Nathalie started Adventure Racing in 2009 and has participated in many races, from a few hours long to 5-9 day nonstop races. To date, she has competed in 20 Expedition Races, finishing and ranking the full course in 19 of them. Natalie is passionate about the sport and created, race-designed, and race-directed the first 3 Expedition Canada Races in the Okanagan. Adventure Racing led Nathalie into ultra running in 2017, and she has been competing and placing in a few 120 and 160km races in France and the US and has participated and finished in the first third of the field in UTMB in 2018, 2021 and 2022. She is the CEO of Adventure Immersion Lab, a Kelowna-based Adventure company that offers services ranging from tailored hiking, trail running, and guided retreats to adventure racing and ultra-running coaching. Adventure Immersion Lab also runs races and events and is involved in different events as race course designers and directors.

INTERVIEW WITH NATHALIE LONG