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Sarah Williams - Reflections & Learnings from the 3,000km Te Araroa Trail, New Zealand.

Hey Hey, it's Sarah Williams from the Tough Girl Podcast, and I'm thrilled to share with you my latest solo episode reflecting on my unforgettable journey hiking the 3,000km Te Araroa Trail in New Zealand.

Sponsored by Zoleo #ChallengeWithZOLEO, this episode dives deep into the highs, lows, and everything in between of my epic adventure.

Join me as I address questions from listeners about a wide range of topics, including solo hiking as a woman, hitchhiking, hygiene, nutrition, and more. I share it all.

I'll take you on a journey through the stunning landscapes of both the North and South Islands, highlighting memorable moments like canoeing adventures and breathtaking views on the Tongariro Alpine Crossing.

Whether you're a seasoned hiker or dreaming of your first big adventure, this episode offers inspiration, practical advice, and a glimpse into the transformative power of outdoor exploration.

Listen now and be inspired to take on your next personal challenge or adventure.

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Show notes

Intro

Sponsored by Zoleo #ChallengeWithZOLEO 

Who am I? 

The challenge - to hike 3,000km on the Te Araroa Trail

Planning & Preparation episode 2nd November 2023

Why it’s not your typical wilderness thru hike

North Island Stats 

Questions from listeners, tribe members etc

Safety for a solo women - men on the trail, wild camping, hitching

Hitching

Purist and EFK (Every F***king Km)

Inov8 trainers - get a 15% discount here 

Trail Angels V Trail Entrepreneurs 

Koha V Donations

Enjoyment of the North Island

Canoeing 

Highlights - Timber Trail, Tongariro Alpine Crossing, Colonial Knob Walkway

Costs from the North Island 

Reaching Wellington and having a Christmas break

South Island 1st January 2024 - 6th March 2024

Planning…. Verses being spontaneous

Breaking down the challenging days

Rivers in New Zealand

Hiking in Wales, Tryfan and Welsh 3000s 

TA - Navigation and GPS

Whittakers Creamy Caramel Chocolate 

Food, resupply, bounce boxes, being gluten free

Wildlife encounters, sandflies 

Hygiene - Pee, Poo Periods

Equipment - loves and hates

Department of Conservation (DOC) Hut pass  

Highlights from the trail

Advice for hiking the trail

TA Resources page on the Tough Girl Website 

Final stats 

Regrets

Learnings

What’s next 

  Social Media

Instagram: @toughgirlchallenges  

Facebook: @ToughGirlChallenges 

Youtube: @ToughGirlChallenges 

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Sarah Williams - Planning and Preparation for thru hiking the 3,000 km Te Araroa Trail, New Zealand. #ChallengeWithZOLEO

Today, I'm excited to share a behind-the-scenes look at the planning and preparation for my upcoming adventure on the 3,000km Te Araroa Trail in New Zealand. I recorded this episode, hours before I headed down to London to catch my flight to first Korea and then on to Aukland, New Zealand. 

In this podcast, I'll take you through the meticulous planning and preparation that goes into making these epic adventures come to life. From the nitty-gritty details on my to-do list to managing setbacks and equipment challenges.

I share the story behind my sponsorship with ZOLEO and the invaluable benefits I've gained from their products. I'll also break down my approach to planning big adventures. Starting by dividing it down into the mental, physical, logistical, and practical aspects, offering insights that hopefully will add value as you plan your adventures.

Throughout this episode, I'll candidly share the intricacies and hurdles I've encountered and why I take full responsibly for all my decision, even when those decision put me under huge amounts of pressure/stress to deliver. 

So, if you're curious about what goes into planning an adventure as massive as the Te Araroa Trail while running a business and keeping that business going while travelling. Then this podcast is a must-listen!

Join me on my journey as I navigate the world of planning, preparation, and ultimately, adventure. 

Follow my Te Araroa Challenge on Instagram @toughgirlchallenges. I’ll be sharing daily updates on the main page and instagram stories.

A massive thank you to ZOLEO for sponsoring the challenge #ChallengeWithZOLEO 

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Stay connected and safe while doing what you love.

