From training to triumph, Para cyclist Alex Hayward is racing towards greatness! 🚴♂️ Heading to his first Paralympics, Alex has quickly become one of the top cyclists in the world in his classification. With eyes set on a medal at Paris 2024, he’s ready to make his mark. Follow his journey as part of #TomorrowsGreatness presented by Fasken.
De l’entraînement au triomphe, le paracycliste Alex Hayward pédale vers la grandeur! 🚴♂️ En route pour ses premiers Jeux paralympiques, Alex s’est rapidement imposé parmi les meilleurs cyclistes au monde dans sa catégorie. Avec un objectif de médaille aux Jeux de Paris 2024, il est prêt à laisser sa marque. Suivez son parcours dans le cadre de #LExcellenceDeDemain présenté par Fasken.
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Yeah, I mean, that's another super steep learning curve, literally. We were headed back from World Championships in 2022. That's out on the ferry with our coach for a few hours and. And track worlds were just around the corner and we kind of joked around that. My power profile was pretty much was a very good fit, but track cycling is a whole different animal and so. We decided we would book some time off in in September before the World Championships in October and so I went to Milton. For. I think 10 days, uh, where I was introduced to what a track bike is and what a velodrome looked like and, and then with this idea that I would try to do my, my standard by the end of the week, which would make me eligible for World Championships. And so I was lucky enough to, to, to achieve that and then. And went to Worlds with I think 12 days on track and to be honest. Still completely scared of the track when I got there and we hadn't group training. I can still remember we had group training and my coach wasn't comfortable having me on track with other people because. Quite a dynamic out there with no brakes and, and it's, it's a whole different animal. So they they would leave me a minute to go out and do a minute by myself and then everyone else would get on. Yeah. Finished fifth PB by 12 seconds. Kind of kick started my track stuff from there. I've always been pretty comfortable doing uncomfortable things. I think that shows a lot in kind of what I like to do as far as cycling goes. Yeah, I think as super valuable to get to have written it. For the interesting thing about velodromes is there's there's no real standard to them. So they're all a bit different, they all ride a bit differently. The air density is different in different buildings, which leads to kind of picking a different gear or what your schedule will be for a pursuit kind of it affects that so. It's a lot of factors when you're coming in completely blind, but to have a bit of an idea of what it's going to be like is pretty, pretty huge and and the Paris followed you home. To be honest, this is pretty intimidating one. Well to me anyway, it just feels extra tall and extra sleep for some reason, so. To have ridden it before I think would be. We'll take some nerves away when the day comes.
