We all ask that question at some point throughout the day. A wise friend once told me “whether you think you can, or you think you can’t, either way you are right!” Title: Mental Preparation for: Conquering Your First Event Participating in any off road event can be a thrilling and challenging experience. It’s especially …
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Can you count on you?
We spend all of our time trying to impress those that really don’t care. Yep, I said it! We spend time trying to impress those on social media that don’t care what we do or who we really are. They only know us through the strong filter we put on our life as we add …
Gravel Gals Gone WI-ld
Everyone needs friends that they can say…”That sounds like a bad adventure, let’s go!” We didn’t find one friend, we found five. The weather forecast changed daily and not always for the better. When myself and four fellow Gravel Gals of Eliel left home we knew that it would be cold the night before we …
Perception and the Plan
We all have them…sometimes our perceptions are right and sometimes, well most of the time, they are not. In March of this year we were finishing dinner after Mid South with friends. Upon standing up Mirna said “I think you need to come to Africa with me”. All we could say through the laughter was …
What is Gravel?
What is gravel to me…I was recently asked that and had to think for a second. Yes, gravel is an aggregate that many states use as a road surface. Truly that is what it is to most people. But to me, it is a way to find adventure on two wheels. It is the surface …
Eliel Gravel Gals
Passion…For riding, celebrating and for community. “Inclusivity is easy to talk about and harder to do…taking a stand that includes everyone is the right thing to do every single time. As a back of the pack rider I meet the coolest people. To me, the people in the back of the pack are the hardest …
It’s not just…
We live in a world where the biggest, brightest, longest and flashiest is what goals are set against. We are taught from an early age that if we are not the strongest at x sport then we are not the “winners”. For me…these lessons carried over into my cycling life. I know when I go …
Why it matters…
Inclusitivity is a word used easily in conversation. It is also one that requires thought in real life. Ever seen an article of clothing that you loved and hurried home to find out that it was no longer available in your size? This scenario has happened to everyone at one time or another. What was …
Strangers to Friends
Whew…stepping outside of our comfort zone is easy to talk about but really hard to do sometimes. It’s even harder to trust someone else when you do so. As we all know 2021 was a year of change and growth. As I sat inside my home missing my friends I wanted to come up with …
Grace, humility and a strong dose of reality
Take some time to ponder this statement…..“How willing are you to consider that your life is the way it is, not because of the weight of your circumstances or situation, but rather the weight of self talk that pulls you down? That what you think you can and cannot do is influenced much more directly …
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Crystal Kovacs 