Our Mission is to increase women’s participation and opportunity in trail running and hiking through inspiration, education and empowerment.
May 15th -18th | June 5th - 8th | July 31st - Aug. 3rd
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4 days | 3 Nights
All Abilities Welcome
Accomodations & Meals Included
Our women’s only retreats are hosted in Boulder, Colorado and Chattanooga, Tennessee. Each retreat offers 22 participant spots, welcoming all women of all abilities! You can expect no-drop adventures with various pace accommodating groups. Whether you want to run or prefer to hike, you will be in good company!
Off the trails we offer a variety of workshops, activities, and the opportunity to experience the vibrant downtowns of Boulder and Chattanooga! Our educational workshops help to equip, prepare, and enhance your trail journey; and our activities provide fun confidence-building experiences. During your free time, it’s only a short walk to downtown for shopping, sight-seeing, or indulging in delicious food and drinks!
All meals are included in your retreat package, except breakfast. You will have the option to purchase breakfast at the hotel or can bring it with you. Meals include a mix of amazing catering, boxed lunches and dinner downtown. We do our absolute best to accommodate all diets and allergies.
We can’t forget to mention the TS swag bags! All participants will receive a pair of HOKA shoes and a variety of other goodies. Since education is a key foundation in the Trail Sisters mission, we feel it is important to introduce you to different products for the chance to experience their benefits on the trail. Testing something new may be the key to bettering your adventure!
Lastly and most importantly, Run with Her Retreats are intended to foster camaraderie and forge life-long friendships. Having a chance to meet and learn from one another strengthens our own comprehension and understanding, and also gives us the ability to guide and teach. Plus, there isn’t anything more valuable than authentic personal connections.
If you like what you’re reading and want to join us in Boulder or Chattanooga for miles, smiles and a lot of fun, check out the additional details and sign up!
Have questions, we have answers! Email retreat leader and TS Founder, Gina Lucrezi at [email protected].
TS Founder & Retreat Leader
Retreat Co-Leader
Retreat Co-Leader
Retreat Co-Leader
Each day we host one organized adventure. All of the adventures are no-drop (we stop and regroup at various points along the trail), and participants organically settle into three different pace groups: mostly running, mix of run and hike, mostly hiking. Participants are never alone, and each pace group includes a leader. Our Boulder adventures are at elevation, but nothing so high that it prevents sea level participants from completing and enjoying the events. All participants are encouraged to enjoy the trails at their own preferred pace!
Boulder Creek Path
Green Mountain + Bear Option
Dowdy Draw
Mt. Sanitas
Walnut Street Bridge & Coolidge Park
Lookout Mountain
Raccoon Mountain
Lula Lake Loop Waterfall
Preparation and education on the 4 Ws: Wildlife, Weather, Whoopies, and Weirdos.
Uphill and downhill running technique, including when and how to hike efficiently.
Yoga for runners activity session designed to target specific workload areas.
Keep your body strong and injury free with resistance band exercises.
Equip yourself with basic self-defense maneuvers and situational solutions.
Yoga for runners activity session designed to target specific workload areas.
Enjoy some r&r paddling or floating to the Tennessee River on a SUP or kayak.
Uphill and downhill running technique, including when and how to hike efficiently.
Let’s talk gear. What is it, when do you use it, how does it work?
You got this! Mental exercises and practices reminding you to take a bet on yourself.
We are excited to partner with Boulder’s Basecamp Hotel for our 2024 lodging. Basecamp is located only a few blocks from downtown and the famous Pearl Street Mall. Lodging options include a single king occupancy room or double queen occupancy room. Additionally, enjoy access to their fitness room, indoor hot tub, indoor dry sauna, fire pit and bouldering wall. If you’re craving a smoothie, snack, coffee or adult bevy, visit their onsite cafe and lobby bar. The Basecamp Hotel is the perfect place to relax after a long day on the trails, and for easy access to any shenanigans in downtown Boulder.
*Lodging included in retreat package.
We can’t wait for you to enjoy a stay at the Moxy Downtown, our 2025 Chattanooga hotel partner. Moxy Downtown is located steps away from local restaurants, live music, galleries, shops, and laugh-out-loud comedy. Lodging options include a single queen occupancy room or double queen occupancy room. Take advantage of their fitness room, multiple activity spaces, and outdoor patio and Railyard Bar. Sip on great cocktails or mocktails from the Moxy Lobby bar while enjoying their signature flatbread. The Moxy Downtown is the ideal hotel for comfort and fun, nestled in the heart and excitement of downtown Chattanooga.
*Lodging included in retreat package. Parking at Moxy Hotel is NOT included.
