International Women’s Day
International Women's Day Why keeping women in sport is important to me: When I was a kid, I was brought up knowing that I could do anything that I set my mind to. My mom and dad would call me supergirl and cheer me on relentlessly. I knew that regardless of what life threw at me, I was unstoppable if I was on a bike. When I started racing and training in my early teens, this mindset changed, and I began to feel like I was a lesser athlete somehow. I was getting put in the B groups and suddenly considered part of the "beginner group" for training rides. I was still winning races, coming top three; when I was 16, I was even national champion, but I always was put in the slower groups at training camps. Here's what I believed as a young female cyclist/athlete. Being a girl in cycling means that you're slower than the boys. Being a girl in cycling means you start second to the boys. Being a girl in cycling means that you might get prize money, depending on the tur
