Joanna Rowsell achieved everything she wanted to achieve in cycling. After being talent spotted as a teenager she joined British Cycling. She won World Championship titles and Olympic gold medals at London 2012 and Rio 206, she broke World Records and she won Commonwealth titles too. She's also just a really lovely person. In this interview you'll hear...
06:05 Why she is pursuing a career in medicine
08:31 Feeling lost in retirement
10:40 The joy of being able to enjoy the memories
12:21 How she changed her mindset when it came to winning, from relief to trying to celebrate it
15:43 Her time at school, when she didn't excel at any particular sport but was talent spotted by British Cycling
18:20 The 3 minute test she nailed to make the talent team
27:21 The lower points of her career and losing motivation after the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games
30:51 How she struggled with nerves early on in her career and worked with Dr Steve Peters to control her nerves
39:14 The changes she has seen during her time at British Cycling
41:35 How it got easier to talk about periods during her career
Find out more about this week's guest
Joanna Rowsell https://www.joannarowsell.com/ (website)
Joanna Rowsell https://www.instagram.com/joannarowsellshand (Instagram)
Joanna Rowsell https://twitter.com/jorowsellmbe?lang=en (Twitter)
Joanna has had https://www.joannarowsell.com/alopecia (alopecia) since she was a child and is an ambassador for https://www.alopecia.org.uk/ (Alopecia UK)
Also this week...Trivelo and product testing
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