Macey gets back in the saddle

ONCE again, in the blink of an eye, we have reached the end of another year, a rollercoaster ride of personal growth and experience, and another chapter in the lively novel of Macey comes to an end.

With every ending comes a new beginning, and with that, I am so excited to start my journey with professional cycling team Wiggle High5 in 2018.

I’ll be kickstarting this season with my first ever taste of the Aussie road cycling summer, a series of events I have watched in awe over the previous years.

To race at this level anywhere in the world is a privilege and something I am very grateful for, but to race at this level in my own country, in front of my own people, is something truly special.

On the 27th of this month I will be lining up in Geelong ready to race Australia’s premier modern one-day classic – the Deakin University Elite Women’s Race at the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race.

It will be my first time racing along Victoria’s picturesque Surf Coast and while I’d love to be taking in the view, I imagine that in a women’s field of this calibre combined with coastal winds, I won’t be seeing too much other than the wheel in front of me!

Being only my second race back in the peloton as a “professional”, I’m sure there will be equally as many nerves as there is excitement lingering as I roll to the start line.

Even though I am yet to meet my new Wiggle High5 teammates, I know that when I line up with these girls in our black and orange, they will have my back just as much as I will have theirs.

Here’s to a new chapter, new friends and many new memories to come in my first Aussie cycling summer!

Meet Macey and fellow Deakin University Elite Women’s Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race riders at the Welcome Wave event on January 24. Welcome the riders to the Surf Coast at the free community event, held at 5.30pm on the hill beside Torquay Surf Life Saving Club.