Alison North's guest appearances

Alison North

Tough Girl Podcast

The Microscopists

Sarah Williams

Alice Morrison

Namira Salim

Polly Vacher

Amelia Boone

Mirna Valerio

Fiona Oakes

Elspeth Beard

Tiffany Coates

Jacqui Furneaux

Lowri Morgan

Ragen Chastain

Katherine Knight

Jen Bricker

Danielle Brown

OwlTail

Francis Crick

Kurt Anderson

#4 — Ever wonder how people end up working in a core facility? You are about to find out. In this show, Peter O’Toole welcomes Alison North from The Rockefeller University in New York and Kurt Anderson from The Francis Crick Institute in London. Alison, originally from the UK, now works in the USA, while Kurt is from the USA but now works in the UK. So there’s an interesting dynamic to this interview! Both Alison and Kurt are internationally renowned in the world of microscopy, but neither started out with a passion for microscopes and nor did their current roles even exist when they were in their early postdoc days. They talk about their early careers, getting established, and how they balance work with outside life. They share their interests, from Kayaking to serious mountain biking, supporting rival baseball teams, and discuss Alison’s extraordinary collection of New York Yankee caps and tops.Watch or Listen to all episodes of The Microscopists here: http://bit.ly/the-microscopists-pds

#4 — Ever wonder how people end up working in a core facility? You are about to find out. In this show, Peter O’Toole welcomes Alison North from The Rockefeller University in New York and Kurt Anderson from The Francis Crick Institute in London. Alison, originally from the UK, now works in the USA, while Kurt is from the USA but now works in the UK. So there’s an interesting dynamic to this interview! Both Alison and Kurt are internationally renowned in the world of microscopy, but neither started out with a passion for microscopes and nor did their current roles even exist when they were in their early postdoc days. They talk about their early careers, getting established, and how they balance work with outside life. They share their interests, from Kayaking to serious mountain biking, supporting rival baseball teams, and discuss Alison’s extraordinary collection of New York Yankee caps and tops. Watch or Listen to all episodes of The Microscopists here: <a href="http://bit.ly/the-microscopists-pds" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/the-microscopists-pds</a>

Alison North & Kurt Anderson (Rockefeller & Francis Crick)

Alison North is a married mother to two girls, (We interviewed her older daughter  Lorna from “Queen of the Mile” last week on the podcast!), she’s also a business women, and can now call herself an ultra runner! During this episode we learn more about Alison, what drives her and why she decided to put her trainers on at 64 and start running.  We learn more about her mental resilience and why she wants to encourage more women and men to take up fitness when they hit their sixties. Its never to late to start but its always too late to wait! #66notout Show notes  Growing up in Aberdeen Having children late for her generation Being an older mother and how it kept her fit Having the support of her husband and how it helped her work life balance Growing up as a healthy family  Getting the mothers perspective on daughters going off on adventures Why she decided to take up running again at 64 Deciding to do the a 100K Race - The Race to the Stones! How her walking progressed to running and how she amazed herself! Dealing with the negative comments about her age when she decided to do this challenge Being diagnosed with breast cancer in 1998 What drives her to want to prove people wrong Why you need to “pull yourself into yourself” The two types of women in their sixties who run Why you need to squat and why you need to have strong legs What the race to the stones is - and why its a good starter race What cut off times are Race tactics and her strategy The importance of good socks and shoes Feeling stronger and better at 80km than she did at 50km What she’s learned while ultra running and why its the distance for her Starting to plateau and why she needed to change her training  How running has impacted on her life - for positive and negative reasons Learning to burn fat more efficiently, but still having carbs On line communities Advice for women who do want to take up running! Raising money for Charing Cross Hospital and why its so important  Say hi to Alison on Twitter @alison8north   Charity - Friends of Charing Cross Hospital To become a Patron on the Tough Girl Podcast - CLICK HERE!!

Alison North is a married mother to two girls, (We interviewed her older daughter <a href="http://www.toughgirlchallenges.com/single-post/2016/11/29/Tough-Girl---Lorna-North-from-%E2%80%9CQueen-of-the-Mile%E2%80%9D---Talking-about-travel-running-cycling-her-experience-of-a-DNF-what%E2%80%99s-in-store-for-the-future" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Lorna from “Queen of the Mile”</a> last week on the podcast!), she’s also a business women, and can now call herself an ultra runner! During this episode we learn more about Alison, what drives her and why she decided to put her trainers on at 64 and start running.  We learn more about her mental resilience and why she wants to encourage more women and men to take up fitness when they hit their sixties. Its never to late to start but its always too late to wait! #66notout Show notes <ul> <li>Growing up in Aberdeen</li> <li>Having children late for her generation</li> <li>Being an older mother and how it kept her fit</li> <li>Having the support of her husband and how it helped her work life balance</li> <li>Growing up as a healthy family </li> <li>Getting the mothers perspective on daughters going off on adventures</li> <li>Why she decided to take up running again at 64</li> <li>Deciding to do the a 100K Race - <a href="http://www.racetothestones.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Race to the Stones</a>!</li> <li>How her walking progressed to running and how she amazed herself!</li> <li>Dealing with the negative comments about her age when she decided to do this challenge</li> <li>Being diagnosed with breast cancer in 1998</li> <li>What drives her to want to prove people wrong</li> <li>Why you need to “pull yourself into yourself”</li> <li>The two types of women in their sixties who run</li> <li>Why you need to squat and why you need to have strong legs</li> <li>What the race to the stones is - and why its a good starter race</li> <li>What cut off times are</li> <li>Race tactics and her strategy</li> <li>The importance of good socks and shoes</li> <li>Feeling stronger and better at 80km than she did at 50km</li> <li>What she’s learned while ultra running and why its the distance for her</li> <li>Starting to plateau and why she needed to change her training </li> <li>How running has impacted on her life - for positive and negative reasons</li> <li>Learning to burn fat more efficiently, but still having carbs</li> <li>On line communities</li> <li>Advice for women who do want to take up running!</li> <li>Raising money for <a href="http://www.friendscxh.org.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Charing Cross Hospital</a> and why its so important</li> </ul> Say hi to Alison on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/alison8north" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@alison8north</a> Charity - <a href="http://www.friendscxh.org.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Friends of Charing Cross Hospital</a> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/ToughGirlPodcast?ty=h" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">To become a Patron on the Tough Girl Podcast - CLICK HERE!!</a>

Alison North - Started running in her sixties and went from running 8km to doing her first 100km race!