CF

I was born and raised in New Zealand, but moved to Spain in 2016 to live with my partner who is a professional cyclist. Before that I studied a Bachelor of Science majoring in Biological Sciences, and worked in Aquaculture research in New Zealand for 3 years. I started my own fine art business when I moved to Spain (@caitlinfielder_fineart) and have grown this to become a very successful business in this time. Gaining comprehensive social media skills, specific sales knowledge and marketing skills along the way.

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My introduction to running began a lot later in life. After training in boxing for 3 years during university and playing football I decided to change objectives, and I began running in 2015. I set my first goal on the 85 km ultra marathon in New Zealand called the Old Ghost run in 2015. But it wasn't until I moved to Spain and someone that offered to write me a weekly training plan that my running became more serious, since then my running has rapidly improved. In February of 2020 I had a major hip operation which took me out of running for 7 months, so I see 2021 as my first serious year in both training and racing. This first year of racing couldn't have been more exciting for me, travelling all over Europe to race the Golden Trail Series, and showing I could be competitive in races like OCC at UTMB on the world stage.

For me, I love the aspect of racing and pushing myself against others in the sport. But, I find the most satisfying part of the process the "behind the scenes" work and every day improvements. 

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