Amelia Boone is 33 years old, working as an attorney in California while also competing as pretty much a full time OCR athlete (Obstacle Course Racer). Since the sport's inception, she’s arguably the world's most decorated obstacle racer amassing more than 30 victories and 50 podiums! 

Career highlights include:

• 3x winner of the World's Toughest Mudder (2012, 2014, 2015)
• Spartan Race World Champion 2013
• Spartan Race Points Series Champion (2013 & 2015)
• 3x Death Race Finisher (Winter 2012, Summer 2012, Summer 2013)

“I’m not the strongest. I’m not the fastest. But I’m really good at suffering.” – Amelia Boone

Show notes

• Moving from Chicago to California and the benefits which came from it
• Getting Amelia to introduce herself 
• Being a full time attorney and also a full time obstacle course racer
• Being sporty at school, but not being a typical runner
• Getting to spend time outside, playing team sports such as softball, and soccer
• Being good at everything but not the best at anything
• Why she thinks she's successful at endurance events
• Using the gym while at college and at law school to help deal with stress
• Learning about Tough Mudder and deciding to give it a go
• Her first Tough Mudder - going back and reliving the memories!
• Why she loved it and why she decided to do another one
• Trying to do her pull up and why the “funky money obstacle” was her big challenge
• Why you have to go after your first pull up!!
• Her most impulsive decision in her life and why she signing up for a 24hr Tough Mudder  - The Worlds First!
• Looking for meaning and try to find a new challenge
• Using cross fit to develop strength
• Being one of the 13th finishers to finish the race out of 900 people
• Having to break through the ice & being the coldest she’d ever been and why this low point was also a high point and life changing for her!
• Why it’s a race but it’s still about the community
• Learning mental resilience and why it can be easy to get over whelmed by the size and length of the race
• Mental tips and tricks to get through the tough times
• Her favourite song which got her around the 2012 Tough Mudder Race!
• How the number of women entering races has changed over the years and why women should enter the longer races
• What’s she learned from running races and how she’s been able to apply it to her life
• Trying to get balance in her life!
• Waking up at 4 - 4.30 am!!!
• Coping with injury over the past year
• Why you have to find a new normal
• Losing her identity and going through a period of trying to work out who she was
• What she would like to see happen in 2017
• Dealing with the pressure she places on herself
• Words of advice & top tips

Learn more about Amelia by visiting her website!

Say hi to Amelia once you've listened to this episode on twitter! @ameliaboone I'm @_TOUGH_GIRL

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