Top South African ultra-runner Meg Mackenzie on finishing her first 100km race, marmots, and her next big challenge - winter in Chamonix.

Meg Mackenzie is one of South Africa’s top female ultra-runners. Growing up along the famous Comrades route – a 55 mile stretch of road between Durban and Pietermaritzburg – not to mention being born into a family of sports enthusiasts, it was almost inevitable that she would fall into the running community. But it didn’t happen overnight - her journey to becoming a professional runner and coach was deliberate and considered.

In this week’s podcast, Meg talks about how lucky she feels having grown up when she did in South Africa, but that the country she once knew has changed. She says while there are many women who still run in the mountains, for her, the fear of running alone was too great. It was this fear that prompted a massive change in her life, that of moving to Chamonix. Having seen snowfall for the first time in April this year, conquering the mountains in winter, may just be her biggest challenge yet.

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