Episode 15: Dr. Anne Lord Bailey - Competence and Confidence
Dr. Anne Lord Bailey participated quite possibly in the biggest physical and mental challenge of her life. She is a member of Team Unbroken in the World’s Toughest Race and is also a pharmacist provider for the VA and works in Healthcare Innovation. After Bailey graduated from Columbia International University in 2006, she later continued her education, which allowed her to meet a veteran named Gretchen Evans, a retired Command Sergeant Officer who has a hearing disability due to a bombing encounter, who influenced her to participate in the race.
Join us as we walk through their World’s Toughest Race journey and how they were able to endure varieties of elements, survive, and keep pressing forward as a team and as individuals!
In this episode you will hear:
How Anne and Gretchen Evans met
Opportunity to participate in World’s Toughest Race
Transitioning from Training Partner to Assistant Crew Member (TAC)
Initial concerns on joining the race as a Crew Assistant
The “chaos” on the beginning of the race and how they worked as a team
Pushing through the Ocean Leg, challenges they faced as a team, and going through the race despite Dr. Bailey’s Diabetes
The responsibility of being a support role to Gretchen and how the team communicated with Gretchen Evans regardless of her hearing impairment condition
Being more competent than confident
Push to keep going and finish the Ocean leg and realizing they may not make it to the first cut-off
Team Unbroken moving forward after being eliminated from the race
Anne’s advice to self - Speak up in what I am observing, reading in the guide book, and seeing in front of me and around me
Connect with Anne!
Instagram: @annelordb and @teamunbrokenusa
Facebook: /teamunbrokenusa
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