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Gender	Female
Industry	Technology
Occupation	Account Manager
Location	Chexbres, Vaud, Switzerland
Introduction	Rachel is a Canadian living in Narbonne, France. As an Account Manager for forward-thinking IT firm Metasoft, Rachel brought her job with her to Europe, working with American clients from a home office without missing a beat. After some success running marathon distance, Rachel tried the challenge of the ultramarathon by entering a 50km race on New Year’s Day in 2006. She finished second, and was hooked. She has gone on to have several top 3 ultramarathon finishes and has won the female sub40 division of the BC Ultrarunning Series. True to her training in scientific reason, Rachel has experimented with many different training regimes. Some resulted in too much weight loss or gain, some in excessive lethargy or the favourite of those close to her, a perpetual bad mood. The only diet that allowed for high training volume, reduced rest and performance gains was a short vegan stint. Since nothing in her formal education predicted this, Rachel has set her mind and body to testing it over the long term with a 1-year commitment to eliminating animal products while training for one of the toughest single-stage events of our time, the Ironman.