The Running Kind Podcast

On today’s episode, Aimee is joined by professional trail runner, Hillary Allen. Hillary is most known for her dominance in the world of Skyrunning and her recent book “Out and Back” about her journey back to running after a nearly life ending fall in the mountains. Among being an ultrarunner and author, she is also a teacher, coach and speaker. Connect with Hillary at hillaryallen.com or on Instagram at @hillygoat_climbs You can find more information about The Running Kind here. https://therunningkind.net/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/therunningkind/ @therunningkind_ If you are looking for additional ways to support The Running Kind, check out our Patreon page! patreon.com/TheRunningKind Aimee Kohler  Founder of The Running Kind @aimskoh  

In this episode, Aimee catches up with Haley Heinrich after their recent race effort at White Mountain Endurance’s Kilkenny Ridge 25K. Kilkenny Ridge 25K is settled up in the White Mountains of New Hampshire and certainly packs a punch. It traverses over Mount Cabot & The Bulge with an ascent and descent of over 4000 ft. This is the first year Aravaipa has hosted the White Mountain Endurance Cup & after four races to round out the series, Haley took the crown of the Whites! To learn more about the race series check out @whitemountainendurance on Instagram. You can connect with Haley at @probslost on Instagram. You can find more information about The Running Kind here. https://therunningkind.net/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/therunningkind/ @therunningkind_ If you are looking for additional ways to support The Running Kind, check out our Patreon page! patreon.com/TheRunningKind Aimee Kohler  Founder of The Running Kind @aimskoh Produced by Aimee Kohler Music Dim Red Light by Don Dilego  

Today Aimee sits down with Mere Beaton, founder of EcoEndurance. EcoEndurance creates meaningful movement experiences around the world that support local and Indigenous communities and highlight community-based conservation.  In 2025, The Running Kind will head to Ecuador with EcoEndurance for our own immersive running experience. The Running Kind group has two spots remaining for January 20-28. If you are interested, please contact Aimee at [email protected]. In addition, Mere has a few spots remaining on her EcoEndurance trip January 6-14 of next year. You can apply to secure a spot for that trip here: https://www.ecoendurance.run/trips For more information on EcoEndurance or to connect with Mere… www.ecoendurance.run @EcoEndurance LinkedIn: EcoEndurance   You can find more information about The Running Kind here. https://therunningkind.net/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/therunningkind/ @therunningkind_ If you are looking for additional ways to support The Running Kind, check out our Patreon page! patreon.com/TheRunningKind Aimee Kohler  Founder of The Running Kind @aimskoh Produced by Aimee Kohler Music Dim Red Light by Don Dilego  

Aimee is welcoming back Holly Benner to the pod! Holly is the founder of Metta Performance and is a coach for both endurance athletes and business professionals. In this episode we dive into training specifics, as we collected some questions from the community! You can listen to Holly's first episode on the podcast here on Episode #4: Holly Benner.  Learn more about Metta Performance at mettaendurance.com or you can connect with Holly on instagram @holly.a.benner or @metta.performance You can find more information about The Running Kind here. https://therunningkind.net/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/therunningkind/ @therunningkind_ If you are looking for additional ways to support The Running Kind, check out our Patreon page! patreon.com/TheRunningKind Aimee Kohler  Founder of The Running Kind @aimskoh Produced by Aimee Kohler Music Dim Red Light by Don Dilego  

On this week’s episode, Aimee is joined by Kathleen Baker, executive director of Runners for Public Lands. Runners for Public Lands is dedicated to protecting the people and places we love by organizing runners for climate action, the protection of public lands, and equitable access to nature. Kat is also the founder and race director for the Mt. Laguna Trail Marathon in San Diego, CA. Learn more about Runners For Public Lands at www.runnersforpubliclands.org or follow along at @runners4publiclands You can find more information about The Running Kind here. https://therunningkind.net/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/therunningkind/ @therunningkind_ If you are looking for additional ways to support The Running Kind, check out our Patreon page! patreon.com/TheRunningKind Aimee Kohler  Founder of The Running Kind @aimskoh Produced by Aimee Kohler Music Dim Red Light by Don Dilego  

