Sheʼs motivated.
From a technical point of view, sheʼs the best of her generation.
She has a strong personality.
Itʼs important when you want it so much to always come back,
come back, come back.
Sheʼs gifted. She doesnʼt have the same sense of…
I donʼt know if one could talk of fear, but…
She doesnʼt have the same sense of apprehension.
Sheʼs really capable of dealing with difﬁcult situations so easily.
She's been on the podium at each World Cup.
Myriam Nicole stands among the World's Top 5.
In order to reach the highest step of the podium,
she follows a very intense multidisciplinary physical preparation.
In parallel, she studies physiotherapy.
In Montpellier and in the Alps,
Myriam invites us to follow her during three days on this program.
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I remember from this period, from adolescence,
Life was already well shared.
During the week I spent time with my girlfriends,
and on the weekend, off to ride my scooter, my bike,
and then off with my brothers.
It was almost like having another personality,
a guy, a tomboy.
So during the week I'd argue with my mother
about going to school with a [inaudible]. (giggles)
ON THE ROAD TO THE ALPS
This year it's been a little frustrating
because I trained so much, very very much
and the results…Well theyʼre there,
Iʼve been on the podium at each World Cup
but I would have thought that so much training
would have paid more than that.
But I think it just takes more than six months you know...
It takes… (she laughs).
To really get it to the physical preparation,
what I needed was a real basis to build something strong on it.
Myriam is amazing. She has a strong willpower.
She rarely says: “Iʼm not going to be able to do it”.
Sheʼs used to working out her mind and getting focused before a race.
Consequently, she transfers this training,
which became automatic for her,
into the training sessions.
The ﬁrst time I came here was three or four years ago.
I was joining the team without knowing anyone.
Moreover, I partied a bit the day before.
When I arrived, my knees hurt a lot,
and they brought me on this track.
This one is steep, there are roots and rocks.
But this is cool, thatʼs all I love !
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It is our homemade track.
This is where we work out all winter long.
We built it four, ﬁve years ago and here we are, itʼs still here!
We love it !
There is everything we like here,
everything we canʼt ﬁnd anymore in the races.
It is only a slope. You start from the top
and you go down without touching your pedals.
If you run a track without knowing its surface condition,
it gets a bit tough, particularly for a competition.
After all, when we work out we may be able to get comfortable.
We say that surveying the track once on foot
saves ﬁve descents on your bike.
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