{"id":21788,"date":"2017-10-20T09:19:08","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T16:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/?p=21788"},"modified":"2020-04-28T07:44:35","modified_gmt":"2020-04-28T14:44:35","slug":"meet-the-shredders-of-the-all-women-sturdy-dirty-enduro-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/cycle\/meet-the-shredders-of-the-all-women-sturdy-dirty-enduro-series","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Shredders of the All-Women Sturdy Dirty Enduro Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"cb-itemprop\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\"><p><strong><em>Editor\u2019s note on April 24, 2018: <\/em><\/strong><em>This article was originally published on October 20, 2017. We\u2019re taking this opportunity to look back at 2017 as we gear up for the 2018 series.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The dates and locations of the 2018 Sturdy Dirty Enduro Series are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>June 16\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sturdydirty.com\/oakridge\">Oakridge<\/a>, Westfir, OR<\/li>\n<li>July 14\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sturdydirty.com\/big-bear\">Silver Mountain<\/a>, Kellogg, ID<\/li>\n<li>August 18\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sturdydirty.com\/seattle\">Tiger Mountain<\/a>, Seattle, WA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Interested in signing up? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sturdydirty.com\/\">Click here<\/a> to learn more and enroll!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>At the final stop of this unique mountain bike race series&#8217; inaugural season, riders and organizers reflected on what makes the Sturdy Dirty so special.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m hanging out at the top of a gnarly climb, watching dirt-crusted mountain bikes crank up the final hump. As soon as the riders dismount, they stumble like sunbaked zombies toward an aid station staffed by a merry band of plaid-attired women representing helmet purveyor Bell. There, the riders down pancakes, mimosas and bloody marys\u2014and bask in a brief respite. One rather wilted rider hangs back, however. \u201cI feel like shit,\u201d she mumbles to her laughing friend, who hands over a tomato-and-vodka cure-all. The rider groans, then downs it in one impressive slug. There\u2019s more racing to do.<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to the final leg of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sturdydirty.com\/\">Sturdy Dirty Enduro Series<\/a>, the world\u2019s first women-only<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>mountain bike race series of its kind.\u00a0For the uninitiated, enduro is a type of race that challenges riders with big mileage and tons of vert along a multi-stage (often multi-day), technically demanding course. Unlike XC racing, where racers are timed continuously and battle head to head, enduro racers are only timed while bombing downhill on designated stages. In between, they\u2019re grinding along untimed transitions, chatting with other riders, and yes, sometimes slamming adult beverages. \u201cWhat I like to talk about is how it combines serious competition with serious fun,\u201d explains Angela Sucich of event organizer Sturdy Bitch Racing. \u201cThe general tone isn\u2019t as intense as you might see at other enduro events, even though the racing is.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;It doesn\u2019t matter if you\u2019re a pro rider gunning for the top of the podium or if you are just there to get yourself down the mountain\u2014the priority is to have fun.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Sturdy B\u2019s, as they\u2019re known, are a Seattle-based mountain bike\u00a0race group comprised of Sucich, Ady Bee Lane, Julie Crittenden and Katie Jackson. They noticed the overall lack of women participating in their sport and decided to spread some stoke by launching a one-off enduro race, the Sturdy Dirty, in Washington\u2019s Capitol Forest in 2014, with help from local organizations including Friends of Capitol Forest and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.evergreenmtb.org\/\">Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance<\/a>, and experienced race organizers Trey and Camille Wilson of Red Tent Timing and Cascadia Dirt Cup.<\/p>\n<p>The focus was on creating an entryway for new racers\u2014and a place where experienced ones could still have a blast. \u201cI think for a lot of women, getting into mountain biking alone is pretty intimidating,\u201d explains Crittenden. \u201cFor us, it was trying to create this environment where it\u2019s fun first, but you can still race as seriously as you want to.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21811\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21811\" class=\"size-article_body wp-image-21811\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/10\/AndiZolton-2.jpg?resize=1024%2C682\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21811\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pro rider Andi Zolton, who took 3rd at the Big Bear finale and secured the series title, in the zone during one of five race stages. Photo: Shawnt\u00e9 Salabert<\/p><\/div>\n<p>That first event, along with subsequent ones, was a rousing success\u2014measured not just in participation, but also in outcomes. \u201cWe\u2019ve seen correlative data to suggest that not only are women participating more in our race, but it looks like they\u2019re participating more in other races that are coed,\u201d explains Sucich. \u201cIt\u2019s exciting to think that our race may have unlocked something for these women.