Last year's winner in Durango, Heather Irmiger, has entered this year's race in Rotorua.

Heather is a star of the US XC scene.
Whether you know her for her blazing fast times, blazing fast husband (Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski), or habit of sporting costume wigs with teammate Willow Koerber, you do know Heather Irmiger.

Fresh off an especially impressive season in ’09, the Boulder, Colorado native and Subaru-Gary Fisher rider is fast becoming one of the most prominent women on today’s mountain bike scene. She deserves every last palmarè; back-to-back marathon and cross country national championships, an impressive world cup showing.

And Heather won the ever-prestigious singlespeed world championships  
making it clear she is hitting her stride. 

She’s even got a tattoo to prove it.
Photo: Heather gets the tat in Durango.

Find out what it’s like to be so freakin’ rad on her BIKE mag blog...