​I believe that life should be lived to the fullest. So I spend my days traveling the world, racing my bike and making new memories. I also believe that variety is the spice of life, so I juggle my time between my roadie, MTB, gravel and cyclocross bike, even dabbling in gravity when I have the time, all with my partner of 13 years Jarrod Moroni in tow.

I grew up competing in athletics, marathons and triathlon from a young age before eventually turning to cycling in 2004. Although my initial passion was for track racing, where I earned a bronze medal at the Junior World Track Championships for the Individual Pursuit, upon entering the senior ranks my attention quickly turned to road. In my third year with the Australian Institute of Sport I lost my love for cycling and decided to try out the 'normal life' for a while. I met a boy, moved to Bendigo and started working full-time.

Instead of falling victim to an unhealthy lifestyle, I discovered a new challenge in the sport of mountain biking and hit the 'come-back' trail. First endurance events, then stage-races, through to cross country, XCC and eventually even Enduro. It didn't take long for me to get back that competitive streak and scope out state and national level events, before returning to Europe and competing in the Commonwealth Games in 2014.

In 2015 I was crowned the Australian Road Race Champion and signed with one of the leading Women's professional cycling teams in Wiggle High 5. After two seasons with the team I turned my focus back to the MTB in what would be an unsuccessful attempt to qualify for the Olympic Games in Rio; I was the reserve. I moved onto the next chapter and began racing on the US scene with great success. In 2017 I spent four months in the US racing with the American registered UCI Women's Team Hagens Berman | Supermint and claimed 28 podiums. I returned to Australia, was crowned the Australian Cyclocross Champion, and again returned to racing with Hagens Berman | Supermint in 2018 before my father-in-law fell ill and I returned to Australia. Just two months later he would pass of MND.

Again, my life turned a corner and after some time away from the sport I returned in 2019 with Roxsolt Attaquer alongside Kelvin Rundle. We pulled together a formidable line-up for the season which saw us win the National Road Series; Individual and Teams classifications. In 2020 we registered as a UCI team but COVID stumped our plans for an International season. In 2021 we changed our name to Roxsolt Liv SRAM and expanded to become a multi-discipline team, focussing on road, dirt and gravel, but COVID would confine us yet again to domestic racing. But 2022 will be different and after partnering with Rapha we're ready to take on the world!

ABOUT ME

Name              Peta Mullens
Nickname     Mom, Pesta, budgie, compass
Born                Sale, Victoria, Australia
Reside            Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
DOB                8th March 1988     ​

Height             172cm
Weight            58kg
Coach              Self
Team                Roxsolt Liv SRAM
Discipline      Road, MTB, Cyclocross and Gravel

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NATIONAL TITLES

2019 Australian CX Champion
2017 Australian CX Champion
2016 Australian XCM MTB Champion
2015 Australian Road Race Champion
2014 Australian XCE MTB Champion
2013 Australian XCO MTB Champion
2012 Australian XCM MTB Champion
2009 Australian U23 Road Race Champion
2006 Australian U19 Individual Pursuit Champion

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2018 Australian Vet Road Race Champion
2018 Australian Vet Criterium Champion
2015 Australian XCR MTB Champion
2004 Australian U18 Mountain Running Champion
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NATIONAL TEAMS

​2017 MTB World Championship Team XCO - Australia
2016 MTB World Championship Team XCO and XCR - Czech Republic
2014 MTB World Championship Team XCO - Norway
2014 MTB Commonwealth Games Team - Scotland
2006 Junior Road World Championship Team - Belgium
2006 Junior Track World Championship Team - Belgium

Selections where I didn't compete:
2016 MTB Olympic Games Team - Brazil           (Non-travelling reserve)
2016 MTB World Championship Team XCM   (Chose not to compete)
2015 MTB World Championship Team XCO    (Chose not to compete)