What might be the best part of Run with Her retreats is simply meeting like-minded women looking to have a great time in the outdoors while creating life-long friendships. There is no shortage of conversation (or laughs for that matter) whether during meals, runs, workshops, or hanging around the outdoor lobby bar or fire pit with s’mores.
Photos from Boulder 2024.
Trail Sisters Founder & Retreat Leader
Gina has always been stubborn and bold, so when it came to advocating for women’s rights and equality in the outdoors (and in general), she was bound to make some changes. Gina’s main goal is to help create opportunities and grow participation in women’s trail running. Gina is the founder of Trail Sisters.
Retreat Co-Leader
Jenny Primm is a trail runner, lifelong skier, and devoted fur-mom to Koda and Sequoia. As an outdoor adventurer, she has traveled to over 35 states where she has sought out trails in our National and State Parks to explore. She loves to chase the sunrise in all seasons on the peaks while training and racing various distances from 50K to multi day stage races.
Boulder Retreat Co-Leader
Katie is a fully recovered run-hater. After a lifetime of “who would choose to run for fun,” she finally found trail running and understood exactly why people choose to run. Now, she’s an environmental attorney moonlighting as a mountain explorer. She loves living in Colorado where she can fill all her free time exploring new summits, trails and towns with her dog, Pip, who is always up for an adventure.
Chattanooga Retreat Co-Leader
Cassy Campanella is from Wisconsin originally, but now lives in North Georgia. She has worked in the outdoor and running industry for over 12 years, and currently works in Marketing for HOKA! She is passionate about all things and enjoys running long distances on trail, cycling, and general adventure. She has a Cattle Dog named Coffee Bean(Bean, bean burrito, beanasaurous rex), and spends as much time as humanly possible outdoors.
Self-Defense Instructor
Streetwize founder Melanie Murphy, has been teaching self defense since 1983. Attend an hour, an afternoon or a weekend, to learn effective and efficient solutions to a wide range of potentially dangerous situations. The only requirement to attend, is an interest in learning life
enhancing skills.
Strength & Injury Prevention Instructor
Nicole is a board certified orthopedic clinical specialist with a doctorate in physical therapy, who is nationally recognized as an expert in running biomechanics, analysis and injury prevention. She has been practicing more than 20 years and is an active resource for the outdoor and running community- she lectures nationally on topics related to injury prevention and wellness, and is often featured as a topic expert in outdoor and sports publications. Running is a meditation in motion for her- she is a yoga teacher as well- and her passion lies in community outreach and education regarding the tipping point between health and injury, and with promoting understanding of healthy movement patterns that allow the body to participate in a balanced, injury-free life.
Boulder Yoga Instructor
Taylor is a passionate yoga instructor who deeply values inclusivity and accessability. She knows all people and bodies are different, and works to create an enjoyable and unique practice through a variety of yoga styles. Whether you have been acclimatized to yoga, or this is your first time on the mat, Taylor strives to formulate an obtainable, approachable practice for all shapes, sizes, and abilities.
Bailee was a Boulder based trail runner, climber, and yoga teacher. She spent her free time chasing sunrises and maximizing her time in nature. She loved to explore the way that different activities could balance each other out and helped to empower others to feel good in movement. Bailee was a the Run with Her Retreat Yoga Instructor from 2021-2023. She will be missed and always remembered.
Trail Sisters Founder & Retreat Leader
Gina has always been stubborn and bold, so when it came to advocating for women’s rights and equality in the outdoors (and in general), she was bound to make some changes. Gina’s main goal is to help create opportunities and grow participation in women’s trail running. Gina is the founder of Trail Sisters.
Retreat Co-Leader
Jenny Primm is a trail runner, lifelong skier, and devoted fur-mom to Koda and Sequoia. As an outdoor adventurer, she has traveled to over 35 states where she has sought out trails in our National and State Parks to explore. She loves to chase the sunrise in all seasons on the peaks while training and racing various distances from 50K to multi day stage races.
Boulder Retreat Co-Leader
Katie is a fully recovered run-hater. After a lifetime of “who would choose to run for fun,” she finally found trail running and understood exactly why people choose to run. Now, she’s an environmental attorney moonlighting as a mountain explorer. She loves living in Colorado where she can fill all her free time exploring new summits, trails and towns with her dog, Pip, who is always up for an adventure.
Chattanooga Retreat Co-Leader
Cassy Campanella is from Wisconsin originally, but now lives in North Georgia. She has worked in the outdoor and running industry for over 12 years, and currently works in Marketing for HOKA! She is passionate about all things and enjoys running long distances on trail, cycling, and general adventure. She has a Cattle Dog named Coffee Bean(Bean, bean burrito, beanasaurous rex), and spends as much time as humanly possible outdoors.
