Ambassador: Karra Laing
Instagram: @karra_laing156
Category: Road / Mountain Bike
Bikes: Karra is now focusing on road cycling and enjoy getting out on her Bianchi Oltre Comp, loving the sense of freedom on the Oltre. Karra can leave her door at 6am and be out for the full day, exploring new routes, knowing the Oltre will have her back.
About: Karra was always active growing up, living in the highlands of Scotland, a great area to train. Her first bike was purchased to compete a triathlon, she soon found the love for cycling and especially for mountain biking. Karra left school when she was 16 to attend BASE which was a mountain biking academy. This was a course which consisted of 2 days mountain biking and 3 days in the gym, she had an amazing time and her cycling skills progressed so she was able to race downhill and enduro throughout Europe, becoming third overall in the British series. Next year she is looking at competing at the Inverness etape and time trials throughout Scotland. Karra does a varied amount of training including CrossFit which helps with my fitness on the bike.
Interesting experience: Completing the 24hours Strathpuffer endurance event. This event took place in the highlands of Scotland in January. It was a 24 hours race and the track was covered in sheet ice and snow, minus 10 degrees. This was a brutal race and it tested Karra physically and mentally. The atmosphere was amazing, Karra's team managed to secure first place.
Aspirations: Planning a bike packing trip to New Zealand to test her fitness and compete in more endurance events and time trials next year.
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