Welcome back or welcome to the single track podcast. I'm your host, Finn Melanson, and in this episode, Katie Shide returns to the show a week removed from her historic record-setting win at the 2024 Ultra Trail du Montblanc, given that Katie will be on the media circuit fielding, what I imagine will be many interviews over the next few days and weeks.

We've focused on some hopefully unique angles in this conversation, getting the inside scoop

on what the immediate aftermath looks like for pro runners finishing at the front of this race,

the psychology of handling your constant immediate attention from start to finish on this course,

especially due to the live stream,

whether it makes sense to separate start times for the men's and women's races at UTMB,

what to do once you've succeeded at the pinnacle of the sport, and more.

It's always great to have Katie on the show and stay tuned because in about a month,

our Eurotrack series will be returning, and Katie and I will get together to preview the high profile races at Le Tompilliers and Grand Raid.

With that, let's get this conversation started.

Katie Shide, it's great to have you back on the show.

How are you doing today?

I'm good, yeah.

I'm realizing we haven't caught up for a Euro track episode in a while.

So I'm kind of embarrassed that I've been off the grid for that.

Well, me too.

And for listeners, viewers that regularly tune in, we were talking offline,

and hopefully we can do something around Tompley slash Grand Raid later this month, early next. So

stay tuned on that front. This is kind of, it's a random place to start. But I was thinking about

how at this year's race you anyone who's

in that like top three top 10 finishing spot you're finishing in a sea of people and maybe this is

obvious for pro athletes but for someone in my position or fellow fans, in terms of where you go next,

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