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That led to her first taste of competition at the BUCS (British Universities and Colleges Sport) championships. <\/p>\n
Success there earned her support from Welsh Cycling, though her training was fitted in around her medical career.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt would just be like \u2018if I could train, I would do it\u2019,\u201d Morris says.<\/p>\n
She would aim for an hour on the turbo trainer in the evenings and a longer ride on weekends. At most she would manage eight hours a week, but that would come down if she was too busy at work.<\/p>\n
She would use her annual leave to train longer, either booking a week of cycling in Majorca or riding at home.<\/p>\n
By 2021, as the Tokyo Olympics approached, she decided to pause her medical career to focus on an attempt to secure Wales selection for the 2022 Commonwealth Games.<\/p>\n
\u201cGoing full time made a huge difference, particularly in terms of recovery,” Morris says. “You could control the times you were able to eat, sleep and train.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt Nationals [in January 2022] I managed to medal in all three endurance events. That was a bit of a turning point and it contributed to Commonwealth Games selection.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Commonwealth Games was still another level that I hadn\u2019t operated at before. The roar of the crowd was like nothing I\u2019d heard before.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n