

Trail Society
FREETRAIL
Keely Henninger, Corrine Malcolm, and Hillary Allen are three professional trail runners looking to utilize their experience as athletes and scientists to foster community and discussion around new and challenging topics in the world of trail running, training and racing, and equality.
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Dec 6, 2022 • 1h 5min
Episode 36: Ultra Trail Cape Town Recap with Corrine and Hillary
Hillary and Corrine talk through their experiences at Ultra Trail Cape Town. Corrine provided the commentary for the entire weekend of races and Hillary won the 100 miler. This episode is brought to you by Freetrail @runfreetrail Freetrail NEW Website: www.freetrail.com - subscribe and JOIN US IN SLACK Athletic Greens: Use link www.athleticgreens.com/trailsociety for a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs The Feed:https://thefeed.com/trailsociety gets you $15 in free credit! Oura Ring: Track your sleep, recovery, and menstrual cycle (for those who get one) and buy your ring here: https://ouraring.com?mct=P3yNJl9q

Nov 22, 2022 • 1h 22min
Episode 35: Diversity and Inclusion Series Part 3: Riley Brady and securing their golden ticket to the WS 100 and addressing gender identity in sport
Keely, Corrine, and Hillary sit down with Riley Brady, an ultrarunner who has been running ultras for almost a decade. Most recently Riley was 2nd at the Javelina Jundred securing their golden ticket for the Western States 100 in June. We talk to Riley about how our sport and community can be more inclusive to athletes of all gender identities when sport is historically a binary system. This episode is brought to you by Freetrail @runfreetrail Freetrail NEW Website: www.freetrail.com - subscribe and JOIN US IN SLACK The Feed:https://thefeed.com/trailsociety gets you $15 in free credit! Oura Ring: Track your sleep, recovery, and menstrual cycle (for those who get one) and buy your ring here: https://ouraring.com?mct=P3yNJl9q Show notes: Follow Riley Brady :@rye.outside Article on college coach allegations: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/10/sports/college-athletes-body-fat-women.html

Nov 8, 2022 • 1h 26min
Episode 34: Diversity and Inclusion Series Part 2: Adam Merry and the lack of ethnically diverse role models in trail running, tokenism, and improving diversity in trail running
Keely, Corrine, and Hillary sit down with Adam Merry, an elite, multiracial trail runner and a life-long athlete. Adam currently coaches athletes and uses his background in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion to help bring light to some of the issues in trail/ultra running We learn a lot about his experience growing up multiracial, reflect on the importance of mentors, and learn about tokenism. This episode is brought to you by Freetrail @runfreetrail Freetrail NEW Website: www.freetrail.com - subscribe and JOIN US IN SLACK Athletic Greens: Use link www.athleticgreens.com/trailsociety for a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs The Feed:https://thefeed.com/trailsociety gets you $15 in free credit! Oura Ring: Track your sleep, recovery, and menstrual cycle (for those who get one) and buy your ring here: https://ouraring.com?mct=P3yNJl9q Show notes: Follow Adam Merry: @amerryrunner Adam Merry Article in TR: https://www.trailrunnermag.com/dirt-digital-editions/black-and-white/

Oct 25, 2022 • 1h 22min
Episode 33: Diversity and Inclusion Series Part 1: Ryan Montgomery and the LGBTQ+ community
Keely, Corrine, and Hillary sit down with Ryan Montgomery who is a queer and gay professional ultrarunner focused on increasing diversity and acceptance for the LGBTQ+ community in the ultra and trail running space. We learn a lot about his company, Out Trails, how we can become better allies, and how to make trail running more welcoming. We also discuss doping, Big's backyard, and women's sport funding in the news section. This episode is brought to you by Freetrail @runfreetrail Freetrail NEW Website: www.freetrail.com - subscribe and JOIN US IN SLACK Athletic Greens: Use link www.athleticgreens.com/trailsociety for a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs The Feed:https://thefeed.com/trailsociety gets you $15 in free credit! Oura Ring: Track your sleep, recovery, and menstrual cycle (for those who get one) and buy your ring here: https://ouraring.com?mct=P3yNJl9q Show notes: Follow Ryan Montgomery : @ultra.ryan Out Trails: @out_trails Out trails retreat: https://www.aspireadventurerunning.com/out-trail-mt-st-helens/ Sierra Zinal Doping: https://trailrunner.com/trail-news/sierre-zinal-race-winner-mark-kangogo-tests-positive-for-two-banned-substances/#:~:text=Kenyan%20runner%20and%202022%20Sierre,Above%20photo%20by%20Marco%20Gulberti. Women's Sponsorships up 20% in 2022: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sponsorunited-alex-morgan-is-the-most-endorsed-female-athlete-of-2022-301648371.html

