Kimberly Valentine - Running Lifestyle Media (Page 2)

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Running Coaches

How Sharon Tejada Went From a ‘One and Done’ Bucket List Marathoner to a Philly Run Club Community Leader

Once a solo runner chasing a checkmark on her bucket list, Sharon Tejada found belonging in Philadelphia’s running community. She helps lead Queer Run and Team Philly Race Training, and recently became a run coach through PWRHER’D’s Game Changers program.

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Nonprofit Leaders

Wander Project’s Executive Director Zander Chase on Making Running for a Cause Mainstream

Running offers a vehicle toward change, if we lean into it. Zander Chase, executive director of Wander Project, shares how the organization’s charity bibs provide opportunities for race participants to run for a greater purpose.

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Nonprofit Leaders

Jackie Hoffman’s Peace Runners 773 Is Working Toward Closing the Life Expectancy Gap on Chicago’s West Side

Jackie Hoffman, founder of Peace Runners 773, is leading the charge on health equity advocacy and running programs in Chicago’s historically disinvested neighborhood of Garfield Park.

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Runners

Chicago’s Keegan Kok on Finding the Run Community, Brooks Running Collective, and Advice for New Runners

How posting workouts to social media for accountability opened the doors to Chicago’s running community for Keegan Kok.

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Nonprofit Leaders

Still I Run’s Sasha Wolff on How A Mental Health Crisis Led to Launching a National Community of Support

Supporting runners in their mental health journeys, Still I Run leads in-person and virtual programs that provide runners with community, education, and the gear they need to keep moving forward. Founder Sasha Wolff shares the organization's story.

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Business Founders

Read & Run Chicago’s Allison Yates on Shaping Local Connections Through Book Tours

It’s part run club, part book club. Founder Allison Yates leads Read & Run Tours to help runners get to know their cities and one another.

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Running Coaches

Team Playmakers’ Coach Anna Zang on Staying in the Moment During a Difficult Run and How Community Fuels Performance

Training shouldn’t be miserable. Team Playmakers‘ Coach Anna Zang shares the importance of enjoying what you’re doing and who you’re with, and how it boosts your performance.

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Runners

World Run Finisher Marie Leautey on How to Live Free From Limitations

Marie "Lootie" Leautey, the fastest woman to complete a world run, shares why experience mattered most along the journey and how self-imposed limitations keep us from achieving more.

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Run Club Leaders

Come for the Run, Stay for the Beer: MRC Reno’s Leaders Share How Mikkeller Running Club Unites Runners Worldwide

Founders of MRC Reno share how Mikkeller Running Club forms communities of people with shared interests in running and beer, and encourages run club tourism.

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Run Club Leaders

Denver’s bRUNch Running Founder on Pivoting a Running Events Business in 2025

Alex Weissner turned a love for running and brunching with friends into a business, but after a decade of building community through events, economic challenges are creating a shakeup. She shares the mission behind the run club and its years of community-building.

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Running Coaches

Coach Paul Vandersteen Shares One Big Lesson for Runners from 35 Years of Coaching

After 35 years of coaching high school runners in Naperville, Illinois, Coach Paul Vandersteen continues to coach adults and shares one important mindset all runners should embrace.

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Business Founders

Safely’s Co-founders on Teaching Women Runners How to Use Pepper Spray

Co-founders Ashley Raymond and Meagan Doyle share why knowing how to use a pepper spray device is just as important as carrying it, their motivation for launching a self-defense product company, and what differentiates Safely from other brands.