Frances Taylor - Running, building self confidence, and quitting her job to cycle 3,000 miles around New Zealand!

Frances Taylor a member of the Tough Girl Tribe is sharing more of her life on the Tough Girl Podcast!

• Over caffeinated and overreacting. 
• Marathon runner, and one time ultra runner.
• Cycling New Zealand, Cape Reinga to Bluff 🚲
• 💌: francesmtaylor@gmail.com

Show notes

• Hating PE at school and stopping all physical activity from 14 years old
• Finding fitness again
• Deciding to do the Detroit Marathon
• Living in London and working full time as a receptionist
• Starting to run and how it helped her with her mental health
• Having 10 months to train for her first marathon
• The first time putting her trainers on and going for a run
• Building up her training over time
• To tell people or not to tell people?
• Being embarrassed about how slow she was
• Being a few weeks away from her first marathon and dealing with the nerves
• Letting herself feel her feelings and carrying on
• Her first marathon, being overwhelmed, tired and crying at mile 17
• How her self confidence sky rocketed after doing the marathon
• The Scafell Pike Marathon!
• Training for the hills
• Deciding to do an ultra! A flat 75K (with no navigation)
• Why the time is passing anyway and you should go out and do what you want to do
• Giving it their best shot
• Doing the race for themselves
• With her 30th birthday coming up & deciding to quit her job
• Needing to do something big with her life 
• Why she decided she wanted to go to New Zealand
• Tips for saving money
• Giving herself 2 years to get ready
• Her plan for NZ and why it’s been more difficult than she thought and why its been more amazing that she could imagine
• Learning to have more self belief

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