Podcasts about veloroos

Pippa moved to Manly, just outside Sydney in Australia from the UK in 2012 with her husband Joe. She has always loved sport but only got involved in endurance events since moving. After completing 3 Peaks in Victoria (a 235km ride with 4000m of climbing) she realised that you can do anything that you put your mind to and decided to sign up for North Face 50km run! Since then she has continued to get involved with more endurance based challenges.  In 2017, Pippa joined the Veloroos (a non professional endurance cycle team who won Race Around America in 2015) to take on the non stop 3000k Race Around Ireland (RAI) which ended up smashed the female record and coming 4th overall. Pippa gave birth to her son Mawson in August 2018. She continued to ride throughout her pregnancy and was keen to find a come back event but nothing was inspiring her, until hearing about the opportunity to ride the Tour De France.  Currently there is no Tour De France for women so a women’s team ‘InternationElles’ cycle the whole course but start a day before the men’s race in order to raise awareness about this inequality. We will be speaking with Pippa after the tour for Tough Girl EXTRA to find out how she got on. Show notes Pippa introduces herself Goring up in the UK and loving sports Running and swimming for locals clubs Moving out to Australia in 2012 Getting involved in sports in a big way Training for the 3 peaks challenge in Australia (a 235km ride with 4000m of climbing and a 13hr cut off point)  The moment when she started to believe in herself Preparing and controlling what she could Why self-belief is so important Doing the North Face 50K Ultra Marathon Fitting training in around work Thinking while running What she eats while trail running (3 dates = 1 gel) The Big Red Run (no longer happens) What happens when things no longer go to plan Readjusting her expectations The Veloroos  The Race Around Ireland - (Watch the documentary) What it was like finishing the race Having a baby in August 2018 Staying active during pregnancy Working with a coach or personal trainer? The Tour de France The pressure before the start - 5th July Having a bit of a wobble and feeling a bit overwhelmed Dealing with the logistics and challenges before the race even starts Le Course  - 1 day stage for women  (112km) Final words of advice and top tips for women    Social media Facebook: @theveloroos , @InternationElles   Insta: @theveloroos , @InternationElles  , @piplyon   Twitter: @internationEll2  There will also be live tracking each day so you can 'dot watch'  and see where they are each day during the Tour.  

Sarah Anne Evans and Pippa Lyon who are both members of the Veloroos; an Australian non-professional women’s cycling team. This is Sarah Anne’s second time on the podcast. She joined me with her Veloroos teammate Julie Ann Hazlett in July 2017 to talk about winning their category at the 5,000km Race Across American in 2015 (you can find that conversation here). In 2019, Sarah Anne and Julie Anne, together with a third team member, Pippa Lyon (who you’ll meet today on the podcast for the first time) are about to tackle their hardest challenge to date. The ladies have joined an international women’s cycling team called the InternationElles for an ambitious project. Together with a female women’s cycling team, the InternationElles will ride every stage of the 2019 Tour de France, one day ahead of the men’s professional race. So basically, yes, they are riding the Tour de France! It’s a journey of 3,640km over 21 stages, which works out at roughly 1200km of cycling per week - for 3 weeks! And, if that’s not hard enough, the route chosen for this year’s Tour de France has been described as the mountainous in the 106 year history of the race! The reason: to raise the profile of women in cycling and to fight for equality in the sport. The biggest cycling race in the world has no female representation. The InternationElles are hoping to be part of the push to change that! Get the full show notes for the episode here. — Visit the Sparta Chicks Radio website here  Follow Sparta Chicks Radio on Facebook: facebook.com/SpartaChicks  Follow the InternationElles on Instagram: instagram.com/lucy_bartholomew 

Julie-Anne Hazlett and Sarah Anne Evans are two members of the Veloroos, an Australian non-professional cycling team. The team broke the course record for the 5,000km Race Across America in 2015 and later this year tackle the equally challenging 2,200km Race Around Ireland. In this conversation, we discuss fear and self-doubt, the logistics of riding across America or around Ireland, how everyday women, like you and I, who work full time and have families, find the train to train for such epic events as well as the importance of having a support network around you.

If you think you've done a long bike ride, think again. Julie-Anne was one of the Veloroos, a team of four extraordinary Australian women who not only finished, but actually won the Race Across America (RAAM).RAAM is a near-on 5,000 km race from one side of the USA to the other, Julie-Anne talks to us about the experience.