Self-Defense Instructor
Streetwize founder Melanie Murphy, has been teaching self defense since 1983. Attend an hour, an afternoon or a weekend, to learn effective and efficient solutions to a wide range of potentially dangerous situations. The only requirement to attend, is an interest in learning life
enhancing skills.
Strength & Injury Prevention Instructor
Nicole is a board certified orthopedic clinical specialist with a doctorate in physical therapy, who is nationally recognized as an expert in running biomechanics, analysis and injury prevention. She has been practicing more than 20 years and is an active resource for the outdoor and running community- she lectures nationally on topics related to injury prevention and wellness, and is often featured as a topic expert in outdoor and sports publications. Running is a meditation in motion for her- she is a yoga teacher as well- and her passion lies in community outreach and education regarding the tipping point between health and injury, and with promoting understanding of healthy movement patterns that allow the body to participate in a balanced, injury-free life.
Boulder Yoga Instructor
Taylor is a passionate yoga instructor who deeply values inclusivity and accessability. She knows all people and bodies are different, and works to create an enjoyable and unique practice through a variety of yoga styles. Whether you have been acclimatized to yoga, or this is your first time on the mat, Taylor strives to formulate an obtainable, approachable practice for all shapes, sizes, and abilities.
Bailee was a Boulder based trail runner, climber, and yoga teacher. She spent her free time chasing sunrises and maximizing her time in nature. She loved to explore the way that different activities could balance each other out and helped to empower others to feel good in movement. Bailee was a the Run with Her Retreat Yoga Instructor from 2021-2023. She will be missed and always remembered.
Thanks to our amazing partners and sponsors we are able to provide you with the best swag bag EVER! Including a free pair of shoes from HOKA! Having a fun experience on the trail is important and utilizing the correct gear can make all the difference. We take pride in introducing the products you’ll receive and will facilitate demo opportunities throughout the retreat.
Interested in being a Run with Her Retreat supporter? Email: [email protected]
Nope! This retreat is for runners of all abilities. You will have the opportunity to go shorter or longer on the runs, and we have three guides to assist different paced groups. It is advised that you’ve been on a trail before, as 90% of this retreat will be run on trails.
Boulder is located at about 5,500ft and the highest we will climb is 8,500ft. It is hard to say how the altitude will affect any one person, since we are all different. Generally, you will want to focus on staying hydrated, and making sure you are taking in proper nutrition during activity. You’ll find that breathing can be a bit harder, but adjusting to a relaxed pace will help you feel more comfortable. One trick that may help you prepare: Train in the warmer hours of the day to increase your heart rate, thus experiencing fatigue at a quicker than normal rate. This is comparable to what it will feel like at altitude.
Yes! Happy to make sure you can enjoy our tasty meals safely. Let us know your dietary restriction/s and any potential allergies on the participant Q&A after you sign up for the retreat.
Please read our Booking Terms & Conditions Page.
Weather is always unpredictable in the mountains, so we advise you to include a variety of apparel. Tank, short-sleeve and long sleeve shirts, shorts and 3/4 tights, socks. Trail shoes! A hat, BUFF, sunglasses, and sunblock. Hydration system that can carry 1.5-2 liters or more of water. Your favorite snacks or energy nutrition for the adventures. A light rain or wind jacket. And one non-spandex outfit for our dinner on Pearl Street.
Retreats Include:
3 Nights Stay + All Meals (excluding breakfast)
4 Trail Adventures + 5 Workshops
Transportation During Retreat
Participant Swag Bag ($400+ Retail Value)
Not Included:
Transportation to and from retreat / airport.
Parking at the Moxy Hotel in Chattanooga.
Driving: Get yourself to the Boulder Basecamp Hotel where you’ll find free parking for the duration of your stay! 🙂
Flying: Fly to Denver International Airport and then choose from Bus, Rental Car or Uber. The SkyRide Bus Route AB1 is a “charter” style bus and the hotel is a 1/2 mile walk from the bus station.
Want to share a ride? Let us know! We will connect retreats so they can organize ride shares.
Driving: Get yourself to the Moxy Chattanooga Downtown. Personal vehicle parking at the hotel is $16 per night.
Flying to Chattanooga: Fly to the Chattanooga Airport and then choose a Rental Car or Uber to get to the Hotel. Chattanooga’s airport is serviced by American, Delta and United. (Driving Directions)
Flying to Atlanta: Fly to Atlanta Airport and then choose a Rental Car. It’s a 2 hour and 15 minute drive to Chattanooga. (Driving Directions)
Want to share a ride? Let us know! We will connect retreats so they can organize ride shares.
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