Ayesha McGowan's Bumpy, Joyous, History-Making Road to Cycling's Big Leagues
Ayesha McGowan achieved her dream, and went from bike-commuting preschool teacher to becoming the first African American woman to become a professional road cyclist.
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Ayesha McGowan achieved her dream, and went from bike-commuting preschool teacher to becoming the first African American woman to become a professional road cyclist.
The Central Park Raccoons, a loose group of cyclists, gather after dark for impromptu races. Anything on two wheels (except electric bikes) can compete.
What defines being a professional cyclist? A mix of racing, social media influencing, and knowing how to play the game.
Drew Reynolds Jerry Francois is a born-and-raised New Yorker—scratch that—a born-and-raised Brooklynite. Very little intimidates him. But in the aftermath of Ahmaud Arbery’s murder, when the 25-year-old was shot and killed while out for a run in South Georgia last March, Francois began to fear going out for his nightly runs in the Bed-Stuy neighborhood where he lives. “It hit me hard,” he tells Runner’s World. “His life was taken for doing something that I'm sure that he just enjoyed to do. It was literally taken away. That was literally his last mile.” Related Stories Fr...