May 13th, 2021

​Hi, it’s been a while. But hey, I’m here. How are you? How have you been since my last blog? Did you find purpose, goals and did you grow something nice? 


Oh me you ask? It’s been. Well challenging. I have had some crazy good weeks doing March and April. Like everything just came together so nicely. You know when you have that state of flow feeling? 
Even though, you are never in full flow leading into a new World Cup season. Because, heck, what if you fail? I think every rider has these excited, yet scared feelings inside them. I have done my homework, but was it enough? 

The last weeks coming into Albstadt got real hectic for me. Like shit hit the fan, for real. That’s what you say in english, when things are going wrong, right? Beside putting the last few pieces together in my physical and mental prep I had to move out from my current place. Which was all okay and with a good team of people around me, we did it pretty smoothly. But by the end of the week things went sideways (the shit started to fly towards the fan?? ;-) ) . I started to cough, which turned out to be covid-19.
Wait.
Seriously?

I managed to avoid this virus since March last year and then, of course, the week before the World Cup 2021 start I get the F**** virus. Man.. What’s the change?
I know it’s not the end of the world and that I’m a lucky gal, who just had some mild symptoms and so on. But it broke my heart. When you work your ass off for something and then something out of your control just puts a hold on it, it sucks.
For the ones interested, my symptoms was, sore throat, dry coughs and fatigue. I obviously had to skip Albstadt, but as time went on I didn’t feel as great as I hoped before Nove Mesto. Which I then had to skip too. Buuh… What a timing! ​

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In danish we say ‘nothing is so bad it isn’t good for something’. So I wonder, what was the good for me?
Mmm.. well I haven’t rested this hard since, since ever
​>.< This virus have had me sleep more hours than being awake daily. Which could turn out to be a good thing, if I look at the bigger picture. I got to read plenty, which is something I love, so that was pretty rad too. And then I got to see the World Cup racing from the other side of the tape. Which was actually quite interesting! On the screen all my competitors seemed so human, like they were also hurting and fighting and you could see their mental game going up and down. Super inspiring! ​

But another thing also struck me - I wish that the women field were as stacked as the mens! I wish we were more. The level of the women riders are high, just like the men, but we are just fewer, the gaps easier opens up. And it made me think, what can I do to inspire more young women to start riding bikes, stay in the sport, and some become professional? Because one thing I think is crucial is simply to get more girls on mountain bikes. Like, just in Denmark, for every time you see 10 boys riding around you see 1 girl. Then it’s 10 times more likely that one of them has the will to take it all the way to the top of the sport. The sport of mtb is SO fun and I’m sure so many would love it, if they just knew about it and had the change to practice it.
What can I do? Could I do mentorship? An online club/forum? I’m super curious and open for ideas, so please feel free to write me. What would you like? What would your daughter like? ​

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What now?

Now, there isn’t much else to do than to look at the goals ahead. 2 out of 6 world cups are gone, but I have many more changes this season, so I gotta keep my head high and work towards those. Life is a rollercoaster and sometimes it change direction, so I guess I just have to hold on, because we just did a loop and a 180, and out of experience I know that it isn’t a straight line in front of me either. So what else to do, than to do my best every day, until I’m where I want to be.


xoxo ​