hysical endurance; it’s a celebration of breaking boundaries, shattering stereotypes, and inspiring the next generation of girls to dream without limits.”
She further explained that through the event, the club aims to create a space where girls can see their potential, challenge societal expectations, and realise that they are capable of achieving greatness.
“The Amazon Crit is designed to encourage young women to challenge themselves, both physically and mentally, while fostering a sense of leadership and well-being,”Taiwo stated.
The winner in the senior category, Ese Ukpeseraye, expressed excitement about her feat.
She noted that she has been cycling for about 10 years, while expressing her love for racing and what it brings her.
She advised young cyclists, saying that while cycling is initially challenging, with time and passion, it becomes rewarding.quit his day job to stoke a revolution called the “bike bus” – groups of kids and families cycling to school together.
How did one person in a mid-sized American city turn a weekly bike ride into something of a phenomenon? He leaned on the power of social media. In the past two years his videos have been viewed by hundreds of millions of people.
Riding bikes to school shouldn’t be a big deal, but it nearly became extinct in the US after decades of helicopter parenting, automobile-oriented cities and the epidemic of dangerous and toxic car traffic that accompanies them.
Like a scientist restoring a threatened species, Balto turned his passion for the benefits of physical activity in young people into a trend that has gone from his current home town in the Pacific north-west to the White House in Washington DC (where he was invited by former president Joe Biden to attend a holiday reception), and beyond. Today, Balto estimates there are more than 200 bike buses across the US.
They have been around for a while. In Portland, a “bike train” movement kicked off in 2010 when a 24-year-old bike advocate named Kiel Johnson began organising what he referred to as “bike trains” at an elementary school, where riders would join a mass of cyclists at various stops along a route to school. It caught on and in just a few months Johnson had signed up six other schools, won a grant, and had been interviewed by a national television show.
According to her, “Cycling is a challenging sport, but with passion and perseverance, it becomes enjoyable.”
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