I devoured this book. It was such an important read for me at this particular point in my life. It fills my heart with hope and happiness to know there are women like Kathryn Bertine and her fellow cyclists (Marianne Vos, Nicky Wangsgard, Emma Pooley and Chrissie Wellington to name a few), who have such drive and determination to make the world a better place for women kind.
I discovered Ms. Bertine, about a year ago, on Hoopla while searching for The Road Less Traveled but the search engine brought up The Road Less Taken by Ms. Bertine instead and I'm so glad it did. I quickly read all of her books and was so moved and impressed by the uncommon and fascinating life she has lived and the sense of humor and vulnerability she shares with her readers. I wish I would have discovered her and the world of women's cycling sooner! Not sure why I didn't...maybe because there's hardly any coverage of women's cycling/sports???!! I watched her documentary “Half the Road” and couldn’t wait for STAND to come out.
In STAND Ms. Bertine talks about making the documentary Half the Road, her pro cycling career, the fight for a women’s Tour de France and starting her non-profit, The Homestretch Foundation. She also talks freely about her depression, divorce and the bike crash that scrambled her brain up pretty badly. I read her books and I'm amazed by her ability to keep moving forward despite the trials and to keep learning and to keep trying to make a positive difference in this messed up world. It is not easy. I want to be Ms. Bertine when I grow up. I know Ms. Bertine isn’t the only change making woman in the world but she definitely has a unique way of looking at the world and telling her stories that endears her to anyone who reads her books. So go read STAND and all of her books!
Thank you, Ms. Bertine, for sharing your stories with us. It is a gift. You are a gift! :)))
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We're all bus drivers of progress
I met Kathryn about 20 years ago when she was living in Boulder, Colorado, teaching skating to provide a little income while she was writing her first book. By that time, she had been a serious competitive figure skater, a rower in crew and a performing professional skater.Her goal was to make an Olympic team and she left Boulder on that quest, learning various sports, became a tri-athlete and documented it all as columnist for ESPN magazine. She finally settled on cycling and became a professional cyclist, competing internationally, writing and above all, being an advocate for women in sports.In 2009, she embarked on another journey — getting women's cycling in the Tour de France. She and others were successful and in 2014, Kathryn raced on the Champs Elysees.STAND is about the journey, being an advocate and fighting for change in women’s sports. It’s a great read.Here is an excerpt from Chapter 15, Driving the Bus of Progress."I felt much more like a bus driver than a warrior. I was a non-famous woman who once worked for ESPN and was now a bike rider in her late-thirties earning $5,800 a year living in Tucson with her husband and five cats. S***, if I could drive this bus of progress down the road toward equity, picking up passengers along the way, collecting $11,330 in proverbial gas fair, then anyone could effect change. We're all bus drivers of progress. We're all passengers of change. With the right map, together we can go anywhere."
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"That no woman should ever see herself as something she isn't, but all that she is."-Kathryn Bertine
Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2021Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2021
I met Kathryn about 20 years ago when she was living in Boulder, Colorado, teaching skating to provide a little income while she was writing her first book. By that time, she had been a serious competitive figure skater, a rower in crew and a performing professional skater.
Her goal was to make an Olympic team and she left Boulder on that quest, learning various sports, became a tri-athlete and documented it all as columnist for ESPN magazine. She finally settled on cycling and became a professional cyclist, competing internationally, writing and above all, being an advocate for women in sports.
In 2009, she embarked on another journey — getting women's cycling in the Tour de France. She and others were successful and in 2014, Kathryn raced on the Champs Elysees.
STAND is about the journey, being an advocate and fighting for change in women’s sports. It’s a great read.
Here is an excerpt from Chapter 15, Driving the Bus of Progress.
"I felt much more like a bus driver than a warrior. I was a non-famous woman who once worked for ESPN and was now a bike rider in her late-thirties earning $5,800 a year living in Tucson with her husband and five cats. S***, if I could drive this bus of progress down the road toward equity, picking up passengers along the way, collecting $11,330 in proverbial gas fair, then anyone could effect change. We're all bus drivers of progress. We're all passengers of change. With the right map, together we can go anywhere."
Her goal was to make an Olympic team and she left Boulder on that quest, learning various sports, became a tri-athlete and documented it all as columnist for ESPN magazine. She finally settled on cycling and became a professional cyclist, competing internationally, writing and above all, being an advocate for women in sports.
In 2009, she embarked on another journey — getting women's cycling in the Tour de France. She and others were successful and in 2014, Kathryn raced on the Champs Elysees.
STAND is about the journey, being an advocate and fighting for change in women’s sports. It’s a great read.
Here is an excerpt from Chapter 15, Driving the Bus of Progress.
"I felt much more like a bus driver than a warrior. I was a non-famous woman who once worked for ESPN and was now a bike rider in her late-thirties earning $5,800 a year living in Tucson with her husband and five cats. S***, if I could drive this bus of progress down the road toward equity, picking up passengers along the way, collecting $11,330 in proverbial gas fair, then anyone could effect change. We're all bus drivers of progress. We're all passengers of change. With the right map, together we can go anywhere."
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