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It felt natural to spread their reach beyond Washington, so this year the Sturdy B\u2019s joined forces with Ash Bocast of <a href=\"http:\/\/thisisroam.com\/\">Roam Events<\/a> to expand the event into a series including three stops: Seattle, Washington; Oakridge, Oregon; and Big Bear, California.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Bocast herself raced the Sturdy Dirty when she was working for cycling brand Liv, the series\u2019 title partner, and she jumped at the chance to come on board. \u201cYou know how people say at their weddings that their faces hurt from smiling all day? The Sturdy Dirty was kind of like my wedding,\u201d she laughs. \u201cWhat really impressed me about that race in particular \u2026 is that it didn&#8217;t matter if you were a pro rider gunning for the top of the podium or if you were just there to ride in the race and get yourself down the mountain\u2014the main priority was to have fun.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21805\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21805\" class=\"size-article_body wp-image-21805\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/10\/Camille-Wilson.jpg?resize=1024%2C682\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21805\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bacon baggies? Yes, please! Photo: Shawnt\u00e9 Salabert<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Liv\u2019s U.S. Marketing Manager, Jen Audia, agrees with the assessment. \u201cI think from the moment people get here to the time that they leave, they feel this super positive energy,\u201d she says. \u201cYou see smiling faces, people laughing and dancing, riding bikes, and there\u2019s no intimidation. Ladies are just like, \u2018Hey, I can be whoever I want to be,&#8217; and that\u2019s the challenge of getting into the sport\u2014or any sport for that matter: Women feel like they don\u2019t belong. I think the Sturdy Dirty has really helped women see that they do belong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To hear about this magic firsthand, I spoke with some racers at the mid-October series finale in Big Bear, California, about their two-wheeled passions, the nature of enduro racing, the vibe at an all-women event and what makes the Sturdy Dirty so darn special.<\/p>\n<h4>The Never-Ever-Newbie<\/h4>\n<p>Sean Easterby skis, swims and hikes, but until the Sturdy Dirty, she\u2019d never been on a mountain bike. She agreed to a friend\u2019s invite when she learned there was a free pre-ride with world champion racer Leigh Donovan. \u201cI said, \u2018Oh, I\u2019ll just get the lesson and I\u2019ll know how to ride a mountain bike.\u2019 I mean, how hard can it be?\u201d As she discovered, pretty hard.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21790\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21790\" class=\"size-article_body wp-image-21790\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/10\/SeanEasterby-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C682\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21790\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sean Easterby | Photo: Shawnt\u00e9 Salabert<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After a relatively successful first day of riding, Easterby plowed into a tree during the final stage. Shaken but uninjured, she still managed to finish half of her race stages the following day, tapping out only after a handful of wrecks killed her nerves. She laughs, \u201cI was the weakest link, I was the one the tiger was going to kill!\u201d Still, the experience was enlightening. \u201cIt was just such a high yesterday after the four runs, even though I was scared to death,\u201d she recalls. \u201cI need to start doing this stuff because I\u2019m living a very conservative life. My kids are grown; it\u2019s time to put balls to the wall and do something.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>The First-Time Racer<\/h4>\n<p>What began as a way to improve her exercise routine morphed into a rekindled need for speed for former racecar driver Annie Johnson. She initially picked up mountain biking as a \u201cway to stay healthy,\u201d but joining SoCal&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.girlzgoneriding.com\/\">Girlz Gone Riding<\/a> group motivated her to go further with the sport. \u201cThere\u2019s just something about riding with a bunch of other women that gives you this energy,\u201d she explains. When a group member suggested she join the Sturdy Dirty team, her competitive side kicked in and Johnson signed up for her first bike race. \u201cIt\u2019s like the \u2018surfers of the mountain\u2019\u2014everyone\u2019s super chill. You\u2019re on a mountain bike? You\u2019re cool. It\u2019s a good bonding experience,\u201d she says as her face spreads into a wide smile. \u201cI\u2019m still all hyped up.