Matt is joined with Co Host Michel Haenggi to interview Ultra Marathon Runner Ruud Kappert- Winner of Bogong to Hotham 2019

While in Australia, Ruud competed in four races, he won three of them and finished second in the other!

Ruud has only been competing for three years, he completed his first marathon in 2016 at the age of 26, a late starter!

Ruud talks about following races around the world as a lifestyle, he finds a race he wants to compete in, and he goes and lives in that location for a period of time to learn the culture and see the country. He talks about volunteer work; he works for accommodation and meals to cover his expenses while travelling.

Ruud shares his twelve-month trip across Australia, starting in Perth, making his way across the Nullarbor to Adelaide, then to Melbourne. He chats about working at a roadhouse for three and a half months in a remote location on the Nullarbor.

Ruud talks honestly about social media, finding Facebook antisocial, an excuse not to call or see people.

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