Hey everybody. How is it going?

Bonjour, from Reunion Island where I am recording,

looking out my hotel window, up the flanks of this beautiful volcanic island,

looking up towards the Cirque, several thousand feet above where I sit now, basically on the beach.

If you don't know where Reunion Island is, I am currently in the middle of the Indian Ocean.

Look it up on Google Earth.

And then after you're done with that, look it up on Google Images.

This place is absolutely insane. It is so freaking cool. And I feel like most

of the people who listen to this show may have never heard about this island at all or know

that one of the world's coolest and craziest 100 mile races takes place here every year, which is why I'm here, of course.

It is currently Tuesday morning, so we are a little bit more than two days removed from the start of the grand raid of Reunion Island,

aka the diagonal DeFou, which in English, translated from French,

means the crossing of the idiots, the diagonal of the fools.

And I will be one of those fools this Thursday night,

and I can't freaking wait.

Look up the Grand Rade of Reunion Island.

If you are unfamiliar with this race it is one of

the most notorious uh one of the most challenging but also seemingly one of the coolest

hundred milers in the world and i'll tell you a little bit more about it here in a second but welcome

really happy you guys are here. I just wanted to do

a quick podcast episode where I talk a little bit about the race coming up, sort of how I'm feeling

about it, the training leading into it, what my goals and expectations are for the race itself.

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