Rediscovering Freedom with Olympic Cyclist Ingrid Drexel [Episode 7]

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Laura is joined by Olympic cyclist and eight time Mexican National Champion Ingrid Drexel in this week’s episode. Ingrid has ridden professionally for eight years and represented Mexico in the 2012 London Olympic games. Like many of us, Ingrid tried her hand at a wide variety of extra curricular activities as a kid, but none of them really stuck until she got on a bike. She recalls the immediate sense of joy and freedom that she felt zipping around town. Her real break came when she attended a cycling camp and a coach pulled her parents aside and encouraged them to invest in her obvious natural abilities.

Races became family road trips and Ingrid rapidly advanced through the ranks. She raced in the Pan American games at age 14 and the Olympics at 18 as the only female cyclist to represent Mexico. Her following professional career in Europe was a physical and emotional adjustment as she struggled with an eating disorder, chronic fatigue, and loneliness. During a much needed furlough she reached out a sports psychologist who helped her overcome the judgement from herself and others. Ingrid rediscovered the joy and freedom that made her fall in love with cycling in the first place.

Learn more here: https://www.hopesports.org/rediscovering-freedom/

For more about our host visit www.laurawilkinson.com and follow her on Facebook and Instagram.

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