Here’s a better picture of my new racing chair. I think mine will be blue, though. They are coloured according to size, which I believe is common. It’s so trainers can spot the different sizes of chair in a crowd of them. I’m not sure why.

As you can see, there’s a brake mounted on the handlebars, although both look awkward to use. The footrest and seat are adjustable, with the aim of achieving this position:

to deliver as much power as possible through the wheels. It will be a slightly different action than I’m used to, but I’ve been working on my shoulders, so hopefully I won’t have too many problems.

How I will get in and out, though, remains to be seen.

I’m thinking about fixing a camera to the front. I imagine the first few videos will be memorable, but once I stop crashing into walls, they probably won’t be very interesting. The footage might be useful in identifying all the people who deliberately run me over, I suppose.

As always, take a look at my fundraising page. I’m doing wheelchair half marathons (hopefully three this year, plus sundry 10k events) to raise money for nia, a women-led, women-only, secular, rights-based registered charity which has been delivering services to women, girls and children who have been subjected to sexual and domestic violence and abuse, including prostitution, since 1975.