Isabel Woods: The 93-Year-Old Record-Breaking Cyclist

 

Isabel Woods is a 93-year-old who set long distance cycling records back in the 1950s.

In this episode we talk about:

  • Street-games she played as a young girl on the streets of Belfast

  • Saving up to buy her first bicycle while working in a factory

  • Cycling through rain, wind and snow to make her club proud

  • Giving a donkey a bath in her cottage

  • Set dancing over Zoom during the pandemic

  • And the greatest highs/lows she’s experienced along the way

Check it out.

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