Tough Girl Podcast

Kathryn is an author of three books as well as producing and directing her debut documentary film: HALF THE ROAD: The passion, pitfalls & power of women’s professional cycling. During this podcast we discuss a variety of different topics from the books she's written, why she’s so passionate about road cycling, as well as women’s equality in sports and her plans for the future.  We also discuss the following: Why she decided to take up the sport of triathlon before moving over into road cycling at the age of 31. Landing her first professional contract for cycling at age 36. How one assignment from ESPN changed the direction of her life forever.  Attempting a variety of different Olympic Sports from modern pentathlon, open water swimming, to team handball. We talk about racing on the road and the different tactics involved from the peloton - to what it is, how it works as well as tactics for mountain climbs Her career highlight bringing parity to women’s professional road cycling, starting with getting wom