After a couple of half decent UK road seasons racing for Leisure Lakes

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An honest, engaging and easy-to-read account of an inspiring record-breaking ride. I'd have loved a few images, or possibly a few maps of the tracks used.Emma’s first encounters with a road bike were in between swimming and running. Soon after competing for GB in the World Age Group Triathlon Championships in Edmonton in 2001 she saw the light and decided to focus on cycling.

After a couple of half decent UK road seasons racing for Leisure Lakes, she went out to Belgium to sample the racing there and spent two years with Lotto-Belisol Ladies team, racing alongside the likes of Sara Carrigan, Grace Verbeke, Rochelle Gilmore and Lizzie Deignan.