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Jenny Tough

Jenny Tough (born 1989 or 1990)[1] is a Canadian endurance athlete based in Scotland. She has been the first woman in multiple bikepacking races, including the Silk Road Mountain Race in 2021 and 2021,[2] and the Atlas Mountain Race in 2020.[3] In addition to her bikepacking achievements, Tough is an ultrarunning adventurer who has run solo and unsupported the length of a mountain range on every populated continent. The mountain ranges she has run include the Tien Shan, the Atlas Mountains, the Bolivian Andes, the Southern Alps, the Canadian Rockies, and the Transylvanian Alps.[1] She described these runs in her 2023 book Solo.[4]

In 2022, Tough edited the book Tough Women: Adventure Stories in which twelve women wrote about their adventurous activities, "from mountain climbing to wingsuit flying, from horse trekking to swimming the English Channel".[5]

Tough is deputy editor,[4] also described as contributing editor[6] of adventure travel magazine Sidetracked.

Tough was born in Banff, Alberta, Canada,[7] graduated from James Cook University,[7] and, as of 2023, lives in Edinburgh, Scotland.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Soutar, Gaby (20 January 2023). "Edinburgh athlete, Jenny Tough, on running six of the world's mountain ranges alone". The Scotsman. Retrieved 2024-12-11.
  2. ^ Watts, Logan (25 August 2021). "Jenny Tough Wins 2021 Silk Road Mountain Race Women's Category". Bikepacking. Retrieved 2024-12-11.
  3. ^ Morris, Natalie (13 May 2020). "Strong Women: 'I got my period on an endurance race in the middle of the Atlas Mountains – and I still won'". Metro. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
  4. ^ a b "Solo: In Conversation with Jenny Tough". Sidetracked. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  5. ^ Tough, Jenny (13 January 2023). Tough Women Adventure Stories [publisher's website]. Summersdale Publishers. ISBN 978-1-78783-300-5. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  6. ^ "About Sidetracked: The Sidetracked team". Sidetracked. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  7. ^ a b Griffith, Samuel (28 August 2018). "Tough as Nails". Trailrunner. Retrieved 2024-12-11.
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