“I needed to reclaim myself. I had lost me somewhere in France and I didn’t know where I was”Ultra-endurance cyclist Tiffany Winchester returns to Sparta Chicks Radio for the second part of our conversation about her race at the iconic 1,200km Paris-Brest-Paris (PBP) cycling race in 2019. You can listen to the first half of our […]
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Ultra-endurance cyclist Tiffany Winchester returns to Sparta Chicks Radio this week. Tiff was first on the podcast in June 2019 (incidentally, that episode went on to become the 5th most popular episode of the year!) In that conversation, Tiff shared her background and her preparations for an iconic event called Paris-Brest-Paris (or PBP) – a 1,200km event […]
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In so many moments of despair, I felt like no-one got it, no-one understands, I was the only one, I was alone. And that’s why these conversations are so important to be open about[TW/CN: this post + episode discuss suicide] One of our most popular guests, Katee Pedicini, returns to Sparta Chicks Radio this week. Yet this […]
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Photo by israel palacio on UnsplashWhat an incredible year it has been for many of us! Sparta Chicks Radio will celebrate its 3rd birthday in the next few months and it has been downloaded more than 100,000 times during 2019 and has now passed over 215,000 downloads. #Mindblown So thank YOU. Whether you’ve listened to one episode or all […]
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It’s ‘how am I going to do it?’ Not ‘can I? If I? Should I?…It’s how? In October 2019, Melissa Urie became the first woman to line up at the start of Uberman. Described as the world’s most challenging ultra triathlon, it consists of a 34km swim, 644km ride and 217km run which Mel finished – becoming […]
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Every other time I’ve stood on the start line, I’ve felt like an Imposter. This was the first time that I’ve walked in and thought “yes, I belong here”. I had no hesitation about that.Uberman is described as the world’s most challenging triathlon. Consisting of 34km swim, 644km ride and 217km run, the race takes competitors […]
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I say that I’m lucky a lot. No one is lucky that much. There’s a lot of hard work that goes behind this. Let’s start taking some credit for that, rather than dismissing it as luckOne of the main themes that run through many of my conversations on Sparta Chicks Radio is around the concept […]
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I’ve wanted to make sure that I’m enjoying the journey and the goal in the end – completing Epic 5 – is that little bit of excitement. Whereas I learn what I can and I learn more about myself in the journey and be proud of what I’ve achieved along the way, because then how […]
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I like the challenge of being able to complete something that a few years ago would seem completely impossibleThere were two reasons I launched Sparta Chicks Radio back in 2017. I wanted to discuss topics that weren’t otherwise being discussed and to bust some popular misconceptions around training and racing. One of those misconceptions is around age […]
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Life is for living and making the most of it. If you’ve got those dreams, whatever they are, then you just go out there and you chase them and you get after them because you only get one chance.Mel Nicholls was a healthy, fit and active 22 year old when she was struck down by […]
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