The Next Block of Training
        • Lessons Learned at the Rowan Rec Center
      • January
        • Overtraining?
        • I Can Feel the Changes
        • Finding a Gym
        • Dealing With the Cold
        • Long Weekend Rides
        • I Can Now Change My Own Bike Chain!
        • Rides, Trail Maintenance, and Food… Training Goes On...
        • My Bright Red Ferrari
        • Amidst All the Uncertainty, There is One Thing I Know For Sure
        • New Year's Day Ride at the Wiss
    • 2012
      • December
        • Christmas Surprise! A New Bike!
        • Ug, I'm Sick
        • Training, Struggles, and a New-Found Confidence
        • I Can't Keep Up With Life
        • Surprise!
        • Sometimes, There's No Joy in Biking
        • The New Training Plan for my Second Season
      • November
        • I Love Training
        • My Ultimate Goal
        • Rubbing Brakes… Yeah, That's It!
        • Back to the TSE Course Again
        • Handling Nasty Commenters
        • Ceres Park: My Favorite Park These Days...
        • My Training Mindset: All or Nothing
        • The Bikinator is Still Alive and Well
      • October
        • Too Many Days Off
        • A Short Horror Story
        • 2013 Base Training is About to Begin
        • I Hit a Ground Hog With My Mountain Bike
        • My First Attempt at Downhill Riding
        • California Vacation: The Bikinator Evaluates Her Competition
        • California Vacation: Riding With the Mann's
        • California Vacation: The Whiting Luge Trail
        • Heading Off to California
        • Preriding the TSE
      • September
        • I'm Not Happy Unless I'm Unhappy
        • Mastering the Granny Gear
        • Fall Brings the Off Season and Nostalgic Thoughts
        • I Love Riding With Action Wheels
        • The Joys of a Shower
        • Breaking the Rules at Ceres Park
        • Riding My Bike For Fun
        • The Bikinator VS Irate Drivers
      • August
        • Planning for the 2013 Race Season
        • I'm a Sponsored Racer!
        • Connecticut Mountain Biking: Case Mountain
        • Doping in Amateur Cycling
        • Bear Creek Challenge: XC
        • The Bear Creek Challenge: Women's Short Track and Super D
        • What If I Had a Time Machine?
        • Bear Creek 2012: MASS Finals
        • Becoming Friends With Pain
        • Endurorama!
      • July
        • Bear Creek: 1, Bikinator: 0
        • Delaware Trail Spinners: Preparing for the Race
        • Delaware Trail Spinners: Interview With Jim Ireland
        • The Delaware Trail Spinners: A Fly on the Wall at Their Meeting
        • The Delaware Trail Spinners
        • Action Wheels to the Rescue
        • My First Fifty Mile Endurance Race
        • Fifty Miles on a Mountain Bike...
        • Winding Down and Refocusing...
        • The Summer Sizzler at GCC: My "A" Race!
        • Cyclists: Striving for Perfection
        • "Interval Fail" or "Training Success"… I Choose Training Success!
        • Listening To My Body
      • June
        • Race Day: My Checklist
        • The Week Before a Race: Check List for Your Best Performance
        • Neshaminy Race Report
        • Trying to Swallow my Pride
        • The Week in Review
        • Massanutten Hoo Ha Part 4: The XC Race
        • Massanutten Hoo Ha Part 3: My First Short Track Race
        • Massanutten Hoo Ha Part 2: My First Super D
        • Massanutten Hoo Ha Part 1: My First Triple Crown Event!
        • What I Look For in Race Photos
        • The Bike Line Race at Fair Hill 2012: Race Report
        • Give Me Somebody Important to Be
      • May
        • Not So Worried This Time
        • Where's My Focus? OH, There It Is!
        • Dirt Fest: I Love Riding With My Husband
        • Dirt Fest: Three Rides in One Day
        • Dirt Fest: An Awesome Trip is Ahead of Us!
        • Check Out My Interview!
