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Pushing Human Limits: Viktoria Brown’s Ultramarathon Journey

58 min · 14. maj 2026
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Join us as Viktoria Brown, Canada's record-holding ultramarathon runner, shares her inspiring story of transforming from a beginner in 2015 to a dominant force in multi-day ultra events. Discover the mental strategies, training insights, and raw determination that have propelled her to set impressive records and challenge what we believe is possible.

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