Musing and Errata on the world of Adventure Racing from the Yak
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The Summit Daily News out of Colorado is running a short ditty on Danelle Ballengee and her recent departure from Nike/ACG Balance Bar (who I suspect will suffer because of it). Very interesting read, especially Danelle's comments that she felt like she was expected to "keep up and shut up".

No doubt there are a bevy of bad ass female racers out there who can run circles around most of the male racers reading this now, but it is also true that a lot of teams include a female because it's required to be ranked in the coed elite category at most races.

It will be interesting to see where Danelle lands and whether her comments will stoke a debate on the subject. Personally I'd like to see her posse up with Robin Benincasa, Rebecca Rusch and maybe drag Kathy Lynch kicking screaming out of retirement to go show any male racers out there with that "keep up and shut up" attitude what it's like to get 'chicked' :-)