Women Unscripted

The French Open Tennis Championships reach a climax as Chris & Nancy discuss along with other top stories: ‘Disappointing and Surprising’ – Iga Swiatek Shares Her Disbelief as Amelie Mauresmo Calls Women’s Matches Less Appealing https://www.essentiallysports.com/wta-tennis-news-disappointing-and-surprising-iga-swiatek-shares-her-disbelief-as-amelie-mauresmo-calls-womens-matches-less-appealing/?fs=...

With the football league season wrapping up in Europe the French team Lyon was crowned in the Champions League Final; Chelsea Women won the double, now they have new owners; Euro 2022 is expected to shatter attendance records this summer; female referees will officiate at the men's World Cup for first time, and Tottenham’s Chioma Ubogagu receives doping ban over acne medication. In tennis at the F...

On Thursday May 12, 2022, adventurer, hiker and former golf coach, Marci Kornegay, began the Pacific Crest Trail northbound. The 2,650 mile trail begins at the Mexican border and ends on the Canadian border in Washington State some four months later. On this exclusive podcast series Marci will be sharing her journey, beginning with the highs and lows, literally, of traversing the mountains in the...

Today’s headlines across the sports pages and beyond is the landmark news that following years of dispute and disharmony women have finally achieved parity in US soccer and will at last play on a level playing field with the men. The two Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA), which run through 2028, achieve equal pay through identical economic terms. These economic terms include identical compens...

Britain’s Jamie Chadwick continues her winning ways from last season after a double header in the season opener of the W Series in Miami. And there’s news of an all female Le Mans 24 hours race. Olympic team gold medalist Laura Collett is crowned Badminton Horse Trials winner as the five-star event returns from aa two-year absence. Canadian show jumping veteran Beth Underhill Wins La Baule €500,00...

We have reached the show finale of the Tri This Podcast with Dr Kirstin Lauritzen in which she covers her learnings and journey that she has lived and shared over the past 18 months on the show. Kirstin shares a few mindset tips and encouragement for anyone who has yet to try triathlon but is curious and wants to try it out. Kirstin says It has truly been an honor and she is so grateful to have ha...

Chris and Nancy are back from their travels to bring their pick of top stories in women’s sport this week and they begin with Obstacle Course Racing (OCR) discipline selected for testing as possible riding replacement in modern pentathlon. Black Ferns Sevens renew riveting rivalry with Australia on HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series. Brittney Griner now considered 'wrongfully detained' in Russia, U.S....

Marci Kornegay chats with Chris Stafford about the bike ride they did together when they took on the Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail from Point Lookout State Park in Maryland, on the Chesapeake Bay, to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - a total of 427 miles over eight days. Marci, 42, and Chris, 70, combined their athletic backgrounds and adventure seeking spirits to take on their first long distan...

Nancy is back this week and has a selection of top news stories from around the world including an update on Women’s Rugby Six Nations; can the powerful England Roses defeat France? In darts, England's 18 year old Beau Greaves becomes the youngest ever darts champion, male or female, women’s boxing makes history as Katie Taylor fights Amanda Serrano in what looks to be a sell-out at Madison Square...

The topic this week is inflammation as Kirstin describes the key drivers of inflammation and how to determine if they are holding you back from performing. There are many common causes that most people ignore or don't think is an issue until they end up with injuries and illnesses that prevent them from being able to race or be competitive. With the triathlon season starting up for many, it's a gr...

This week Chris is joined by her friend Marci Kornegay to discuss the main headlines in women’s sport before they share their next big adventure. Starting on April 19th the two intrepid cyclists will embark on the 400+ miles of the Potomac Heritage Trail from the Chesapeake Bay, MD via Washington DC and Cumberland Gap to Pittsburgh, PA. This is not only going to be a personal challenge for Chris a...

Dr. Kirstin discusses the possibility of combining high performance and health. It's very common to hear that health is sacrificed at the time for peak performance. And that might be fine for a short period of time, but athletes are either not focusing on their health in the off times, or are maintaining that peak performance for a long period of time and are then surprised when their body isn't a...

