Véronique Bourbeau - Running 3,010km in 72 days, across Japan!! Plus her plans to run the length of Africa in 2024!

Véronique is a French-Canadian ultra-runner living in Singapore. Since her debut in ultra-running races, Véronique love to keep on pushing herself to go farther and beyond what she thinks is possible.

In the summer 2015, she ran 3,010km in 72 days, self-supported across Japan. This is the equivalent of 1 full marathon a day for 72 days! Véronique has raced in Japan (Sakura Michi, 250km), UAE (Salomon Wadi Bih Run, 72 Km ) and in Germany (100 Meilen Berlin).

In November 2017, Véronique came first overall at the 'Melaka Ultra 100' mile race in Malaysia in a time of 21h 24 mins!

Her next big goal is to run the Africa continent from North to South. Approximately 14,000km in 1 year 3 months. Véronique is registered for the "Guinness World Record" and by completing this goal, this will make her the first female to accomplish it!

Show notes

• Growing up in Canada
• Coming from a single parent family and being bullied when she was younger
• Doing marital arts from 12 years old
• Having a bad experience at 14 years old
• Thinking about death
• Her first big lesson in life and quitting
• Being grateful for the challenging experiences
• Having an out of body experience at a young age
• Getting rid of her fear of water
• Getting into running
• Getting a treadmill in the house
• Not feeling confident to run outside
• Buying her first pair of running shoes
• Following a running program to run a marathon
• Deciding to run across Japan! Where the idea came from
• The difference between the plan and the reality
• The kindness of strangers
• How her body coped with the demands of the run
• The mental side of the challenge
• The relationship with her daughter
• Completing the challenge and dealing with the adventure blues
• Deciding to run the length of Africa and how it came about
• Heading out to run the length of South Korea for training
• Dealing with the challenges of the heat
• Finishing the adventure by bike instead of running
• Advice and tips for women who want to get into running

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