It's Crunch Time for Jo Mamma!

by Joanna

We have a team name, we have race kits, and we have... less than 3 weeks to go!

It's hard to believe that in less than 3 weeks team Jo Mamma will take off to conquer the longest single track mountain bike race in the world!!! To say we are excited is an understatement. This feat that we've been thinking about for more than a year now feels real; especially while training in our matchy-matchy, super cute lululemon cycling kits. If nothing else, we will 100% look the part.

Mom is visiting Vancouver this week, so we're in full on training mode. We've ridden the North Shore stage (with relative ease) and will ride it again tonight followed by the Whistler stage tomorrow and the Squamish stage on Sunday. It's a mini-training camp that will (hopefully) have us feeling ready to go by July 6th.

Overall, I'm feeling good. I've rebuilt my confidence over the past couple of weeks and have been riding well. Last weekend, I had a blast on a 45km Squamish ride with fellow lemons, Rowan, who is also riding the BCBR, and Mattie. The best part? I woke up with zero soreness or muscle fatigue, and felt ready to ride again the next day. Doing that for 7 days will certainly be more of a challenge, but I have confidence that my body can do this. I'm struggling a bit with residual pain from my fractured tailbone in December, but am seeing my chiropractor twice weekly for cold laser therapy and icing lots in the hopes that I'll start the race pain-free (and ideally finish that way too).

A couple of special thank you's to send out... One to the lovely Tanya Moryoussef, who can always be counted on for her whit, for coming up with our team name! We laugh every time we think about 'Jo Mamma' being called out on the stages. And to the rad Matt Simms for hooking us up with lulu kits, not to mention his helpful tips as a BCBR alum.