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Admittedly, it wasn't a huge leap from the UK resident's former life to her job motivating Peloton riders. A runner and competitive triple jumper, she worked out pretty much every day alongside Jamaican world champion Trecia Smith and Cuban-British world champion Yamilé Aldama "mixing weight training, sprint training, plyometric and technique sessions together."
Consistently "around the top five triple jumpers in the country," Frankson recalled, she put her all into training for the 2012 London Olympics: "I believed it wasn't an impossible dream and although it didn't work out for me, I am pleased I can look back knowing I did everything I could have at that time to try and make it." Retired from professional athletics, she tried her hand at a more standard 9-to-5 "but sitting down was just not for me," she admitted, "and I realized that I would be happiest spreading my love for fitness and exercise."
Though she sometimes feels pangs for the excitement of competition, the rush she gets from her riders more than makes up for it. "I was surprised by how far it reached. I get messages from people all over the world and parts of America I've never heard of," she shared. And she certainly prefers the camaraderie over constantly trying to edge out her cohorts. "One of my track friends told me that there are more important things in life than running round in circles," she said, "and I've loved the journey of learning that to be true."