{"id":6256,"date":"2017-02-02T14:35:53","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T19:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sevencycles.com\/blog\/?p=6256"},"modified":"2025-11-05T18:05:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T23:05:18","slug":"julie-wright-bursts-onto-the-national-cx-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/julie-wright-bursts-onto-the-national-cx-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"Julie Wright Bursts Onto the National CX Scene"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Julie<\/a>
Image: Jon Nable<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Julie Wright is disarmingly nice and alarmingly fast. We built her a Mudhoney PRO<\/a> cyclocross race bike last year and watched as she got faster and faster and faster, culiminating in a 12th place finish at Cyclocross Nationals recently.<\/p>\n

She wrote us this note, when we asked her to tell her how it went:<\/p>\n

Looking back on this past season, it\u2019s a bit of an out of body experience when I think of what I\u2019ve accomplished. I started cross racing when I lived in Phildelphia and had a job that kept me up in New England on weekends in the fall. Coming off of a year of \u201croad racing\u201d where I fell off the back of every single cat 4 race, I never in a million years would have thought I\u2019d race in a UCI field. Somehow, many years later, I made it there, and this past season, in my second full UCI season, I got points in almost every race weekend. I got a few top 5s in C2 races, a few top 15s in C1 races and ended up 12th<\/sup> at nationals. It blows my mind.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Jule
Image: David Foley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I started my list of goals for the CX season before the 2015\/2016 season was over. I tweaked my goals and tiered them throughout the year and finalized them right before the start of cross. Most of them made my palms sweat, so I knew they were goals I had to work for, which meant staying mentally engaged through the season. Staying engaged for me equals staying honest and listening to my body. It\u2019s funny how the things I learn through bikes run parallel to the non-cycling aspects in my life.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Julie
Image: Jon Knable<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One of my favorite things about cross is that it seems like an individual sport at face value, and for my first few years, that was my experience. But as my results have improved, so has my community of support. There\u2019s no doubt in my mind that the community came first. It\u2019s hard to show up to a race, or even a workout, and not give it your all when there are people who\u2019ve worked just as hard beside you to help you achieve your goals. Or when people are genuinely excited and supportive of your improvements. When you\u2019re on an inspiring team of driven and hardworking individuals, when you have a coach who encourages you to push your limits, when you have Seven Cycles fix a bike post crash, within three days, and then hand deliver it to your house. I feel so fortunate. This season has been a dream in so many ways.<\/em><\/p>\n

Thankfully, it isn\u2019t over yet! My Seven Mudhoney PRO and my persistent stutter step are heading to Europe to try out Belgian racing, along with one of my teammates, Erin, and our team mechanic, Gary.<\/em><\/p>\n

If you want to follow along with Julie, Team Averica will be keeping everyone updated on IG: @team_averica and on twitter: @teamaverica.<\/p>\n

Her 2016\/2017 Season by the numbers<\/h4>\n