Break the Bias Kate Jayden
Girls Run the World
In the fifth episode of our special Break the Bias series, I chat to Kate Jayden, who has just finished runnnig 101 marathons in 101 consecutive days. Kate set off on New Year's Day 2022, and has raised over £27,000 to help refugees with food, hygiene products, and mental health support. The distance of 100 marathons, is the same distance that a Syrian refugee would travel to come to the UK. But this is not her first ultra endurance challenge. In 2027, she ran from London to Paris and cycled back. She has cycled from John'O'Groats in Scotland to Lands End in Scotland and...
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Break the Bias with Alison Wood
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Endurance cycle coach, Alison Wood challenges bias in so many ways, and has done throughout her life. Of mixed race heritage, she was raised in Essex/London by a white mother within a stones throw of the British National Front headquarters. We chat about her upbringing and experience of always being the non-white face in her family and enviromment. Her grandmother wanted her to be a dancer, which she did until her twenties. Perhaps this meant that she was well equipped to be the only non-white woman in cycling, when she came to this relatively late in life in her 30s. We chat...
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Break the Bias with Tasha Thompson, founder of Black Girls Do Run UK
Girls Run the World
On the 3rd year anniversary of Black Girls Do Run UK, a community to inspire, encourage and motivate more black women to run, I spoke to Tasha about what inspired her to set up the community. She discussses fear of 'the sugars', the term used for diabetes which was prevalent in Jamaica where her parents were from. I first interviewed Tasha two years ago for the GRTW podcast, just as the Black Lives matter movement exploded, a lot has changed for the community and Tasha. Feted by brands including Strava, LuluLemon and Salomon, the community has also exploded. We chat imposter...
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Break the Bias with Vera Ngosi-Sambrook
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Vera Ngosi-Sambrook grew up in Malawi and moved to the UK to study mechanical engineering. From the very start of her adult life, she has challenged bias in her choice of career. It was after meeting her husband that she first tried cycling, on a tandem, on the promise of being able to just leisurely cycle. Five years later, she was awarded a scholarship The Ultra Distance Scholarship, with her own coach to train for the Pan Celtic Race https://www.pancelticrace.com. From only being able to cycle 50 miles in, Vera had to train to take on a 1200km, self supported bike ride through...
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Break the Bias with Sally Brider
Girls Run the World
In our first episode of our new series celebrating women who break down barriers, we chat to Asics FrontRunner Sally Brider about the representation of older women in running and overcoming the impact of menopause on mental well being.
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Trailblazers - Jules and Dee Stephenson
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TrailBlazers: Elle Linton
Girls Run the World
'Why do I want to ride round and round in a circle?' was Elle Linton's response when her friend suggested they cycle to Richmond Park and do some laps.
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Trail Blazers`: Claire Smith
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Ultra athlete, Claire Smith of Brutal Events shares her experience of running JOGLE self supported, the route, the nutrition and the mental highs and lows of taking on such an epic endurance event.
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Trail Blazers: Laura Kennington
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When Laura Kennington felt a bit fed up with her life and work, she decided to change it. After hearing about the Russian river Volga during a pub quiz she decided she was going to kayak down it. Solo. With no kayaking experience.
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Trail Blazers: Beth Pascall
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In July 2020, Beth Pascall, an ultra runner and full time doctor, smashed the Bob Graham record in 14 hours 34 minutes - taking 50 minutes off the previous best.
info_outlineOver twenty years ago Claire Smith (@brutalclaire) started running, pushing her baby in a buggy in a bid to lose weight.
This August, she was back to pushing a baby stroller but this time, it carried everything she needed to run the length of the UK without any support from John'O Groats to Lands End.
She certainly has form. This is the endurance athlete who has also completed 20 back to back Ironman distance events.
So, if you're about to take on the virtual @londonmarathon today, listen to this for inspiration and proof that no matter, how tough it gets, the mind is an incredible thing.
Good job, because in 2021, she plans to take on the incredibly difficult Arch to Arc, riding from Marble Arch to Dover, swimming the Channel and then running to the Arc de Triomphe.