Ep. 239: Katrina Hase / Celebratory Divide Ride

This week Clint and Dawson sit down with Katrine Hase. Katrine last summer "2023 set out on her bicycle from Jasper, Alberta Canada to ride to Antelope Wells, New Mexico along the Great Divide. Katrine did this amazing trip because she wanted to do something epic to celebrate her 50th year on the planet and her 10th year of sobriety. What better way than to spend two months in the mountains cycling? With the support of family she sets off on this solo journey. Her journey on the Great Divide is uniquely hers with a few detours along the way to fit her needs and adapt to weather, safety, bike repairs and keep moving forward. 

Early in her recovery, she realized that she needed to find new social outlets that no longer involved alcohol. She started taking movement classes called Nia, which led her to try ballroom dancing and finally to sign up for an adult ballet class. Luckily, around the time she was hitting limits in dance, she rediscovered biking. Katrina's son was working at a bike shop and starting to get involved in mountain biking. He and Katrina's husband were having a lot of fun on bikes, so eventually she took a leap and purchased a bike of her own. From there, there has been no stopping her. Mountain racing, bike packing and now the Tour Divide. SInce 2019 a few of the events and races she has accomplished. 

2019 - Won 1st place series age group in citizen category Minnesota Mountain Bike Series; became level 1 certified mountain bike coach and started coaching local mountain bike team
2020 - Completed level 3 coach certification and coached for MCA; competed in women’s comp category in Minnesota Mountain Bike Series (Border Crossing race 1st overall women’s)
2021 - Won 2nd place series age group for Moab Rocks 3-day stage race; 3rd place age group Giant’s Ridge long GRIND; competed in first enduro race in Duluth, MN; completed 100-mile supported 3 day/2 night ride of Maah Daah Hey trail in North Dakota
2022 - 3rd place age group Lutsen 69er race. Completed gravel century ride. 3rd place age group Fat Bike Worlds.

Bikepacking trips:

Yellow River Loop (Iowa, overnighter); Tour of the Canyons hut trip
from Grand Junction, CO to Moab UT (3 days/2 nights); Vapor Trail (video) (Colorado, 4 days/3nights); Gravel Pizza Overnighter (Wisconsin); solo Maah Daah Hey Deuce route
(overnight). Completed Marji Gesick 50.

2023—Duo category at 24 Hours in the Old Pueblo (video); 3rd place age group Epic Singletrack Full; 1st place age group Fat Bike Worlds. Bikepacking trips: Extended Mammoth Gravel Loop (video) (3 days/2 nights); GDMBR starting in Jasper on Icefields Parkway (videos); North loop of Monumental Loop (New Mexico, 3 days/2 days