In early September, Kate Courtney lined up at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships for the 12th time in her career, but the first time targeting the marathon distance. He proposed she try the Leadville 100, America’s most prestigious long distance mountain bike race. I was putting a lot in but not getting as much out.”“My dad always says you’re remembered for your best days,” said Courtney, who fell in love with mountain biking by riding a tandem mountain bike with her dad as a kid. “The thing that kept me in the sport when I wasn’t performing well was paying it forward and trying to be a role model for young girls,” said Courtney. “My goal wasn’t about developing the next top level mountain bike racer, but more to use the sport to equip young girls for the real world.
