Melissa Urie - 2nd Women to ever finish the EPIC 5 - 5 Ironman in 5 days across 5 different islands in Hawaii! - a podcast by Sarah Williams

Melissa Urie - Nurse from Australia who was the 2nd Women to ever finish the EPIC 5 - 5 Ironman in 5 days across 5 different islands in Hawaii!

Melissa is the second woman ever to finish the Epic 5 - an event which consists of doing 5 Ironman distance triathlons (that’s 224km or 140 miles of swimming, cycling and running) every day over 5 days on 5 different Hawaiian Islands!

Melissa lives in Melbourne, Australia working as a nurse. 

Show notes

• Growing up and moving to Melbourne
• Getting into health and fitness
• New Years Resolution that stuck
• Around the bay in a day - a cycle race in Melbourne
• Being naive and not really thinking about it
• Getting involved in a triathlon and how it has become her lifestyle
• Nursing and doing shift work and how she fit her training into her life
• Her 1st Ironman….
• Getting a coach
• Working on her nutrition
• Not going for a specific time
• Just surviving the day….
• Ultra-man event in Canada
• Taking it to the next level - why?!
• Getting injured before a big race and finding out if she could still race
• Dealing with flat types and being exhausted
• Being mentally tough
• Learning from her experience 
• EPIC 5 - what it is and why she wanted to do it
• Training and preparation for EPIC 5
• What a training day/week looks like 
• Being on the cusp of over training but managing to get the balance right
• Being motivated to get up out of bed - “Don’t think just do”
• Heading out to Hawaii
• Finding it easy to relax and taper
• Being the only female & why it is a big deal
• Dealing with internal pressure that comes from her
• Celebrating!!
• Not getting the challenge blues
• Next challenge!!!

Learn more about Melissa

Follow on Twitter  @rangamel  

You can also listen to Melissa on Sparta Chicks Radio - which goes into more detail about the EPIC 5 Race

#014: Melissa Urie on Using Your Mind to Achieve the “Impossible” [Podcast]

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