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
Social Media
Website - www.veroniquerun.com
Instagram - @veroniquerun
Facebook - @veroniquerun
Youtube - Veronique Run