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.

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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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Hosted by Chloe Mistry

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For Episode 2, host Chloe Mistry, joined by Nikki Love, sits down with Mimi Anderson—endurance athlete, author and motivational speaker whose adventures have taken her through deserts, jungles and the Arctic.

Mimi shares how she first stepped onto a treadmill for the rather honest reason that she wanted thinner legs. She could barely run at first, but one mile became three, then ten—and each new experience gave her more evidence that perhaps she was capable of more than she thought.

She talks openly about living with an eating disorder, learning to value strength over thinness, the mental tools that helped her through difficult patches and the difference between wanting to quit and knowing when stopping is the right decision.

Mimi also explains why losing long-distance running felt like grief and how she found adventure again through cycling—even though she signed up for her first major cycling challenge before she owned a bike.

It is an honest, warm and frequently funny conversation about body image, self-belief, setbacks and adapting when the original plan is no longer possible.

You don’t need to run through a desert or cycle the length of Britain to chase your extraordinary. Sometimes it simply begins with putting on your trainers, trying five minutes and taking the next small step.

Hosted by Chloe Mistry, with Nikki Love.

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https://marvellousmimi.com
@marvellousmimi

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Content note: This episode includes a personal discussion of eating disorders and body image.

For our first full episode, we begin with the story behind Chase Your Extraordinary.

Host Chloe Mistry sits down with Nikki Love—adventure and endurance runner, author, Sports and Exercise Psychology graduate, and co-founder of Chase Your Extraordinary.

Nikki shares how she first started running and how asking “I wonder if I can…?” led her towards increasingly ambitious adventures. She talks about memorable encounters with snakes, beautiful sunrises, becoming a mature student and navigating running, training and everyday life through perimenopause.

It is an honest conversation about curiosity, confidence, setbacks and the experiences that have taught Nikki to keep backing herself—even when things become uncomfortable or uncertain.

You don’t need to run across a country to chase your extraordinary. Sometimes it simply begins with taking the next step.

Hosted by Chloe Mistry.

Find Nikki at:
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Enjoy a taster of our very first episode of the Chase Your Extraordinary podcast, and our first guest is none other than Adventure and Endurance runner, author, Sports and Exercise Psychology graduate, and co-founder of Chase Your Extraordinary, Nikki Love.

On the episode she tells her amazing stories of how she started running, snakes, beautiful sunrises, and her struggles with perimenopause, as well as much, much more!

Episode 1 will be available to watch and listen to on most of your favourite platforms soon!

Hosted by Chloe Mistry

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