Sanna Duthie loves the rugged trails of Pembrokeshire. After setting a fastest known time on its coast path, she returned to challenge her own record and raise awareness of a place that means a great deal to her.

In this conversation with Nikki Love, Sanna talks about finding joy in difficult adventures, facing fear on the Dragon’s Back Race, and learning from races that did not end as she hoped. She also shares how the confidence she built through running helped her make changes in life beyond the trails.

It’s an honest conversation about persistence, knowing when to stop, and finding your own reason to keep going.

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Lauren Gregory never set out to become an ultra runner. Her first ultra was supposed to be a one-off fundraiser — and the second day left her feeling utterly broken. Nearly 11 years later, she estimates she has completed 40 or 50 ultras and is still curious about one question: what are our limits, really?

In Season 1, Episode 4 of the Chase Your Extraordinary Podcast, Chloe Mistry speaks with Lauren — ultra runner, personal trainer, speaker, mum of two and founder of the Run Like a Girl community.

Lauren shares how running changed meaning after becoming a mother, giving her headspace and calm, and how that experience helped inspire a non-judgemental, inclusive running community where women of any ability could feel safe turning up. What began with 23 women grew to 300 runners by the following spring and has since involved thousands of women.

The conversation moves from community and confidence into Lauren's own appetite for endurance: multi-stage ultras, the Namib Desert, mountain races and the strange attraction of reaching the horrible miles, rebuilding and coming back stronger.

Lauren also talks candidly about the physical reality of ultra running, why mindset deserves far more attention in endurance training, and preparing for the Beyond the Ultimate Ice Ultra in the Arctic Circle — 230 km over five days, with the cold firmly established as her nemesis.

This is an episode about community, vulnerability, perceived limitations, discomfort and discovering what might be possible when you're willing to explore beyond the limits you think you know.

Follow the Chase Your Extraordinary Podcast for more honest conversations about movement, mindset, adventure and everything that happens in the messy middle.

Hosted by Chloe Mistry.

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What starts as a simple decision to run can end up taking you much further than expected.

In Season 1, Episode 3 of the Chase Your Extraordinary Podcast, Chloe Mistry speaks with Sam Douglas — a member of the Chase Your Extraordinary community whose running streak has grown to more than 1,650 consecutive days.

Sam talks about starting out with the World Police and Fire Games in Washington, building running into everyday life, and why her current streak was never meant to become what it is today. She shares the practical reality of keeping it going through holidays, illness, bad weather and even a trip up Mount Kilimanjaro.

The conversation also explores Sam and her husband Stuart's 209-mile journey across Iceland, the moment she realised she was capable of more than she had assumed, and why she believes ordinary people can do extraordinary things without being elite, sponsored or professional.

Sam also looks ahead to her first official marathon, a return to Iceland and a 100 km challenge in Swedish Lapland.

This is an episode about consistency, curiosity, taking things step by step and discovering what can happen when you stop assuming something is beyond you.

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