Lady and the Bike

10 Reasons to Love Being a Professional Ladies Cyclist

A couple of years ago a worldwide competition was run where the prize was the “best job in the world”.  The job description was to stroll the white sands of a tropical island in Australia.  I think my job as a professional cyclist deserves that title and you do not even need lady luck to win this job.

Here is my job description:

1.       Weekly massages are considered mandatory

2.       Most companies block social media websites but my job encourages the use of Twitter, Facebook as well as blogging

3.       You get to wear tight fitting clothes without any excuse

4.       Whether you use shopping as retail therapy or as part of your socialising routine cycling does give you the perfect excuse to shop for the best brands because they can actually make you go faster

5.       Without food you cannot perform so it is considered essential to eat a lot

6.       Coffee shop rides (ride to a coffee shop with a group of people) form part of our daily training regimen and drinking the occasional glass or two of red wine is actually a part of the cycling culture

7.       Get paid to work on your bikini body all year round

8.       Travel the world

9.       For all those single ladies out there:  The number of men racing greatly outnumbers the ladies so it is the perfect scouting ground for Mr Right and that cute view a few meters in front of you gives you just the little bit of extra motivation to go faster

10.   If you are lucky enough like me to be part of Team MTN Qhubeka which has MTN as title sponsor you even get to chat on your phone as much as you want

So get on a bike and you might just end up with the best job in the world.

P.S. remember that thanks to waterproof mascara you have no excuse not to look pretty while out cycling