Ep. 897: Running Across Africa - Revisited - Emma Timmis
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 12 January 2023
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Ultra running across Africa: Emma Timmis' 89-day, 2500-mile record-breaking run from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean, earning her the UK's 2015 Adventurer of the Year title, plus stories from her other global adventure pursuits.
Emma Timmis is always on the move following her adventure dreams around the world. She won the United Kingdom's 2015 Adventurer of the Year for her 89-day, 2500-mile run across Africa from the Atlantic ocean east to the Indian ocean. She's on the show to tell about this and a few of her other adventures.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey folks, welcome to the adventure sports podcast. I'm your host, Mason Gravely. Today's actually a |
| 0:25.0 | throwback Thursday episode to 2016 when we had Emma Timis on the show. Emma was hosted by Travis, |
| 0:32.1 | the host at the time, and she is now a two-time Guinness World Record holder, most recent, fastest crossing of New Zealand on foot for a female, |
| 0:41.8 | 20 days, 17 hours, 15 minutes. And it was done just recently, 18th of December 2021 to January 7th, 2022. |
| 0:50.8 | So just over a year ago now, maybe we should have her back on the show again to talk about |
| 0:54.7 | that. That would be awesome. But this episode is specifically about running across Africa. We're |
| 1:00.2 | going to hear all about that, what it was like, the crazy challenge, the crazy idea, and just how |
| 1:06.7 | nuts of an adventure this was. So sit back and enjoy and we'll be coming at you with a brand new episode on Monday. |
| 1:24.3 | Welcome back to another episode of the Adventure Sports podcast. |
| 1:27.2 | This is Travis. |
| 1:28.5 | Emma Timis has led a busy life as an adventurer, including winning the UK's National |
| 1:32.8 | Adventure Award in 2015 for her run across Africa, which spanned nearly 2,500 miles over 89 days |
| 1:40.0 | from the Atlantic Ocean to the Indian Ocean. |
| 1:42.6 | She's with me today to give us some insight to this and her other adventures. |
| 1:46.5 | Emma, welcome to the show. |
| 1:47.9 | Hi, Travis. |
| 1:48.5 | Thanks for having me. |
| 1:49.7 | Good to have you. |
| 1:51.1 | So let's dive in. |
| 1:52.9 | Misadventure. |
| 1:53.7 | I've been looking to see what things you've been up to lately, and you are all over the place. |
| 1:59.4 | Traveling girl and running and roller skating and doing all kinds of things. |
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