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Show Notes

Planning and preparation episode for the Te Araroa hike

10.50pm the day before heading down to London 

Setting the scene - Working from my bed ‘aka my office’

Why I’m not complaining - I’m just sharing the challenges and loving my life

Blessed, lucky and very privileged

9th year of the Tough Girl Podcast in 2025

Why I’m grateful and full of gratitude - This is what I dreamed about

Do I complain all the time? Vlog 5/17 Camino Frances

Sharing the realities of what it is like while on challenges

Why can I do so many challenges in a year?

Planing, planning, planning and more planning 

Pitching for work in 2024/2025

Having to look far ahead

Planning to go to New Zealand since April/May time

Future adventures and challenges need to be planned quite far in advance

The work that goes on behind the scenes

Working super far ahead to ensure Tough Girl Podcast episodes go live every week

Being home in March and then away on the 1st April

National Outdoor Expo 23rd - 24th March 

Me putting pressure on myself 

These are my choices 

Wanting to walk the main 7 camino’s by the end of 2025

Doing the Camino Primitivo as a training hike 

Total Stats from the hike 

I should have worked out the average time on feet

Planning to do list and using my apple notes while hiking 

Very specific to do list and really breaking it down into small manageable points

Trying to reduce the overwhelm

Setbacks and challenges over the past 23 days

Having a detailed daily plan of what needs to be done e.g. 4 days to edit 16 days worth of vlogs into 7 vlogs and for them to be uploaded to Youtube.  

Broken laptop and needing to send it off to be repaired - there were tears

Editing and getting caught up with the vlogs

Getting my laptop back up and running and setting everything up again from scratch 

Editing - loving the creative process - the stress comes from not having the time to dedicate to it

When good enough is good enough 

Why I edit the TGP how I edit them. 

Why my priority is my guest and their story. 

Having challenging conversations and navigating through that

Thinking about how to approach these topics, what’s the best way to support the guests 

The challenges of batch interviewing and having multiple interviews per day 

Building work being done and not being able to record during the day

Earning money and taking a one day job in Manchester with OfftoWork and the opportunity cost of earning money and not having time to do my podcast/editing work

Taking responsibility for my choices

What it means being a sponsored hike. Not all my costs are going to be covered. 

First world problems 

How did the ZOLEO sponsorship come about?

Starting to use ZOLEO in April 2023

The benefits I’ve found 

Needing to figure out a way to attach the ZOLEO to my pack when running

Reaching out to ZOLEO for sponsorship, putting a pitch together and having a meeting.

New Zealand - Land Safety Code 

Carrying emergency food - apricots and walnuts 

The hiking community and the amazing supportive people out there

Sharon Evans @freewheelingkiwi 

Breaking down the planning into 3 parts; mental, physical, logistical & practical 

Starting to plan during the covid years

How I start off my research and using apple notes 

Facebook: Te Araroa Trail: Women's Group 

Working backwards, dates, timeframe, flights accommodation, getting to the start line and getting home from the finish line,

Having a plan B, C, D

Discover how to get anywhere 

Going from Auckland to the top of the North Island 

Not being able to plan for everything 

Using booking.com for accommodation - cheapest in the best location for me

Insurance 

Visa for New Zealand - British Citizens don’t need a visa - they get a 6 month visa waiver

Having another start date for the South Island 

Booking the ferry to the South Island 

Why sometimes you can’t just go with the flow

Gear - Upgrading my tent from a Terra Nova Laser 2 person tent to MSR 2 person tent (900g) the red palace.

Can I get lighter in my gear? Maybe change my backpack next year

Clothes and trainers provided by Inov-8

Get a 15% discount - using this link 

The challenges with the waterproof trousers

Food boxes? Why I don’t do them 

Facebook groups and why I don’t like them in relation to challenges

Wanting to figure out stuff for myself 

Is it adding value - no - then step away

Mental side of planning for a challenge and why I haven’t done a huge amount this time

The tools in my tool kit

Why the TA is in my comfort zone (which doesn’t mean it’s not going to be tough or hard)

Feeling mentally prepared and ready but thinking I could have done more

Am I feeling physical ready for the challenge - yes and no….

