| Rochelle Gilmore likes to ride her bike. She'll ride it on the road, or she'll ride it on the track. This athletic Australian beauty just wants to compete. Whether she's riding with her road team SAFI Pasta Zara Manhattan or representing her country on the track, Rochelle gives it her all and loves her job. Suffering from a serious injury just a few months ago, Gilmore has worked hard to get herself back on the bike. In a few days she will hit the track at the UCI World Cup Classic, January 20-22nd, in Los Angeles, California. The Daily Peloton caught up with Rochelle just a few days before her trip to America. Daily Peloton: How is your recovery from the fractured vertebra suffered in November coming along? Rochelle: The injury was a very scary one! The process of recovery was extremely slow for the first three weeks, I didn't feel any improvement from day to day and started thinking that I might never ride a bike again! In saying that, after the three weeks I started to experience a rapid increase in range of motion and at the four week mark, I was moving completely pain free- Amazing! Daily Peloton: Do you feel you have lost a step due to the time off the bike? Rochelle: Mentally yes I feel I have lost some form but physically- maybe not! I had a really good base before the accident. I had started my training early and had a few thousand km's in my legs. I raced the National Road Championships a couple of days ago and felt fantastic. DP: That was the second injury in the past two years, along with an illness that had kept you off the bike for a period. Do you find yourself frustrated by these events? Would you consider it a motivating force? Rochelle: I definitely have felt frustrated at times but I always see the positive in every situation! www.dailypeloton.com/displayarticle.asp?pk=8753
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