#ToughGirlPodcast

Sep 1, 2015
2 min

Tough Girl - Liz Yelling - Marathon runner, Double Olympian & Commonwealth medalist

Liz Yelling is a British long-distance runner, who excelled in the marathon distance (26.2 miles), and her personal best is a staggering time of 2 hr 28 mins 33 seconds! Liz has competed in two consecutive Olympics Games, Athens and Beijing, she’s also a Commonwealth medalist winning a Bronze medal in Melbourne in 2006. During this podcast, Liz talks about how she first got into running, and how she progressed from running cross country at school, to joining an athletics club

Aug 25, 2015
3 min

Ann Daniels a record breaking Polar Explorer!

Tough Girl Challenges is all about motivating and inspiring women and girls. In this episode I interview Ann Daniels a record breaking polar explorer. Described by the Times as “living proof that humans really can reach new peaks”. In 2002, Ann became the first woman in history to ski to the North and South Poles as part of all women teams. She has sledge-hauled over 4000 miles, completing over 10 polar expeditions and surviving over 400 days on the ice. During this podcast A

Aug 18, 2015
2 min

Tough Girl - Emma Timmis - National Adventurer of the Year 2015 for Running across Africa!

Tough Girl Challenges is all about motivating and inspiring women and girls. In this episode I interview Emma Timmis who is a phenomenal endurance athlete. Emma has done some extreme adventures where she’s pushed her body and mind to her limits. Emma was the winner of the National Adventurer of the Year Award in 2015 where she was recognised for her achievement in physical endeavour by running across Africa! This journey took 89 days, starting at the Atlantic Ocean at Henrie

Aug 11, 2015
1 min

Tough Girl - Amy Hughes who ran 53 marathons in 53 days.

Amy Hughes is a normal girl from Oswestry in Shropshire, who did an extraordinary challenge. Amy ran 53 marathons in 53 days and raised over £53,000 becoming a world record holder at the same time. During this podcast, Amy talks about her start into fitness and making the decision to take up running. Initially, she was so embarrassed, she would go for runs at six in the morning so no one else would see her. Learn how Amy persevered and went from a standing start to running ma

Aug 6, 2015
1 min

Tough Girl - Cheryl Hunter - Motivational speaker, best selling author and transformational expert.

Cheryl Hunter is a motivational speaker, best selling author and transformational expert. Cheryl left her small town in Colorado and headed to Europe with the dream of making it big in the modelling world. What happened next almost broke her, she was kidnapped, raped, abused and held captive. The experience profoundly changed her and her outlook on life. In this episode Cheryl shares how she broke free of her mental prison and cracked the code for others to use. Cheryl is ver

Aug 5, 2015
1 min

Sally Kettle - World Record Two-Time Atlantic Ocean Rower

Sally Kettle has always wanted to live an exciting life, she’s wanted to make the most of her time whilst she's here. She has thrown herself into numerous different challenges, from running the London Marathon, to rowing across the Atlantic twice! The fist time, never having been in a boat before and with her mum for company! Sally talks through her different challenges, explaining what made her want to do them, how they came about and how she prepared both physically and me

Aug 4, 2015
2 min

Tough Girl - Jessi Stensland - Elite multi-sport athlete

Tough Girl Challenges is all about motivating and inspiring women and girls. In this episode I interview Jessi Stensland an elite multi-sport athlete and movement specialist. As well as being a video journalist she is also the founder and creator of MovementU. Jessi has had a long and distinguished career over the past twenty years, with national and international wins. In 2004 she won the Half Ironman Mexico, her first attempt at that distance. The highlight of her career wa

Aug 3, 2015
1 min

Tough Girl Podcast - Sophie Radcliffe

Sophie Radcliffe from “Challenge Sophie” is currently living in Chamonix in the French Alps where she takes advantage of the mountains to run, cycle and to train for her next adventure. Sophie describes herself as a normal girl who just happens to love pushing herself both mentally and physical with various endurance challenges. Sophie talks about the mental and physical challenges she’s undertaken from completing the three peaks, cycling from London to Paris in twenty four h

Aug 2, 2015
1 min

Tough Girl Podcast Update

I’d decided ages ago my launch date was going to be Tuesday 4th August (Tough Girl Tuesday!) and that would be when my podcast would go live. In order to have everything ready by that date I needed to submit my podcast to iTunes for review! This was the scary bit, I wasn’t sure how long it would take for them to review the podcast and get back to me. I decided to submit it on Friday in the morning, so it would give them at least two working days before my planned launched dat

Jul 31, 2015
1 min

Emma Timmis

Emma is a phenomenal endurance athlete and she has done some extreme adventures where she’s pushed her body to the limits. Emma was the winner of the National Adventurer of the Year in 2015 where she was recognised for her achievement in physical endeavour by running across Africa! A journey that took 89 days, starting at the atlantic Ocean at Henries Bay in Nambia and running across to the Indian Ocean at Pemba n Mozambique a distance of 3,974km. Emma will be sharing her inc

Jul 30, 2015
1 min

Cheryl Hunter

Cheryl Hunter has faced huge challenges in her life and used those experiences not only to change her life but to change hundred of thousands of other lives. Cheryl is a motivational speaker, best selling author and transformational expert. Cheryl shares her personal and inspirational story with us on the Tough Girl Podcast Tueday 4th August - Save the date. #ToughGirlPodcast #CherylHunter

Jul 28, 2015
2 min

Meeting the Diva! Jane Kenyon

Jane is the author of “Diva Wisdom" a fantastic book in which she shares her own very personal story of growing up and the lessons she’s learned on the way. Jane has spend the past ten years working with women and most recently teenage girls. She wants to empower the next generation of women and encourage them to be who they are, to be authentic and to let go of “little miss perfect” and trying to be “superwomen”. Jane first came to my attention as she is bringing Girls Out L

Jul 24, 2015
1 min

Jessi Stensland

Jessi Stensland an elite multi-sport athlete and movement specialist. As well as being a video journalist she is also the founder and creator of MovementU. Jessi has had a long and distinguished career over the past twenty years, with national and international wins. In 2004 she won the Half Ironman Mexico, her first attempt at that distance. The highlight of her career was the Olympic journey which culminated with the 2004 US Olympic Triathlon Trials where she finished 4th a

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