On the Beaten Track: A Prominent Female Australian Cycling Athlete Gears Up for 2013

Women's cycling continues to garner more attention and recognition as key athletes in the field are poised to dominate the sport as much as their testosterone-fuelled counterparts. Case in point: Tiffany Cromwell. The sprightly 24-year-old Australian road biker has competed in major cycling events hosted in her homeland and is now eyeing a bigger prize to add under her decorated belt.

Cromwell has decided to take aim at the Marathon des Alpes-Maritimes, near her European base in Monaco, scarcely a month after she had just participated at the world championships in Valkenburg last September. Many cyclists like to keep themselves active during the off-season, and Cromwell has taken to doing marathon running as a way to keep herself in shape for future cycling events. The physical activity of running allows her toned legs to increase their endurance as part of her intense training regimen. She has commented on her keen interest in running, "It was just fun to do something a little different instead of being totally bike-focused, because I think that's how you get on top of things and avoid getting burnt out."

While the 24-year-old Cromwell continues her progress in the international peloton, women's cycling as a whole is also striving to develop and increase its profile. She acknowledges the fact that change is not something that can come about overnight, especially in a sport that is predominantly male-oriented. Among the ideas considered to aid the promotion of women's cycling is that of holding women's events in tandem with existing men's races.

Cromwell is especially hopeful that there will be a Tour de France event that includes women cyclists. She further notes on the future of women's cycling, "It's still such a new sport compared to the men's sport, so growth takes time. I think it's taking steps in the right direction, even if I'll be the first to admit that it has a long, long way to go, especially in terms of making a living and stressing over whether we'll earn enough money to survive after cycling."

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