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Aimee Kohler discusses the importance of protecting outdoor spaces while trail running and the initiatives of The Running Kind.

Send us Fan Mail Trail running says it loves the outdoors, but are we willing to change how we race to protect the places we run? I’m joined by Aimee Kohler race director of The Running Kind, a small but fast-growing organization putting on carbon-neutral trail races across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and upstate New York, including the brutally steep Climate For Climate in the Catskills. We talk about why the Northeast is still underrated for mountain running, and why “smaller mountains” can d...

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Host: James Lauriello

Guest: Aimee Kohler

Topics covered

• trail running
• carbon-neutral races
• mountain running
• environmental protection
• Northeast running

Keywords

• trail running
• carbon-neutral
• mountain running
• Northeast
• The Running Kind
• Aimee Kohler
• Climate For Climate

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Running Kind

Places: Pennsylvania, New Jersey, upstate New York, Catskills

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