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Tough Girl Podcast

Tough Girl Podcast

Health & Fitness:Fitness

Christine Armstrong - Has just returned from 2 years cycling the world!

Christine Armstrong - Has just returned from 2 years cycling the world!

2017-10-10
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Christine and her husband Stephen, have always loved to cycle and cycling has played a huge part in their lives. During this podcast Christine shares more about how she got into cycling, why they decided to pack up and head off on an adventure of a lifetime!

Show notes

  • Why Christine reached out to me
  • Why she started cycling
  • Her first cycling adventure!
  • Meeting her husband and their join love for cycling
  • Starting to take regular cycling holidays
  • Having children and going on holiday with them to Northern Europe
  • The cycle holiday that stands out to her
  • Getting the idea to cycle the world - how the idea first started..
  • Giving themselves 16/17 months to prepare
  • Why the world!
  • One year or two years?!
  • Who they told first and their reaction!
  • Her friends and what they said!
  • “How are you going to manage being with your husband everyday?”
  • Getting married in 1984 
  • Did she have any fears/worries before the trip?
  • Being - Flexible
  • The planning….
  • The start and how she was feeling..
  • Getting into their routine by day 2!
  • The challenges she faces… breaking her arm
  • Taking a 5 month break
  • Deciding where to go next…
  • The challenges of cycling in New Zealand
  • The daily routine while on the road
  • The challenges of cycling in Japan
  • Advice for women who want to go on a big cycling trip
  • Deciding to come home
  • Plans to head back to South America
  • Settling back into home life!
  • Blogging about their adventure!
  • Final words of advice!

 

 

Blog

http://www.christineandstephen.co.uk

& on Twitter @CycleGBCoast

 

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