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Heather Gordon is a plant-powered trail runner, entrepreneur & adventurer from Ireland. After completing races in some of the most beautiful parts of the world including the Atacama Desert, Mozambique & Costa Rica, Heather established Trails & Roots to combine her passions of adventure, being immersed in new cultures and connecting with people from diverse backgrounds. She lives a somewhat nomadic life but calls Paris home at the moment! During the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown, Heather and Zandy fused their love of cooking and running and created a plant-based cookbook - Cooking on the Run! Check it out here!
Heather will be at all of our 2024 and 2025 Trail Camps! |
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Zandy Mangold is a New York City based runner and coach who loves the challenge of running fast on any surface at any distance. His running resumé includes victories at the Atacama Crossing stage-race and the Keys 100 mile race, finishes at Badwater, Spartathlon and Western States and 10 Boston Marathons, including a sub 3-hour finish. As a coach, his goal is to help each athlete reach their potential, and then go a little further, while minimizing injuries. He loves cats and photography, and played drums for the punk rock band Mañana Couch.
Join Zandy on the trails at our Madeira Trail Camp! |
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Lily Toomey is a plant-based chef who spent years working as the Sous Chef at Cornucopia, Dublin’s oldest vegan and vegetarian restaurant, where she was responsible for developing new, innovative, delicious plant-based recipes. She has catered a range of different food events and has taught plant-based cooking both in Ireland and abroad. For Lily, food is a powerful way to connect with people and the planet. Her passion for plant-based food, food justice and environmentalism has led her to pursue a PhD in environmental history. She currently balances academia alongside time in Wild Sage Bakery's kitchen, creating mouth-watering, plant-based treats & baked goods! Experience Lily's cooking at our Madeira and Slovenia Trail Camps! |
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Alastair Derry is a plant-based chef who has been inspired by international cuisine to change the way the people view the world. Based in the global trail running capital, Chamonix, Alastair loves to cycle, run, swim and ski tour as much as possible. He has traveled the world over working in kitchens everywhere from Norway to Serbia. His passion for the trails is ever growing and living around the mountains keeps him happy and adventurous. Enjoy Alastair's cuisine at Trail Camp Chamonix, Trail Camp Cape Town and Trail Camp Thailand! |
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Emily Schmitz splits her time between Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Chamonix, France, where she spends as much time as possible in the mountains. She is a runner and coach, and works with athletes of all experience levels, backgrounds, and abilities. She has competed in trail and ultra races around the world, racing everything from short vertical kilometers and sky races to 100km ultra races. Emily has an impressive resumé of results, including representing Team USA and achieving 7th place at the 2023 World Mountain Long Trail Championships, 5th place at 2019 UTMB OCC, 2nd place at 2022 Val d'Aran by UTMB 55km, 12th at Western States 2024 & 5th at 2023 UTMB CCC. Join Emily at Trail Camp Cape Town! |
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Melissa Malouff, our Sustainability Expert, is a planet-powered environmentalist and trail runner from Texas who currently lives in the French Alps. After years of running road marathons, she took her feet to the mountains, where she discovered firsthand the effects of climate change on her beloved trails.
Motivated by this experience, Melissa gradually adapted her lifestyle to align with her environmental values, culminating in her decision to pursue a Master's in Environment and Resource Management. Driven by a profound love for both the environment and running, Melissa is dedicated to sharing her dual passion. Her mission goes beyond inspiring others to explore the great outdoors; she strives to empower individuals to recognise the intrinsic connection between environmental consciousness and the joy of running. |
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