Being joined by Sara Crosland for a walk

Wishing I had longer to train and prepare, but doing the best I could do with the time available. 

Working with my PT - Franco @HumalForces 

Getting my hiker legs back after 7/10 days and being able to push bigger miles towards the end of the trip

My weight and being very lean at the moment (which I like, but need to be aware of especially when taking on a big physical challenge like this)

Having a vision board on my laptop and phone (created in canva.com)

Flight on Sunday, Korea for 3/4 days, before flying to Auckland.

You can follow along on Instagram @toughgirlchallenges

Should I share my ZOLEO phone number and e-mail so people can contact me?

Having tomorrow morning to do the final bits of work

How to reach out - send me an e-mail sarah@toughgirlchallenges.com or send me a DM via Instagram 

Thank you to ZOLEO for sponsoring the podcast and the Te Araroa Challenge. 

  Previous Challenge Solo Episodes 

Apr 26, 2016 - Sarah Williams - Shares her journey of getting to the start line of the Marathon des Sables (MDS) & running the toughest footrace on earth!

Sep 19, 2017 - Sarah Williams - Thru hiking the Appalachian Trail (2,190 miles) in 100 days!

Sep 4, 2018 - Sarah Williams - Planning and Preparation for the Pacific Coast Highway & the Baja Divide!

Dec 25, 2018 - Sarah Williams - Cycling the Pacific Coast Highway & Baja Divide

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Tuesday 19th December - New episode, a scam? Instagram!

New episode of the tough girl podcast goes live

Laura Kennington her journey in Russia

Getting my life in order

Essay writing going well

Getting the family back together

Final interview for 7 women - 7 challenges!

Working at Royal Ascot next year!

Scam??

I’m not excited about it….

Needing a challenge in 2018..

Family holiday to Vancouver…

Plans for tomorrow

Taking time off

Follow @toughgirlchallenges

Thank you for listening

new patrons - 153

Spending more time in the tribe!! 

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22nd April - Clean eating & Pizza!

Tough Girl Daily - 22nd April - Clean eating & Pizza!

  Waking up at 6.30

Reading Roz Savage

Having brunch out

Super chilled day

Evening - Pizza…. & cheesy garlic bread

My stomach… OMG!!

Being reminded of why I don’t eat wheat & gluten

A bit of my back story..

Stopping after 1 mile

Suffering from candida

Being addicted to sugar

Detoxing

Relaxing my eating and my control

Why I don’t consume carbs

Why I need to focus on what I’m putting in my body!!

Sunday - flush the body

Avoiding the word “clean”

My low carb = no processed foods

New video out on Youtube! Thank you Flynn!!

I may need to change my start strong plan for the Appalachian Trail

Tickets for London gig - 33 tickets sold! (Capacity 60)

How to get home from London?

Good luck for London Marathon! 

You can become a PATRON!! - Via Patreon!!

Have a great day  

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20th February 2017

Show Notes

Waking up at 6 am and getting on with my to do list!

Gym Session with Chris Thomas (Going through Day 2 of my program)

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Camp America Interview done and report written

Going to the Dr. to sort out my cough (Which is deep in my chest)

Editing -  Hannah Stodel - (4X Paralympian (Sailing), Triple World Champ, Aspiring to compete in the Vendee Globe 2020!) Podcast - out 21st February @7am

Connecting with Nicki from Explorer Chick & working on some collaborations!

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Sarah Williams - Reflections on 2019 & and the start of 2020. Plus answering questions from the Tough Girl Tribe.

On the 5th Year Anniversary of the Tough Girl Podcast I’ve taken this as an opportunity to share more about what’s been going on over the past 12 months and sharing more about what’s been happening behind the scenes and answering questions from the patrons and members of the tough girl tribe community. 

