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Jen Brown - Running and Triathlon Coach, Author and Mindset Coach for Women SpartaChicks Radio brings inspiring stories coupled with practical, tried-and-tested-in-the-real-world advice from successful women in sport, business and life. Jen Brown from Sparta Chicks Radio is a Running and Triathlon Coach and Writer. The goal of Sparta Chicks Radio is to share inspiring stories coupled with practical, tried-and-tested-in-the-real-world advice from successful women in all walks of life about the realities of fear, self-doubt, courage, bravery, success and living life on your terms. From world class athletes, brilliant business minds to everyday women undertaking epic adventures, Sparta Chicks Radio will help you tap into your inner strength, courage, bravery and determination so you can chase your dreams and live a more fulfilling life on your terms. Find out more at www.spartachicks.com
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Now displaying: August, 2020
Aug 30, 2020

Yewande Adesida grew up in London and is a self-described “up-and-coming amateur” cyclist who is currently undertaking her PhD on wearable technology in sport.

Previously a former competitive rower, Yewande switched her focus to cycling - specifically track cycling in a velodrome - in 2016 and started racing in 2017.

Just 2 years later, in 2019, and while still a relatively unknown face on the global stage, SRAM (which is one of the biggest and most well-known brands in cycling) decided to feature Yewande as the star of one of its global marketing campaigns.

As you can imagine, in a sport where marketing imagery has traditionally involved skinny white men, SRAM’s campaign featuring Yewande both very quickly raised her profile in the sport and the discussion about the importance of the representation of people of colour in a sport and industry that desperately needs more diversity.

Get the full show notes for the episode here.

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Follow Yewande on Instagram: @yewie_a

Aug 23, 2020

Stacey Copeland began training in the boxing gym run by her Granddad when she was 6 or 7.

But she was too young to realise that, at the time, boxing was banned as a sport for women.

So when the boys in her training squad turned 11 and were allowed to compete, Stacey was left on the sidelines outside the ring, watching.

An incredible football career followed. And by the time Stacey retired from football, the ban on women’s boxing had been lifted so she returned to the sport she loved.

In this episode, we don’t discuss boxing so much as Stacey’s experience of being a girl and woman involved in two sports that are traditionally seen as “male sports”.

Stacey talks openly about how she’s struggled with the perceptions and labels given to her by others who think that boxing isn’t suitable for women and how that lack of recognition fed a longstanding struggle with the Imposter Complex.

We also talk about:

- what it was like growing up in a boxing gym,

- the impact that having no female role models in her sport had on her,

- why role models are so critical,

- the power of language and

- why it’s so important to be aware of the words we use and the labels we give others.

Get the full show notes for the episode here.

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Follow Stacey on Instagram: @staceycopelandboxer

Aug 16, 2020

Peter Baines joined the NSW Police Force at 19 and worked first as a uniformed officer before he transferred across to join the Forensic Services Group and become a real-life crime scene investigator (long before it was cool).

Little did he know that decision would change the trajectory of his life.

He is now an author, speaker, consultant and the co-founder of an amazing charity called ‘Hands Across The Water’.

Peter’s work as a forensic investigator took him first to Bali to identify victims following the 2002 Bali bombing that killed 202 people, including 88 Australia.

Then 2 years in 2004 he made his first trip to Thailand to assist with the identification of victims following the Boxing Day tsunami that killed between 250,000 and 300,000 people.

In a strange yet beautiful twist of fate, during his third rotation in Thailand, he agreed to raise money to fund a home for a group of children he had met who had been orphaned by the tsunami.

And so ‘Hands Across The Water’ was born; a charity that now owns and operates 7 homes across Thailand and cares for hundreds of at-risk children.

In his conversation, we discuss:

- why action leads to clarity and that if you wait long enough you’ll find reasons not to do the thing,

- the ‘postevent’ blues and the struggle with adjusting to ‘normal’ life after an experience that shifts your view of yourself and/or the world,

- the importance of understanding your measures of ‘success’ and making sure they align with your ‘why’,

- where the idea for the charity rides originated from, and

- the impact that bushfires and COVID-19 have had on their fundraising efforts in 2020.

Get the full show notes for the episode here.

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Follow Hands Across The Water on Instagram: @handsacrossthewater_anz

Aug 9, 2020

Jess Douglas isn’t your typical elite athlete.

She wasn’t a sporty kid. In fact, she was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma when she was 14, had her beautiful daughter at 20 and only got serious about her riding in her 30s.

But that didn’t stop her from discovering a love of mountain biking and then going on to become a World Champion in the incredibly gruelling 24-hour solo event in just 4 years after taking up the sport (and now she's a 3x World Champion!)

These days, she’s a cycling coach who is passing her unique perspective and experience onto her athletes and is passionate about getting more women on bikes.

In this conversation we talk about:
- why she describes being diagnosed with cancer as a “beautiful time in her life”,

- the powerful way she uses role models to gain courage in situations where’s she’s feeling scared or doubtful,

- how important it is to understand your ‘why’,

- her struggle with depression and

- her 1% rule which was the key to her fast progression in the sport (and how you can use it too).

Get the full show notes for the episode here.

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Follow Jess on Instagram: @jedouglas73

Aug 2, 2020

Raised in India to adventure-loving parents, Vedangi Kulkarni set out on her first epic ride - crossing the Himalayas - when she just 17.

Then in 2017 at the age of 19, she set out on her quest to become the fastest person to circumnavigate the world and to complete the journey in 100 days.

And while she missed both of those goals, after riding 29,000km / 18,000mi and 160 days, 14 countries and 1 birthday later, she became the youngest woman to ever circumnavigate the world on a bike. She was 20.

In this conversation she shares:

- her 850km solo cycling adventure across the Himalayas at 17 and what gave her the confidence to attempt it,

- where the idea to circumnavigate the world came from,

- the role visualisation played in helping her mentally prepare for the ride,

- how she still struggles with worrying about what people think,

- being told “this adventure jam is for white people” and the importance of not automatically taking on other people’s stories and beliefs,

- her experience as a woman of colour in endurance sports, and

- whether she felt like an imposter when asked to be part of a new book called ‘Tough Women Adventure Stories” that will be published later this year.

Get the full show notes for the episode here.

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Follow Vedangi on Instagram: @wheelsandwords

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