A Thicker Skin
In September of 2009, Seize the World interviewed Deanna Adams just after she completed the Great Divide Mountain Bike Race (GDMBR). Deanna is a vegan athlete from Prescott, Arizona. She also has Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsy and suffers from Grand Mal seizures. However, this did not stop her from becoming the youngest woman to complete the race on a fixed gear bicycle or “fixie” at age 20.
Q+A With Deanna Adams after the Great Divide
If you have been following Seize The World, then you remember Deanna Adams. Deanna is a 21 year old bicycle racer and general adventurer from Prescott, AZ who lives with idiopathic generalized epilepsy – in other words, the cause of her seizures is unknown. To read more about Deanna, check out the story Doubt Kills Dreams. The story describes her experience racing the Furnace Creek 508, a gruelling 500-mile 48 hour bicycle race through the Mojave desert, and talks about her experience preparing for an upcoming race along the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route (GDMBR). Now, Deanna has completed the GDMBR, and checked in with Seize the World about the experience.
Doubt Kills Dreams
Deanna Adams looking chipper after 43 hours and 17 minutes of racing in the Furnace Creek 508. She is the youngest female finisher to have completed – and to have attempted – the race. Deanna has epilepsy. Doubt Kills Dreams. This idea is a way of life for Deanna Adams. Deanna is a twenty […]