Eat, sleep, run, cycle, run and repeat!
We are really pleased to welcome Debbie Bradley on board as a VeloSkim hero. We were introduced to Debbie by Dean Downing and she instantly got the brand. After some discussions it was agreed Debbie would join the team to help spread the VeloSkin word. Here is an insight into this champ 👍
Debbie is a full-time working Mum to 6 year old Lillie. Her first taste of racing was in 2006 when she signed up for the London Marathon. After that she was hooked and joined a running club but was plagued with injuries so took up cycling as a way of cross training and quickly fell in love. Putting running and cycling together seemed the obvious choice and in her first Duathlon she qualified to represent GB in her age group. Her first GB race didn’t exactly go to plan… After leading the first run she hit a barrier and crashed less than 2mins into the bike course. Coming home with two snapped front forks and no confidence whatsoever was a particular low point but gave an opportunity for reflection and rebuilding. In the same year, after buying a new bike of course, Debbie went on to win Gold and become World Sprint Duathlon Champion 2014 (40-44). Other major successes include Silver at the 2015 European Championships and Gold at the 2017 British Championships. Debbie is coached by Chris Hine and multiple national time trial champion turned multi-sport athlete Matt Bottrill www.mattbottrillperformancecoaching.com. Her goals for the remainder of this season are the World Duathlon Championships in Canada in August and she assures us of a few time trial PBs before the season is over too ;-)
Debbie has been using Veloskin products for the last month and has given us nothing but positive feedback. In her words ‘The products smell and feel divine but most importantly really perform. They aren’t just for boys you know!’
Check out www.duathlongirl.co.uk to read more or follow Debbie on Twitter (@runbikerun1973) or Instagram (runbikerun.repeat)
