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Bike like a girl
“When did doing something ‘like a girl’ become an insult?”
at is the question Always feminine products asked us this year during their Super
Bowl commercial.
AAMC nurses Kristin Seibert and Andréa Williams started asking this question last summer
when they decided to train for Race Across America, a 3,000-mile bicycle ride that starts in
Oceanside, California, and nishes in Annapolis. And in June 2015, Kristin, Andréa and their
team of six other women will become only the second eight-woman team ever to complete the race.
“It started as a joke,” says Kristin, a labor and delivery nurse and mom to a one-year-old girl.
“ en it kind of spread and got bigger and bigger. Finally, we just knew we had to do it.”
And just like that, Bike Like a Girl was born. Initially inspired by that groundbreaking
commercial, they have, in a short amount of time, created a brand that stands for strength,
digging deep and pushing oneself to the limits.
“I see so many girls with negative self images,” says Andréa, a recovery room nurse with two
daughters, ages 18 and 20, and a son who is 16. “I want to show them that when you set your
mind to something, you can achieve it.”
Team training consists of cycling ve days a week and strength training on days o . With most
members being working moms, how do they t it all in?
“It’s a struggle each day,” laughs Andréa. “Some days you have meltdowns. You may miss a
workout and it’s okay. Everyone understands.”
Bike Like a Girl is raising money for three charities: World Bicycle Relief, Women’s Cycling
Association and Bicycle Advocates for Annapolis & Anne Arundel County.
“ is was a dream at rst,” says Kristin. “I never would have guessed I’d be this close to doing
something I once believed was impossible. I want girls to know it’s okay to have a big goal.”
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“I never would
have guessed
I’d be this
close to doing
something I
once believed
wasimpossible.
I want girls
to know it’s
okay to have a
big goal.”
—Kristin Seibert
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