Episode #35: Women Can with Corinne Shalvoy

On October 28th 2024, at 74-years old, Linda Vanderloop became the oldest woman to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail. Her and her daughter Hanna spent the last year tackling over 2,200 miles and 900,000 ft of trail together one section at a time.  On today’s episode, both Linda and Hanna sit down with Aimee to discuss the journey and lessons learned by spending that amount of time out in the wilderness. You can connect with Hanna Vanderloop at @hikingwithhanna 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  

Gina Lucrezi joins Aimee on Episode #36 of The Running Kind Podcast for a conversation surrounding driving change in sport and in our communities.  Based out of Bangor, PA, Gina’s roots live in the Lehigh Valley. Gina is the founder of Trail Sisters, starting a global movement of creating community for women in trail running. In 2024, she campaigned to serve on the Chaffee County Board of Commissioners, the highest governing body of Buena Vista, Colorado. Gina is certainly a leader in sport and her community! We are stoked to share this conversation with you! 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  

Sheena and Andy Wells are the new owners of local run specialty store, Aardvark Sports Shop, in Downtown Bethlehem. They pride themselves in using Aardvark to improve lives and build community through movement.  Aimee sits down with new Aardvark owners to discuss what’s ahead. Community is at the heart of what they do. We talk about goals for building community, encouraging others to pursue movement goals, creating a knowledgeable space for customers and, of course, how they instill fun as an everyday practice.  Aardvark Sports Shop is a sponsor for The Long Run Spring Forward & Fall Back as well as Blackout. They have pledged to support our local running community by covering offsets for any Team Vark runners as well as installing new sustainable initiatives to support The Running Kind. We are extremely excited for this partnership! 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 today’s episode, we welcome Corinne Shalvoy! Corinne is a master of many trades and is forging a path for herself and women in the sport of ultrarunning. Among the hats that Corinne wears is a mother, professional ultrarunner, Aravaipa Running Team athlete and founder of Women Can movement. She has built a life for herself immersed in the running community and holds leadership roles with organizations like ATRA, USTRC, The Feed & more. You can connect with Corinne at @corinne_shalvoyage or Women Can at @womencanmovement.  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  

Welcome back to a new year of The Running Kind Podcast!  On our first episode of 2025, Aimee is joined by Emily Walker to dive into what's in store for the year ahead with The Running Kind. Check out this deep dive of the 2025 race schedule, updated policies and fun teasers for what's coming up! 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  

Remember Episode #10 with Mika Thewes... Well, we also recorded a bonus episode that has been available to our subscribers on Patreon.  We go rogue in this bonus episode with Mika talking about a variety of different subjects. The conversation starts at foot care for ultra athletes and ends with breaking the course record at Bigfoot 200... by over 8 hours! We got 15 minutes of stellar content for you all on this one!

In the final episode of Season 1 of The Running Kind Podcast Aimee is joined by Erica Lubera. Erica is an endurance athlete taking on some of the most challenging races. In addition to being a badass on the trails, she also owns a guided backpacking company, Wild Roots, leading tours in Pennsylvania. On this episode we chat The Long Run, Wild Roots & Leave No Trace.  You can connect with Erica at the following... [email protected] facebook.com/wildrootsguides  instagram.com/wildrootsguides wildrootsguides.com You can register for The Long Run Spring Forward here: https://ultrasignup.com/register.aspx?did=119758 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 today’s episode, Aimee sits down with hybrid athlete Kris Rugloski. Kris has dipped her toe in many disciplines of endurance sports and has proven to be one of the top athletes in sport. She recently was the Barkley Fall Classic champ, among her other titles of 2022 Hyrox World Champion & 2023 World’s Toughest Mudder Champion. We talk multi sport training, training life on a full time work schedule & deep dive Barkley Fall Classic. You can connect with Kris on Instagram at @krisrugloski. 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's episode is brought to you by US Trail Running Conference. On October 25th, Aimee had the opportunity to sit on a panel with Steve Aderholt, Cocodona 250 Race Director, and Terry Chiplin, US Trail Running Conference Event Director, at the US Trail Running Conference in Knoxville, TN. The panelists discuss sustainability in sport, carbon offsets and priorities for race directors looking to improve their footprint. 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 today's episode, Aimee sits down with long time friend and runner Caitlin Theirolf to discuss her second attempt at C'mon Armageddon 50K. Coming off a difficult, technical & grueling 50K put on by The Running Kind, Caitlin talks about her DNF in 2023 & her journey out on the course in 2024. Gain some insight on our most difficult event we host! 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