For Megan Guarnier, holding a top position in the peloton while powering up the 16% gradients of the Manayunk Wall five times in the Philadelphia Cycling Classic was the easy part. She had already spent the last five years scaling a mountain of loss and grief while raising two young boys.
"Momming to two boys is a full-time, exhausting position! So actually coming to a bike race like this is a bit of a vacation," Guarnier tells Cyclingnews after the race.
