Nicky Spinks: You can do more than you think - a podcast by Helen Murray

It was such an honour to interview British fell runner Nicky Spinks for this episode.
Nicky is a 53-year old wife, British farmer and she loves a good curry. Sounds pretty normal, doesn’t it? So let’s try that sentence again. Nicky is a 53-year old record breaking British ultra-distance runner who is the overall record holder for the Double Bob Graham round, became the first person EVER to complete doubles of the Paddy Buckley and Charlie Ramsey round too… That was AFTER being diagnosed with Breast cancer at the age of 39. Oh and she still hopes to become the first woman ever to finish the Barkley Marathons. In short, she’s pretty flippin’ amazing and it was a real treat to talk to her.You'll hear:
*A long interview with Nicky about her background in running and farming, why office life wasn’t for her, why she is chomping at the bit to return to the Barkley Marathons, how she forms her support team, how she survives on ten minutes sleep over three days, how she vowed never to do another race after her first ever 10km, her love of spicy curry, how she got into skydiving, the impact cancer has had on her life and outlook and why she almost ditched the double Bob Graham round attempt before she had even left the car park.*An update from British triathlete http://www.davidmcnamee.co.uk/ (David McNamee), who is on lock down in Girona. He talks about the impact the restrictions are having on him, why he’s following the rules to a T, why Magnums are the new croissants...And trying to run on his 7m balcony.
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Find out more about Nicky Spinks, her record breaking rounds and the Barley MarathonsNicky Spinks website: http://www.runbg.co.uk/ (http://www.runbg.co.uk/)
Nicky Spinks Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nickyspinks/?hl=en (https://www.instagram.com/nickyspinks/?hl=en)Find out more about the http://www.bobgrahamclub.org.uk/ (Bob Graham Round), and the https://www.gofar.org.uk/uk-big-3-records (3 big “Rounds’) in the UK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJAW8STfiko (Last Woman Standing:) A film about Nicky taking part in the 2019 Barkley Marathonshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ABR30IHlq4 (Run Forever): The film of Nicky and the Double Bob Graham Round. 
Barkley Marathons movie – The Race that eats its young: https://barkleymovie.com/ (https://barkleymovie.com/)https://www.montane.co.uk/montane-tor-des-g%C3%A9ants-i51 (Tour de Geants) – Nicky mentions this at the end of her interview
The swimming band workoutshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZzzBT2jsnA (Dave Scott’s band workout)
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