“Inspired by Tough Girl Challenges. I finally made the decision to go on my big adventure - facing a fear of solo cycling to ride 1009 miles via the three peaks - and I'm so glad I did” During this podcast we learn more about Janine’s journey into fitness from running the London marathon to training for her first ironman, we learn why she started her blog triathlove.com and where she hopes to take it in the future. Janine shares more about her own personal fears, the anxiety

Rekindling a sense of adventure is one transformational experience. It was a highlight for city girl Helen Croydon who joined a running club and completely changed her lifestyle. Going from a glamorous world of cocktail parties and designer fashion to cross country races and cycling gear showed Helen just how strong she really is. Helen’s mission is to inspire more women to get into sports, regardless of their background, and discover a whole new side to themselves. She share

Helen joined a running club four years ago mainly because she needed a new social scene that didn’t involve drinking! She threw herself in to the club scene, going to cross countries at weekends and it was a revelation. For a city girl like Helen, hanging out in a cold, muddy field on a Saturday and buying thermals and waterproofs was a complete change of life! At her first race she didn’t even own a backpack so carried kit in a designer tote bag! But each time she survived a

Have you ever thought about participating in a triathlon? Hélène Rossiter of Where the Wheels Go began competing at the age of 24 and hasn’t stopped since. In fact, Hélène recently spent 18 months adventuring throughout Europe to find the best places to triathlon train. As Hélène immersed herself in the world of triathlons, she went from representing Great Britain at Age Group level for the European Ironman in 2017 to qualifying and competing in the Ironman World Championship

Hélène has just come back to the UK after 18 months adventuring in her VW camper-van travelling with her bikes, and finding the best places to triathlon train in Europe! In 2016 Hélène represented Great Britain at Age Group level for the European ironman and half ironman championships in Poland and Austria, in 2017, it was Ironman Austria, where she qualified for the Ironman World Championships in Kona, Hawaii! Listen Now Show notes Deciding to go on an adventure Heading to E

Melissa lives and trains over in Melbourne, Australia while working full time as a nurse. Melissa is the second woman ever to finish the Epic 5 - an event which consists of doing 5 Ironman distance triathlons (that’s 224km or 140 miles of swimming, cycling and running) every day over 5 days on 5 different Hawaiian Islands! If you love pushing your body and you want to know what it takes to really step outside your comfort zone, this is the podcast episode to take a listen to.

Why? In December Sarah encouraged us to define our 7 goals for 2017 which was a great opportunity to plan my year ahead. I usually take part in around 10 events each year – swim bike and run, either single discipline or combined and I have completed 7 triathlons since 2013. Last year I made over 20 work trips to 13 different countries which meant that I could not commit to training for 3 sports simultaneously, so I focused on single discipline events. When writing my go

Thank you to all my patrons and all the amazing members of the Tough Girl Tribe - thank you for your continued support, in allowing me to share important stories like this. Listen now! Show notes How she heard about the Tough Girl Tribe (thank you Lou!) Life before children - running marathons and climbing mountains Finding a lump in her right breast Being diagnosed with a very aggressive type of breast cancer How her whole world came crumbling down Dealing with the shock and

I really like pushing myself both physically and mentally and I’ve got a list of challenges I’d like to complete in the future. They’re in no particular order, for some reason or other they’ve sparked my interest! 3 Peaks Challenge in 24 hours – Climb the highest mountains in Scotland, England and Wales. I was actually signed up to do this in October, but unfortunately not enough people signed up to do it, so it got cancelled. Fingers crossed I’ll be able to cross this off th