Tough Girl Podcast Nikki Love - Adventure Runner, Ran 63 marathons in 63 days in 2017. Training to run 2,500 miles on a treadmill in 63 days…
Jul 30, 2020
52:49
Nikki in her own words; I’m here to do my best, be my best, have a blast and meet as many people as I can along the way. I’m Chasing Extraordinary! Since … well ever since I can remember, I’ve been into moving my body, pushing, training, looking after and loving my body. I started ballet at the tender age of 4 and it’s been all sorts of incarnations of fitness since then. My love, my passion, my sanity is now adventure running. It’s the wonderment of where can my feet take me, who I’ll meet, and how I can help along the way. My goal is to share my knowledge, experience, adventures and love along the way through my writing, speaking, and social media’ing. I choose to live through these 3 filters … LOVE. FUN. ADVENTURE. Past Adventures 2018 – Run Around Ireland – 750 miles in 32 days 2018 – DesertUltra 2018 – Runcation around Malta and Gozo 2017 – 63 marathons in 63 days throughout the UK 2016 – JungleUltra – Peru 2010 – 7 marathons in 7 days 2002, 2007, 2010 – London Marathon Listen to Nikki on the Tough Girl Podcast! New episodes every Tuesday at 7am UK time. Enjoy! Show notes
- Being an Adventure Runner
- Doing lots of different sports when she was little
- Getting into running
- Growing up in Australia before moving to the UK
- Why it all changed at 30
- Dealing with a marathon DNF at 19 miles
- Running the London Marathon in 2002
- Having a new baby and how it impacted on running
- Running 7 marathons in 7 days
- Listening to the wrong people
- Maybe that was the limit?
- The motivation of having a big birthday
- Not being supported
- Having a gap of 6 years with no adventure
- Figuring out priorities
- Becoming a sports massage therapist
- Working as a running coach
- Turning 49 years young…
- Taking on the Judge Ultra in Peru
- Coming up with the ideas for 63 marathons in 63 days
- Breaking her leg…
- Taking 12 months to recover
- Developing strategies to develop mental strength and resilience
- What if you do - What if you don’t
- The reason Why - What it came down to…
- Wanting to strive for the next level
- Perspective on failure
- Running 63 marathons in 63 days - the logistics and how it worked
- Focusing on the distance and not the speed
- Learning more about her body
- Being peri-menopausal
- The dream to run across Australia
- The logistics and funding of the challenge
- Deciding on a new physical challenge
- Treadmill Oz - 2,500 miles in 63 days
- Treadmill strategy for running
- Having a support team around
- Figuring out how to make it work while on the treadmill
- Chasing Extraordinary