MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. (WSVN) – A person regional athlete made the decision to spin her enthusiasm for physical fitness in a distinctive route thanks to the pandemic. Nicknamed the pint-sized powerhouse, Sheerie Edwards would like to advise the South Florida community of the biking entire world.
“When I initial started riding I experienced no intentions of starting to be a aggressive cyclist when I entered my very first race immediately after that I just became hooked,” stated Edwards.
It began off as a way to stay in form but then her aggressive wheels begun rolling.
“I experienced an possibility to implement for a grant by Ayesha McGowan, she’s the 1st black expert woman bicycle owner [and] she proven this grant to give minority gals an prospect to race,” stated Edwards. “[I got on the] podium my to start with race, podium the 3rd race [and] I recognized I may possibly actually have a chance at creating my mark.”
In just in excess of 8 months Edwards has participated in 24 races and has produced the podium 14 occasions, with 5 very first-place wins and a condition championship.
“[Sheerie] looks so fierce, so sturdy — [she is] the tiniest out there and killing it,” said Adrienne Burrows, a supporter.
The petite peddler is breaking down obstacles as the only black woman bike owner on the courtroom circuit.
“She wishes to generate this platform for us and just get far more of us out there,” said Burrows.
“We need to have to have diversity, we require to have much more gals out there you know, especially tiny firecrackers like her,” stated Janelly Prieto, the standard supervisor of Rapha Miami, a biking store.
When the happy Florida A&M College graduate is not on her bicycle, she is in her classroom at Broward College.
“I’m currently now training anatomy and physiology, so I do give back again. You know, biking form of falls in line with that,” explained Edwards.
Just like any superior instructor, Edwards desires people to recognize cycling if they are making an attempt to get healthy.
“I think it is a great sport,” she stated. “A great deal of athletes do the changeover from soccer, or keep track of, or basketball to biking. It’s a activity that does not have a favor of any age.”
Anyone interested in the activity really should get on the bandwagon as Edwards might before long be a noteworthy name in aggressive biking.
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