Abby’s guest is Marjoleine Hulshof, a People & Organisation Lead with Investec Bank, an Executive Coach, Mentor, Sailor and passionate about Ocean conservation. Abby & Marjoleine discuss mentoring, which was one of the recommendations following the World Sailing Trusts Strategic Review. This is a topic that The Magenta Project has successfully implemented since 2018, having assisted over 150 femal...

Professor Clare Hanlon is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University, in Melbourne. She recently led a research team that completed a study focused on sport uniforms for girls. After the release of those findings ‘What girls want for sport uniforms’, Cadbury and Women Sport Australia provided $150k grant for clubs to change their sport uniforms for girls using the...

The Miami Open is mid way through its quarter finals with Naomi Osaka and Iga Swiatek emerging as possible finals just as Iga is set to be come the World No 1 following the retirement of Ash Barty and at the Australian’s request to be removed from the rankings. Meanwhile former world No. 1 women's tennis player Victoria Azarenka drops out of Miami Open dropped out of the tournament in the second s...

Do you know how much sleep is right for you and also what quality sleep looks like? On this week’s episode, Dr. Kirstin Lauritzen discusses the different phases of sleep; how much time, on average, we should be spending in certain phases of sleep, and a lot of different tips to try to improve your sleep. For example, do you know which phase of sleep is optimal for repairing and recovering from you...

The big breaking news this week is that three-time grand slam champion and WTA World No 1 Ash Barty surprised the sports world with the announcement of her retirement at the age of 25 with $23.8 earnings. Ash won the Australian Open this year and looked hot favorite to continue that form but there’s nothing like retiring while you’re at the top of your game so good luck Ash… there are many more dr...

Tenille Hoogland addresses the best tips for peri-menopause athletes and beyond. Peri-menopause to post-menopause is another time of life where the body begins to shift and make changes and it can cause some loss of confidence and frustration for athletes when what worked before seems to not be working now. Tenille Hoogland addresses the best tips for peri-menopause athletes and beyond. She walks...

Ukrainian Paralympian Oksana Masters completed her quest for medals at the 2022 Beijing Paralympic Games finishing with seven to add to her total tally and record of fifteen. Oksana’s story from being a victim of Chernobyl to Paralympic Champion is heartwarming but nonetheless a difficult time for her to compete and win medals. We also continue the story of WNBA star Brittney Griner who is being d...

When athletes compete in a sport that has weight classes it can be very tricky to lose weight while also maintaining and striving to improve performance. It's common for this to cause many issues, particularly with female athletes, as advice that is commonly given does not take into account hormones and female physiology. Kirstin discusses a case study where weight loss combined with the stresses...

Oklahoma native Camille Herron spends her life breaking records in Ultra-distance running so it may not have come as a surprise to her followers when she recently broke her own women’s world record in the Jackpot 100/US Championship in Las Vegas. That she won in 12 hours, 41 minutes and 11 seconds, averaging around 7:37 minutes per mile was impressive enough but this was only the second time a wom...

Elise Wortley is an Englishwoman on a mission; not as a modern day explorer but as an authentic amazon from centuries past. Elise is planning her third journey following in the footsteps of famous women who conquered mountains and oceans from Scotland to the Himlayas. And what makes her journeys different is that she is dressed and equipped in authentic clothing of that period which so far has bee...

With the war in Ukraine affecting athletes in training we hear of a Ukranian Canoeist and her desperate journey to rescue her daughter from the war zone. One of Ukraine’s star athletes is Oksana Masters who is currently taking part in the Beijing Paralympics having won gold medal already but shares how this is bitter sweet because she feels guilty in light of what’s happening. Also caught in the c...

Have you ever had an injury, ache or pain, or really low energy that couldn't be explained or fixed? One mistake that athletes and sports medicine practitioners make is they don't look deeper into why that athlete is experiencing those chronic symptoms. One very critical factor that leads to either chronic pain, inflammation and injuries or optimal performance, increased resistance to fatigue and...

Portland native Jenny Nguyen is counting down the days to opening the nation’s first women’s sports bar, and will watch her concept of providing a safe social space to watch sport become a reality. For the former basketball player turned chef, the idea of a sports bar for women began as a joke with her girlfriend Liz in 2018, but as the world changed with the impact of a pandemic so Jenny changed...