INTERVIEW I OFF-ROAD RACER TARAH GIEGER
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Credit for Gieger's off-road success
must go at least in part to her
motocross-honed speed.
younger girls coming up—that
was a lot of fun going to the
races—but it's tough to catch
Brandy. I tried for a while. She
just keeps getting faster and
faster while I keep riding less
and less so that wasn't really
happening.
"But it was just time. My
kid's getting super-busy, and
he's a toddler now. My hus
-
band's still doing all his stuff
with
Nitro Circus and moun-
tain biking, so it was just hard
to
find a balance. It's been a
struggle this year with being
able to even be fit enough to
race, so I was showing up to
the race without even getting
to ride that much during the
week—and it was fine doing
it that way. It was just one of
those things where I've done it
and don't need to keep doing it
at this point."
Fair enough. Everyone
retires from their job at some
point. Given that, what are
some of her favorite memories
from each of the varied disci
-
plines she's competed in.
Without hesitation,
she of-
fers, "There's been so many
facets
to each one of them.
Really, they're their own story.
In motocross, winning three
Loretta's titles, racing X Games
and winning the first gold
medal there in supercross.
"Being invited to race Endu
-
roCross after that—global X
Games—then
EnduroCross rac-
ing the U.S. series. That kind of
transitioned
me into off-road
racing which also coincided
with the end of women's moto
-
cross on the professional level.