  If you would like to listen to other solo episodes these can be found here:

  2016 - Reflections for 2016 & Plans for 2017 (Released 30th December 2016)

  2017 - Reflecting on 2017 and the plans for 2018 (Released 30th Dec 2017)

  2018 - Reflections on 2018 and the start of 2019. Plus plans for Tough Girl Challenges. (Released 4th August 2019)

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  Marathon des Sables - Sarah Williams - psychological demands and overcoming mental challenges, being interviewed by Ali Mahoney-Johnson (6th October 2016)

  Boxing - Sarah Williams - answering all your questions about Boxing! (Released 8th December 2018)

  Appalachian Trail - Sarah Williams - Thru hiking the Appalachian Trail (2,190 miles) in 100 days! (Released 19th September 2017)

  Pacific Coast Highway - Sarah Williams - Planning and Preparation for the Pacific Coast Highway & the Baja Divide! (4th September 2018)

  Pacific Coast Highway - Sarah Williams - Cycling the Pacific Coast Highway & the Baja Divide! (Released 24th December 2018)

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    Show notes

Who I am and what I do 

A brief history of my background

The start of Tough Girl Challenges in 2014

Personal challenges

The mission of the tough girl podcast

Why I started the Tough Girl Podcast

Starting on the 4th August 2015

The lack of female role models

Not wanting to complain about it

Finding guests

Doing batch interviewing

Reflecting back over the past year

August 2019 onwards

Not having any plans in 2019

Pre-loading podcast content until the end of November

Keeping my options open

Working with Cicerone 

Walking the Camino Portuguese

Speaking with Kat Davies about walking the Lycian Way, Turkey

Starting 2020 in Australia 

The first 6 months of the year

The challenges of adventuring with somewhere else

Getting the balance right

Using the world Harmony 

Don’t compare yourself to other people

Doing long solo trips and loneliness

Training and working with a personal trainer

Luxury Items….

Having doubts on the Overland Track

Inspiration….

What would I do differently

What I’ve learned about myself

Being patience and enjoying the journey 

Numbers from the podcast and Social Media!

Hitting 1 Million downloads in December 2019

50,000 listens in 1 month….

What is next…

What 2020 was going to be..

10 year plan…

Being at home 

Wanting to be the most productive person I could be…

Getting out of good habits

Final 6 month of the year

Not wanting to waste this time

Needing a goal to work towards for the end of the year

Focus on podcasting, health and building strength

THANK YOU to YOU!!

Getting closer to hitting 300 patrons - currently at 288 Patrons strong!!! 

Being worried about Covid and it’s impact

Focusing on what I can control 

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Tough Girl Daily PODCAST! Saturday 14th October - Not very exciting…

Show notes

Working 

Reading books and making notes 3 chapters done

Interview Anoushe Husain - See her Website - https://anoushehusain.com

Not leaving the house

Printing out my notes for week 1

Update on the vlog!

Gemma is going to be helping edit the vlogs

The plan - Flynn edit videos 70 - 79, Gemma 80 - 84, me 85  - 89 (vlogs 90 - 98 done)

Have an amazing weekend, whatever you have got planned

Follow along on twitter @_TOUGH_GIRL

Follow on Instagram @toughgirlchallenges

New blog post reading tomorrow

Big love xx

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Tuesday 10th October - So close to 400,000 downloads….

Show notes

New episode of Tough Girl Podcast

So close to 400,000 downloads…. 

Will I reach 500,000 by the end of the year?

Ideas to hit 500,000

Reading and study - Critical debates in Media and Cultural Studies….

Reaching out to women for the Tough Girl Podcast

Having a week of interviews - batch production

Giving a talk tomorrow night… working on my speech - The Power of Challenging Yourself.

Wearing heels..

Getting frustrated

Being approached by companies

Ticking over - ebbing & flowing

Come and follow on instagram stories @toughgirlchallenges

Sorry about the vlogs

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Saturday 7th October -  Women in Adventure  #WAExpo 

Tough Girl Daily PODCAST! Saturday 7th October -  Women in Adventure  #WAExpo 

Show notes

Alarm goes off at 4.50am!

Driving to Bristol with Kat

Arriving at the Women in Adventure Expo

Catching up with members of the Tribe

Check them out - www.womensadventureexpo.co.uk

Problems with WEXpo…

Too many choices

Catching up with Mollie Hughes & Bex Band

Open water swimming…. with Alice Gartland

Listening to Beth French (Potential future guest!)

Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent - great story and new book coming out!

Overcoming self limiting beliefs with Anoushe Husain (climber)

Catching up with Adelaide, Gemma, Jo, Arry, Squash…

Trying to vlog it!

Deciding to head home at 5.30!

Getting advice…. and not loving it!

Home at 10.15pm

Did you follow along on instagrm stories? (Follow @toughgirlchallenges)

Catching up with women IRL (In Real Life)

Too focused?

Needing to socialise and make more of an effort to meet people

A blog post? (Probably not!)

Make sure you subscribe!!!

BIG LOVE XX

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Wednesday 4th October - I’m a student again!!

Tough Girl Daily PODCAST! Wednesday 4th October - I’m a student again!!

Show notes

Heading up to Lancaster for my induction day

Starting to become real

1 hr 25 mins to drive up

£5 for parking…

Super quick and easy registration

Student card!

Finance is sorted - thank you to the UK government!

Visiting the library

Induction & meeting all the other post grads

Moodle - all the info about the course, with readings etc

Printing out all my reading for the 1st term! 

Feeling excited…..

So much work!!!

Not buying books YET!

1st Lecture on the 13th Oct

Excited to get into my routine

New external hard drive…. trying to figure that out!

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Mollie Hughes is the Youngest Woman in the World and the First English Woman to summit Mount Everest from both sides.

On Tuesday 16th May 2017, Mollie Hughes successfully reached the summit of Mount Everest from the North side. This was Mollie's second time standing on top of Everest having already summited the South side in 2012.

Achieving this feat at 26 has made her the youngest woman in the world and the first English woman to successfully summit from both the north and south sides of the world’s highest mountain!

Show notes

Intro - how would Mollie describe herself

Not climbing her mountain until she was 17

Growing up in South Devon

Lacking confidence at a young age

The stages she took to get to where she wanted to go

Arriving back from Kenya and deciding on her next challenge

Travelling at a young age

Her journey to Everest

When the seed got planted to climb Everest

Her search for women who had climbed Everest

Giving herself 12 months to achieve her goal

Having the conversation with her parents….

The money..

A record to be had in 2012 - being the youngest women to summit Mount Everest from the UK

Dealing with rejection week after week

Getting herself fit and prepared for Everest

Doing everything she could to raise the funds needed!

Needing a killer auction prize

Dealing with an expedition that’s gone wrong

How to balance the risk and the rewards

Her 2012 Everest expedition & how she felt about it

Suffering for 2 months

“seeing everyday as a success”

Being able to separate your emotions

3 British Women all in their early twenties on the mountain

Being interested in Tibet and wanting to explore the North side of Mount Everest

How much it costs to climb Everest

Her thoughts on reaching the top

What she's learnt most from going on these expeditions

What’s going to be next?!

Top tips for resting and recovering after a big challenge?

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If you have questions regarding climbing Kilimanjaro - Please read - Kilimanjaro Tips for The Top

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Sarah Williams - Thru hiking the Appalachian Trail (2,190 miles) in 100 days!

On the 3rd June I started my thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail, 2,190 miles in 100 days.  This was a dream I had last year, and if you've been following my daily podcast you'll know the challenges I've faced to get to the start line. 

  During this podcast I’m being interviewed by my awesome sister, Caroline Wellingham. We discuss in detail the challenge, what it was like every day, how I dealt with the high points & low points, what I loved, what I learned and why I won’t be doing the trail again!

Show notes

Starting at the beginning  - why did I want to walk the Appalachian Trail?

Learn more about my preparation 

How I was feeling at the start

Day 1 of the trail - 3rd June

Getting into routines

How I coped physically at the start

Key milestones

The kindness of strangers

Meeting members of the Tough Girl Tribe

Meeting Stan the Man

Reaching the half way point at Harpers Ferry

Dealing with the pressure of the challenge

Emotional vlogs!

How I kept myself motivated during the challenge

Mantras

Thinking about life

A quick fire round of questions!

Food on the trail….

