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With Master’s degree, Katie Hall focuses solely on racing
- Updated: May 19, 2016
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, California (VN) — Katie Hall has waited a few years, but she’s finally ready to race her bike — and only race her bike.
After recently completing her master’s program in molecular toxicology at the University of California, Berkeley as well as relocating from Oakland to Saratoga, Hall is pedaling free. She’s not worried about her husband’s previous lengthy work commute. Nor is she immersed in her educational specialty, causes of childhood leukemia.
“I’m focusing on my racing, at least for right now,” said Hall with a smile that spread across her face and defined relief. “My husband is riding his bike to work and I am riding my bike in the area’s hills.”
Hall’s ability to fully race will have a double focus during the four-day women’s Tour of California. She tallied the first stage race win of her three-year pro career in January. But the UnitedHealthcare rider is now returning to form after subsequent crashes in Europe stalled her momentum.
Hall, 29, is also competing in the Tour of California in support of teammate Coryn Rivera’s …
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