Welcome back or welcome to the single track podcast. I'm your host Finn Melanson and in this episode,

we are talking with Heather Jackson. Heather is a professional triathlete and now trail, an ultra runner

who splits her time between Bend, Oregon and Tucson, Arizona. Heather joins the single track

podcast today to talk about her seriously impressive debut

Ultra Race at the 2022 Havillade 100. She talks about her decision to put her triathlon career

on pause in favor of mountain ultra trail running as well as gravel biking. We talk a bit about

her ideas for the 2023 season and much, much more.

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support. And with that, let's get started. All right, Heather Jackson, it is a pleasure to meet.

It's a pleasure to have you on the single track podcast as well. Thank you so much. It's an honor

to be asked to be on this. So I really appreciate it.

Excited to be here. And I do want to talk about the Havillena 100 in just a second.

But the first question I wanted to ask you, we recently had Des Lyndon on the show.

And Des is obviously famous. She's beloved in the marathoning road world scene.

And when she decided to dip her toes into the trail running world, one of the first things

I asked her was, have you gotten a lot of comments or interest from your fan base in the

road world about what this whole ultra and trail thing is about.

And I guess I want to throw that to you as well.

Like since finishing Havelina, you put up that awesome YouTube video.

Have you had any curiosity from your fans about what this whole scene is like and what it can

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