        • Treating My Body Like a Temple: Pros and Cons to Going Gluten Free
        • Treating My Body Like a Temple: Going Gluten Free
        • Treating My Body Like a Temple: It's Time for Changes in the Way I Eat
        • Trail Maintenance at Our Local Race Course
        • French Creek: An Experiment
        • Ice Baths Hasten Muscle Recovery
        • My First Endurance Race: The Clock is Relentless
        • Changes to the Training Plan
        • Greenbrier Challenge: Race Report
      • April
        • All the Hard Work Paid Off!
        • Leading up to Greenbrier: My First "A" Race!
        • Couldn't Race, But I Got to Ride With George...
        • The Blogs I Read
        • Leading Up to the Big Race
        • Missing George
        • Mountain Bikers: The Least Important Trail Users
        • Marysville Relay Race - It Felt So Good to Pass People Again!
        • The One Foot Tall Log Conquered!
        • Time to Grow Up and Face the Logs
        • Choosing the Trainer on a Sunny Day
        • This Weekend Killed my Legs
      • March
        • My VO2 Workout
        • Intense Training While Missing my Husband
        • How Biking Made me Feel Good About my Body
        • My Husband: The Fair Weather Rider
        • Random Thoughts of Biking
        • Trail Maintenance: French Drains and Danishes
        • Patapsco XC Race 2012
        • I'm Sick… Right Before a Race!
        • Why Can't I Change This Flat?
        • How to Change a Flat: A Video Instructional Guide
        • When Your Significant Other is Not Into Biking
        • Intensity: I Ain't Seen Nothing Yet!
        • A Fear of Logs
        • Blind on a Bike: Park V - The Solution
        • Blind on a Bike: Part IV - Corneal Edema? Huh?
        • Blind on a Bike: Part III - The Eye Doctor Rides
        • Blind on a Bike: Part II - Specialist #1
        • Blind on a Bike: Part I
      • February
        • Racing on Social Rides
        • A Break Through Ride
        • Rolling With the Punches
        • Girl's Weekend at Ray's Indoor Mountain Bike Park
        • Mid Atlantic Super Series is USAC Now
        • Random Thoughts
        • Saturday Sufferfest
        • Many Rides and Trail Destroyers
        • A Racer is Born
        • Perceived Value: Riding With My Coach
        • George's Lactate Threshold Test
        • Lactate Test With Dr Ross
        • Longest Week: Completed!
      • January
        • Will I Be Any Good This Season?
        • How Do You Get the Stink Out of Bike Clothes?
        • Fun in the Woods, Drudgery on the Trainer
        • Trainer, Trainer, and More Trainer...
        • Dreams of Grandeur
        • I Took a Pull!
        • Three Days of Training
        • Freezing on my Road Bike
        • Reprimanded Again!
        • From Yoga to Killing it on the Trail
        • A New Mind Set
        • The Time Trial and the Let Down
        • How Did the Bikinator Spend This Warm Day?
        • The Monroe Bike Path: A Crash!
        • Is It Enough?
        • Correlation Between Hotness, Weight, and Biking
    • 2011
      • December 2011
        • The Last Week of the Year
        • The New Blog Title Unveiled
        • A Stress Free Christmas
        • Christmas Morning Dilemma
        • Christmas Gifts: How to Please Any Cyclist
        • Faster on the Monroe Bike Path
        • Solo Night Rides: A Thing of the Past?
        • Biking on my Mind
        • Another Week Under My Belt
        • A Little Girl in the Big Bad World
        • A Cold Night at the Monroe Bike Path
        • Coach Mike is Going to Push Me
        • Acceptance of Risk
        • Trail Maintenance: Finishing up the New Trail at Ceres
        • The Week in Review and What's Coming Soon
        • I Hate This Outfit!
        • Why I Keep my Heart Rate Low
        • Why Was it so Hard Today?
        • Trainer Workout: A Photographic Essay
        • The Third Week of Training
      • November 2011
        • It's Decision Time
        • Choices for my Website
        • Is the Website Racist?
        • What I'm Thankful For
        • Improvement in Only One Week!
        • How to Make Riding on the Trainer More Fun
        • My First Full Week of Training
        • Training in Zone 2
        • The Monroe Bike Path
        • The Training Plan
        • Snotters?