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21791\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21791\" class=\"size-article_body wp-image-21791\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/10\/AnnieJohnson4.jpg?resize=1024%2C663\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"663\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21791\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Annie Johnson | Photo: Shawnt\u00e9 Salabert<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>The Comeback Kid<\/h4>\n<p>If you know her name, it\u2019s probably because you\u2019re a cycling nerd or watched the documentary <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ridethedividemovie.com\/\">Ride the Divide<\/a><\/em> and saw Mary Metcalf become the first woman to complete the entire 2,745-mile Great Divide Mountain Bike Route back in 2007. However, after becoming a mom, she found herself with far less time to devote to training\u2014or even riding. \u201cYou have kids and you just get consumed by life. The stoke kind of goes away and your other priorities jump up ahead,\u201d she explains. But as time passed, the itch returned and she turned to local trails to re-engage with a sport she loved. \u201cThe meditative, therapeutic benefit of going on a long bike ride and just being out there with the wheels turning and clearing your mind\u2014you know, some people do yoga for that. My bike rides do it for me,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21792\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21792\" class=\"size-article_body wp-image-21792\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/10\/Mary-Metcalf-and-Donna-Busher.jpg?resize=1024%2C682\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21792\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mary Metcalf (left) poses for a shot with Donna Busher, a former pro downhiller and one of Metcalf&#8217;s old racing partners she hadn&#8217;t seen in 10 years\u2014until this Sturdy. Photo: Shawnt\u00e9 Salabert<\/p><\/div>\n<p>One thing that helped further revive her stoke was winning the Liv For A Day Contest, which offered Metcalf the opportunity to travel to Seattle in June to ride the first Sturdy Dirty race of the series at Tiger Mountain. The experience was so powerful that it spurred her to participate at Big Bear. \u201cI have been racing since about 2000, and I\u2019ve never felt this much support and love,\u201d she says. Reflecting on the Great Divide and the reemergence of her racing life, Metcalf oozes gratitude. \u201cIt\u2019ll be part of my legacy. I probably won\u2019t leave riches or homes behind for my kids, because I choose the life that I choose. But I need this. I need to ride my bike.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>The Completist<\/h4>\n<p>If anyone outside of its organizers can comment on the Sturdy Dirty\u2019s special sauce, it\u2019s Janine Robinson, who&#8217;s raced all six Sturdy Dirtys to date\u2014including this one, held on her birthday. She began mountain biking in college, and later hoped she\u2019d be able to bring her three sons into the sport once they moved to bike-friendly Sammamish, Washington, where they could ride straight from their driveway to a local bike park. As it turns out, neither her kids nor her husband were as passionate as Robinson, so she rode solo. That is until she bought a full-suspension bike, began taking classes and decided to race the inaugural Sturdy Dirty.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21795\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21795\" class=\"size-article_body wp-image-21795\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/10\/JanineRobinson-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C683\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21795\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Janine Robinson | Photo: Shawnt\u00e9 Salabert<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI was riding by myself almost all the time. I didn\u2019t have a community,\u201d she recalls. \u201cThen after that first race, I had one. We all have this thing in common\u2014that we love mountain biking\u2014so it makes it easy. And also, when you suffer with someone, it brings you closer.\u201d She pauses and laughs. \u201cAnd we definitely suffer while we\u2019re out there.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>The Series Leaders<\/h4>\n<p>Mid-race, Ash Bocast leaned over to me, Bloody Mary in hand, and whispered, \u201cToday will come between Sarah and Andi.\u201d She was talking about pro racers Sarah Viggers and Andi Zolton, both of whom boast a legacy of wins\u2014and both of whom seemed more intent on having fun than knocking each other off the podium. (For the record, Zolton swept the series in their class.) If you recall the introduction, our Bloody chugger was Viggers, not-so-fresh off of a wedding the previous night. She\u2019s a good spirit about our earlier encounter, \u201cI was running on three hours of sleep and I may have had a little bit to drink the day before, so I was not wanting to do that climb,\u201d she says. \u201cI was bonking hard, I just was so tired. But my friends who were pedaling with me were super encouraging. They really are the reason I got through the race.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21796\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21796\" class=\"size-article_body wp-image-21796\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/10\/SarahViggers-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C682\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21796\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Running on a sleep deficit, Viggers gave Zoltan a run for her money | Photo: Shawnt\u00e9 Salabert<\/p><\/div>\n<p>While she loves the community aspect of racing, especially enduro, there\u2019s also a deeper connection that formed from her very first downhill experience at 17 years old. \u201cIt\u2019s a confidence builder when you send your bike down something that you didn\u2019t think was possible before, but it\u2019s on the race course, so you kind of have to do it,\u201d she explains. \u201cIt\u2019s a personal thing of, \u2018Wow, I\u2019m capable of a lot if I set myself to it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I met Zolton on the first lift ride of the day, her signature lensless red glasses perched on her nose. She spoke about how Enduro holds a special place in her heart. \u201cIt\u2019s all the best parts of mountain biking put into a race. If you enjoy racing, you get to race. If you enjoy the social aspect, you get that a hundred-million percent. If you like to climb, you still get to do that, but you don\u2019t have to kill yourself doing it. You still get to earn your turns.