Two-time Paralympic cycling champion Lora Fachie says becoming a mother has challenged her as an athlete in new ways.
Two-time Paralympic champion Lora Fachie says becoming a mother has challenged her as an athlete in new ways.
"I was an athlete who likes a plan and sticks to it and I am quite a logical thinker and babies don't do that, so it tests you, especially in the early days." But those celebrations seemed a long way away in the early days of parenthood with challenges around Fraser's birth and"I wish I could go back to me of 12 months ago and say it will all be fine, but when you are living with it and caught up in it, it's very hard, but things are definitely much better now," she reflects.
As well as motherhood, Lora also had to deal with returning to training and competition and she made her comeback to action at last year's World Championships in Glasgow, just eight months after giving birth.She won a silver medal in the B individual pursuit with Hall, but was critical of British Cycling's treatment around her return,she had been "punished" for having a baby and had been left "isolated" and with a "lack of support".
"The Paralympics is a very different experience and I want to make sure if I go to Paris, I am in the best shape I can be.
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