Welcome back or welcome to the Single Track podcast.

I'm your host Finn Melanson and in this episode we talk with Ailsa McDonald, a professional trail runner for Sokney based in Alberta, Canada.

Ailsa is lining up for the Western States 100 this year after securing a golden ticket at Bandera 100K back in 2020.

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Hey, Elsa McDonald, welcome to the single track podcast. Hey, thanks for having me. This is the first time,

yeah, that we're having you on this podcast. So I'd love to just learn a bit about your background, where you're based, what you do for work, how you got into Ultras.

Okay.

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