• Antarctica - 2013, The Antarctic Ice 100k and The Antarctic Ice Marathon. 
• Europe - 2017, Grand Raid Des Bogomiles 100k. I have run a number of marathons in Europe.
• Asia - 2018, The Gobi Desert Global Odyssey 100k and 2017 The Mongolian Ice Marathon
• Africa - 2019 The Moroccan Global Odyssey 100k and 2017 The Namibian Sand Marathon.
• South America -  2019 The Patagonian Global Odyssey 100k and 2014 The Volcano Marathon.
• Oceania - 2020 The New Zealand Global Odyssey 100k and the Global Odyssey New Zealand Marathon.

• Who is Audrey
• How she got into running
• Trying an ultra!
• Reflecting back on 2017
• Her goal to run an ultra on all 7 continents and having someone else do it first
• How it change her ultimate goal
• Needing a different dream
• Taking the sense of urgency and time out of the goal
• Dealing with the extreme heat and extreme cold of running challenges
• David Scott from Sandbaggers 
• Menstruation and menopause and impact on training
• The Global Odyssey 
• Failing the first challenge
• Getting some of the basics wrong from hydration to taking salt tablets
• Dealing with the aftermath of failure 
• Going to the Gobi desert in August
• Starting to run without headphones
• What a normal training week looks like
• 3rd time lucky with running in Africa
• Heading to Argentina in April 2019
• Losing her mum and not being able to run
• Deciding to head to New Zealand for the next ultra and marathon race
• Quick Fire Questions
• Final words of advice to motivate and inspire you

• Who is Gina
• Growing up in Sweden around horses
• Why she decided to enter the world of adventure
• Leaving school at 16 and starting to work with horses in a professional capacity
• Getting into Thai boxing and trail running
• Being inspired by podcasts
• Not being excited by work anymore
• Starting to look for a new challenge in her life
• The process behind getting more adventure in her life
• Deciding to cycle the East coast of Australia with her now ex boyfriend
• Spending 3 months living in the mountains
• Dealing with injury
• Starting to be scared when riding horses
• What she would do differently on a big cycle trip
• Where the idea came from for the ski expedition
• Wanting to see more of her own country
• Having no experience in skiing
• Deciding to start at North Cape - the northern most point in Sweden
• Starting 3 week later than planned due to delayed equipment and bad equipment
• Doing the challenge solo and unsupported
• Walking for days in a whiteout 
• Not being able to make any mistakes while in the extreme cold
• Think 3 x before you act
• How this challenge changed her life going forward
• Thinking about happiness
• Moving back to Norway
• Meeting a new man!
• 2019 - Hiking across Lake Baikal in Siberia 
• Dealing with the extreme cold in Siberia
• The importance of good quality gear
• Getting to the start of Lake Baikal 
• Dealing with feelings of loneliness 
• Deciding on the next big challenge
• Travelling with her partner and a dog!
• The amazing moments
• Dealing with winter storms
• Final words of advice

• Who is Alice
• The Sahara Expedition - the toughest challenge to date
• The team of camels
• The 2nd part of the trilogy
• The planning and preparation 
• Starting in November 2019
• Using an expedition organiser 
• The challenge of getting water and food
• The goals and the purpose
• Reclaiming the word explore
• Wanting to travel slow and to take in all the details
• Being a woman and how she can interact with everyone
• Not doing enough training
• The start line and what it was like
• Finding sponsors and getting media attention
• Thank you to Craghoppers   
• How expectations didn’t match the reality
• Team dynamics
• Getting into routine
• Walking at 5km per hour
• Looking for trees in the desert
• Tent life
• Being a team member and not just a client
• Getting water from Nomads
• Being on an expedition with 6 camels
• Starting a podcast! Alice in Wanderland  
• Spending the New Year in the desert
• Making Christmas special 
• Walking into the nothingness of the desert
• Climate change and desertification 
• Key lessons from the experience 
• Learning patience
• Hoping to take on part 3 of the expedition at the end of June
• Final words of advice 

• Common myths about running pregnant and postpartum
• A few key exercises for pregnant runners
• What the pelvic floor is and why it’s so important
• The 4th Trimester
• Tips for running with a stroller/pram

• Meeting Kate and Blair
• Finding out more about their running backstories
• How running became a lifestyle
• Getting pregnant during triathlon training
• Myths around running while pregnant
• Myths around postpartum running
• Key things that pregnant women need to know about running
• Pelvic floor muscles
• The power of the breath
• What is the 4th trimester?
• Postpartum is forever
• The reasons for writing the book
• Kate’s story of returning to running after pregnancy
• Ending up with a stress fracture
• Being at a higher risk of stress fractures when you’re breast feeding
• Blair’s story of returning to running after pregnancy
• Dealing with a hip injury
• Taking years to be able to run without pain
• Having a plan to get back into running
• Top tips for new mothers
• Getting a pelvic health check done
• Running with a stroller
• Check out this Youtube video for running with a stroller
• Favourite exercise and where to start 
• Barefoot training 
• Final words of advice

