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It would be easy to believe that for endurance cycling events you should only need to ride your bike, racking up 100s of kilometres every week. But you would be wrong.
Continue readingSo, at the start of the Pan Celtic Race, the organiser asked all the female riders to come to the start of the race. There were about 35 of us, out of the 306 entrants. We were excited to be sharing that space together. We fully understood that images of us all could be used to inspire other women to enter these intimidating events. What happened next kinda felt a bit weird, and I was to ponder on it over the next few days whilst riding through Brittany. We were set off first, apparently, according to the organiser, to give us a head start. I totally understood that the organiser meant well. They thought they were doing it from a place of compassion.
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