After overcoming her own challenges Mimi is now passionate about using her running to help others tackle challenges in their own lives.
Mimi specialises in extreme endurance events whether racing or organising her own adventures, pushing beyond the limits others impose on themselves and this has led to a number of ‘firsts’ in her running career.
Mimi also holds a number of course records hold and is most proud of her Arctic race & Guinness World Records, which are:
352 mile self sufficiency non-stop race in the Arctic. Overall winner & course record holder 143 hrs 23 mins.
Running from John O’Groats to Lands End. 840 miles 12 days 15 hrs 46 mins – I held this record for over 11 years
1st Female & 4th person to ever achieve this.
145 mile non-stop race along the Grand Union Canal in under 45 hrs NEW COURSE RECORD: 28hrs 12 mins.
220km 5 day staged race Overall winner
Female course record holder. 292 miles: 108 hrs 10 mins 24 seconds (3rd fastest ever crossing).
153 miles non-stop from Athens to Sparta in under 36 hrs. 3rd Female & 1st Brit home in 32hrs 33 mins.
Running 345 miles from Top to bottom of Ireland
3 days 15 hrs 36 mins.
146 Miles non-stop, 3rd overall only female finisher to date.
Awarded by UK Ultra Runner Awards for fastest crossing of Ireland.
145 mile non-stop race from Birmingham to Little Venice in London. I began my Double on 23rd May at 9am from Little Venice running to Birmingham in 31hrs 50 mins returning with the race back to Little Venice in 36hrs 49 mins. I am the only person to have ever achieved this.
135 Miles, only finisher. New Course Record.
1,968km run from Pietermaritzburg to Paarl in South Africa over 32 days.
153 Miles from Athens to Sparta in under 36hrs – 35:07. 153 miles from Sparta to Athens – 47 hrs. I became the first female to ever achieve the double an iconic, gruelling, challenging race.
Ran 2, 215.24 miles across the USA, that’s 3/4 of the way across the third largest Continent in the world in 40 days! I was aiming to run 2,850 miles in 53 days but unfortunately I sustained massive damage to my knee that would have resulted in a knee replacement on returning to the UK had I continued. I have a high pain threshold but eventually even I couldn’t cope with the pain. Although not the result I wanted I have achieved something that very few people in the world have or will ever achieved.
In September 2018 I entered Lands End to John O’Groats cycle ride as it was the 10th anniversary of my JOGLE World record. At the time of signing up I didn’t even own a road bike! The distance was 980 miles over 9 days taking in some of the biggest/toughest climbs in the UK.
In January 2018 I started having swimming lessons to try and overcome my fear of the water and learn how to do the front crawl. Roll on a lot of hard work and very anxious moments I took part in my first Triathlon in June 2019 not only taking part but managed to win my age group.
September 2018 Ride Across Britain 980 miles over 9 days from Lands End to John O’Groats. This was my first big event and the first time I cycled 100 miles plus each day! It was also a great way to celebrate my 10 year anniversary of my JOGLE World Record.
In September 2019 Cat Archer and I cycled from Vancouver to the Mexican Border in 25 days, 1,854 miles. We were self sufficient carrying everything we needed on our bikes. An amazing experience.
Chase the Sun is 330km with over 3,000m of elevation. starting in Sheerness in Kent and finishing in Weston-super-Mere. Riders start at sunrise with the aim of reaching the finish before sunset – I was thrilled to achieve this even with a mechanical!
In January 2022 8 intrepid cyclists arrived in the RatRace testpilot TransAndean from the Pacific to the Atlantic. Unfortunately due to COVID the border between Chile and Argentina was closed so we were unable to cycle the Chile Section but Cycling across Argentina was amazing!
Cycling from London to Paris 320km in 24 hours was an amazing adventure. Getting off the Ferry in France in the early hours of the morning was absolutely freezing! it was so cold I cycled for the next 3 hours with my down jacket on!
I did the Wild West Country as a pair with Lowri Morgan. We worked well as a team finishing as fastest pairs.
The PanCeltic is a self-supported cycle event started and finished in Wales taking us along the Wild Atlantic Way in Ireland. I cycled as a pair with Lowri Morgan we camped along the way, stayed in B&B’s and on two occasions cycled more than 300km to achieve our goal of finishing in under 10 days. The weather was fantastic finishing in 9 days 7 hours.
This was my biggest challenge to date. A self supported event starting in Turin and finishing at the North Cape (4,400km) The route took competitors across 10 countries, it really was an epic adventure finishing in just under 3 weeks.