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Gravel Union Talks Podcast - Episode 23 - Adventure is a mindset with Jenny Tough

In our latest podcast episode, we chatted with Jenny Tough, one of the world’s greatest mountain endurance athletes. Jenny splits her time between mountain running, competing in ultra-distance/bikepacking events and other adventures, but she is also a published author, award-winning filmmaker and motivational speaker. We tried to find out a little about what makes her tick, her love of pushing her limits and most importantly, what her favourite pop tune is! The episode has just gone live and you can find an embedded version in this story. 

Gravel Union Talks is a podcast series full of inspiring stories, news and events from the world of gravel biking. Each month hosts Carlo and Olly will be chatting with guests who are passionate about riding off the beaten track… adventure riding, bike packing and gravel racing. 

In this episode:

  • Jenny Tough, record breaking endurance athlete.
  • Gravel Union Talks podcast with hosts Carlo van Nistelrooy and Olly Townsend.
  • GU’s editor-in-chief Olly on last month’s most popular articles on the Gravel Union platform.

Shownotes

Sometimes when a story lands in our in-box it looks so good that our first thought is that it’s come from a Tourist Board, desperately trying to drum up some interest in their bit of the world. Perhaps they’ve blown their whole year’s marketing budget on some images shot against a green screen? But no, Katherine Moore’s Armchair Adventure in the Southern Highlands is the real deal. Early summer Scottish gravel riding never looked so good!

Gravel riding means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. Endless miles of wide fast rolling champagne gravel roads are the dream for some, whilst others prefer something a little more rough and ready to test their technical skills. If you fall into the latter category, the recent Tor Divide might be just up your street gravel track. Claire Frecknall headed along with partner Jo Burt on camera duty and she sent in this fantastic write up.
 

Bikepacking often necessitates reducing what you carry to the bare minimum. Everything is weighed/measured and anything superfluous is either removed or reduced. But what if your bikepacking rig suddenly could carry 100kgs+ of weight without it negatively impacting on your ride? In his latest film, Markus Stitz persuades fellow bike explorer Jenny Graham to head to Scotland's Moray Coast for a bikepacking trip with a twist. Read on, if you want to find out what the twist is....