Words Rachel Ifans
WARRIOR
Nominative determinism is the hypothesis that people tend to gravitate towards areas of work that fit their names. For example, the cook at my kids’ school is called Mrs Ovens (no, really), the guy who authorised my speeding violation (ahem) was called Mr Rush.
So you won’t be surprised to hear that this issue’s Warrior, Jenny Tough, has taken her running to unparalleled heights and tested her body to extremes in the process. And that’s not hyperbole on our part. She’s an adventurer wiTha particular fondness for running the world’s most unforgiving mountain ranges – and she does it alone. Lots of people assume her name is some kind of fabricated insta-tag. But Tough is her name. And Tough is most definitely her nature.
Mountain highs
Jenny’s passion for running took a while to show up. Although she loved the marathons she did during her uni years, it was only when she combined her love of running wiThher love of the mountains that, well, she found her Shangri-La.
She grew up in the Canadian Rockies and now lives in Scotland, so the mountain thing is in the DNA. “I’ve travelled a lot and lived away from home and never really been homesick,” She says. “But I do miss the mountains when I’m away. I don’t know why, but I do always feel a calm when I’m in the mountains.” But let’s wind the clock back a bit.
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