Victoria Pendleton

And my tribe as well, my tribe.

OK.

So I started riding horses 12 and a half months before Cheltenham Festival and I finished fifth in the Fox Hunters Chase.

So I committed to becoming a jump jockey and I absolutely loved every second of it.

I've got a retired racehorse at home called Sarah.

I would like more retired racehorses if I could afford them.

That would be my dream.

Win the EuroMillions and have loads of horses in a paddock together, a whole herd.

That would be the dream.

Absolutely.

I'm very, although I love adrenaline in sports, as you put them, extreme sports, I'm a very calculated risk taker and I put in all the work.

But also anybody that rides horses knows it's pretty much if you ride good horses, then you have a half a chance.

Like I had very, very well trained riders.

horses to ride on so they definitely helped me achieve that goal I couldn't have done it otherwise but I I I followed all the training I did as I was told um I committed to the process fully and became a work rider within eight weeks so I just I really embraced the chance incredible achievement so let's come back then to the book and the fear opportunity and how feeling your fear brings strength and confidence what are you trying to teach people here

Basically, I want to try and help people have courage to sort of just push their limits, push their comfort zones a little bit more, because I feel like we impose a lot of restrictions on what we're capable of.

And as women and especially, I would say, as I get older, I feel like the perspective towards what you should and shouldn't do and then what it's taking up a new sport or a new challenge is seen as bad.

Sometimes when people speak to me as a little bit bizarre, I don't want people to miss out.

So it's removing the fear from places where it really shouldn't exist, where it's kind of it's been imposed, whether that's socially, culturally or through past experience that it doesn't need to be there.

So removing those barriers to make sure that we live like the most fulfilling life that we can and.

And who knows, you know, that next challenge you take on or the next class you join, you might just find your next passion or your new tribe or something that really connects you to other people.