        • Trail Building at Ceres Park
        • My First Cross Race
        • Learning About Myself at Ceres Park
        • Good For Me, Bad For George
        • Getting Ready for Cross
        • Man, I Rode Badly
        • I'm About to Become Even More of a Bikinator
        • Hanging With the Men
        • Debut of the Website!
      • October 2011
        • Loyalty to Your Local Bike Shop
        • Reasons I Had Little Motivation to Ride Today
        • Mother Nature, What did I do to You?
        • Musings About Camden County College
        • I am a Bike Snob
        • French Creek, Flat Tires, and Shady Characters
        • Preparing for the Spud Ride
        • Competing With People Who Don't Know They're Competing
        • Biking on my Mind
        • The One Time I Enjoy Laundry
        • Wind, Wind, and More Wind
        • Cyclocross Racing: Um, No Thanks
        • Do You Like It Wet?
        • Girlish Insecurities
        • I Just Can't Stay Away From Training...
        • A Long Day at French Creek
        • The New Website
        • I Don't Like Being in the Back
        • Riding as the Days Grow Shorter
        • Power I Didn't Think I Had
        • Team Action Wheels
        • Injured at White Clay
      • September 2011
        • Night Riding at Ceres
        • Ask the Bikinator: Passing During Racing
        • First B+ Ride All Season... Guess What Happened...
        • Riding Bikes is Always a Learning Experience
        • For All the Kids Out There
        • Plans for the 2012 Season
        • Good Old Sandy NJ
        • Bear Creek Race Report: 2011 MASS Finals
        • Super D Race at Bear Creek: George Speaks
        • George: Super D First Place Winner!
        • Off to the MASS Finals
        • How to be a Better Rider
        • Riding With Action Wheels, Reacquainting With GCC
        • Do I Belong in Elite?
        • The Rumble in the Jungle: Coulda, Shoulda, Woulda...
        • I Hope to Race Again This Weekend
        • Letter to the Bikinator: Clipless Pedals?
        • The Blog is Growing!
        • My Strategy to Improve in Elite
        • Holiday Ride With Action Wheels: 9/15/11
        • Bloodshed on the Trail
        • If Feels Good to Give Back: Trail Maintenance at Ceres Park
        • Ride Reports: 8/30/11 and 8/31/11
      • August 2011
        • High Speed Surprises
        • It's Good to be Back on the Bike
        • Taking the Bridge
        • Hurrican Irene vs the Bikinator
        • GCC Race is Cancelled
        • Andy Schleck versus Angie S.
        • GCC Times Two
        • Biking: An Unhealthy Obsession?
        • $540 Dollar Wheel: Lost and Then Found
        • Is Competitiveness Ugly?
        • Back to the Wiss
        • A Little of Everything
        • The Theme of my Blog
        • Rain Has Ruined Another Race
        • The Unintentional Sandbagger
        • Breaking in the Era
        • Confessions of a Stalker
        • It's Good to Ride My Bike!
        • Accidents: Mountain Biking versus Road Riding
        • The Race is Cancelled
        • It's Hard to Please a Bike Fiend
        • A Letter From My Era
        • The Pitfalls of an Overly Analytical Mind
        • Every Ride is a Race
      • July 2011
        • Progress at Ceres Park... Training at GCC... A Busy Biking Day
        • A Sunny Saturday
        • The Focus of my Life
        • Riding With Your Significant Other
        • I Have No Illusions
        • Loving It!
        • So Tonight, I Race...
        • The Joys of Night Riding
        • Just My Luck!
        • A Bad Day on the Bike
        • New Hope Ride With Friends
        • The Anatomy of a Crash
        • My Biking Accidents
        • The Rabbit
        • Fair Hill Classic 2011: Race Report
        • I Can't Wait to Race Tomorrow!
        • I am a Champion
        • I thought the Bike Would Speak to Me
        • It's All George's Fault
        • How Many Bikes Should I Own?
        • A Typical Ride for the Bikinator
        • The Tortoise and the Hare
        • The Bike Fiend
  • About Me
  • He Says/She Says/You Say
    • I'm Killing People
    • Enduro Racing… Wow!
