Tough Girl Podcast Melissa Urie - 2nd Women to ever finish the EPIC 5 - 5 Ironman in 5 days across 5 different islands in Hawaii!
Melissa Urie - Nurse from Australia who was the 2nd Women to ever finish the EPIC 5 - 5 Ironman in 5 days across 5 different islands in Hawaii!
Melissa is the second woman ever to finish the Epic 5 - an event which consists of doing 5 Ironman distance triathlons (that’s 224km or 140 miles of swimming, cycling and running) every day over 5 days on 5 different Hawaiian Islands!
Melissa lives in Melbourne, Australia working as a nurse.
Show notes
- Growing up and moving to Melbourne
- Getting into health and fitness
- New Years Resolution that stuck
- Around the bay in a day - a cycle race in Melbourne
- Being naive and not really thinking about it
- Getting involved in a triathlon and how it has become her lifestyle
- Nursing and doing shift work and how she fit her training into her life
- Her 1st Ironman….
- Getting a coach
- Working on her nutrition
- Not going for a specific time
- Just surviving the day….
- Ultra-man event in Canada
- Taking it to the next level - why?!
- Getting injured before a big race and finding out if she could still race
- Dealing with flat types and being exhausted
- Being mentally tough
- Learning from her experience
- EPIC 5 - what it is and why she wanted to do it
- Training and preparation for EPIC 5
- What a training day/week looks like
- Being on the cusp of over training but managing to get the balance right
- Being motivated to get up out of bed - “Don’t think just do”
- Heading out to Hawaii
- Finding it easy to relax and taper
- Being the only female & why it is a big deal
- Dealing with internal pressure that comes from her
- Celebrating!!
- Not getting the challenge blues
- Next challenge!!!
Learn more about Melissa
Follow on Twitter @rangamel
You can also listen to Melissa on Sparta Chicks Radio - which goes into more detail about the EPIC 5 Race
#014: Melissa Urie on Using Your Mind to Achieve the “Impossible” [Podcast]
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