Ride Like a Girl | Lee Craigie | TEDxGlasgow
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- čas přidán 6. 06. 2017
- With a career of elite level mountain bike racing behind her, Lee continues to test herself by riding longer and further than she ever has before. Only these days, she knows herself and her motivations for doing so much better.
She tells the story of an epic multi-day, ultra-endurance mountain bike race through some of Scotland's most wild and remote terrain. The Highland Trail 550 Race provides an interesting narrative to explore the ways people behave differently under stressful conditions and ultimately asks the question "is there a different way to succeed?".
Lee Craigie is 38 years old and lives in the Highlands of Scotland. She competed for 10 years as an elite level mountain bike racer, representing GB in the World Championships and Scotland in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
Lee is also a trained child and adolescent psychotherapist, who uses outdoor adventurous activities therapeutically to help socially excluded young people feel better about themselves.
In 2015, tired of the way the media and cycling industry portrays athletic women, Lee co-founded The Adventure Syndicate; a collective of women who do extraordinary things by bike and who aim to inspire, encourage and enable more women and girls to challenge themselves on what they think they might be capable of. Through The Adventure Syndicate, Lee now writes, delivers talks, makes films, runs training courses and, most importantly, continues to undertake her own ultra endurance self-supported bike adventures in an effort to remain curious, engaged and humble.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
The way she narrated such a long journey in a very smooth and entertaining way...no repetition, no pauses...so smooth and fun to listen to. She is indeed a great story teller and a woman to look up to. Bless your good soul. stay safe
I want you to know that I cried seeing your TEDtalk Ride like a Girl because it is so inspiring. Although I’m a 52 year old man it really hit me.
In my early youth I was more of a bookworm then a sporty boy and I hated gym classes and sports because I was never good at it. I was that slender boy that was always picked last when teams for gym at school were chosen because I threw balls or climbed robes ‘like a girl. So I started to hate everything sports related and sat quietly in the corner with a book.
Last year I ditched my car and bought a bike for commuting and groceries and the psysical exercise was hard but last year ended with almost 9.000 km on the odometer of my bike computer. Daily distances are growing but stormy and rainy days in the flatlands of Holland can still be hard but I’ll succeed.
What your Ted-talk told me is that I can loose the trauma of being ‘like a girl’ isn’t so bad; it is something to be proud of. I really hope that your talk is seen by non-manly bookish boys like the one I was and that the next time they are laughed at because they are ‘like a girl’ they picture you and laugh back or smile.
Way to go Mark! Keep it up
Hope you're still riding strong mark, you've a great country for riding bikes!
Fix your typo then should be than!
You're no less of a man for not being sporty as a youth. I love bookish men myself, and I think lots of people do. 💜
I find I keep returning to Lee's CZcams clips. Enthralling, captivating, engrossing, inspiring, uplifting, motivational. She reminds me why as a boy as soon as I got on my bike it was magical with that feeling of freedom and unlimited potential of adventure. That feeling is still as strong today 50 years later.
Lee is a natural story teller, a smart woman and a great cyclist who thinks a lot. I plan to share this with my non-cycling colleagues, for the collaborative perspective she offers.
This woman inspires me to ride more.. she’s amazing!!
Lee, I love your work so much. You are a massive inspiration. Thank you.
Love this TEDTalk. Wishing you well and a whole lot of joy on the Tour Divide.
I love this story and have watched this video several times. It’s an inspiration that I want to take with me on my own biking adventures. Thank you Lee!
Almost poetic delivery of an inspiring story, thank you,quite beautiful.
This is so touching. Speechless
"That cup of tea will taste sublime!" I get that! I get that so much!
I melted with admiration when she picked that bike up and slung it on her shoulder. She's the kind of hero/mentor all us girls/women need
What’s the problem? A good bike doesn’t weigh much, maybe 10-12 kg.
Don't bring gender/girl power into this. You have two arms and two legs just do it and keep your feministic conversations to yourself.
@@newavatar2947 woof woof give the dog a bone
I ride a ladies style comfort hybrid bike. And yes i'm a guy. No sore bum, no sore wrists. It's the best bike I've ever owned. I love it. And I loved this video. One of the best TedX talks I've seen.
We can ALL yes ALL learn so much from this Ladies journey ,I know i did and im 88 years .
Love hearing about all your adventures and ideas to inspire women and girls to go for it and get out there!
Great talk on the power of embracing challenges together. WTG Lee and good luck on all future endeavors!
inspiring... being oneself... lovely talk
For years i watch this like twice a year and it always evokes very deep emotions. And as an audio engineer i'd like to record Lee Craigie. :)
Bicycles - my great passion since I remember! Well done Lee!
