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Angela Eggleton<br />
Shortly after ex pupil Helen Scott, competed for team<br />
G.B in The London 2012 Paralympics, <strong>King</strong> Ed’s<br />
welcomes a new national cyclist Angela Eggleton to<br />
the student body.<br />
Angela is balancing her studies of Music,<br />
Psychology, P.E and English literature alongside a<br />
tough training and racing routine. Angie has enjoyed<br />
recent success winning the national ‘Scratch Race’<br />
as she made a phenomenal performance, streaking<br />
ahead to seize the win from the previous champion.<br />
Angie describes feeling ‘overjoyed’ at a win she had<br />
‘trained so hard for’.<br />
‘It’s all about getting into the<br />
zone; I listen to music, eat<br />
some energy gels and get<br />
myself pumped up’.<br />
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Often an independent traveller Angie has cycled in a<br />
range of countries including Majorca, Lanzarote,<br />
France and Italy. Her experiences and day to day<br />
life, certain differ greatly from the average year 12<br />
student, as whilst the rest of us are enjoying the last<br />
blissful hours of our night’s sleep, Angie is up and on<br />
the bike, often attending gruelling pre-college training<br />
sessions.<br />
Angie describes her pre-race preparations, ‘It’s all<br />
about getting into the zone; I listen to music, eat<br />
some energy gels and get myself pumped up’. She<br />
also emphasises the importance of careful thought<br />
rather than just raw fitness in a race ‘it’s all about<br />
tactics, especially when we’re working as a team’.<br />
With long term Olympic dreams Angela can certainly<br />
look to Helen Scott for inspiration- <strong>King</strong> Ed’s appears<br />
to be the perfect place to pursue both academic<br />
studies and Olympic cycling goals side by side.<br />
Sarah Collins