Sparta Chicks Radio: Mindset | Confidence | Sport | Women

An age group mountain biker and mum of 3 in her 40s, Kate was scrolling through Instagram while breastfeeding her youngest daughter in 2017 when she saw a competition by Liv Cycling (an incredible women’s cycling brand) for a spot in their Trail Squad; the prize included a new bike and entry to a mountain bike stage race somewhere around the world. Needing a goal or something for herself, she decided to enter the competition. Then one Sunday, months later she opened her email to find out she had won and that she was off to the Cape Epic — one of the hardest mountain bikes races in the world. Held in South Africa, the Cape Epic is considered the Tour de France of the mountain bike world. It’s an 8 day stage race with 100km+ days in the saddle, in the heat, dust and dirt of South Africa with around 15,000m of climbing (that’s nearly 2x the height of Everest). Kate’s first reaction was ‘I was honestly petrified. My first thought was: “there is no way I can do that”.’ Then she took a deep breath and said ‘yes’. G