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Old 02-07-2020, 09:37 PM
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The World Champ is awesome

Last week Kate Courtney challenged all her fans to ride seven days straight as she needed inspiration for a huge training block. I asked my son if he was up for her challenge. He was and actually wrote her a letter accepting the challenge and asking her to ride with him to school on the final day which happened to be his birthday. I took a picture of the letter and DM'ed her on Instagram. She replied and said she would do her best to do it. Thursday night rolls around and I get an email from her business manager telling me Kate needs all her rest and wishes she could do it but cannot. However, she would like to send some posters and stuff. Awesome, I thought. I am touched TeamKate reached out. Well, turns out that TeamKate hand-delivered personally signed birthday wishes posters to my son and daughter on his birthday which is today! Incredibly touched!!!! My kids were jumping up and down. What a great person our World Champ is.

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Old 02-07-2020, 09:48 PM
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Last week Kate Courtney challenged all her fans to ride seven days straight as she needed inspiration for a huge training block. I asked my son if he was up for her challenge. He was and actually wrote her a letter accepting the challenge and asking her to ride with him to school on the final day which happened to be his birthday. I took a picture of the letter and DM'ed her on Instagram. She replied and said she would do her best to do it. Thursday night rolls around and I get an email from her business manager telling me Kate needs all her rest and wishes she could do it but cannot. However, she would like to send some posters and stuff. Awesome, I thought. I am touched TeamKate reached out. Well, turns out that TeamKate hand-delivered personally signed birthday wishes posters to my son and daughter on his birthday which is today! Incredibly touched!!!! My kids were jumping up and down. What a great person our World Champ is.



That is so cool - I hope she brings home gold this year..

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Old 02-07-2020, 09:51 PM
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That is awesome. Happy kids!
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Old 02-07-2020, 09:52 PM
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That is awesome! She's an incredible athlete and so great for the sport.
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Old 02-07-2020, 09:53 PM
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Old 02-07-2020, 10:29 PM
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Wow that is super cool. I thought she was awesome already, this just confirms it even more. Go Kate!!!
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Old 02-07-2020, 10:52 PM
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Neat !!!
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Old 02-07-2020, 11:45 PM
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Happy birthday to your boy, and congratulations to both of your kids.

Kate really makes it worthwhile to cheer for her.
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Old 02-08-2020, 06:07 AM
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Them are some cute kids! Happy Birthday and continue the good raising. Cudos to Kate too!
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Old 02-08-2020, 06:38 AM
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Awesome!
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Old 02-08-2020, 06:47 AM
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I saw that on your IG and that Kate also commented. I thought you may have been friends with her as you are local to one another. Pretty cool!
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Old 02-08-2020, 07:25 AM
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I saw that on your IG and that Kate also commented. I thought you may have been friends with her as you are local to one another. Pretty cool!
No we don’t know personally. We do see TeamKate riding through the neighborhood. But that’s about it.
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Old 02-08-2020, 08:02 AM
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This is one of those threads that make me wish the forum had a “like” button for posts. Good for your kids, you, Kate, and the sport in general! It’s a win-win-win-win!

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Old 02-08-2020, 08:06 AM
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Way too cute!
Great to see Kate reach out, she has two lifetime fans, for sure.
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Old 02-08-2020, 08:16 AM
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