Ep 26 Veronique Bourbeau, Founder of Run For Humanity: Changing The World One Kilometer At A Time Podcast By cover art

Ep 26 Veronique Bourbeau, Founder of Run For Humanity: Changing The World One Kilometer At A Time

Ep 26 Veronique Bourbeau, Founder of Run For Humanity: Changing The World One Kilometer At A Time

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 This time, together with Chema Martínez Pastor, I have the honour to chat with Veronique Bourbeau. Chema is a runner, running coach and co-host of the popular Spanish running podcast A tu ritmo. He told me about Veronique and her mind-blowing running adventures, so I decided to try and get her on the podcast. And she said yes! Veronique Bourbeau is a native of Quebec City, Canada, who (currently) lives and trains in Australia. She is the founder of the non-profit organisation Run for Humanity, an Ultra Runner Adventurer, Public Speaker, and author of the book Fearless: One Woman’s transformational journey from a treadmill to running the African Continent. We talk about dreaming BIG, helping others, and celebrating life while running CRAZY amounts of kilometers and having loads of fun. Some amazing facts about Veronique: - She has run well over 30 ultra marathons and completed several 250 k races - She ran across Japan (3010 km, a marathon a day for 72 days) - She is the overall winner and record holder for the 444 km C2C Ultra in Malaysia Otherwise, she calls herself a “normal” working mom of two children who unexpectedly became an endurance athlete after buying a secondhand treadmill, giving the “run walk” method a try. 😉 In 2024, Veronique will be running 13.000 kilometers from Alexandria to Cape Town, the entire African continent from the North to the South to provide as many people as possible with water filters for safe water. Her inspiration: Terry Fox, the amputee athlete who ran across Canada to raise money and awareness for cancer research Her foundation where you can support her: Run for Humanity '' Where we change the world by providing clean and safe water to remote parts of the world, 1km at a time!'' More info: https://www.veroniquerun.com/ Instagram @veroniquerun https://givebutter.com/AxpvNd https://www.veroniquerun.com/ Her book (A great read!!): https://www.amazon.com.au/Fearless-transformational-journey-treadmill-Continent/dp/B0BLXZXJ2D/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3MPO037NHGKUY&keywords=fearless+veronique+Bourbeau&qid=1682567068&s=books&sprefix=fearless+veronique+bourbeau%2Cstripbooks%2C265&sr=1-1 Muchas gracias to Chema for telling me about Veronique and for coming on the podcast and huge Merci to Veronique for being such a heart-warming beacon of hope for humanity! If you want to find out how you can improve your English, listening or reading about running stories, visit my web page and hit the subscribe button: https://englishforthelongrun.com Bye for now, and enjoy English for the long run! Living Life by Scott Holmes Music
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