On the 1st of July 2019, Shona left the comfort and safety of her UK life to fly to Seattle and hike the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT). The PCT is a 2650-mile long-distance walking trail in the USA that runs from Mexico to Canada, through California, Oregon, and Washington. Shona...
Expedition Foods (EF): Tell me about your background, have you always been a runner? How did you get started? Jo Meek (JM): I was not a runner, or even remotely athletic, as a youngster but by late teens/early 20s I had started. I wanted to lose weight initially but soon...
The build-up to the race was surprisingly easy – for once I was packed, had done food shopping, bagged food into 6 hour bags and had sourced all missing kit with a couple of days to spare. An easy afternoon flight to Inverness followed, starting to get excited as Ben...
