Maggie Coles-Lyster

...contiuned I spent the last couple weeks of September in Belgium training with another Canadian junior, Michael Foley, who went to Track Worlds and was going to Road Worlds as well and his coach, Canadian cycling hero Steve Bauer! Michael and I then country hopped up to Bergen, Norway to join team Canada. First of all, let me express how freaking beautiful Norway is! A beautiful country, very similar to the West Coast of Canada (except, believe it or not, wetter!) with an adoration for my least favourite food, salmon. In fact, the World Championship numbers even had a picture of cooked salmon on them! Maybe that was the start of my unlucky World Champs road race... So much fun training with the one and only Michael Foley in Belgium :D Erin Attwell and I exploring expensive, elaborate fur stores post race! Race day was a little hectic with one of us 4 junior girls crashing on the way over to sign on, us all getting split up, getting minimal warm up and of course, ...

Happy Belated New Year! So it has been quite a while since I have blogged... looking back, I have a bunch of half finished blogs so I'm just going to sum them all up here. If you choose to venture down the path of concurring my blogs, grab a coffee and may the force be with you! 2017 was a huge year for me filled with new experiences, big races and the best conclusion to my junior career! The year really started in July where I had my best ever BC Superweek. I first raced Superweek when I was 14, so it is amazing seeing how far I've come since then, from not finishing a single crit to top 10's, top 5's and even a 2nd place finish, as well as my first UCI point with a top 10 in the UCI Delta road race. First BC Superweek podium!! Post Superweek, I had a week to recover and see my friends for the last time for a while before we all went our different ways. Then it was off to Europe! From mid July to the beginning of November, I spent a total of 9 days at hom...