Peter Stetina moved from the pro road peloton to gravel privateer a couple of years ago and has never looked back. One of the top off-road riders in the US, Stetina has had his 2022 path strewn with challenges – he broke his wrist in the Sea Otter Classic Fuego XC 80K in April but still rode to 21st place, organised Stetina’s Carson City Paydirt in May, and welcomed twins with his wife, Dyanna, just two weeks ago.
His career as a father is well underway as he prepares to race the fourth stop in the Life Time Grand Prix series on August 13, Leadville Trail 100 MTB, where he finished fifth last year, and then drive 122 miles across the Rocky Mountains to tackle SBT GRVL the next day, where he was previously third. The doubleheader is called LeadBoat and Stetina won the title in 2021. He is tied with Rob Britton for fifth overall in the national Life Time series, 21 points behind series leader Keegan Swenson, and with a victory at the Belgian Waffle Ride North Carolina, he leads the Quadrupel Crown of Gravel series with two stops remaining.
I type this sitting in the hospital, next to my newborn twins, as they recover from their premature birth status. These last weeks have been tough but exciting. Being ‘preemie’, we’ve had a soft drop into parenting physically, but an excessive toll emotionally.
Physically, we aren’t as sleep deprived as traditional parents of newborns, for while they recover in the NICU (Neonatal ICU) under the care of nurses we get to go home to our temporary housing every night for a “better” night’s rest.
Emotionally, that has been another story however. Our daughter Layla is progressing quickly and should be home in our arms this week. Our son Emery, however, had quite a few complications upon birth, necessitating some immediate surgeries. It’s been a nerve-wracking two-steps-forward one-step-back process and while I can already see the boy’s got real grit, he’s got a battle in front of him. It’s been hard to digest; what should be a…
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