Free Trail, fam, welcome back to the podcast. Always love and appreciate having you here.

Today, our guest is

Devin Yanko, the fast foodie, one of the top trail and ultra athletes in North America for going on

two decades at this point. She is a longtime friend. And finally, here she is coming on the pod for the

first time to go long form. And it was great to have her here. Devin was one of my earliest inspirations in

the sport. I have been a keen follower of her since the very beginning. We also overlapped living

in Marin for several years when Devin and her husband Nathan Yanko owned and operated a bakery

and cafe called M.H. Bread and Butter, and Butter, aka MHB, which has been an

institution in the Bay Area running community.

You may have heard of it for more than 10 years at this point.

I have admired Devin as an athlete and as a small business owner in the time that I've known her.

So we center our conversation

around those two things. But of course, Devin also participated in Lulu Lemmon's further event,

which we've touched on here in the podcast a couple of times. So of course, I had to ask her

about it. Other things we discuss, the origin of the fast foodie moniker and her pursuit of culinary arts over time. We talk about

the realities of small business ownership. We talk about the sale of her business and moving to

Colorado. We talk about the history of trail and ultra running in Marin County. We talk about the

value of not specializing as an athlete, something that Devin has modeled throughout

her career. We talked about her goals for further and the life-changing experience of participating.

We talk about her very ambitious goals for the rest of her season and a lot more. It was a great

conversation. Always appreciate Devin's perspective. Whenever she

posts anything, it just feels like she's always got something important to say. And I hope you

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