• Wanting to be a sports teacher
• Heading off travelling at 21 years old
• Meeting her husband Peter and travelling together
• Climbing 8 mountain ranges in the Himalayas 
• Deciding to live in the wilderness
• Making it to New Zealand and having to work as a teacher for a year
• Tramping in the mountains
• Deciding to spend a year in the mountains
• How to afford to live
• What it was like living in the wilderness
• Learning how to hunt…
• Deciding to catch possums
• Not knowing what to do
• Learning the art of doing nothing
• Walking the Te Araroa Trail, 3,000km from the North to the South
• Keeping clean and healthy
• Dealing with periods
• Keeping in contact with friends and family 
• Not taking anything for granted
• Her relationship with Peter
• Deciding to write a book about her life
• Having to find a house 
• Stress and anxiety in the wilderness
• Thinking short term to not get overwhelmed
• Lessons learned from living in the wilderness
• Walking the Lycian Way in Turkey
• Second book on it’s way with plans to release it in October 2020
• Plans for the future
• Attending writers festivals around the world
• Learning how to cook and skin the animals
• The roles in the relationship
• Why you should read the book and how it will inspire you
• Not understanding social media
• Final words of advice
• The power of sleeping

• What Mollie has done before
• Her desire to go to Antarctica 
• The starting point with the plan
• Figuring out the sponsorship 
• Creating a “war room” - in the living room
• Being a visual learner
• Being £15k short before the start of the trip
• Getting the final sponsor on board
• Learning how to cross country ski
• Training in Norway
• Learning how to cope being solo
• Her fears and concerns before the trip
• Feeling happy and excited 
• Having a degree in psychology 
• The importance of having a routine
• Flying over to Chile
• Taking advantage of the small weather window
• The first couple of days on the ice
• Entering an horrendous weather front for 2 weeks!
• Letting her emotions out
• What it’s like skiing in a whiteout
• Getting into the rhythm of skiing big miles every day
• Not being able to get the negative thoughts out of her head
• The power of positive affirmations
• Figuring out priorities and making better decisions
• Supported or unsupported
• Mini challenge for the tribe
• Breaking the record
• The lessons learned 
• Heading home and returning to normal
• Quick Fire Questions
• The power of getting started

Alyssa is the youngest Australian to Summit Mt Everest which she did at 19 years old on the 21st May 2016. Alyssa is also the youngest woman to Summit Mt Everest from both the North and South sides after successfully reaching the summit of Mt Everest from the North Side (Tibet) on the 19th May 2018 at just 21 years old.

 Alyssa began trekking in 2005 with her first challenge, crossing the Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea. Alyssa then trekked in Nepal, completed treks such as Everest Base Camp and Kokoda numerous times, Mt Kosciuszko in Australia, the Aussie 10 (the 10 highest peaks in Australia), Mt Kilimanjaro.

After completing Mt Kilimanjaro in 2011, Alyssa began climbing by doing a mountaineering course in NZ. Since then she has climbed in South America, Russia and Nepal on various expeditions to different peaks including: Ama Dablam, Aconcagua, Manaslu, Elbrus and four Everest Expeditions.

Alyssa was on Everest both in 2014 and 2015 when the Avalanche and the Nepal Earthquake occurred and closed the mountain. She returned in 2016 to make her first successful summit of Mt Everest.

After taking one year off Everest Season in 2017 she decided to go back in 2018 and make her successful north side attempt via Tibet.

Show notes

• Who is Alyssa
• Her relationship with her family
• Finding her passion
• People not understanding her goals
• Climbing Kilimanjaro at 14
• Deciding to go and climb Mt Everest
• Struggling in school socially and feeling like an outcast
• Setting the goal 
• The lack of female role models growing up
• Being surrounded by like minded individuals
• Her 5 year journey to the summit of Mount Everest
• Doing a climbing course in New Zealand
• Working with a coach to get physically fit
• Having mentors 
• Putting her training to the test and making sure progress was being made
• Doing a climbing expedition to the Andes in South America
• Trekking into Everest Base Camp
• The challenges in 2014 and 2015 at Everest
• Trying to decide what to do next?
• Going for her 3rd attempt in 2016
• Dealing with her emotions
• Perfect Performance Line
• Keeping focused while dealing with set backs
• Paying for the adventure
• The team dynamics on Everest
• Caring what other people thought
• Why the goal to climb Everest was the most important thing
• What summit night was like
• 20 mins at the top!
• The biggest challenge of climbing Everest
• Life after Everest….
• Going to uni to study Psychology 
• Goals and dreams for the future
• Final words of advice to help you achieve your dreams

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