    • I Won My First Race… Until I Didn't
    • The Cali Trip: Part II
    • The Cali Trip: Part I
    • Danielle, Amanda, and Heather: A Weekend at Ray's Indoor Mountain Bike Park
    • Time Trial With Rob: Best Time Yet!
    • Down and Out at Fair Hill
  • Ask the Bikinator
  • Product Reviews
    • Otus Safe Sounds: Listen to Music Safely on Your Bike
    • Prescription Cycling Glasses: Tifosi Roubaix's
    • The Magic Shine MJ-808 Bicycle Light
    • Vee Rubber Mission Tire (26" x 2.1")
    • Pearl Izumi Barrier GTX Winter Mountain Biking Boots
    • Aquaphor: Saddle Sores No More!
    • Egg Beaters vs Time Atac Pedals
    • The Soft Flask vs the Gel Flask
  • Photos
    • 2012 Gallery
      • New Friends in California
    • 2011 Gallery
      • Lining up to race my first Elite race, Fair Hill Bike Line, 2011
      • Me and George at the Preserve the Farm Land Road Ride
      • 10th Place at Neshaminy, 2011
      • Getting ready for a road ride
      • Road riding
      • Mountain Biking at Fair Hill
      • New Hope Ride with Friends
      • Night Ride at GCC
      • Bike Fitting for the new Era
      • Road Riding
      • Road Riding
      • Road Riding
      • Ceres Trail Maintenance
      • Action Wheels Group Ride
      • Number 2 in the Elite Women's U40 Class, 2011
    • 2010 Gallery
      • Riding at French Creek
      • Racing at Fair Hill
      • Fair Hill Bike Line Race, 2010
      • Fair Hill Bike Line, 2010, 3rd Place in my First Race
      • Granogue, 2010
      • Racing at Granogue
      • Racing at Granogue
      • Granogue
      • Granogue Race, 5th Place
      • Getting Focused
      • Racing at Cascade
      • First Place at Cascade, my first win!
      • Team Action Wheels at Iron Hill, 2010
      • Racing at Iron Hill
      • Climbing the Mega Dip at Iron Hill
      • 3rd Place at Iron HIll
      • Gene Hamilton's Better Ride Clinic
      • 3rd Place at Michaux 2010
      • Starting Line at Fair Hill Classic, 2010
      • Starting Line at Fair Hill Classic, 2010
      • Start of the Fair Hill Classic, 2010
      • Fair Hill Classic
      • Fair Hill Classic
      • Water Stop at the Fair Hill Classic
      • Me and George at the Fair Hill Classic
      • Me and George at GCC
      • Racing at GCC
      • Finishing at GCC
      • 1st Place at GCC, 2010
      • Racing at Neshaminy, 2010
      • Racing at Neshaminy, 2010
      • Racing at Neshaminy, 2010
      • Number One in the Women's Sport 35+ Class, 2010
      • Our many medals from 2010
    • 2009 Gallery
      • Riding at Green Lane
      • First Mt Bike, Specialize FSR XC
      • Riding at CCC
      • American Cancer Society Bike-a-Thon 2009
      • Riding at Blue Marsh
      • At Blue Mountain
      • New Specialize S-Works Safire
      • Safire's first ride, White Clay
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I originally started cycling as something fun to do with my boyfriend (now husband). Then I moved it to the woods to get out of the winter wind. Mountain biking is now my addiction. I started XC racing and moved to Elite in my local series in Spring 2011. I got my butt kicked! In 2012, I began training with a coach.  My goal for 2013 is to earn a Pro upgrade so I can race at the Pro level at Nationals in 2014.    Follow my progress as I strive to reach my goals.                                     


I began road riding in the summer of 2008 and mountain biking in January 2009.  I entered my first race mountain bike race 2010 in the Women's Sport class.  I won the Mid-Atlantic Super Series season championship in 2010.  I moved up to Women's Elite in 2011, but my local series joined with USAC for 2012.  I've been redesigned as Cat 1.  My new goal is to earn a Pro upgrade in the USAC.                                                                 


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