I wanted to interview Karrie Hovey for this blog over the summer after her gravel bike race, the Highlands Gravel Classic, in Fayetteville, Arkansas. However, she did so well in the race (see the photo of her standing on that coveted podium position, viewer right) that she then qualified to race in the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) Gravel World Championships in Veneto, Italy during Fall 2023. GOOOOO Karrie! That said, by Fall, I was back to being immersed in teaching, and someone else beat me to the punch interviewing Karrie. To spare her from repeating herself, I will link to that 2023 interview, in “Living the Fit Life”: “Vital Stories:…