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Julia Bleasdale: Track Olympian to Ultra-Trail Runner

November 30, 2018 by badassery No Comments

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As a 5,000m and 10,000m track athlete, British-born Julia Bleasdale used to follow the sun, travelling to Ethiopia and Arizona to train hard for her races (it worked, she came 8th in both distances in the London 2012 Olympic Games). Now, after calling time on her track career, she’s embracing proper seasons and enjoying ultra-distance trail running from her new home in the beautiful Swiss mountain village of Pontresina.

I caught up with the On ambassador during a recent trip to Switzerland, where she showed us around some of her favourite trails.

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Mara Hafezi: Notes on the Wadi Rum Desert Ultra

November 27, 2018 by badassery No Comments

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Ironman UK? Check? Multi-stage desert ultra? Check. Ultra-duathlon? Check. Endurance sport enthusiast, Mara Hafezi, has notched up an impressive list of fitness firsts just this year alone. Better known by her social handle of The Fit Londoner, Mara, who is a communications specialist by day and personal trainer on the side, chronicles her endurance adventures on her blog of the same name.

Fresh from completing the 5-day, 260km long Wadi Rum Ultra in southern Jordan a few weeks ago, I quizzed Mara about how it felt to complete her first ever multi-stage desert race.

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Katie Ormerod: ‘I’m much stronger now, mentally and physically’

November 23, 2018 by badassery No Comments

When a crash in training at this year’s Pyeongchang Winter Olympics left GB snowboarder Katie Ormerod with broken heel it kick-started a nine-month journey featuring multiple operations, complications and a skin graft. As one of Britain’s genuine Olympic medal hopefuls, Ormerod (who was the first female in the world to nail a backside double cork 1080 at the age of 16) had to process the mental effects of crushing disappointment as well as the physical challenge of being unable to weight bear.

Now almost recovered, the 21-year-old Roxy slopestyle athlete reveals the mental and physical challenges she’s faced along the way and how, almost 10 months on, she’s coming back stronger.

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Flora Colledge: ‘I learnt I could push way beyond what I thought was possible’

November 20, 2018 by badassery No Comments

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British multi-sport athlete, Flora Colledge competes in long distance triathlon and duathlon. Earlier this year, the Team GB athlete had great success in the Xtri series of iron distance triathlon events, taking a win at the Swissman Xtreme Triathlon (which includes riding the Furkapass!) and a third place podium at the brutal Norseman Xtreme Triathlon.

Flora, who is based in Switzerland, gives us an insider look into her swim-bike-run training and shares her plans for 2019, which include the Xtri World Champs! Enjoy the read.

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Pip Stewart: Adventure, Expeditions and a Flesh-Eating Disease

November 16, 2018 by badassery No Comments

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Regular blog readers will remember my chat with journalist and adventurer Pip Stewart earlier this year, when Pip was gearing up for a world-first attempt to paddle the length of Guyana’s Essequibo River. Since then, Pip and expedition teammates Laura Bingham and Ness Knight successfully became the first people ever to paddle the Essequibo from its source in the Acarai Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean – a 1014km journey. *High-five*

To catch-up on her Essequibo adventure, Pip managed to squeeze me in for a chat ahead of her talk at Kendal Mountain Festival tomorrow. We chatted about the challenges of remote jungle expeditions, being open about fear and how, after contracting leishmaniasis, she’s on a mission to raise awareness of the flesh-eating disease.

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Amie Spade: Death Races, OCR and a 1553-mile FKT

November 13, 2018 by badassery No Comments

The list of brutal events that Amie ‘live wire’ Spade has to her name makes for impressive reading and includes Death Races, Survival Runs, a 277-mile multi-stage race and a team podium at the freezing 24-hour Spartan Ultra Beast World Championship in Iceland. All of which will stand her in good stead for her next big challenge: to run Ireland’s 1553-mile Wild Atlantic Way and set a fastest known time.

Amie is running to raise money for Nerve Tumours UK, a charity which supports sufferers of the genetic disorder, Neurofibromatosis, which causes tumours to form on nerve tissue. The cause is particularly close to her heart as her partner, Adam, has Type 1 Neurofibromatosis.

Here, I quiz the 39-year-old dryrobe ambassador (who is secretly very shy!) on her toughest challenges, her mental grit and how she’s training for her biggest run yet.

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Paralympian Millie Knight: ‘My visual impairment hasn’t stopped me’

November 9, 2018 by badassery No Comments

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Paralympic silver medallist and Downhill World Champion, Millie Knight, began losing her sight when she was a year old following an eye infection. As her vision deteriorated she discovered skiing and fell in love with the sport, quickly graduating to world class downhill and giant slalom ski events.

Millie, who skies with her guide, Brett Wild, is a two-time Paralympian and most recently took two silver medals and a bronze at the Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang. A hugely inspiring young woman, Millie chats about her training, juggling uni with athlete life, and how she’s still working to overcome fear and anxiety following a serious 70mph crash in training.

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Jacqui Allen: ‘I love the places XTERRA Triathlon takes me’

November 6, 2018 by badassery No Comments

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Former firefighter Jacqui Allen is a British cross triathlon silver medallist who competes in XTERRA triathlon, the ‘off-road’ discipline which sees athletes race on mountain bikes and run off-road. A regular on the XTERRA podium, Jacqui lives with her husband, leading XTERRA athlete, Ben Allen, in Wollongong, Australia, where they have a coaching business.

I caught up with Jacqui, who is an ambassador for running brand, On, over the phone where we chatted about her career in XTERRA triathlon, tough tempo sessions and mid-race mountain bike mechanicals.

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Shauna Coxsey: Crags, Crimps and Climbing on the World Stage

November 2, 2018 by badassery No Comments

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I’m super-pleased to welcome Shauna Coxsey back on the blog, this time for a longer interview. As GB’s most successful competitive climber and a two-time bouldering world champion, Shauna is usually found suspended in a gravity-defying position on a climbing wall (or doing fingertip hangs on the Beastmaker), however, she kindly made time to answer my questions about her climbing career and training.

Today, Shauna chats about climbing’s Olympic debut, reveals what a typical week of training looks like and shares her favourite places in the world to climb. If you’re left wanting more, don’t miss Shauna speaking at the Kendal Mountain Festival later this month in association with Entre-Prises. It’s guaranteed to be a good one.

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QUICK-FIRE QUESTIONS FOR… Jenny Collett, Lapierre Ambassador

October 30, 2018 by badassery No Comments

Climber, mountain biker, surfer and all-round outdoors enthusiast, Jenny Collett, spends most of the year outside thanks to her job as an outdoor pursuits instructor. When she’s not coaching or teaching, the MTB enthusiast is snatching some time to head to the mountains and trails on her bike.

Jenny is a former downhill competitor and has also ridden in some of MTB’s most epic events, including the Megavalanche, which starts on the snowy summit of Alpe d’Huez. Her love of riding has landed her an ambassador role for e-bike brand, Lapierre, so I threw some questions her way about her riding, e-bikes and coaching.

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I'm a sports/adventure journalist and copywriter, and I LOVE reading about badass women in sport, fitness and adventure. So I’m on a mission to find them, share their stories, and quiz them about their training, their motivation, and insider tips (totally hoping some badass magic will rub off on me along the way!). Plus I’ll bring you how-tos, must-have kit and tales of epic from some of the coolest and toughest events on the planet.

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