By: Genevieve Judge

There is just one more day of the Dodge National Circuit Finals Rodeo in Pocatello and there has been a lot of work behind the scenes that you may not know about. 

Ali Shiozawa has been married to her husband and cowboy, Matt, for a year now. They met during a rodeo several years ago and ever since then, Ali says she knew what she was getting into.

"We get to spend every minute of every day pretty much together in this closed, confined truck so we've really gotten to get to know each other really well and we have so much fun but there is so much hard work that goes with it." says Ali .

All that hard work Ali is talking about isn't what you see out in the arena but behind the scenes.

"It is all what its cracked up to be but there is so much hard work and all the behind the scenes, the hours and hours of driving, the hours that Matt puts in on his horses, the hours I put in untying his calves." says Shiozawa.

Ali and Matt are both from Idaho.  Matt is from Chubbuck while Ali is from Twin Falls.  They say they're excited to be back where both their families can watch the rodeo because before coming back to Idaho, they had been on the road for the last two months.  But Ali says its all in a days work.

"For him to be a professional athlete, he needs to be at tip-top condition so I don't mind getting up and feeding, warming up his horses.  I don't have a problem doing that at all.  Matt's living his dream and I'm living it with him and its so much fun." says Shiozawa.

Ali and Matt say after finishing here in Pocatello, they'll head to Nevada next week.