Jen Muhl takes the win in New Zealand

Posted by Matt Moran on Jan 18, 2012

We've received a great update from Jen Muhl, a young rider in New Zealand who is using a Wattbike to help her progress through the junior ranks of cycling.  She's just put in some fantastic performances, once again competing against older and more experienced riders.

Jen told us, "I recently rode the Lake Dunstan Cycle Challlenge, a 96km race road the lake. It was a hot day and a challenging race with lots of hills. The race was contested by riders of all abilities from recreational riders through to pros and I finished the 4th U20 girl."

She then moved on to race in a new event, the challenging Eglinton Challenge in Te Anau, which is the shorter version of the Milford Mountain Challenge.  It seems like Jen has got herself into excellent shape and is holding her condition pretty well.  " I was very surprised at how easy I found the ride as usually I struggle on the hills. A small bunch of 8 of us got away in the start and we gradually dropped riders until we were down to only 3. We stayed away until the finish, just holding off the chasing bunch and I won the race when it came down to a sprint finish."

Supporting women riders is important to us here at Wattbike, as you will have seen through our support for Sarah Hammer and Carla Ryan, and we're really happy to hear Jen is making fantastic progress helped by training on a Wattbike.  We've also helped Jen out with some Wattbike kit and it was great to hear that she's wearing it during competition. "I was wearing my Wattbike kit as it is the most comfortable kit I own and I was proud to be representing Wattbike when I crossed the line. It was quite a strange experience to have the TV cameras following us on motorbikes and from a helicopter."

If you would like to be seen in Wattbike kit then take a look at our online shop, we can't promise it'll get you riding as fast as Jen but at least you'll look good.

Can't wait to get the next update.