+1 @Scheherazade!
For Ali, I read your article in Bicycling Magazine (I think it was in there) a while back and it was very inspiring. I understand your crashes moved you away from road racing, but what drew you to gravel, dirt, and the long distance stuff? (Also, I’ve ridden with you like once or twice out in the Thousand Oaks area, I think it was a WW ride, I was starstruck 
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