Cover photo: Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com The Blue Ridge Mountains have the rugged landscape to shape adventurers into elite athletes. Just ask Jennifer Valente—a San Diego resident, who trains in and around Roanoke, Va., with the local professional cyclist group, Virginia’s Blue Ridge TWENTY24—who earned two gold medals last week for the U.S. women’s cycling team and … Continue reading U.S. Olympic Cyclist Who Trains in Roanoke Valley Wins Two Gold Medals in Paris