I learn something from every guest I speak with on Sparta Chicks Radio. This week, one of Australia’s most talented, decorated and all-around athletes reminded me that the achievements I’m most proud of (including this podcast) have always been on the other side of immense fear and self-doubt. Michael Milton’s comments around fear and self-doubt are profound:“I […]
Continue readingThis episode is all about the power of having a team who believe in you and about choosing goals so big they scare you. The Veloroos are an Australian cycling team that formed in 2014 when a few friends set their sights on a goal — to ride across America. The Race Across America (or RAAM) is […]
Continue readingIf there is one complaint I hear from women more than any other, it is their frustration about not losing weight despite the hours and hours of training involved with endurance sports (or worse, that they’ve put weight on!). It doesn’t seem to make sense, does it? So I wanted to call in an expert for Sparta […]
Continue readingEver struggled to call yourself a “runner” or “triathlete” or even “athlete”? Yep, me too. When I first started running back in 2004, it took me months to call myself a “runner” - I was only a “jogger” - because in my mind, I associated the word “runner” with a tall, lanky African man running sub-3min pace […]
Continue readingDo you ever have thoughts and feelings you don’t want? Yeah, me too. From the pesky Imposter, to feeling fat, getting stuck in comparing my speeds/times/distances/achievements/revenue/podcast download numbers to others and doubting my mental strength and toughness, there are often times - sometimes daily - I struggle to keep my (emotion-charged, deeply felt and sometimes irrational) fears […]
Continue readingYou know those people who have had such a profound impact on your life that you’d move mountains for them?That’s how I feel about this week’s guest on Sparta Chicks Radio. Melissa Browne’s website describes her as an introverted, socially awkward, shoe-loving accountant. All of those things are true. But there is so much more to Mel […]
Continue readingHayley Talbot’s bio includes such diverse jobs as being a lawyer, a jazz lounge singer, a poet and working in the Australian fashion industry. So how did she become the first person to kayak the length of the Clarence River (the largest river system on the east coast of Australia) and to do it solo, unassisted […]
Continue readingShe was just 8 when she hiked the Kokoda Track, a 100km / 60mile trek through the mountains, humidity and mud - oh so much mud - of Papua New Guinea. 14 when she summited Mt Kilimanjaro in Africa, 16 when she attempted the world’s 8th highest (and one of its most dangerous) mountains, 17 when […]
Continue readingYou know when you speak to someone and they say something so profound it leaves you pondering the conversation for days, even weeks later?That’s what speaking to Hanny Allston was like for me. And it wasn’t just one thing she said, it was several; including from the role of coaches to how you respond when the […]
Continue readingEver thought to yourself “I’ll feel confident after I’ve done the training” (or the event)? It’s a trap I think we all fall into from time to time.Going into an event with the right mindset and mental strategies is one of the most important, yet overlooked, aspects of race preparation. And all too often, I’ve seen women […]
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