Melissa Wortal

from Diesel Dialogue · host Bryce Davies

Melissa has been involved in running for well over ten years.  We kind of knew each other from Thompson Estate Running Club, but we now really know each other as we ran together regularly on a recent cruise we happened to be on together. "It's like visiting the hairdresser when you run - you tend to share your whole life story"!

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Melissa has been involved in running for well over ten years. We kind of knew each other from Thompson Estate Running Club, but we now really know each other as we ran together regularly on a recent cruise we happened to be on together. "It's like visiting the hairdresser when you run - you tend to share your whole life story"!

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