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Explore Moore Creek Mountain Bike Trails in St. Helena overlooking Napa Valley. Join beginner-friendly MTB clinics with Liz Donahey and Kim Meredith to build confidence, improve skills, and ride scenic Northern California trails. Free copy of 23 Principles of Mountain Biking included.

The MTB Girls Ride Club is bringing more to Moore Creek than just riding skills. Join us at the Moore Creek Park Coed Ride Clinic in Napa County near St. Helena for an unforgettable day of mountain biking, confidence-building, community, adventure, and progression on some of Northern California’s most breathtaking trails. This experience is about overcoming fears together, meeting new riding friends, building resilience, and discovering why mountain biking changes lives on an

Join me and Kim Meredith on Sunday, June 24th for our Moore Creek Co-Ed MTB Clinic in the mountains above Napa Valley, California. We’ll explore beautiful singletrack, build confidence, improve skills, and reconnect with the joy of mountain biking in a supportive, no-pressure environment. This is about so much more than riding bikes. It’s about growth, healing, empowerment, community, and learning to trust yourself on and off the trail.

After heartbreak, I found healing through mountain biking and faced my first enduro race solo at Marinduro. This is my story of strength and starting over.

Where Fear Becomes Fuel: A Transformational Women’s Ride at Fort Ord There comes a moment in every rider’s journey when something shifts. It’s not just about getting stronger on the bike. It’s about learning to trust yourself. To move through fear instead of avoiding it. To discover that what once felt intimidating can become something you ride with confidence, control, and even joy. That’s the experience we’re creating at the MTB Girls Ride Club Fort Ord Women’s MTB Ride in

Where Fear Turns Into Forward Motion: Why This Ride Means Everything to Me There’s a reason this ride matters to me, and it goes far beyond the trail. This ride at Fort Ord National Monument on April 25th is about helping women move through fear. But if I’m being honest, it’s also about honoring everything that mountain biking has given me… and continues to give me right now. Because this sport didn’t just change how I ride. It changed how I live. Why I Do This Mountain bikin

Fort Ord Mountain Bike Trails. Monterey, CA. Photo Credit: US Bureau of Land Management There’s a moment in every rider’s journey when the gears shift rig ht into place. Not just on the trail, but within yourself. That moment where fear starts to change , where confidence begins to rise, and where you realize you’re capable of more than you ever imagined. For me, that moment has been unfolding in a powerful way lately. This past weekend, I had the opportunity to support Bria

There’s a moment in life, sometimes quiet, sometimes completely disruptive—where you realize that the relationship you truly need to build… is the one with yourself. Not in isolation. Not in independence for the sake of being alone. But in strength. In clarity. In truth. Because partnering well doesn’t start with finding the right person. It starts with becoming the partner you would choose. What Does It Mean to Become the Partner You’d Choose? For me, this has meant asking

How women can recover from a breakup starts with rebuilding self-worth from within. Liz Donahey compares heartbreak to a bike crash, showing how to heal, regain confidence, and come back stronger after loss.