With the International racing season about to begin, with the first World Cup race in May, my training has picked up quite a bit with more kilometres every week and strength sessions in the gym. I’m tired but I know that in the long run it is what is needed to get faster and stronger. [...]
‘You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. Do the thing you think you cannot do.’ ~ Eleanor Roosevelt How many times do you not attempt to change something or try something new because, the fear of failure, the fear you may look [...]
As this new year seems to fly by (I can't believe we are into February already!) I realised that life got so busy and I hadn't done a blog in a very long time. So thought I had better put my fingers to the keyboard and talk about not only my last year but to [...]
What an amazing week I have had and it all revolved around women! I certainly didn’t plan it this way but I think it was the world’s way of giving me a message. This week I learnt that as women we must celebrate our accomplishments, be happy with who we are in body and soul [...]
What an amazing week it has been! At the beginning of the year my goals were to 1 win the World Cup Series but number 2 more importantly win back my World Champion Stripes in the Road Race. Well I at least accomplished one of them…and the stripes were the most important. There is always [...]
The last 6 weeks seem to have gone by in a blur since arriving home from Europe. I must say though that the weather certainly was better in Europe and I had to adapt back to the cold and wearing multiple layers while riding. Then the dreaded lurgy hit me full on, the head cold [...]
My two months in Europe came to a close with the 3rd World Cup which was held in Emmen, Netherlands. I had some great training in the lead up to this last World Cup for the year and was really looking forward to racing. Hannah and I took 2 days to drive from Italy to [...]
What an amazing two and a half weeks I had in Italy. Although I must say that it all didn't go according to plan, but what ever does?! I have learnt that Charles R Swindoll author of The Grace Awakening was so right when he said "We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we [...]
I have just finished racing at the 1st World Cup of the 2017 Para Cycling road season in the City of Maniago in Italy and thought I would give you a short history lesson about the area now that I have a day off. Maniago is located at the foot of the Friulian Dolomites in [...]
With only 4 days until the 2017 International Para Cycling competition begins I am really excited about another year of racing. You see I never get tired of racing and the joy of catching up with other cyclists from around the world. It will be the first time we have all caught up since Rio [...]
