JIMENA CENTURION

BEST DAY ON THE BIKE?

APRIL 2015, it was our Honeymoon and we decided that we wanted to take our bikes with us and do the amateur version of the Tour of Flanders, we had really just started in cycling, the day was awful it was cold and raining and obviously, we weren’t well prepared for that weather, but I just remember how happy I was there riding the cobbles and the Murs the pros did in the races, it was tough but I was amazed. The next day we watched the pros, there was not a single drop of rain, the sun was out, and it was a beautiful day. That is the trip where I fell in love with riding, not just as training but as a way of living and traveling.

WORST DAY ON THE BIKE?

ENRUTADOS 2014, I think it was the first time I was doing a ride longer than 100k, my partner for the race was my 14 year old cousin. I wasn’t well trained at all and remembered crying to him, yes to my teenager cousin, and he trying to phone his dad to pick us but there was no reception haha. I had to keep going

STEEL, CARBON OR TI?

Carbon

40 Celcius ride or 0 Celcius ride

I think I suffer less in the cold, I can handle it better.

Profession

Chief Risk Officer on an Investment Fund

How do you ENJOY THE PAIN

I really think there is no better description to riding that ENJOY THE PAIN, I think I have never suffer as much as I have in the bike, in a big never ending mountain but at the same time it makes me so happy.