Performance Insight - Christina Mackenzie

02/25/23 • 42 min

Christina Mackenzie is an ultra-endurance cyclist and women’s record holder of Land’s End to John O’Groats and North Coast 500 route.

Christina set a new women's record for completing the 839-mile (1,350 km) journey from Land's End to John O'Groats, in 51 hours, five minutes and 27 seconds.

She has also achieved a new Road Record Association (RRA) record as the fastest woman to cycle the North Coast 500 in a time of 36 hours 39 minutes and seven seconds.

And in 2022 became the Scottish National 100 mile Time Trial champion (04:19:21) and 12 hour Time Trail National Champion (263 miles).

Christina knows how to endure and the importance of having the mental strength, grit and determination to overcome the impossible.

In this episode we:
· take a look at Christina’s sporting history and what motivated her to get into ultra-endurance activities

· hear about how she trained for her record breaking events

· learn about the recent challenges she’s had to overcome and what lessons she’s learnt that we can all apply

Christina Mackenzie is an ultra-endurance cyclist and women’s record holder of Land’s End to John O’Groats and North Coast 500 route.

Christina set a new women's record for completing the 839-mile (1,350 km) journey from Land's End to John O'Groats, in 51 hours, five minutes and 27 seconds.

She has also achieved a new Road Record Association (RRA) record as the fastest woman to cycle the North Coast 500 in a time of 36 hours 39 minutes and seven seconds.

And in 2022 became the Scottish National 100 mile Time Trial champion (04:19:21) and 12 hour Time Trail National Champion (263 miles).

Christina knows how to endure and the importance of having the mental strength, grit and determination to overcome the impossible.

In this episode we:
· take a look at Christina’s sporting history and what motivated her to get into ultra-endurance activities

· hear about how she trained for her record breaking events

· learn about the recent challenges she’s had to overcome and what lessons she’s learnt that we can all apply

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Performance Insight - Eilidh Prise

Eilidh Prise is the current female XTRI World Champion.

Eilidh’s first triathlon was the Celtman Scottish Extreme triathlon in 2021 which he won is a time of 13:08:26. This result qualified her to take part in the Xtri World Championships and to race the iconic Norseman Triathlon in Norway in 2022.

She returned to the Celtman in 2022 to defend her title where she won again in brutal weather conditions and strong headwinds (11:19:30). Only 6 weeks after completing the Celtman she was off to compete in the Norseman which she won and is the current female Xtri World Champion (11:47:49).

In this episode we:
· take a look at Eilidh sporting history and what motivated her to get into extreme triathlons

· hear about how she trains for her triathlon events

· learn about her next challenge and what lessons she’s learnt that we can all apply