Alison Dunlap

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http://www.cyclingnews.com/mtb.php?id=news/2008/mar08/mar05mtbnews

I like this bit:

Dunlap said she tries to squeeze in a daily ride. "But the ride time is much less. Most of the time I can justify about two hours and if I get more, I'm excited. Usually I can justify an hour or an hour and a half."

Laughing at herself, Dunlap chuckled, "I have the total master's syndrome now. As soon as I get on the bike, it's all about going hard. Now it's all about burning calories. If I have time to ride my bike, I don't want to waste it on a recovery day. So I'm always riding hard."

"I used to make fun of those riders when I trained, but now I'm one of them, so it's pretty ironic. But I'm not racing so it doesn't matter. I ride to stay fit. I still love to eat. If I didn't ride my bike, I'd be 180 pounds."

The facts of life force her to dump her LSD-type ways....:)

Wait for her to come back to racing, now that her 2 hard hrs a day will make her stronger than ever. :)