Oct 11, 2022 • 56min
Episode 32: Team USA, new policies and research for pregnant people, and community questions
Keely, Corrine, and Hillary discuss team USA, new policies and research around pregnant people, and then we answer a lot of interesting questions sent in from the community. We discuss anemia, iron, and ferritin, how to balance new life stresses, and then some fun rapid fire questions to end it out. This episode is brought to you by Freetrail @runfreetrail Freetrail NEW Website: www.freetrail.com - subscribe and JOIN US IN SLACK Athletic Greens: Use link www.athleticgreens.com/trailsociety for a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs The Feed:https://thefeed.com/trailsociety gets you $15 in free credit! Oura Ring: Track your sleep, recovery, and menstrual cycle (for those who get one) and buy your ring here: https://ouraring.com?mct=P3yNJl9q Show notes: In defense of adventurous mothers: https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/climbing/in-defense-of-adventurous-mothers/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Sportswire+Women+-+Today+s+press+releases+and+news+in+the+women+s+sports+industry&utm_campaign=Sportswire+Women+Tuesday+10%2F4%2F2022 & Mother and Salomon provide lactation spaces during trail half marathon: https://www.endurancesportswire.com/mother-and-salomon-raise-the-bar-for-supporting-mothers-participating-in-race-events/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Sportswire+Women+-+Today+s+press+releases+and+news+in+the+women+s+sports+industry&utm_campaign=Sportswire+Women+Tuesday+9%2F27%2F2022 Impacts of pregnancy on 41 elite runners : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35975937/

Sep 27, 2022 • 60min
Episode 31: Race result extravaganza, equal pay, and youth sport development
Keely, Corrine, and Hillary discuss all of the races from the past two weeks and then dive into the recent UTMB/TDS Drama. They talk through some new findings in the scientific field around the impacts of extremely long efforts on the body and then dive into their backgrounds in sport and whether a specialized or generalized approach to sport is better for youth athlete development. This episode is brought to you by Freetrail @runfreetrail Freetrail NEW Website: www.freetrail.com - subscribe! Athletic Greens: Use link www.athleticgreens.com/trailsociety for a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs The Feed: trailsociety15 gets you 15% off your order: www.thefeed.com Oura Ring: Track your sleep, recovery, and menstrual cycle (for those who get one) and buy your ring here: https://ouraring.com?mct=P3yNJl9q Show notes: Sex-Specific Physiological Responses to Ultramarathon: https://journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/Abstract/2022/10000/Sex_Specific_Physiological_Responses_to.4.aspx Malcolm Gladwell v David Epstein debate on development: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaVey1bV5e8 Canadian Sport for life kid's development model: https://sportforlife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Long-Term-Development-in-Sport-and-Physical-Activity-3.0.pdf

