HappyCast
HappyCast
Happy Endings Trail Productions
Reaching New Highs and Overcoming Lows: Melissa Perez & High Lonesome 100
1 hour 15 minutes Posted Jul 30, 2025 at 5:00 am.
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This week on HappyCast, we welcome Melissa Perez—trail runner, graduate student, community leader, and self-proclaimed lover of the f-word—for a raw and powerful conversation about what it means to run scared and come out the other side stronger. Hot off her recent finish at the notoriously tough High Lonesome 100, Melissa shares how altitude, hyponatremia, and mental fatigue collided in the Colorado mountains—and why this race stands out as one of the most transformative of her life. Joined ...