{"id":137275,"date":"2016-04-11T14:09:07","date_gmt":"2016-04-11T14:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/?p=137275"},"modified":"2016-05-03T08:03:15","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T08:03:15","slug":"kelly-murphy-from-commuter-to-pro-rider-in-just-6-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2016\/04\/11\/kelly-murphy-from-commuter-to-pro-rider-in-just-6-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelly Murphy: From Commuter to Pro Rider in Just 6 Months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Do you think your daily commute couldn\u2019t ever possibly qualify you for pro riding? Think again, because as Kelly Murphy from Boot Out Breast Cancer team shows, simply riding to work could very well be your ticket to stardom.<\/strong><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old rider picked up cycling because her 6-mile trip to work took her a ridiculous hour and a half by train. She soon fell in love with it and her friends encouraged her to take it one step further.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-137280\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/04\/11141373_564772686995567_3064031525207739683_n.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cIt was pretty quick. I did two races before the stage race \u2013 Ras Na mBam. But the two races I did were really far apart. They became my goals for the year \u2013 I didn\u2019t realise it was the kind of thing that happened every week! I signed up for those and trained for them a bit like people do for a marathon or something. Once it was over I was like \u2018ohh no more racing for a while!\u2019 I didn\u2019t realise people raced most weekends!\u201d said Kelly in an interview for totalwomenscycling.com.\" width=\"536\" height=\"704\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was pretty quick. I did two races before the stage race \u2013 Ras Na mBam. But the two races I did were really far apart. They became my goals for the year \u2013 I didn\u2019t realise it was the kind of thing that happened every week! I signed up for those and trained for them a bit like people do for a marathon or something. Once it was over I was like \u2018ohh no more racing for a while!\u2019 I didn\u2019t realise people raced most weekends!\u201d said Kelly in an interview for totalwomenscycling.com.<\/p>\n<p>Her performance was so impressive though, she soon found herself on a development squad for a UCI team\u00a0and is going to go pro next season. So how did her training change you ask? Not as much as you\u2019d think.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s more of the same! But what I have put thought into is the structure of my training.\u00a0 For example, I do the majority of my workouts on a turbo, doing spin classes from Youtube or The Sufferfest on my laptop, as it\u2019s easier to fit in shorter, higher quality sessions, while managing a busy work and social life,\u201d says Kelly who, living in the heart of Birmingham, has to do 7 miles just to get out of town.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/_Sc_gUyOT2\/\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/_Sc_gUyOT2\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI used to do short, high tempo workouts, or go running if time was tight during the working day, or, on rare occasions I\u2019d even miss the session out altogether.\u00a0 Now I have a team and maintain regular goals. I started getting up earlier, I guess I\u2019ve got better at making time!\u00a0 The same turbo\/gym\/run workouts I used to do just for fun are balanced across the week regardless of my work schedule \u2013 this way, I\u2019m already doing things I know my body can tolerate, so I don\u2019t get too tired. But the structure has inadvertently meant my overall workload is now higher and higher quality than what it would have been.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Competing at the top level of our beloved sport, every small detail can can win or cost you the race, so proper nutrition is considered to be necessary amongst cyclists. But what is it exactly? What is RIGHT nutrition? And does it mean alcohol is absolutely off-limits?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI still indulge every now and again, except I\u2019m more of a sensible Mediterranean-esque drinker, one or two glasses of wine or beer one or two times a week.\u00a0 My various group rides leave at 7.12\/7.30\/8.30am on a Saturday and Sunday so 3AM beers are out of the question. All in all, I think most people overthink diet and obsess about eating too much of some obvious things like refined carbs and fats and not enough about what they\u2019re not eating, fruit and veg and so on. If I\u2019m a stickler for anything, it\u2019s making sure there\u2019s enough colour in my meals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/04\/12725070_981176951938142_303268444_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-137287\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/04\/12725070_981176951938142_303268444_n-600x514.jpg\" alt=\"Competing at the top level of our beloved sport, every small detail can can win or cost you the race, so proper nutrition is considered to be necessary amongst cyclists. But what is it exactly? What is RIGHT nutrition? And does it mean alcohol is absolutely off-limits?\" width=\"600\" height=\"514\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We definitely shouldn\u2019t leave out the fact, that while being a pro rider would definitely be enough for us, Kelly managed to stay in school and is getting her PhD in neuroscience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m lucky because my working hours are reasonably flexible, it doesn\u2019t really matter when I get my work done as long as I do. However, since my workload is very high, it also means that I work\u2026 A LOT, it\u2019s just that I govern when I can take time to workout. It\u2019s a selfish lifestyle really, I only have myself to take care of so I know I\u2019m lucky to be able to balance things this way.\u00a0 I study Neuroscience and I use brain imaging techniques to look at language networks, so the only time my hands are truly tied to the lab is if I have participants to study. It\u2019s ideal really, I can put my legs up under my desk and combine work with my recovery!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What an amazingly positive approach, right? Good luck, Kelly. We hope to see you winning the big ones!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you think your daily commute couldn\u2019t ever possibly qualify you for pro riding? Think again, because as Kelly Murphy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":137285,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[329,335,334],"tags":[355],"global-categories":[],"class_list":["post-137275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-road-cycling","category-safety","category-socialising-and-culture","tag-training"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kelly Murphy: From Commuter to Pro Rider in Just 6 Months - \u0160koda We Love Cycling<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Do you think your daily commute couldn\u2019t ever possibly qualify you for pro riding? Think again, because as Kelly Murphy from Estrella racing team shows...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2016\/04\/11\/kelly-murphy-from-commuter-to-pro-rider-in-just-6-months\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kelly Murphy: From Commuter to Pro Rider in Just 6 Months\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Do you think your daily commute couldn\u2019t ever possibly qualify you for pro riding? Think again, because as Kelly Murphy from Estrella racing team shows...