Sep 13, 2022 • 1h 13min
Episode 30: Injury mindset and coping with DNF with Danielle Snyder
Keely and Corrine are joined by Danielle Snyder, Licensed clinical social worker, to discuss the mental struggles around injury that impact motivation, self-worth, and recovery. Then they DNFs and how best to cope with and learn from them. This episode is brought to you by Freetrail @runfreetrail Athletic Greens: Use link www.athleticgreens.com/trailsociety for a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs The Feed: trailsociety15 gets you 15% off your order: www.thefeed.com Oura Ring: Track your sleep, recovery, and menstrual cycle (for those who get one) and buy your ring here: https://ouraring.com?mct=P3yNJl9q Show notes: Women Who FKT instagram: @womenwhofkt New article on eating disorder and 2020 olympic trial female marathon runners: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9365102/ Article on mental health and injury in athletes: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/714044197 Accepting DNF by Danielle and Keely : https://freetrail.com/dnf-embracing-the-decision-grieving-the-loss-of-your-race-and-letting-it-go/

Aug 30, 2022 • 1h 16min
Episode 29: UTMB participation, results, and recap
Keely, Hillary, and Corrine discuss female participation numbers for the 2023 UTMB races, the phenomenal race results from the weekend, and then dissect Corrine's experience at TDS and Hillary's race at UTMB. Trail Society is brought to you by @runfreetrail and is sponsored by: Athletic Greens: Use link www.athleticgreens.com/trailsociety for a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs The Feed: trailsociety15 gets you 15% off your order: www.thefeed.com/trailsociety Oura Ring: Track your sleep, recovery, and menstrual cycle (for those who get one) and buy your ring here: https://ouraring.com?mct=P3yNJl9q Resources: Female Athletes demand more around fertility treatments: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2022/08/19/women-athletes-compete-later-family-planning-fertility/10353059002/ UTMB News around PTL runner tragedy: https://www.outsideonline.com/health/running/racing/utmb-runner-death-2022/

Aug 23, 2022 • 1h 50min
Episode 28: Pregnancy, nutrition, contracts, and returning to sport post-partum with Dr. Stephanie Howe
Dr. Stephanie Howe, a professional trail-runner, recent mom, and PhD in Nutrition joins the podcast to discuss nutrition needs during and after pregnancy, contracts, and returning to sport post-partum. Follow Stephanie Howe: @stephaniemariehowe Trail Society is brought to you by @runfreetrail and is sponsored by: Athletic Greens: Use link www.athleticgreens.com/trailsociety for a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs The Feed: trailsociety15 gets you 15% off your order: www.thefeed.com/trailsociety Oura Ring: Track your sleep, recovery, and menstrual cycle (for those who get one) and buy your ring here: https://ouraring.com?mct=P3yNJl9q Show Notes: Shumacher named head coach of U of O: https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a40579014/jerry-schumacher-named-coach-of-university-of-oregon-track-and-field-and-cross-country/ Tour de femmes viewership:Tour de France Femmes proves TV hit as viewing figures released - CyclingTips New study on perceptions of pregnancy by elite athletes: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35971097/

Aug 9, 2022 • 1h 21min
Episode 27: Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy and Pregnancy with Claire Bernard Miller
Keely, Corrine, and Hillary chat with Claire Bernard Miller, DPT with certifications in Pelvic Floor Health about the pelvic floor, how a pelvic floor physical therapist can help anyone with a pelvis, and implications towards pregnancy. You can find Claire on instagram at @activatephysicaltherapy or go to https://activateptw.com to book an appt! This episode is brought to you by Free Trail @runfreetrail And has support from the following sponsors: Athletic Greens: www.athleticgreens.com/trailsociety and receive free samples and Vitamin D with your order! The Feed: Build your own snack pack following www.thefeed.com/trailsociety and use code trailsociety15 for 15% off!! Oura Ring: Track your sleep, recovery, and menstrual cycle (for those who get one) and buy your ring here: https://ouraring.com?mct=P3yNJl9q Articles: NCAA and abortions: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/07/27/college-sports-ncaa-abortion-bans/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Sportswire+Women+-+Today+s+press+releases+and+news+in+the+women+s+sports+industry&utm_campaign=Sportswire+Women+Tuesday+8%2F2%2F2022 Active Joe Non-Binary Policy: https://www.theactivejoe.com/post/non-binary-athlete-entrant-policy


