Last week, Aussie pro cyclist Carlee Taylor (Liv-Plantur) agreed to be the first in our “Day in the Life of…” Twitter takeover series, and entertained us for a good 15 hours by live tweeting her entire day.
This week, Carlee’s BFF and Ella contributor Loren Rowney (Orica-AIS) was up for the task and live-tweeted her “average day” of training and living in Italy.
We created this Twitter Takeover series as a way to provide you all with unique insights into the daily lives of pro cyclists, and to answers the questions of “what do they eat?”, “How do they train?” and “what do they do all day”.
Recapping Loren’s day on Twitter, here are some highlights:
Rise and Shine: Loren enjoyed a sleep in, getting up at 8 a.m.
But first, coffee:
Step one in my #prolife, get the coffee cranking. 8am is a sleep in for me…so already kicking goals for the day ;) pic.twitter.com/F1y2GUOUMG
— Ella (@ellacyclingtips) June 8, 2016
Family time:
Time zones can be tricky to deal with but Loren make it a priority to Skype with her family, first thing in the morning!
The main reason why I need coffee so bad first thing? Skype calls to the parents in Aus ? #ProLife #LorensTakeOver pic.twitter.com/zos2euzoD1
— Ella (@ellacyclingtips) June 8, 2016
Today’s training schedule: 3.5 hours of moto pacing –oof!
Chasing wheels all day long!! Fun suffer sesh behind the Moto with my teamie Alex. #ProLife #lorenstakeover pic.twitter.com/9lWuKgg0J5
— Ella (@ellacyclingtips) June 8, 2016
– And when you look like this afterwards:
Yep. Thank god for elevators. 3.5 hrs with Moto pacing done & dusted.pic.twitter.com/R65g7eiKLp
— Ella (@ellacyclingtips) June 8, 2016
– You’re gonna need this:
…salted peanut butter protein smoothie #ProLife pic.twitter.com/mFrynG2NnM
— Ella (@ellacyclingtips) June 8, 2016
No rest for the wicked
– The 3.5 hour training session was followed by studying.
The #ProLife also includes #TheStudyLife . Not a bad background for some motivation ;) #Lorenstakeover pic.twitter.com/ejZuJDJRvv
— Ella (@ellacyclingtips) June 8, 2016
– and more training:
#prolife pic.twitter.com/MUqzJsWahV
— Ella (@ellacyclingtips) June 8, 2016
What we learned about Loren:
– She’s a tree hugger.
@amrook I’m studying a subject called “understanding climate change” . My degree is in Ecology & Conservation biology ????
— Ella (@ellacyclingtips) June 8, 2016
– Her choice of workout music is…the Vengaboys? So 90s
What’s a core sesh without a bit of a dance party ? Alex showing me how it’s done!! #Prolife pic.twitter.com/c1SHBfUAh4
— Ella (@ellacyclingtips) June 8, 2016
– She loves Ronda Rousey
My evenings entertainment …trying to understand what the hell an “ippon” in Judo is…ps GREAT read . I ?? Ronda pic.twitter.com/TDpEMYEggl
— Ella (@ellacyclingtips) June 8, 2016
– She’s a foodie and her eating habits are pretty normal
“I eat until I’m ‘comfortably’ full and satisfied :-)” she tweeted. On this day it included Bircher muesli for brekky, a post-ride smoothie + lunch, snacks (yogurt/fruit/crackers W peanut butter) in the afternoon and then dinner and a treat.
Dinner alone at the moment, as my fellow “foodie in crime” @gracieelvin ditched me for her hubby Stu ? #dayinthelife pic.twitter.com/5sQsDPPVev
— Ella (@ellacyclingtips) June 8, 2016
Thank you all for tuning in and a big thank you to Loren for sharing her day with us!
Follow @ellacyclingtips and the hashtag #dayinthelife to see Loren’s full day, and stay tuned for more Twitter takeovers.
Up next is Italian rider Valentina Scandolara (Cylance) on June 22th.