Sponsor Véronique Bourbeau

Véronique Bourbeau is an endurance athlete, coach, speaker, and author whose story blends ultrarunning, hiking, and purpose-driven adventure with real impact. Through Run For Humanity, she uses her platform to inspire action around clean water access, making her a compelling partner for brands that want authentic storytelling, resilience, and global adventure energy.

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 I am a French Canadian, driven by passions, I love running, traveling, sharing time with family, friends (and my running mates) and connecting with people. I have always led an active life and worked hard to achieve my goals, mixing work, family commitments, and training. I have come to realize the importance of putting others first and the miracle of real and authentic contact with others. I understood from an early age the importance of hard work and perseverance, without taking yourself too seriously. I always strive to live my life to the fullest. I am the proud mother of 2 wonderful kids, I'm lucky enough to have full support of my husband so I can combine all of the above with daily running. My daily routine usually starts by waking up at 4am, run 1 – 2 hours, do my exercises and after be ready to do all my work done. I run an average of 100-130km a week. As a professional, I cannot see my life without working. In Canada, I used to work as a Journalist for 15 years and after I completed my Master Degrees in Public Administration (specialization in Result Based management), which I work on the project management and Result based management work. I started running approximately 10 years ago, I fell in love with running and I never stop since then. I done my first marathon just after 6 months when I start running, nobody would really have believe that I could achieved it, but I did! That was a massive achievement for me, I was over the moon! This first marathon training was for me as tough as rewarding, which made the base of the runner that I became I think. After my first marathon, I ran a second one two months later, then a third…until I had completed my 25th marathon, without really thinking about it. After completed all those marathon, I wanted to test my limits and see if I can run further then 42km. I start training for an ultra-marathon, I ran my first 50 miles, it was a unique experience, a pure enjoyment, I knew at this first moment that I was made for the long distance running. After that, I start to run different 100 miles; South Down Ways (England), after I finish third female in 100 miles Berlin Walls (Germany), 24 h race in Dubai (First female) and so on. I run this incredible tough Sakura Michi Race (a copy paste of the mythical Spartathlon in Greece) a 250km race in Japan (finish time 35:02). I am deeply convinced that I am a better person now because I run. So at that time, I decide to put all that I have in me and realise my dream; to make a big charity run. I am a Canadian citizen and even when I was a child Thierry Fox was my role model, and he is still now, . I knew that I had to make the impossible possible and run a country for a good cause! That was the beginning of my dream of my big Japan run! In july 2017, I ran 3010km in Japan, in 72days, that means that I ran one marathon a day consecutively. My daughter cycle with me and carry with a mini triller all the equpment next to the bicycle with her. In my point of view, I can change the world for good, little step by little step, one km by km, 60km to 60km, until 13 000km. My next project, 'The Ubuntu Challenge' is to set the Guinness world record for the first women to run from Alexandria on the Mediterranean to Cape Town, South Africa. On my way, I will run a total of 300 Marathons. We will be teaming up with local runners along the route. We have already an agreement with some local running groups, those runners will accompany us along the way. I will experience the changes of life, culture landscape and environment as we travel south through Africa, we will travel 10 or 12 African countries in a total of 13 000km approximately. This challenge will take place from January 2018 to january 2019 My ultimate goal is to inspire people and to run the planet! To be able to achieve it, I will run one country at a time, one km at a time! It would be great to build a worldwide community, small or big, to share this and run any other country for a better world. Secretly I am hoping to change the world for good together, one km at a time!