Welcome back or welcome to the single track podcast. I'm your host, Finn Melanson, and in this episode, we're joined by M.K. Sullivan, a professional trail runner for Kraft based in Reno, Nevada, ahead of her race at the Black Canyon 100K on February 10th. In this conversation, we talk about going full time on trail running, making the jump to the 100K distance, why 2024 represents

the beginning of her versatility era, and some reflections on the subhub podcast and highlights

from covering that part of the sport. Before we get started, though, thank you to NAC for supporting

the show. NAC is the official nutrition partner of Single Track. You've heard me talk a lot about their

mission and their products and why I'm into what they're doing. But one thing I haven't talked a

lot about that I'm pretty excited on are their race-specific nutrition quizzes. These exist on their

website, knack.com. And, you know, with races like the Black Canyon 100K on the near horizon,

you can take these quizzes,

enter all your relevant information like height, weight, sweat rate, race day goals, and it

formulates a nutrition plan right down to the precise aid station on each of these courses.

It's awesome.

So go check it out for yourself again.

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if you end up buying some product, feel free to use code Single Track 15 at checkout for 15%

off your next order. With that, let's get started. M.K. Sullivan, it is a pleasure to have you

on the Single Track podcast. How are you doing today? I am doing wonderful. How are you? I'm doing great. We were just talking offline about sort of like the world of podcasting and setups, and you're building a pretty cool studio there. And it's just fun to riff on that part in addition to the training and the racing in Black Canyon.

Yeah, trying to set up a little bit more of a style here because I didn't, I never use a background.

Like Danny always has like chamonet behind her, but I never end up doing that. So I'm trying to set

up a little bit of a space down here for the sub hub. First time on the podcast, hopefully not last.

I feel like there's just stuff I've always wanted to ask you independent of the race

at hand. The first is, are you like full time at running? Is this kind of like your profession,

your vocation in addition to like your passion and your hobby? Yes. About, oh man, I think it was

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