The Running Kind designed Spring Training Camp to bring runners together in a small group setting for a guided experience in the Catskill mountains.
The Catskills are located just over 100 miles north of New York City and are home to a variety of terrain. In one run you can experience technical scrambles, runnable ridge-lines, and long vertical climbs. These trails are stunning, isolated, and the perfect training grounds for trail runners looking to experience an innate connection in with the mountains.
The Running Kind has designed specific programming to enhance your trail running skills in the mountains. Not only will you be provided with on trail experience over challenging terrain, but you will also have the option to participate in creative exploration. We have designed daily activities that allow runners to express themselves through nature. Runners will have the option to explore through creative prompts, discussions, and activities.
As a carbon neutral organization, we believe that our connection to nature matters deeply. This camp will explore and deepen this connection through movement and making.
phoenicia, ny
may 28-31 2027
camp details
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This camp can be best experienced by runners who are healthy and in good fitness with experience on the trails. We recommend this camp for runners that want to explore the Catskills, deepen their connection with nature, and get creative in the process.
No specific results or experience is needed. At this time Spring Training Camp is not open to runners under the age of 21.
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Campsite at Woodland Valley Campground
3 guided trail runs
All meals Saturday
All meals Sunday
Breakfast Monday
Swag bag
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This camp is purposely positioned to prepare runners for a variety of mountainous trail races that take place in the Catskill Mountains including:
Manitou's Revenge
Escarpment Trail Race
Climb It For Climate
The Cat’s Tail
Catskill 100
Are you preparing for another mountainous trail race and want to be part of the experience? We want you here!
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Friday May 28
Arrival
Set up camp
Connect around the fire
Saturday May 29
Breakfast at camp
Long run on the Burroughs Range
Cold plunge in the river
Creative session with Routine Pleasure
Dinner in Woodstock
Sunday May 30
Breakfast at camp
Run up Mount Tremper
Dinner in Phoenicia
Optional night run up Giant’s Ledge & Panther Mountain
Monday May 31
Morning creative session
Departure
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This is a zero carbon event, meaning we take into account the emissions released in relation to hosting this trail race. The Running Kind will be subsidizing the cost to offset the event, however there is a fee included in your registration specifically for this cost. This will offset the carbon emissions for your personal travel to and from the event. We are excited to partner with the Change Climate Project to support a carbon offset project we believe in.
Aimee, founder of The Running Kind, has a passion for sustainability, not only in regard to environmentalism, but also in symbiosis with training.
Aimee takes a values based approach with her athletes to ensure that each individual is goal setting with intent. She finds importance in establishing a “why” behind the goal and connecting it back to the values held by each athlete to build drive in the daily grind. She has a wide-array of experience racing distances and terrain of all kinds. Her knowledge of mountain running is vast and she is always excited to share that with others in the community as a runner, coach, and race director.
She has always considered herself a creative and considers route finding and race directing part of her creative expression. When building this camp, she was excited to collaborate with local creatives to bring something new into the experience, deepening runners’ connections to the trails they run on.
coach aimee
