Run Club Leaders
Detroit runners Joe Robinson and Lance Woods launched WeRun313 to share the mental health benefits of running with their community. It quickly sparked the start of more social fitness groups and brand partnerships focused on increasing access to the sport for local runners.
Nonprofit Leaders
Ultrarunner, running coach, and founder of Women In Ultrarunning, Rachel Bambrick breaks down the reasons women are less likely to run ultras, plus how her nonprofit is making the sport more accessible and welcoming.
Running Coaches
Coach Randy Taylor leads group and individual run coaching and also organizes several annual races in Kansas City with formats that level the playing field among paces.
Running Coaches
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.
Business Founders
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.
Run Club Leaders
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.
Run Club Leaders
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.
Run Club Leaders
Founder of A Tribe Called Run, Will Walker, shares how being adaptable and of service to others cultivates an inclusive running community, and why formalizing as a business adds accountability.
Run Club Leaders
Joining the Atlanta running community, Shannon Booker found new meaning in running. He's since found ways to give back to that community, as a run group leader and founder of The Sole Project.
Nonprofit Leaders
Running for Hope founder Brenda Noble shares her inspiration for creating a running community for people experiencing homelessness in Anchorage, Alaska, and the way it’s changing lives.