Tough Girl Podcast 9/39

Apr 25, 20233 min read

Vivianette Ortiz - Outdoors & Disability Rights Advocate. Co-Founder of Latinos Aventureros.

Vivianette Ortiz is a Latina originally from Puerto Rico. She grew up in the beach and mountain town of Patillas, Puerto Rico. She grew up r

Apr 18, 20234 min read

Shandi Kano - From Running Highs to Breaking Points: Shandi's Journey of Healing and Self-Discovery

Shandi’s love of running began when she was very young, and throughout her life, it was something that always helped her to cope with stress

Apr 11, 20234 min read

Nicky Button - #BlindGirlWalking - Walking from the Orkney Islands to the Scilly Isles.

Nicky Button was born in Gloucester and grew up in Worcester. Having a very happy childhood. Nicky was always last to be picked for any team

Apr 4, 20232 min read

Sasha DiGiulian - Professional rock climber. Following her passions, pushing her limits

Sasha DiGiulian began climbing in 1998 at 6 years old. She won the World Championships for Female Overall, a Silver in the Bouldering World

Mar 30, 20234 min read

India Cook - From Runner to Run Coach. Her journey of making running a more diverse and inclusive

“I am India Cook, an avid Atlanta-based runner, marathoner, race announcer, YouTube vlogger, podcast host, and RRCA-certified run coach.

Mar 28, 20233 min read

Maddy Collinge - Runner and running coach. Mother of 4 and Nana to 3. Trying to fight off ageing

Maddy is a 72-year-old runner, cyclist, mother of four, and grandmother to three. Her goal is to fight aging and show that we can do things

Mar 23, 20233 min read

Amy Rusiecki - Elite ultra runner (Completed 82 ultras and has won 33 of them) sponsored by Inov-8

Amy Rusiecki is a full-time engineer with a passion for ultrarunning. Amy, who has been running her entire life, started out with orienteer

Mar 21, 20233 min read

Ingrid Walters - Competitive swimmer turned marathon runner. PB of 2hr 48 mins.

Ingrid has loved competitive sports since a young age. Originally swimming was her passion and she began swimming competitively at 6 years o

Mar 16, 20233 min read

Luzia Buehler - Trail Runner, Inov-8 Ambassador and 4th woman at the 2022 Western States 100

A Swiss-born ultrarunner, Luzia Buehler now lives in the mountains, trying to live a good life while protecting what is most important to he

Mar 14, 20234 min read

Allie Bailey - Ultra runner, Running 1,000+ miles from Lands End to John O’Groats in 35-days

Allie spent a lot of her life seeking approval from people she thought were cool, believing that in order to be successful, you had to act a

Mar 9, 20233 min read

Rav Billan - Passionate runner; running for fun, her mental health and to keep fit.

Rav is a mum of 3 teenagers and works as a management consultant. Rav only found running later on in life when she was in her late 30’s.

Mar 7, 20232 min read

Grace Natoli - 70+ marathons & ultras including: New York, Chicago, London, Paris, Berlin

Grace in her own words: “I’m driven by the need to inspire other people of colour on to the trails. I want to increase diversity

Mar 2, 20233 min read

Keri Wallace - Founder & Mountain Leader at Girls on Hills. Skyrunner, fellrunner and ultrarunner

Keri Wallace is the founder & guide at Girls on Hills, the UK’s only trail, fell and skyrunning company for women. After her second child, K