The Athlete Experience is filled with many challenges on the road to achieving a career in a sport. If no career comes about then the experience that the athlete accumulates is often transferred into discipline, order and commitment in other aspects of their lives.

Seb Ottley is a Racer and Race Organiser with RCR Fat Creations Cycling. He uses his Athlete Experience to help create some of the most innovative, exciting and close racing available on the British Cycling Domestic Calendar.

In this chat we discuss every aspect of what is causing the Domestic Cycling – that once was so great – to decline exponentially year on year. During this conversation we go into the cost, reality and dreams of what racing could look like on these shores.

He is also organising a race on April 1st, on the World Championship Course at Goodwood Race Track. If you would like to enter the race where Zeb Kyffin won, and Dan Bigham showed, follow the link here: https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/276411/RCR-Fatcreations-Mens-and-Womens-Road-Race

I hope you enjoyed this episode and remember to let us know what you would like to see from the British Cycling scene in 2023 and beyond.

We've all dabbled in sport at one time or another. Let me know your athlete experience in the comments down below.

Chapters:

Intro (00:00)

Race Design (01:24)

Race Winnings (05:56)

Iconic Road Courses (10:28)

Race Safety (11:51)

Organiser Rivalries (18:30)

The True Cost of Racing (19:52)

The State of the Domestic Scene (22:58)

How to Improve British Cycling Races (32:34)

Learning from the Continent (34:54)

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