Meet Vegan Athlete Fiona Oakes - Ultramarathon Champion Powered by Plants

Fiona Oakes is renowned as a British endurance runner and vegan athlete. She is the fastest woman in the world to run a marathon on all seven continents and the north pole. She has competed in over 100 marathons and set five marathon course records around the globe, including the Antarctic Ice Marathon.

However, when Fiona was a child, things looked very different. She had many, many, many health issues and underwent numerous surgeries. At one point, she thought she would not be able to walk. We discuss her incredible story and how she finds a way through, despite the odds.

Fiona has been vegan since the age of six. She participates in endurance sports to demonstrate that her diet is not prohibitive to performance and to raise awareness of her Tower Hill Stables Animal Sanctuary, which she founded in 1996. At her sanctuary, she cares night and day for 500 rescued animals to which she has devoted her life.

00:00 Introduction
01:44 Fiona reflects on through childhood
03:13 What changed to get you running?
05:45 The genesis of Fiona's veganism
13:10 Moments of change during the North Pole Marathon
17:33 What have you learned about yourself
20:47 What has changed in veganism from when you started promoting it?
23:55 What does luxury mean to you?
24:44 What does the change mean to you?
26:43 What have you learned working with the animals all these years?
30:03 Fiona's advice to a person that feels a bit stuck


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