Lora Fachie MBE, OBE
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Lora says.....
"I’m supporting Sense Adventures for several reasons. Personally I am a very active and independent visually impaired person and I love that Sense Adventures enable other visually impaired people to get more active. Wellbeing, mental and physical health is very important to me.
This includes exercise, healthy eating and social interaction. Sense Adventures offers all of this and more with its many different activities including walking, online yoga, online cooking classes and weekends away.
I’ve been running my healthy eating cooking classes with Sense Adventures now for nearly 18 months and I enjoy them just as much as the people who keep coming back to learn from me. We have built a lovely friendly community that will only hopefully continue to grow."
This includes exercise, healthy eating and social interaction. Sense Adventures offers all of this and more with its many different activities including walking, online yoga, online cooking classes and weekends away.
I’ve been running my healthy eating cooking classes with Sense Adventures now for nearly 18 months and I enjoy them just as much as the people who keep coming back to learn from me. We have built a lovely friendly community that will only hopefully continue to grow."
“It is our failures that make us stronger and our successes even sweeter. Therefore it is ok to fail, but it is not ok to give up.”
Career Highlights
2 x Paralympic Champion 4 x World Champion 2 x World Cup Winner World Record Holder |
"Born into a family where everyone is visually impaired, I have grown up believing that my blindness is not a barrier to hold me back. Instead I see it as a characteristic that sets me apart from the crowd. I have always participated in sport, initially athletics, switching to cycling in 2009, where I compete on a tandem with a fully sighted athlete on the front. My cycling career has been plagued with highs and lows. The lowest point being the London 2012 Paralympic Games. I failed to fulfil my dream of becoming Paralympic Champion in front of a home crowd after my tandem suffered a mechanical failure in the road time trial.
The high, breaking the world record on the way to defending my Paralympic title at the Tokyo Games, 16 minutes after my husband, Neil, also won gold. The three things that have kept me going throughout this time are my resilience, determination and the amazing support of my friends and family. Without these qualities I strongly believe I would not have achieved what I have to date."
The high, breaking the world record on the way to defending my Paralympic title at the Tokyo Games, 16 minutes after my husband, Neil, also won gold. The three things that have kept me going throughout this time are my resilience, determination and the amazing support of my friends and family. Without these qualities I strongly believe I would not have achieved what I have to date."