Summary
Jasmin Paris is the first female runner to complete one of the world's toughest annual races - The Barkley Marathon.
Taking place at 'Frozen Head State Park' in Tennessee, USA, the incredible 100-mile race involves five loops of 20 miles, with 60,000 ft of ascents and descents - which is double the height of Mount Everest from sea level.
Pushing through brambles, and other forest obstacles Jasmin was 1 of only 20 people to complete the race, which started with the blow of a conch shell and the light of a cigarette...
With 99 seconds to spare from the 60hr cut-off... she did it. And now she's on RunPod to tell the tale...
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of RunPod is sponsored by M&S, where you can shop all your favorite sportswear brands. |
| 0:08.1 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:14.4 | Hello there, welcome to RunPod, the Run Club of the podcast world. I'm Jenny Faulkner, and every week, |
| 0:20.5 | well, I am delighted to be |
| 0:21.6 | joined by you and to keep you company whilst you run. And to help me this week, well, I've got |
| 0:27.2 | a very special guest. I mean, she's a vet. She's a mum of two. She's also a fell runner. A bit of an |
| 0:35.0 | ultramarathoner. In fact, let's take it one step further. She's incredible. |
| 0:39.6 | She is one of only 17 runners to complete the Barclay Marathon, which is deemed the toughest marathon |
| 0:46.7 | on the planet. She's the only woman to do it. She is honestly the most inspirational person |
| 0:52.6 | you can imagine to have on this podcast. She's amazing. |
| 0:55.8 | It's Jasmine Paris. Hello there. Hello. Pleasure to be here. Thanks for having me. |
| 0:59.8 | Oh, it's so good to have you here. I mean, we met actually at the London Marathon start line and I was |
| 1:05.4 | kind of like fan girl in going, oh my God, I'm so excited. We're going to chat on RunPod. |
| 1:10.6 | I don't know how you fit it all in, to be honest. |
| 1:13.0 | I mean, it's hard enough having, I've got one child. |
| 1:16.9 | She ticks up all my time. |
| 1:18.6 | You've got two, and you've got, you know, a great job as well. |
| 1:22.0 | And then you fit in time to train. |
| 1:23.9 | How do you manage all of that? |
| 1:25.8 | Well, I guess, I mean, basically by doing it early |
| 1:28.4 | in the morning is the only time that you can guarantee that's going to happen. So I usually get up at 5am |
| 1:33.3 | and train kind of 5.30 onwards. By a quarter to eight, roughly, we need to leave the house to get |
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