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<\/a>Ella MacPhee, Marin Lowe and Ella Myers on the U23 XCC podium. Jay Wallace photo.\nRiding high in the world cup<\/p>\n
Back in Europe, Lowe has been quietly piecing together a stellar world cup season. In her second year as a U23 rider, she\u2019s consistently landed inside the top 10\u2014including a 5th-place XCO and XCC finish at the most recent stop in Arax\u00e1, Brazil<\/p>\n
\u201cLast year my best result was 11th,\u201d Lowe said. \u201cSo going into this season, I was aiming for consistent top tens. I\u2019ve exceeded my goals, so I\u2019ve been really happy.\u201d<\/p>\n
She credits the leap in results to staying injury-free and logging consistent training blocks\u2014something that was tough last year after she broke the same wrist twice during the season.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis year, no injuries, and I\u2019ve been off-campus so I haven\u2019t been getting sick as much either,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s just been a more consistent year.\u201d<\/p>\n
Broken bones and big goals<\/p>\n
The 20-year-old from Squamish, B.C., is also riding with Liv Factory Racing this year\u2014a move that\u2019s helped solidify her as one of Canada\u2019s top U23 prospects.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been more than I could imagine,\u201d she said. \u201cIt feels like a real job now and that\u2019s super motivating.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lowe says she\u2019s still got two more years in the U23 category, but she\u2019s already thinking about what that transition to elite will feel like.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it can be a humbling jump, but I\u2019m excited for it. It\u2019s the pinnacle of the sport.\u201d<\/p>\n
For now, she\u2019s aiming for more U23 podiums and dreaming about one day pulling on the rainbow jersey.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe rainbow stripes would be pretty cool,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m not going to shy away from that one.\u201d<\/p>\n
Next up: Europe, again<\/p>\n
Lowe heads back to Europe in mid-August to race the French Cup, the Les Gets world cup, and then World Championships before returning to the University of Victoria this fall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Marin Lowe knew it was going to come down to her and Ella MacPhee at the 2025 Canadian…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19517,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,1700,82],"class_list":["post-19516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-mtb-features","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}