Sassquad Trail Runners

This is the recording from our July 30, 2024 of the live Wild Goose Trail Festival Q&A. We've got an all-star line-up for the panel:  Registered Dietitian, Dina Griffin .  Skratch  Rep Kenton Matthaei. Trail Party Director Kim Levinsky & Wild Goose Aid Station Captain, Matty Klein. To learn more about the Wild Goose Trail Festival, visit  sassquadtrailrunning.com/wildgoose To learn mor...

This is the recording from our live Q&A with Wild Goose Race Medic, THOR on July 25, 2024. Thor went through the many squatchtastic questions that were submitted by members of the Sassquad community. We really covered a lot of topics during the zoom call: foot care, chaffing, handling the heat, dealing with the cold, enduring the rain, vomiting, nausea, and lost toe nails! To learn more about...

We sat down with Terri DiMartini-Greenlee  to hear all about her involvement with Girls on the Run (GOTR)! Terri is the E ssex County and Community Engagement Director for GOTR New Jersey East. We are excited to have Terri join us on Saturday July 27th at our Squatchy Surprise Trail Party! Terri will have a table setup so you can have the opportunity to chat with her about GOTR and learn more abou...

We are doing a special mini-series this week! Tune-in to hear recaps of the 358M NY Long Path FKT from Sassquad's Trail Party Director, Kim Levinsky! Kim established and set the women's supported FKT for the Long Path in July of 2023. Supported by a team of 20+ friends, the FKT took 9 days and 10 hours to complete. This episode is a recap of the final day! The New York Long Path (LP) is a...

We are doing a special mini-series this week! Tune-in to hear recaps of the 358M NY Long Path FKT from Sassquad's Trail Party Director, Kim Levinsky! Kim established and set the women's supported FKT for the Long Path in July of 2023. Supported by a team of 20+ friends, the FKT took 9 days and 10 hours to complete. This episode is a recap of Day 9! The New York Long Path (LP) is a 358 mile...

We are doing a special mini-series this week! Tune-in to hear recaps of the 358M NY Long Path FKT from Sassquad's Trail Party Director, Kim Levinsky! Kim established and set the women's supported FKT for the Long Path in July of 2023. Supported by a team of 20+ friends, the FKT took 9 days and 10 hours to complete. This episode is a recap of Day 8! The New York Long Path (LP) is a 358 mile...

We are doing a special mini-series this week! Tune-in to hear recaps of the 358M NY Long Path FKT from Sassquad's Trail Party Director, Kim Levinsky! Kim established and set the women's supported FKT for the Long Path in July of 2023. Supported by a team of 20+ friends, the FKT took 9 days and 10 hours to complete. This episode is a recap of Day 7! The New York Long Path (LP) is a 358 mile...

We are doing a special mini-series this week! Tune-in to hear recaps of the 358M NY Long Path FKT from Sassquad's Trail Party Director, Kim Levinsky! Kim established and set the women's supported FKT for the Long Path in July of 2023. Supported by a team of 20+ friends, the FKT took 9 days and 10 hours to complete. This episode is a recap of Day 6! The New York Long Path (LP) is a 358 mile...

We are doing a special mini-series this week! Tune-in to hear recaps of the 358M NY Long Path FKT from Sassquad's Trail Party Director, Kim Levinsky! Kim established and set the women's supported FKT for the Long Path in July of 2023. Supported by a team of 20+ friends, the FKT took 9 days and 10 hours to complete. This episode is a recap of Day 5! The New York Long Path (LP) is a 358 mile...

We are doing a special mini-series this week! Tune-in to hear recaps of the 358M NY Long Path FKT from Sassquad's Trail Party Director, Kim Levinsky! Kim established and set the women's supported FKT for the Long Path in July of 2023. Supported by a team of 20+ friends, the FKT took 9 days and 10 hours to complete. This episode is a recap of Day 4! The New York Long Path (LP) is a 358 mile...

We are doing a special mini-series this week! Tune-in to hear recaps of the 358M NY Long Path FKT from Sassquad's Trail Party Director, Kim Levinsky! Kim established and set the women's supported FKT for the Long Path in July of 2023. Supported by a team of 20+ friends, the FKT took 9 days and 10 hours to complete. This episode is a recap of Day 3! The New York Long Path (LP) is a 358 mile...

