“Riding gives me a perspective. This is a different kind of pain. I feel like I’ve gone to places where other people haven’t, which makes me a more well rounded athlete.”
There is nothing remotely easy about the final sprint of a four-hour 165km tour stage. There is also nothing easy about running 800m in under 1 minute 55 seconds, a feat which only eleven women in the history of the sport have achieved.
Epic pursuits of pain and glory – in about the same time it takes for the kettle to boil.
But Georgia Hunter Bell, the Olympic middle-distance medallist who rides five days a week to supplement her running performance, humbly attests that to ride is to endure an entirely new suffer-fest. Read more via the link in bio 🔗
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