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Kara LaPoint: Professional Triathlete & Mountain Biker

Dream big, be brave, believe with your whole heart.

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Nothing quite like that first-snow feeling! 🤗 Such a beautiful day to be on the bike, riding some sweet frozen dirt lines and witnessing the changing of the seasons. And so nice to see Lady Sopris sporting that fresh white coat of hers again! 😍 🏔

Ridin’ that yellow brick road as far as it’ll take me 🥰❤️

Just can’t get enough. 🧡💛 🍁 🍂 #FallMagic #FavoriteFavorite #ColoRADo #AllTheColors #FromTwoWheels

The color show has started again, and I couldn’t be more excited. So much fun today fully reveling in its beauty from the gravel bikes with @bbbburke. What a day! 🥰 #HelloFall #YoureMyFavorite #LeafPeeping #FromTwoWheels #SeenOnTheRide #MountainPlayground #ColoRADo #FerdaGirls

PSA: Stop fixating on the numbers! I finished up 8th in the pro women’s field at this year’s Xterra Pan-Am Championships. On paper, this result might seem sub-par. In fact, it’s the lowest I’ve finished on the results sheet in 4 years. And yet, it was one of my strongest and most solid races ever here. It was also the closest I’ve been yet to the top three (despite finishing as high as 5th a few years ago.) It just so happens that while I performed very well, I was up against the deepest field assembled here in years, and in one of the tightest battles where everyone in front of me also performed incredibly well. I did everything I could to have the best day possible for myself, but seven women did it just a little bit better. Does that mean I should be disappointed with my own race? Absolutely not! You can’t control who shows up, or how they perform on any given day. All you can control is what YOU do. And that is how you should asses your performance. Did you execute your day to the best of your abilities? Did you achieve your personal process goals? Did you give it 110%? Well then that right there is a win, no matter who actually broke the tape. Evaluate your performance independently. Create goals that you can chase and measure independently. Focus on YOU. Do everything you need to be the best that YOU can be. And then let the rest fall into place. (And I promise, the results will come.) #YouDoYou #HealthyMindset #SportsPerformance #AttitudeIsEverything #TrustTheProcess #DreamBeBelieve

There’s only one rule for running (or biking, or swimming, or any-kind-of-adventuring): KEEP IT FUN. Always. 😜🤘 #GunsOutTonguesOut #WhySoSerious #FunRun #SweetenTheBurn 📸 @noahwetzel

Yesterday. Was. AWESOME. ✨ 💕 ⠀ ⠀ So happy to be right in the mix among the deepest, toughest pro field I’ve ever competed with at this venue, after a very solid day of racing. ⠀ ⠀ This is the strongest I’ve felt yet this year — and the most I’ve felt like “myself,” and I simply could not be more thrilled. ⠀ ⠀ I am treasuring this feeling of knowing I got the best possible outcome from myself yesterday, and am so thankful for having such a positive experience out there and realizing such significant progress over these last few months.⠀ ⠀ Thank you so much to everyone who has continued to believe in me through all the ups and downs this past year and sent so much encouragement my way as I’ve gritted my way back. Yesterday was a HUGE step forward, and I can say with confidence that we are absolutely getting there — but we’re not done yet! Ready and eager to take this good momentum and continue building on it. Onward we go!⠀ ⠀ #FierceAndFab #PROGRESS #XterraPanAmChamps

It’s RACE TIME again, babyyy! 😍👊🏽 Feeling so happy to be here and to be able to give myself a shot at #XterraPanAm Championships. Very proud of the work I’ve put in & the progress I’ve made these last few months to get to this point, and ready to do all I can to make the most of this opportunity. My perspective on racing has shifted so much this year, and I’m feeling an entirely different level of excitement & gratitude going into this race than I’ve felt in a long, long time. Tomorrow will be a celebration of all of that. Can’t wait to get out there and do the damn thing! #LFG #FierceAndFab 🙌 💃 ✨ #JLVelo #HoneyStinger #SweetenTheBurn #Wahooligan 📸 @fullcircleproductionsmedia

Favorite view. 💕🌸🌼🚴‍♀️ #BehindTheBars #FromTwoWheels #SeenOnTheRide #MountainPlayground #ColoRADo

Twitter: My Latest Updates

“There is a special place in heaven for women who support other women.” @shelleyzalis forbes.com/sites/shelleyz… 2 months ago
Local racing with the raddest work crew! 😍 twitter.com/Backbone_Media… 4 months ago
RT @Backbone_Media: Great day for a group ride, sopris in her full beauty and that #coloradobluebird https://t.co/mjTTwDTnSG 7 months ago
@Backbone_Media #SuckItUpButtercup! 7 months ago
Back on the skinny skis! twitter.com/Backbone_Media… 8 months ago
QOTD: WHY is it so hard for women to simply be heard...? How much louder do we have to shout?! 10 months ago

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