She is admirable and love her accent
Thank you.
Man, her speech filled me with such imagination and excitement - what an amazing storyteller and inspiration!
Love the video. Great message. Very proud !! Angus R
Wow, her message resonates with me big time! She is a strong pieceful women with a great outlook on life
THIS. IS. STUNNING!
amazing speaker and amazing woman!
Amazing, love your bike...
Thank you Lee, your understanding and definition of winning is inspiring. We live in a zero sum world and your view gives an alternative that is missing from so much of our worldview. I know in my life the simple act of riding a bicycle has altered my world and redefined my life. Thank you for sharing this incredible moment in time.
this talk had me glued to her every word :D
Really touching 💐💐💐
this woman gets it. It's not about the goal, but the journey. Success, fame fortune are all for nothing if you don't take a break and learn to live in the moment more, learn to cooperate, make friends, etc
Great video! Lee you are an incredible person, cyclist AND speaker! Hope that we'll hear more about your Tour Divide race soon!
Brilliant.
Wonderful motivational presentation! Keep it up!
Greetings from Singapore!
Inspirational. Good luck on the Tour Divide
simply beautiful.
A very inspirational woman
Thanks Lee
10 out of 10
Keep it short and sweet,
Voice was full of passion,
Connection to life,
Tastefully executed,
See the love,
The strength to overcome,
Power of the mind,
Team work,
Teaching the children TO BE,
Another adventure awaits.
THANKS.
Gorgeous bike! About such a only dream! 🚲👏👏👏👍
The Tesco thing cracked me up, because I had the same experience after a one week hiking and camping trip through the highlands once. Also in Ullapool, so probably even the same Tesco. It was pretty overwhelming. ;)
Great story
Great speaker. Would be a pleasure to ride alongside her. Cycling is a sport of camaraderie.
I just picked up cycling and and at some point I want to go on a journey as long as yours
Awesomeness! Badassery!
incredible woman...
Wow, such an inspiration to a older woman cyclist like me! Her thoughts toward the end of the video is what we all should be thinking about!
There is something very beautiful with your voice and grace.
But I still wonder how it would be for the first two guys whose efforts had been demeaned into humour.
Amazing girl
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Brill :o)
How did she do in The Great Divide race you should get it back on to talk about that
☘️☘️
well done Baby Girl.(Hen)
Great video again Lee. Hope you take it how its meant but you must be Scotland's female Mark Beaumont a compliment indeed, Hope TD went ok.
Nah, he's a male Lee Craigie ;)
Winning isnt always coming in 1st
Now that is a near perfect Ted Talk.
I'm struggling to comprehend how 13 people gave this talk a thumbs down. What a delightful talk, what a wonderful and inspiring lady. From now on, I will aim to ride my bike 'more like a girl'
Lee is currently leading the women in the Tour Divide. Follow the race here: trackleaders.com/tourdivide17
I love self-supported races; they're races for uncompetitive people (like me)
Hope to ride from Waterloo (Ontario, Canada) to Halifax (Nova Scotia, Canada) summer 2021. Hope to entice my then almost 14 y.o. son to join me. (He rode 800 km with me summer 2019). Yes, that cup of tea is sublime. (Secret of life: Be. Hear. Now. IMHO.) See you on the road - but FTLOG SEE ME FIRST! Peace!
That 44 dislikes are from those bearded man she left somewhere behind in the tracks
Unbelievable what a woman
6:04 this woman's face in he front row is bewilderment?
Pompous grandiosity
She calls this riding like a girl?!
I'm a 45 year old man who rides around town on a folding e-bike with a matching set of blue shopping panniers.
I RIDE LIKE A GIRL!!!! 😀
:) Boy or girl I think the bike and the freedom it offers trumps gender. Ride on my friend
I hoped she would've ended get speech with this. They may take our lives but they'll never take our freedom
Scottish is like danish, real hard to listen to and also: fucking hilarious.
Riding like a girl but only if you are Scottish and hard as nails lol
damm that was tedious. Imagine being on a bike ride through the Highlands, loving the scenery , nature and you catch up with her, and she wants to talk Religion, Politics, and Feminism, which I suspect she knows nothing about anything about all 3, damm she must even bore the Animals. Scotland has great cyclists, Hoy, Beaumont, Jenny Graham and they put this wet dishrag up.
"Ride Like a Girl" ...sorry, you insulted half your audience, including me. I gave you ten seconds (which is ten seconds too many) and moved on. Bye...
Kirk T Then you completely misunderstood her and missed a great story.
Well, you missed out. Your loss.
Obviously didn't get the title
It's amazing what people get all wound up about,,,, I mean really she rode a bike for 4 days.... Big deal.
snore.................