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10 Reasons Why Katie Archibald is Totally Amazing

We struggled getting it down to only 10.

She lists this speech by a sperm whale and a bowl of petunias as one of her favourites

Hair Log, May 2014. Bleu.

A photo posted by Katie Archibald (@_katiearchibald) on May 5, 2014 at 8:35am PDT
I've dyed my hair pink and purple and now I feel a lot better about the world.

A photo posted by Katie Archibald (@_katiearchibald) on Sep 9, 2014 at 2:56am PDT
"Oh hey there. I'm Katie Archibald and I'm just casually hanging out with my mates Laura Trott and Marianne Vos on the Revolution Series podium. No biggy."
Fun game, was it my left or right wisdom tooth that was ripped from my person with pliers?

A photo posted by Katie Archibald (@_katiearchibald) on Aug 8, 2014 at 9:46am PDT
Just awkwardly left the Scottish Variety Awards dinner after not winning an award... The night was still a success however down to this feat of tights engineering.

A photo posted by Katie Archibald (@_katiearchibald) on Mar 3, 2014 at 6:11pm PDT
It's Thursday!!

A photo posted by Katie Archibald (@_katiearchibald) on Aug 8, 2014 at 11:07am PDT
One of my team mates is keeping with the @adidasuk socks and slides.. But which one is it?

A photo posted by Laura Trott (@laura_trott31) on Jul 7, 2014 at 5:50am PDT
@_suziemccracken Ha, brilliant topic. Probably my ability to crash and not hurt myself, I'd rate that as one of my top skills.
— Katie Archibald (@_katiearchibald) January 7, 2015

She lists this speech by a sperm whale and a bowl of petunias as one of her favourites

Twice has Katie blogged about the famous scene from the book The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy where a sperm whale is unexpectedly brought into existence and must come to terms with reality.

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It is a fantastic monologue penned by the late, great Douglas Adams and we appreciate that Ms Archibald also appreciates this passage. What does the bowl of petunias think, I hear you ask? You’ll have to watch the video from the Hitchhikers film above, to find out.