Business Founders
Bailey Ness designed a running apparel line after she couldn’t find the styles she wanted, and then started a weekly run club alongside the Cooldown name. Several years later, Cooldown Run Club anchors the business model and continues to expand, city by city.
Running Coaches
Miran McCash shares how her running and coaching journeys have evolved and what drove her to create community access for South Seattle runners with the launch of South End Running Exchange.
Business Founders
What started as a blog about running and training evolved into a coaching and events business. After a short hiatus, Marnie Kunz is reinventing Runstreet by leaning into her passion for video-first storytelling.
Business Founders
After years of working in the running industry together, Lauren Osborne and her husband James chose East Nashville to open a running store, where they’ve focused on creating space for connection, belonging, and collaborative art projects.
Running Coaches
Running inspires creativity, and creativity inspires running for Jess Hofheimer. She shares how she’s woven both together in her career endeavors.
Business Founders
Shawn King developed For the Run around the need for more affordable running apparel and a desire to give back to causes that are important to runners.
Business Founders
Co-founder of Pao Labs, Zack Yu, shares the story behind developing a new running fuel brand, including its jelly consistency and Asian-inspired flavors, plus how they involved the running community in product testing and feedback.
Business Founders
Committed to the notion that youth running and sports should be about having fun, Joanie Kaijala developed Running Peas, a running apparel line for kids.
Business Founders
When April Pullins began running, movement ignited her creativity and sparked the idea to launch Be Light Compression. Now, she’s motivating other women to rediscover their creative sides.
Business Founders
After decades of raising children, running, music, and navigating grief, Jenny Maxwell, co-founder of the original PowerBar, returned to her kitchen to create a new energy bar.
Business Founders
Founder of sweaty ponytales, a greeting card line for runners, Julie Justison says it’s the experiences she’s had over the years and the friends she’s made that keep her running.
Business Founders
Baltimore’s Susan Clayton shares the inspiration behind her running mitten company, RunMitts, and her perspectives on going your own pace, both in running and in running a business.