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Emma Dearden: Teacher. Athlete. Role Model.

August 10, 2025·58 min·5 clips
Emma admits she'll only become 'dangerous' in Hyrox when she believes in herself, despite making the Scotland team over hundreds of applicants.
PE teacher and Hyrox athlete Emma Dearden discusses her journey to breaking the 70-minute barrier, representing Scotland at the World Championships, and the mental challenges of self-belief. She shares insights on training, fueling, recovering from an eating disorder, and coaching the next generation.

As heard by us

A grounded look at rebuilding training when work and pressure make it hard to keep going.

Emma's story has a calm, unforced arc: work takes over, training stops feeling good, then the routine slowly gets rebuilt around a life that actually has limits.

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Why you'd press play

For when work and training are pulling you in opposite directions.

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