At this year’s Mudgee Classic I met the lovely Virginia who has her own travel company called Soulfit Adventures, where she runs cycling tours that incorporate yoga. I couldn’t help but be enthralled. I love cycling and yoga so my interest was piqued. At the time we were just emerging from the pandemic but I’m happy to say travel is certainly returning with gusto. So, I asked Virginia to tell me a bit more about her road riding experiences and her Soulfit tours.
Q: When and why did you start road cycling?
I started cycling around 2008, a couple of years before I started Soulfit Adventures. I was living in Sydney, in Rushcutters Bay at the time and a friend of mine was moving apartments and she had a road bike that had been ridden once in a triathlon a couple of years before. It had only ever been ridden the once and she was going to leave it out on the street so I took it! It was just one of those things and it must have been meant to be as I haven’t looked back since.
Q: When and why did you start Soulfit?
I started Soulfit Adventures after being made redundant during the GFC in 2009. I wasn’t happy doing what I was doing at the time and the redundancy was a blessing in disguise. Before starting a new job I took some time out to try and find…
