Tough Girl Podcast

Parys is an age group athlete, who has won the World Championships at both the Olympic and 70.3 distances, along with European, British and English National titles. At the age of 38 she decided to turn her passion for triathlon into her profession. Parys is originally from Zimbabwe before she moved over to the UK 14 years ago.  Show notes Parys introduces herself and shares more of her life growing up in Africa Being a professional hockey player, and the frustration about never quite making it to the national team Handling that frustration and what she learned on the way Why she decided to give triathlon a try! Even though she could hardly swim, and hadn’t ridden a bike since she was a child “Thriving on overcoming the pain and digging deep” How she has improved her swimming and why its a labour of love. Parys also provides top tips to help you improve your swimming. Borrowing a bike and a trisuit for her first race and what she remembers from the experience Making the decision to turn professional and why