Veronika Vadovicova - Creating a community for Asia Trail Girls

Veronika Vadovicova (@veronka_running) is the 2019 Asia Trail Master champion, having burst onto the scene in the last couple of years and made the 50-100k distance her own. Now based in Hong Kong, she’s also the founder of Asia Trail Girls, a fantastic initiative to share stories and promote greater participation across the region. They recently organised a Vertical Challenge and now host their own podcast (and publish more frequently than we do!): https://www.asiatrailgirls.com/podcasts. Follow @asiatrailgirls for more.

In our conversation with Veronika, we talk about:

• Asia Trail Master - and various races under the ATM umbrella including Cordillera Ultra and Vietnam Jungle Marathon

• Her experience at the Unofficial Oxfam Trailwalker (covered in more depth on our previous chat with the whole Joint Dynamic team, including Veronika)

• The Spring Challenge Women’s Adventure Race in New Zealand (and our chat with organiser Nathan Fa’avae)

• Other inspirational female runners, including Nikki Han, Nia Cooper, Jasmin Paris, Ruth Theresia, Stephanie Case, Mira Rai

• T8 running gear and Bix hydration

For more stories of amazing women doing incredible things, check out our interviews with:

• Lynn “Red” Paterson - Paddling Around New Zealand

• Veronique Bourbeau - Preparing to run the African Continent

• Jessie Montague - The Smiley Spartan

• PS Sim - Path to becoming a Singaporean Seven Summiteer

• Bern Dornom - Adventure Racing around the world

• Maggie Cvetcovic - A Spartan Journey

• Jeri Chua - The First Lady of Singapore Ultrarunning

Photo credit: Lloyd Belcher (http://lloydbelchervisuals.com/)

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