Trail Tigers
Trail Tigers Trail Running
Trail running team for boys and girls ages 5-14
New: Both boys and girls teams are available!
*Please note: there is a processing fee that cannot be refunded. See more registration info in FAQs below.
Thanks for a great summer!
Registration for the 2025 program is set to open in Fall of 2024.
The Trail Tigers is a trail running team for boys and girls ages 5-14. This 7-week program is designed to empower young kids, teach them trail stewardship, and inspire a love for running! Kids will run once a week with their coaches to build strength both physically and mentally. We believe that anyone can be a runner! Every practice will be different and focus on a new skill attributed to running. One day they may run the trails and play pacing games, another day they may work on speed by running the slopes!
"The more who run, the more the fun."
At a Glance
Warm up
Getting our body and mind ready for a run is almost as important as the run! We will get stretched out and get muscles moving to stay injury free. Trail Tigers will learn the importance of taking things slow to become fast!
Run
Every week will bring something new! We aim to keep running fun and something to look forward to every day. Gratitude runs, team pacing, interval games, and singing are just some of the ways we can transform running into something exciting and engaging!
Cool down
After their run, Trail Tigers will cool down with some stretching and a well deserved snack to refuel depleted energy.
Meet the Coaches
Holly
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Holly
Holly is a lifelong runner, backpacker, and adventurer and began trail running 10 years ago. A few of her most notable adventures include circumnavigating Mt Hood, Grand Canyon R2R2R, and most recently completing her first 100K in Oregon. One of Holly’s biggest passions is crewing and pacing her friends during their big trail races. She wants to share that passion with Trail Tigers in order to continue building a strong running community.
Laura
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Laura
While Laura currently works remotely for a non-profit, in her spare time she likes to refer to herself as a professional amateur trail runner. Some of her most impressive adventures are hiking 4 Colorado 14ers, summiting Mt. Hood, and completing a 50 mile ultra marathon. While you can mostly find her running (or tripping) on the trails, she also loves rock climbing, snowboarding, xc skiing, and wakeboarding. Any adventure she can bring her four legged running buddy Oakley on are her favorite adventures! During the winter, you can find Laura working with some of Cannonsburg’s other programs like Mountain Minnies!
Elaine
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Elaine
Elaine is a lover of all things outdoors. Through middle and high school, she was a competitive martial artist and assistant instructor for children’s classes. Her start in endurance sports was collegiate triathlon, where she competed at the national and world level and even coached the GVSU triathlon club team for a year! After some injuries, she turned to bicycling and ultimately found her true passion in the world of trail running. There’s no place she’d rather be than wandering the woods with good snacks and good friends. She looks forward to helping inspire and empower the next generation of trail users and stewards!
Devin
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Devin
Emily Lindsey is the Graphic Designer and Event Assistant here at Cannonsburg. You can usually find her with a coffee in one hand and a camera in the other. She loves being outside and going on exciting nature adventures with her dog Emmett, and taking photos along the way too! Emily enjoys every season of the year here in Michigan, and can easily find joy in everything she does.
Amanda
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Amanda
Amanda is a 4th grade teacher in Forest Hills. She is also a mom of two lovely girls, ages 9 and 6, and an avid runner! She has been running since her freshman year of high school, and ran at Aquinas College. Since then, Amanda has run 4 marathons, a handful of half marathons, 10ks, 5ks, and even mile races! She is very excited to bring her running knowledge to the trails this summer, while helping the Trail Tigers build self-confidence and trail stewardship skills!
Erika
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Erika
Erika is a trail ultra runner, Ironman triathlete and snowshoe runner. She enjoys the challenge of running 100 miles. She is an RRCA certified coach and learns how to be a better teacher by listening to kids. She loves traveling to races with family and friends because it's a great way to meet cool people and get outside more.
Kaitlin
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Kaitlin
Kaitlin started off running trails back in high school on the cross country team. She continued to run 5k races around town but didn't pick up the long-distance running until 2012 after joining RunGR and signing up for her first 25k River Bank Run. After a few years of road running, including running in the Boston Marathon in 2014, she decided to get back to her roots on the trails. Since then she has enjoyed the beauty of the trails around the country and competed in a few 50K and 50 mile trail races. She also recently completed her first 100k. She is looking forward to sharing the beauty of the trails and the spirit of the trail running community with the next generation.
Rachel
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Rachel
Rachel is an epidemiologist and public health nerd. She loves being active in the outdoors and experiencing it with friends (and dogs!). She has been trail running for 9 years and has found it to be her favorite way to build community, push herself physically and mentally, and move through beautiful places. She has finished races up to 100 miles, but her favorite distance is anything with trail snacks and fun conversation. Rachel is stoked to meet the Trail Tigers and share some miles together!
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