We are doing a special mini-series this week! Tune-in to hear recaps of the 358M NY Long Path FKT from Sassquad's Trail Party Director, Kim Levinsky! Kim established and set the women's supported FKT for the Long Path in July of 2023. Supported by a team of 20+ friends, the FKT took 9 days and 10 hours to complete. This episode is a recap of Day 2! The New York Long Path (LP) is a 358 mile...

We are doing a special mini-series this week! Tune-in to hear recaps of the 358M NY Long Path FKT from Sassquad's Trail Party Director, Kim Levinsky! Kim established and set the women's supported FKT for the Long Path in July of 2023. Supported by a team of 20+ friends, the FKT took 9 days and 10 hours to complete. This episode is a recap of Day 1! The New York Long Path (LP) is a 358 mile...

In this squatchy chat, Sassquad OG Jeff Bock shares his wild ride into the wacky world of trail running. Jeff unpacks his military service and subsequent post-service years that eventually led him to make some drastic lifestyle changes in 2018. Thanks to the help of his furry rescue pup, Harry Potter references and the Sassquad community, Jeff said goodbye to video games, smoking and his sedentary...

Have you recently experienced a DNF ("Did Not Finish")? This episode is for you! It's been said that a DNF is a rite of passage in trail and ultra, but that doesn't make it any easier to work through. The disappointment can be difficult to handle and often times, those feelings stick around for weeks or months after the DNF. We put a call out to our community for folks to submit...

We really enjoyed this squatchy chat with our friend Merritt Hopper of Race 2 Adventure ! Merritt has been at the helm of Race 2 Adventure for the past 17 years. R2A orchestrates running trail vacations around the world! The 8-day international adventures include daily trail races (5K-10K) followed by an immersive exploration of the local culture. Upcoming trips include Morocco 2025⁠ ,  ⁠Scotland...

Have you recently experienced a DNF ("Did Not Finish")? This episode is for you! It's been said that a DNF is a rite of passage in trail and ultra, but that doesn't make it any easier to work through. The disappointment can be difficult to handle and often times, those feelings stick around for weeks or months after the DNF. We put a call out to our community for folks to submit...

"Running isn't therapy" ...Wait, what?! Listen to this squatchtastic conversation with Sarah Strong to find out what that statement means! Sarah is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, UESCA certified ultrarunning coach and mom based in the Colorado Front Range. Through walk and talk sessions and virtual therapy, Sarah helps individuals cultivate self awareness, self belief and self ac...

Callie Gensel starting running ten years ago when she signed up for a 5K with her teacher colleagues. A decade later, Callie crossed the finishline for the Wild Goose 100 in September of 2023! Hear all about her journey to ultra including some squatchtastic stories from the Wild Goose, including a black bear falling out of tree and landing right in front of her!

"Running is my therapy." Can running really be the answer to all of our problems? .....Maybe it'll work for a little while, but using running as our only coping skill is not a sustainable and effective way to heal. Tune-in to this episode to hear Sassquad Trail Party Director Kim Levinsky talk about her mental health journey through running, therapy and meds. To learn more about Bigg...

In 2023, ultrarunner Lynn Maki found herself sidelined by injuries and decided to turn lemons into lemonade by jumping into the world of crewing and pacing. She dove into the deep end with four sleepless days/nights of crewing Kim Levinsky during her 358 mile NY Long Path FKT and got to pace Kim around mile 250. A few months later, Lynn crewed and paced three friends at the Sassquad Wild Goose 100...

Matt Klein's life "blew up in spectacular fashion" in 2006 when he woke up handcuffed to a hospital bed. Several months removed from that fateful event he found the healing and transformative power of running when he trained for and completed the NYC Marathon later that year. Combined with the support of a loving fellowship, a sponsor, his wife, family and friends - Matty tapped into...

Carolina Rubio-MacWright is an artist, immigration lawyer and activist fighting for immigrant and humanitarian rights. She was born in Bogota, Colombia where she lived until, at the age of 20, she needed a safer place to call home. She attended art school and law school in the United States, and throughout was active in her local immigrant community. She has worked as an immigration attorney in Mi...

Justin Lewandowski has only been around the ultra-scene for the last few years but he has already tackled the toughest trail races on the (B)east Coast! This year he amassed over 800,000 feet of elevation gain through his training and racing and completed (and won for the second year in a row!) the Tammany 10 , Breakneck Point 42K , Manitou's Revenge , Eastern States 100 & the Hudson Highl...

Join us for this recap on 2023! We highlight some of the exciting things that happened this past year and then look ahead to what's coming up in 2024. Sassquad Trail Running Instagram Facebook trailpartydirector@sassquadtrailrunning.com