EmilyBatty

So happy to see these women get the opportunity at World Champs. I'm certain they will make Canadians proud. This PR crisis for Cycling Canada is another example of the lack of process, systems, and formality to make strategic decisions while achieving performances at the highest level and fostering long-term athlete development. Since my junior years, I've seen so many athletes with the potential denied opportunity to develop that eventually end up retiring or quitting. We have private youth cycling clubs in every province and countless kids pursuing cycling at every level, with reasonable federal budgets to accommodate their development. The lack of leadership continues to disappoint, and we need significant change and accountability.

Thank Eric! Really appreciate the words and encouragement. Take care and hopefully we will cross paths on the trails sometime soon.

@JeffreyJim: Thank you Jeff!

lol! so true, something I have always struggled with.

Thank you for understanding.

Thanks for the question! Both my fitness and ideal race weight was off all together in 2019. It was a challenging year on a few levels to be quite honest + the pressure of trying to qualify for the Olympics at the same time just compounded everything and especially after 2018 was so good.

@JeffreyJim: Appreciate the honesty. This is just a starting point for me - there are many other things that we would like to accomplish like starting a small business relief fund, raising money for all the NFP youth programs that might now survive the downturn, and so much more. I believe everyone is just trying to do their best at the moment and I needed to address my silence before anything. I too love what everyone is doing on social. It's great to see how innovative people have been. Take care.

Thank you!

Thanks you for supporting!

Filming this video has really helped me move forward. As I mentioned in the video, things changed pretty fast and I was struggling to find the right words and message. I'm sorry you feel the way you do, just a girl sharing my story, thoughts and feelings, and trying to do it in a semi professional way. Nothing more.