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2016\/04\/11\/kelly-murphy-from-commuter-to-pro-rider-in-just-6-months\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"\u0160koda We Love Cycling\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-04-11T14:09:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-05-03T08:03:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/04\/24424_24242424.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"525\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"350\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"WeLoveCycling\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Monica Buck\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2016\/04\/11\/kelly-murphy-from-commuter-to-pro-rider-in-just-6-months\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2016\/04\/11\/kelly-murphy-from-commuter-to-pro-rider-in-just-6-months\/\",\"name\":\"Kelly Murphy: From Commuter to Pro Rider in Just 6 Months - \u0160koda We Love Cycling\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2016\/04\/11\/kelly-murphy-from-commuter-to-pro-rider-in-just-6-months\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2016\/04\/11\/kelly-murphy-from-commuter-to-pro-rider-in-just-6-months\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/04\/24424_24242424.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-04-11T14:09:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-05-03T08:03:15+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/#\/schema\/person\/e5187c9cac8dd619ebc7b41bd73c2fd9\"},\"description\":\"Do you think your daily commute couldn\u2019t ever possibly qualify you for pro riding? Think again, because as Kelly Murphy from Estrella racing team shows...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2016\/04\/11\/kelly-murphy-from-commuter-to-pro-rider-in-just-6-months\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2016\/04\/11\/kelly-murphy-from-commuter-to-pro-rider-in-just-6-months\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2016\/04\/11\/kelly-murphy-from-commuter-to-pro-rider-in-just-6-months\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/04\/24424_24242424.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/04\/24424_24242424.webp\",\"width\":525,\"height\":350},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2016\/04\/11\/kelly-murphy-from-commuter-to-pro-rider-in-just-6-months\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Kelly Murphy: From Commuter to Pro Rider in Just 6 Months\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/\",\"name\":\"\u0160koda We Love Cycling\",\"description\":\"\u0160koda We Love Cycling magazine\",\"alternateName\":\"\u0160koda WLC\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/#\/schema\/person\/e5187c9cac8dd619ebc7b41bd73c2fd9\",\"name\":\"WeLoveCycling\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e1ee0ecc5e294b19ef32b9f6086e0afbb9da00c3cb0d465ba4695331f4a9187?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e1ee0ecc5e294b19ef32b9f6086e0afbb9da00c3cb0d465ba4695331f4a9187?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"WeLoveCycling\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/author\/lukascech\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Kelly Murphy: From Commuter to Pro Rider in Just 6 Months - \u0160koda We Love Cycling","description":"Do you think your daily commute couldn\u2019t ever possibly qualify you for pro riding? Think again, because as Kelly Murphy from Estrella racing team shows...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2016\/04\/11\/kelly-murphy-from-commuter-to-pro-rider-in-just-6-months\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Kelly Murphy: From Commuter to Pro Rider in Just 6 Months","og_description":"Do you think your daily commute couldn\u2019t ever possibly qualify you for pro riding? Think again, because as Kelly Murphy from Estrella racing team shows...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2016\/04\/11\/kelly-murphy-from-commuter-to-pro-rider-in-just-6-months\/","og_site_name":"\u0160koda We Love Cycling","article_published_time":"2016-04-11T14:09:07+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-05-03T08:03:15+00:00","og_image":[{"width":525,"height":350,"url":"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/04\/24424_24242424.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"WeLoveCycling","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Monica Buck","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2016\/04\/11\/kelly-murphy-from-commuter-to-pro-rider-in-just-6-months\/","url":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2016\/04\/11\/kelly-murphy-from-commuter-to-pro-rider-in-just-6-months\/","name":"Kelly Murphy: From Commuter to Pro Rider in Just 6 Months - \u0160koda We Love Cycling","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2016\/04\/11\/kelly-murphy-from-commuter-to-pro-rider-in-just-6-months\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2016\/04\/11\/kelly-murphy-from-commuter-to-pro-rider-in-just-6-months\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/04\/24424_24242424.webp","datePublished":"2016-04-11T14:09:07+00:00","dateModified":"2016-05-03T08:03:15+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/#\/schema\/person\/e5187c9cac8dd619ebc7b41bd73c2fd9"},"description":"Do you think your daily commute couldn\u2019t ever possibly qualify you for pro riding? Think again, because as Kelly Murphy from Estrella racing team shows...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2016\/04\/11\/kelly-murphy-from-commuter-to-pro-rider-in-just-6-months\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2016\/04\/11\/kelly-murphy-from-commuter-to-pro-rider-in-just-6-months\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2016\/04\/11\/kelly-murphy-from-commuter-to-pro-rider-in-just-6-months\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/04\/24424_24242424.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/04\/24424_24242424.webp","width":525,"height":350},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2016\/04\/11\/kelly-murphy-from-commuter-to-pro-rider-in-just-6-months\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Kelly Murphy: From Commuter to Pro Rider in Just 6 Months"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/","name":"\u0160koda We Love Cycling","description":"\u0160koda We Love Cycling magazine","alternateName":"\u0160koda WLC","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/#\/schema\/person\/e5187c9cac8dd619ebc7b41bd73c2fd9","name":"WeLoveCycling","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e1ee0ecc5e294b19ef32b9f6086e0afbb9da00c3cb0d465ba4695331f4a9187?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e1ee0ecc5e294b19ef32b9f6086e0afbb9da00c3cb0d465ba4695331f4a9187?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"WeLoveCycling"},"url":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/author\/lukascech\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137275"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137518,"href":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137275\/revisions\/137518"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137275"},{"taxonomy":"global-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/global-categories?post=137275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}