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| A little part of Sunshine Toyota is with Aly when she competes |
Not many people can say that they are an Ironwoman, but 19
year old Alex Headlands girl Alyssa “Aly” Bull can! Aly’s winning combination
of dedication and hard work has seen her enjoy many a success out on her surf
ski and it was exciting to have a chat to Aly and talk about her career hopes
for the future.
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| Like Aly, her car stands out from the crowd! |
Sunshine Toyota is very proud of the support that they are
able to give Aly. Her consistent hard work and positive attitude are some of
the qualities that started us following her career. Being a local girl, Aly
grew up on the beach. She has always loved the water and got into nippers and
life saving at the Alex Surf Club at an early age. She has recently made the
transition from surf to sprint kayaks in order to challenge for the Olympics a
decision Aly recalls was not an easy one. It meant leaving her family and
friends as well as her home town surf club and moving to the Gold Coast to
train with the revered Australian Institute of Sport (AIS). She hasn’t
completely left the surf club behind- thank goodness- Aly still competes in the
Clubby Carnivals in the ski events, and certainly gets the biggest cheers from
her hometown supporters!
Aly adheres to an intensive and strict workout regime that
sees her up at the crack of dawn and on the water for her morning session; she
then goes for a run before her afternoon session of gym and a paddle. Aly does
an extra long cross training session on Saturday mornings as well as lots of
core work and stretching AND she rides her bike to and from every training
session. I’m exhausted just thinking about it! This might seem like a huge
commitment, too much for some, but not for Aly as she is chasing her dream of a
podium finish at the next Olympics. Go Aly!
Aly is so proud of her achievements and the dream that she
is chasing, but when asked if there was anything she felt she missed out on
because of her incredible sporting triumphs the answer was quite funny. The Big
Boing in Birtinya is the one thing that came to mind! She explained that it
looked like so much fun- and her friends love it- but it was too risky for her.
It wasn’t worth the gamble of injuring herself. I guess when Olympic gold is at
stake- a bounce in trampoline land is a small price to pay!
So far this year Aly has made the U23's
National team again and has also qualified for her first Senior National team. Aly
is heading overseas this month to compete in Portugal in the kayak world cup.
Should she be successful she then will head to Germany for round 2. Aly has a
busy few months ahead of her- the domestic season starts in December and the
Olympic trials are in February. Until then Aly will continue her lifestyle of
clean eating and heavy training- as well as rest days and recovery period. Aly
says it’s a science and she trusts her coaches to advise her, saying that “if
you train at your best, you race at your best.” We are behind you all the way
Aly!
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| Aly Bull |
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