Barefoot Britain: A running adventure like no other: 4 (Anna's Adventures)

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It’s about helping them to be what they want by showing them an example and encouraging them to be themselves. The intrepid explorer, whose partner is Gloucester's own 'Adventureman' Jamie McDonald, has previously cycled through all 50 US states and run the length of New Zealand, has been obsessed with running without shoes for a while now. Like many of us, she read Christopher McDougall’s book Born to Run, took in its message about the benefits of minimal running, bought a pair of Fivefingers shoes, ‘ran 10K and absolutely destroyed myself’. However, where ever you read this I’m sure you’ll be able to picture yourself on some of the trains described on the pages.

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This beautiful book, Lookout, follows Moyle’s seasons working as a fire lookout in remote northern Alberta. The start of Barefoot Britain was a bit of a shock because I was doing big mileage day in, day out, which I hadn’t done in training. I spoke to girls of all ages about the joys of adventure to encourage them to have the confidence to seek out new challenges, even when it might seem scary at first. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. With a focus on growth mindset, resilience and adapting to change, I have a tale or two that’ll get your business or school fired up and ready to explore the limit of their own potential.After two decades of racing, training, speaking, and touring, Jurek felt an urgent need to discover something new about himself. I enjoyed her descriptions of the places she visited during her run and was transported back to many from my own trips.

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Anna encouraged supporters to help her out on the way, either by offering to transport her bag for a stage of the run, giving her somewhere to stay for the night or running alongside her. Having followed Blair on Twitter for a while (yes, for the photos of her cute sleddog team), I was excited to read this book. So when we got in touch to suggest an interview about Barefoot Britain, it only seemed right that we join her on the road for the chat.

The last legs of her journey saw her cross over to the Isle of Wight, before heading up through Surrey towards London. Being able to have a conversation while also simultaneously checking what’s under my feet, for example! I figured that if I was going to stand in front of young girls around the UK and encourage them take on challenges that they believe to be just beyond their reach – then I had to be on that journey too. This one tells the story of when Alastair Humphreys walked across India following the course of a holy river.

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This book will inspire you, maybe not running barefoot through the whole of UK, but definitely to create your own adventure or at the very least, add some unknown places to your list. Anna is an ambassador for UK Girl Guiding, and a central part of her mission is “to show the young women of Great Britain that there is more magic in them than they will ever know.To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. I read this book in one day and devoured the story of Jan Redford follows her life from a reckless rock climber to a mother who fights to win back her future in End of the Rope. During her time in the Great Britain Squad, McNuff became a World Champion at the University Games in 2006, [1] and won a bronze medal at the 2007 European Championships. Thank you Anna for sharing your adventures with the world and inspiring us to be our best possible selves.