Part 3 - 7 Women - 7 Challenges 2017   At the start of 2017 after feedback from the Tough Girl Tribe. I started 7 Women - 7 Challenges.  Throughout the year I will be interviewing 7 women as we follow them on their journey of going after their own personal challenges. We will learn what really has to happen for people to achieve their goals, we will hear about their frustrations, disappointments, set backs, as well as their successes and achievements.  It is real stories, from real women, living real lives.  This is part 3*   Timings   Jen Dxyhorron - 4 mins Jo Jo Rogers - 33 mins Georgie Akin-Smith - 1.07 Gemma Smith - 1.35 Rachel Wise - 2.09 Laura Try - 2.47   *We will be catching up with Rae Red in Part 4   Show notes   Jen Dykxhoorn   Visiting friends and family in Canada How our last conversation reinvigorated her training plan Signing up for 1 month gym membership and doing 20 classes Feeling strong, powerful and feeling even more energised  Moving back to Sweden for 3 - 6 months Update on her everyday magic goals  - from reading more books to flossing her teeth everyday Being inspired by the adventurous women from the Tough Girl Podcast Being inspired by the book “Wild Women” Cultivating good habits  Champagne Goals - are in progress and her first goal will be checked off soon when she moves back to Sweden The planning and preparation for her August cycle ride - LEJOG Working with her sister to plan the trip in more detail The power of lists Sorting out the route and accommodation How her PHD has helped her to plan for her adventures Using permanent lists Her city break to Poland and taking a break from life and being able to switch off  The 3 Ps - Packing - Planning - PHD  Her end of month check in - “Structured Reflection” Feeling good about the progress she’s made in both her training and her PHD The Passion Planner - Why she loves it and has used it religiously for the past 2 years Filling that space when you’ve finished your goal Her focus for the next few weeks Thinking about an ultra marathon! Looking for an ultra marathon race in July somewhere in Europe - Any ideas! Continuing the, Year of the Mighty Thigh! Sunning 6k to get to wifi! Why she’s also going to focus on strength training as a use for injury prevention   Her Sister - Karen Dykxhoorn - Follow on Instagram @hopefulgoat  & twitter @hopefulgoat    Jo Jo Rogers   What’s been happening since we last spoke The snowshoe races! The World Snowshoe Championships… with no snow! Getting ready to race when the course conditions were so terrible What the route was like and being fearful of getting hurt Finishing 3rd in the world for women aged between 50 - 59 How she celebrated The National Snowshoe Championships… 10 ft of snow! Her race strategy Watching her daughter race How she deals with nerves before a race Travelling next year to Spain for the World Championships with her daughter Mother daughter bonding Her next race in Texas Starting to pick up training again Training for snowshoeing in the dirt and the grass Mixing up her training The challenges she is dealing with at the moment - sleep, nutrition,  Weekly millage… 130  Junk miles? Running easy miles Overtraining and how she knows Happiness Speed work and how she does it - her favourite is progression training  Sleep habits What she’s learnt from the races so far Feeling selfish, because she’s doing what she loves Living the life she wants to   Georgia Akin-Smith   2 of her challenges have been completed! How she was feeling before her duathlon in Windsor Getting to the venue super early What the course was like 10k run - 40k bike - 5k run What was going through her head on the start line Trying to remember to run her own race Her race strategy  What she learned from the experience Why being prepared helped her Her “oh no” moments Her final transition and what her legs were like Trying to fit another duathlon into her schedule for this year! Her 2nd challenge The Cross Country Ski Marathon in Switzer