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WEEK IN TRAINING Alex Morrice

The week: 10-16 October 2022

Location: Guildford, Surrey

Training for: Zwift Academy

You’d have been forgiven for not recognising the name Alex Morrice when, shortly before Christmas, she was announced as winner of Zwift Academy 2022. The 22-year-old from Guildford in Surrey had only been racing since the beginning of the year, and until the summer was fitting in training alongside her university studies. As Morrice explains below, the past 12 months have been a whirlwind ascent from fourthcat newbie to WorldTour professional. Speaking to CW from a Canyon-SR AM training camp in Spain, she took us through a week of pre-Academy preparation from the autumn.

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