The 2024 Swiss Epic

Unbelievable views, wild routes, unique landscape, historic villages, and one of the toughest weeks of racing you could ask for. This was the 2024 Swiss Epic.

I learned an immense amount – being one of the first partner races I’ve completed at the (UCI) highest level. The aspect of competing as a unit –not just by yourself– and navigating five days of racing as one was actually pretty rad. Jerry Dufour and I were partners, and as you probably know, we fit like a glove. We were both on the same page in a variety of ways: fitness, abilities, and skill. But even more important was the similarity in our mentality, durability, and stress response. We’d spent a lot of time together over the last decade of racing and know how each other ticks.

​I feel that each time I line up to a challenge like this I expect to suffer, to get out of my depth, and have a general anxiousness about how I’ll “do”. This time, it felt a little more like curiosity; more excited about the opportunity than nervous about it.

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