For the love of racing: McFadden pushes, pedals through pain

Ironically, McFadden came to cycling because of her hip pain. She entered college as a runner but began to notice pain in her right hip in 2010. She was just getting into cyclocross at this point and found she had much less pain when she rode. So, she moved to full-time cycling as part of the Western Washington University cycling team.

Athletes know their bodies extremely well, but McFadden is on another level. She earned a masters degree in exercise science from Western Washington. So, when she started physical therapy in February 2016, she hoped her right hip would begin to feel better. It didn’t.