Ellen Piercy - Leading a double life of adventure and engineering.
I was a late starter to living more adventurously: in my late-thirties I realised that maybe I hadn’t left it too late and began to push my
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Aug 7, 20214 min read
Vici Royle - Passionate Runner taking on her first 100K challenge - Race to the Castle!
Vici is a University administrator who finds her happy place in a pair of running shoes. She's been running for over 10 years, sparked by th
Aug 4, 20214 min read
Sarah Williams - Reflects on the end of 2020 and the start of 2021.
During this episode, I reflect back on the final 6 months of 2020 and the beginning of 2021.
Jun 24, 20213 min read
Dr. Katharine Ganly - Antarctic Doctor 2019-2021 (South Georgia, Bird Island & RRS James Clark Ross)
Kat spent her early years in France and England, and has lived and studied in the Middle East (Syria, Egypt) prior to studying medicine, Kat
Apr 6, 20213 min read
Sacha Dench - an award-winning conservationist, adventurer and UN ambassador for Migratory Species.
Sacha Dench (aka ‘the human swan’) is attempting something that has never been done before – a 3,000+ mile circumnavigation of Britain
Apr 3, 20212 min read
Live video edition of the Tough Girl Podcast featuring PHASE Worldwide Patron Rosie Swale Pope MBE.
This episode was filmed live (via Zoom) on the 31st March 2021 at 8pm and was live on the Tough Girl Challenges Youtube Channel.
Jul 23, 20202 min read
Anoushé Husain - Para-climber, cancer survivor & co-founder of Para Climbing London!
Anoushé works as a civil servant, and also writes, speaks and campaigns to encourage people that sport can be done by everyone, regardless o
Jul 9, 20202 min read
Paula McGuire - Everyday adventurer, anxiety survivor, trier, fail-er, author. Currently trying some
Paula is an adventurer, speaker and author, but, most of all, she’s a trier. For thirty years Paula suffered crippling anxiety, panic attack
Jul 2, 20202 min read
Jessica “Dixie” Mills - Thru-Hiker & Vlogger walking 500 miles on the Camino de Santiago (the Fr
We have been following Jessica (Trail name - Dixie) since 2016 when we first spoke with her about her thru hike of the Appalachian Trial, we
Jun 25, 20202 min read
Elisabet Barnes - Queen of the Desert Ultra, 2x winner of Marathon des Sables (2015/2017)
Elisabet is a Swedish ultra running athlete, who is also a two time winner of the toughest footrace on the planet - the Marathon des Sables
Jun 18, 20202 min read
Alex Mason - Thru-Hiker turned Ocean Rower! Rowed the Atlantic Ocean - January 2020
Alex, 36, is a multi-discipline adventurer, since 2015 she has hiked over 9,400 miles across America and New Zealand on the Pacific Crest, A
Jun 11, 20202 min read
Nicky Spinks - Fell Runner & Farmer who ran in the Barkley Marathon & completed the Double P
Nicky first came on the Tough Girl Podcast in 2018 where she shared more about her early running career and completing the Double Ramsay Rou
May 21, 20202 min read
Janey McGill - Explorer of people, places and thoughts. Crossing 800km across Oman’s Empty Quarter o
We first spoke with Janey in November 2018 when Janey shared more about her early life, the challenges she has faced and overcome; from brea
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