Being inspired by the women on the trail

Crossing state lines

Being miserable on the trail

Sleeping at high altitude

Embracing the suck

Highlights from the trail

Trail magic & animals on the trail

Dealing with bears and snakes on the trail

Mental preparation and training - “what if”

One of my best decisions I’d made on the trail

Bad decisions..

Blister watch!

The final week!

Meeting Jo Jo at the finish

Not quite believing it’s done

Missing the trail?

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Laura Maisey - In September 2016, she ran from Rome to London, a journey of 1,249 miles.

Show notes

Starting running 2 and half years ago

A mid life crisis?

How she came to be a runner

Hearing about Project Awesome!

Being persuaded to give it a go!

Showing up and giving it ago

Her running journey 

Making running part of her life, by running to work (9 miles)

Saving money by running

Not being a fast runner

Running a marathon tomorrow with 3 weeks training

Why it’s easier than you think it is

Running home from Rome - where the idea came from

Reading a book by Andrew P. Sykes and being inspired by the route

Not having the belief that she could do it

Letting the idea grow

Why not do it all!!

Being inspired by Anna McNuff!

Wanting to feel popular at the end

Why long distance running is mental

Her mental preparation for her run

Taking an accidental lift

Her main struggle in France

The mental difficulty with having no mental stimulation

What she learnt from the experience

Why you don't know who you’ll be in the future

Why going to Project Awesome changed her

Her highlight from running home from Rome

Her life plan…

Why she decided to stop flaffing and plans to move to Italy

Her final words of advice and tips for you

Just do it!

Where she blogs:- Love Her Wild, Etch Rock, Huffington Post

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Pip Hare - Professional ocean racing sailor who was part of the all female team who won the 3 Peaks Yacht Race in 2016

Tough Girl - Pip Hare - Professional ocean racing sailor who was part of the all female team who won the 3 Peaks Yacht Race in 2016

Pip Hare is a professional ocean racing sailor, with a wealth of experience over the past 16 years in the marine industry, clocking up over 120,000 miles across the worlds’ oceans, including the Pacific, the Atlantic and as far south as Patagonia.

With steely determination and a high ambition, Pip achieved has taken part in a major short handed Ocean Racing campaign every year since her first OSTAR in 2009.

Since this first race Pip has become the Only British Sailor to every finish the coveted international mini transat race twice as well as winning the 2010 Two Handed Round Britain and Ireland Race overall with co-skipper Phil Stubbs.

In 2016 Pip was part of Team Aperito, for the 3 Peaks Yacht Race, which was led by Elin Haf Davies – (Who has also been on the Tough Girl Podcast)– the sailors on the team were Pip and Nikki Curwen, – and the runners were TV presenter and Ultra racer Lowri Morgan and Jo Jackson.

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Suffering from the cold

Being based in Poole

Racing in the Caribbean 

Getting Pip to introduce herself

Growing up in London before moving over to East Anglia

Sailing from a young age, but not really enjoying it

Developing a passion for sailing while doing her A’level

Taking a year out after A’levels and getting her Yacht Master & sailing on tall ships

Starting to become aware of single handed ocean racing

Making a decision about university and telling her family

Could she have a career in the sailing industry

Remembering back to the first time she was out of site of land

The big difference between being isolation and being lonely

Dealing with a lack of confidence and not going after her dreams until she was 35

Her first single handed ocean race from Uruguay to the UK which took 58 days

Finding a sponsor and why she decided to try

How to plan for sailing across the Atlantic!

Physical fitness and how she gets herself ready for a crossing

How sleeping works while out on the ocean, and why she has learnt how to capnap

Training her body over the years to cope with the conditions on the ocean

The race which stands out as the most memorable

How to qualify for the Mini Transat 

Taking the next step up

Winning the 2010 Round Britain & Ireland Race

Planning and strategy for racing 

What she loves about ocean racing

The Three Peaks Yacht Race  - one of the most epic endurance races the world has to offer

How the team came together in a very short time period

The sailing and the transitions

Doing the Three Peaks Yacht Race in July 2017 as a pair!

Top tips and advice for you! 

  “The greatest adventure is what lies ahead”

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