[needle]

Olympic cyclist Kelly Catlin could do it all. Until it all became too much.


"This was a young woman who had become convinced, like so many of her high-achieving peers, that pedaling to the peak of one mountain only meant a better view of the other, taller ones in the distance."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/07/29/kelly-catlin-death-cyclist

I didn't get through the Post article--just too sad for me on this particular Monday. But, ICYMI, here's another lengthy report on Catlin's death from the New York Times that I remember thinking added to my understanding of her and also some of the circumstances ahead of her death.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/08/sport...death.html

[needle]

Olympic cyclist Kelly Catlin could do it all. Until it all became too much.


"This was a young woman who had become convinced, like so many of her high-achieving peers, that pedaling to the peak of one mountain only meant a better view of the other, taller ones in the distance."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/07/29/kelly-catlin-death-cyclist

I didn't get through the Post article--just too sad for me on this particular Monday. But, ICYMI, here's another lengthy report on Catlin's death from the New York Times that I remember thinking added to my understanding of her and also some of the circumstances ahead of her death.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/08/sport...death.html