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21797\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21797\" class=\"size-article_body wp-image-21797\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/10\/AndiZolton-4.jpg?resize=1024%2C682\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21797\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The race and series champ, Andi Zolton | Photo: Shawnt\u00e9 Salabert<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Later, snacking on a piece of Robinson\u2019s birthday cake, she was exhausted, no surprise considering not just the rigors of the race, but also the fact that she was up until midnight preparing bacon packets for racers. But there was nowhere else she\u2019d rather be. \u201cI feel more comfortable on my bike than in a lot of other places in life,\u201d she says. \u201cI\u2019ve accomplished a lot to get where I\u2019m at and it makes me feel good. When I\u2019m on my bike, I feel proud of where I\u2019m at, but I also feel like there\u2019s still a lot that I have to learn and improve on. I feel like there\u2019s so much more in front of me.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>The Next Generation<\/h4>\n<p>While more women dip their toes into\u00a0dirt, it\u2019s the younger generations who will eventually bust through the gender gap in mountain biking. Alexandria Simbulan (16), Jennifer Johnson (12) and Gia Guerrero (11) all entered the sport through their fathers\u2019 enthusiasm, but they all stuck with it because of their own. For Simbulan, it\u2019s all about speed. She started off riding cross-country, but hated being timed on the uphill grinds; enduro proved a better match. \u201cI like the adrenaline going downhill,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>Her father, Travis, who is incidentally dressed to the nines in an orange Pippi Longstocking wig and patterned dress, beams when listening to her wax poetic about her love of bikes. \u201cI\u2019m just filled with pride when she comes ripping through,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21851\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21851\" class=\"size-article_body wp-image-21851\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/10\/AlexandriaSimbulan-and-Dad-Travis.jpg?resize=1024%2C682\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21851\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alexandria and Travis Simbulan | Photo: Shawnt\u00e9 Salabert<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Multi-sport enthusiast Johnson also used to ride cross-country but found a home in enduro. Like Simbulan, she\u2019s stoked on the adrenaline factor, but also loves the community aspect of the sport. While she\u2019ll take any opportunity to ride, she likes being in an all-women environment. \u201cSometimes it\u2019s nicer to have only girls because we have guys that kind of push you and they\u2019re always in the front, and it\u2019s like [she sighs]\u2014okay. But when you have girls, you\u2019re all together and all supporting each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21807\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21807\" class=\"size-article_body wp-image-21807\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/10\/JenniferJohnson-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C682\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21807\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jennifer Johnson | Photo: Shawnt\u00e9 Salabert<\/p><\/div>\n<p>While both Johnson and Simbulan have raced before, this was Guerrero\u2019s first\u2014and she almost didn\u2019t sign up. She was initially only going to participate in the pre-ride with Leigh Donovan. \u201cI wanted to bring her up into an environment that she hasn\u2019t seen before\u2014strong women that can shred,\u201d explains her father, Stan, who didn\u2019t push her to race. \u201cI was leaving the ball in her court. Everything worked out, and at the end of the day she wanted to race and barely got any sleep last night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Guerrero was excited but nervous. \u201cThe first stage, I was terrified. I thought I was going to die,\u201d she laughs. \u201cThen after, I was like, &#8216;Why was I even scared? This is amazing!&#8217; I was just riding. This is what I like to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21808\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21808\" class=\"size-article_body wp-image-21808\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/10\/Stan-and-Gia-guerrero.jpg?resize=1024%2C682\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21808\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stan and Gia Guerrero | Photo: Shawnt\u00e9 Salabert<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editor\u2019s note on April 24, 2018: This article was originally published on October 20, 2017. We\u2019re taking this opportunity to look back at 2017 as we gear up for the 2018 series. 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