Riding Fast with Liz Halliday

Liz Halliday is a 27 year old native Californian, now based in Surry England. While most individuals would be satisfied excelling at one sport, Liz excels at two: International equestrian in Three-Day Eventing and international race car driver, with the dual goals of making the 2008 Olympic equestrian team and winning the prestigious Le mans 24-hour endurance race.

When not jetting from one sport venue to another, Liz follows a rigorous workout routine which will find her working with her personal trainer three days a week for about two hours. The balance of the week, she rides her three eventing horses and runs, skulls, or kick-boxes to improve her cardiovascular conditioning as she believes that the more physically fit she is determines how mentally prepared she is to compete in either sport. “Both sports are high adrenalin, high reaction, technical, and dangerous and both require full body fitness as well as mental fitness” Liz adds.

Although her hectic schedule leaves her little time to relax and ensures that she has virtually no social life due to the fact that both the racing and eventing seasons run parallel, she is passionate in pursuing both careers and would not dream of  giving one up. For 2006, Liz has three victories in the American Le Mans Series LMP2 class, giving her a career total of six, the most wins for a female in series history. In eventing she has recently acquired a gifted young horse, Fox, who she believes can realistically help elevate her to Olympic Gold.