Welcome back or welcome to the Single Track podcast. I'm your host Finn Melanson, and in this

episode we talk with Jasmine Paris, a professional trail runner for innovate based in the United

Kingdom. Jasmine's racing resume is significant with overall wins at the spine race, a fastest known

time on the Bob Graham round, a top 10 finish at

UTMB, and way more. Most recently, she completed three laps, also known as a fun run,

at the vaunted Barclay Marathons in Tennessee's Frozen Head State Park. Due to Jasmine's

media schedule, we only had 20 minutes to chat, but we covered good ground,

including what inspired her to line up for Barclay, what her physical and mental preparation

looked like, the keys to completing a fun run, whether she has plans to return next year

or beyond, and what other events and routes in the United States interest her. Let's get started.

Jasmine Paris, welcome to the single track podcast.

Hello.

First things first, huge congratulations on completing the fun run at the Barclay Marathons just a couple of days ago.

Do you have any initial thoughts?

Thanks very much.

Yeah, no, it was a very intense experience.

Yeah, it was kind of looking back, I'm already missing it.

So it was pretty hard at the time.

But yeah, it was definitely the adventure that I was looking for.

You say that you're already missing it, which is interesting.

Is it a fair question to ask?

Are you intending to return to Berkeley next year?

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