Kim Levinsky is the founder and owner of local trail running company Sassquad Trail Running, where every race is a trail party! She also recently set the 358 Mile Long Path Fastest Known Time in NY, as the first woman to put down a record for the route. In this episode, we dive into being female race directors, starting Sassquad Trail Running, inclusivity in the space & more. Connect with Kim at @sassquadtrailrunning on Instagram or sassquadtrailrunning.com You can find more information about The Running Kind here. https://therunningkind.net/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/therunningkind/ @therunningkind_ If you are looking for additional ways to support The Running Kind, check out our Patreon page! patreon.com/TheRunningKind Aimee Kohler  Founder of The Running Kind @aimskoh Produced by Aimee Kohler Music Dim Red Light by Don Dilego  

On Episode #20 Aimee sits down with friend, John Mikovits for an Olympic deep dive. Each of the runners pick their top three track and field events of the Olympics. In addition, the men's and women's marathon are discussed as well as the inclusion of trail running in future Olympic Games. You can find more information about The Running Kind here. https://therunningkind.net/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/therunningkind/ @therunningkind_ If you are looking for additional ways to support The Running Kind, check out our Patreon page! patreon.com/TheRunningKind Aimee Kohler  Founder of The Running Kind @aimskoh Produced by Aimee Kohler Music Dim Red Light by Don Dilego  

On this week’s episode, Aimee sits down with Sadio Fenner, a young buck entering the trail running scene this year. Sadio is coming off a successful Track & Cross Country career with the University of Nebraska among various other accolades including being National Champion in the 2,000m Steeplechase in 2018. Sadio has taken that speed to the trails and in 2024 joined The Trail Team, whose mission is to help support, mentor & develop rising athletes into the best trail running athletes in the world. We dive into his entrance into trail running, speed on the trails & diversity in sport.  More info on The Trail Team https://www.trail-team.com/ Connect with Sadio @the._.kidd14 on Instagram You can find more information about The Running Kind here. https://therunningkind.net/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/therunningkind/ @therunningkind_ If you are looking for additional ways to support The Running Kind, check out our Patreon page! patreon.com/TheRunningKind Aimee Kohler  Founder of The Running Kind @aimskoh Produced by Aimee Kohler Music Dim Red Light by Don Dilego  

Co-host of the podcast and fellow plant based crushers, Emily Walker and Josh Walker, just finished their first hundred miler taking on the gnarly Jigger Johnson. Jigger Johnson is one of the hardest 100 mile races in the United States, covering about 108 miles and over 32,000 ft of elevation gain and loss in the technical White Mountains of New Hampshire. Let’s hear about their race day! You can find more information about The Running Kind here. https://therunningkind.net/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/therunningkind/ @therunningkind_ If you are looking for additional ways to support The Running Kind, check out our Patreon page! patreon.com/TheRunningKind Aimee Kohler  Founder of The Running Kind @aimskoh Produced by Aimee Kohler Music Dim Red Light by Don Dilego  

Luis Escobar is a legend in the trail running community. Luis is a full time adventure photographer, avid trail runner and race director for his own running company, All We Do Is Run. As a runner, he was one of the inaugural ultrarunners invited down to join the infamous race through Copper Canyons in the book “Born To Run.” He is a 8x Western States finisher, 12x HURT 100 finisher & one time champion, and finisher among more of the most difficult events we know to exist in the ultrarunning space including Badwater and Leadville. As a race director, he plans to host the second annual Snowman Race this year in Bhutan. The Snowman Race is the ultimate race for climate action, taking runners over 123 miles of extremely challenging terrain through the Himalayan Mountains. All of that to say… you are going to want to tune into this one! You can connect with Luis on Instagram @luis_escobar  More information on The Snowman Race: https://snowmanrace.org/ More information on All We Do Is Run: https://allwedoisrun.com/ If you'd like to check out Luis's podcast, Road Dog Podcast, you can follow the link below. My interview with Luis can be found on Episode #306.  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aimee-kohler-is-a-mountain-runner-focused-on/id1507975080?i=1000654650083 You can find more information about The Running Kind here. https://therunningkind.net/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/therunningkind/ @therunningkind_ If you are looking for additional ways to support The Running Kind, check out our Patreon page! patreon.com/TheRunningKind Aimee Kohler  Founder of The Running Kind @aimskoh Produced by Aimee Kohler Music Dim Red Light by Don Dilego