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

is part of our pre-race interview series for the 2023 Ultra Trail Cape Town 100K, taking place

on Saturday, November 25th in Cape Town, South Africa. In this conversation, we are talking

with Marianne Hogan, a pro trail runner for Solomon based in Montreal, Quebec.

Before we get started, though, thanks to NAC for sponsoring this series.

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let's get on to the conversation with Marianne Hogan. Marianne Hogan, it is a pleasure to have you

back on the Single Track podcast. How are you doing today?

I'm good. Thanks. How are you? It's good to be back. It's been a little while.

It's been a little while, but I feel like we have a lot to cover. I mean, so much has happened, I think, since we last chatted after your victory at Bandera early last year in 2022.

And yeah, you established yourself as one of the best in the sport shortly after that

with not just Bandera, but the podium performances at Western States and UTMB as well.

But yeah, and you were really good at documenting this on social media sort of late last year.

You started to kind of get thrown a lot of curveballs. And it seems like the last 12 to 15 months has been

all about recovering from injuries. I'm sure that tough only begins to describe it, but how have

you handled this stretch? I've handled it pretty well. I would say that the most difficult part

for me was just the, when I was unable to run or unable to move. I say that the most difficult part for me was just the when I was unable to run or unable to move.

I think that that was really the most difficult part.

Now I'm kind of like on the other side of that and I hope to stay on that side of the curve

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