Our Mission is to increase women’s participation and opportunity in trail running and hiking through inspiration, education and empowerment.
I started running around 2013 and quickly fell in love with it as a way to reconnect with my body, work through difficult emotions, and just have fun outside! My first race in 2018 was the Bizz Johnson 50k.The bug quickly took hold and I’ve raced 50 mile, 100k, 100 mile, and 200+ miles! I am grateful to my own coaches for giving me the training and experience to perform well at many of these events (highlights: Divide 200, first place, Bigfoot 200, 3rd place, under previous course record, Leona Divide 100k, first place, course record, Tushars 100k, 2nd place) With a love of sharing knowledge and a hunger to inspire more women to get on the trails, it was a natural next step for me to become a coach and give back to the community. I completed my UESCA Ultra Running Coach certification and launched To Be Running. I thrive on helping others achieve their dreams!
Too low they build, who build beneath the stars.
Using an online system, I assign workouts targeted to the individual to help them reach their specific goals. I provide daily training log feedback, for highly personalized online coaching. My specialty is ultrarunning, so any event from a 50k to 200 plus miles is what I cover. The training needed for endurance events is different from a typical marathon. Time (not mileage) based training is my default method, with some speed work each week to facilitate overall fitness builds. More than anything, I make sure training is fun and approachable!
To be Running is based on the motto of my home state, North Carolina, “esse quam videri” or To Be, Rather than to Seem.
Authenticity is important to me in life and in running. To be running is to be having fun, to be running is to be honoring your body, to be running is to be living, to be running is to be.
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