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Today, I am having the pleasure to talk to and run with trail Running Coach Kimberly Mathis-Reed, or Kim, who takes us through the desert of Nevada.Her life journey is an extraordinary story of a life well lived and how tragedy turned to a holistic running and life coaching business.She is a native to the Hoover Dam and Lake Mead, close to Henderson in the State of Nevada, USA. Her grandfather moved there to help build the Dam and the family never left. It is a stunning environment to run in I have to say. As I was there on a business trip, I thought I’d ask her for a run interview and she kindly agreed. She has one incredible story. If you are from there you are lucky to have possible access to her and her holistic coaching methods.After the death of her first-born son she had two options in her mind... The first option was to hide from life and turn to alcohol (as I mention during the run, I think that would have been me in all probability, which I mention at 00:08:48) and other avoidance tactics to escape the grief that was swallowing her whole. And who would have really thought ill of her doing so, after all, there is no word in any language I know of, for a parent who is losing their child. The second option was to figure out how to live a joyous life while honoring herself, her child and her family. Lucky for me as well as all her clients, she chose the second option. To be fair, the selection process was not as straight forward and pragmatic as it is given here as you can imagine. Through a very difficult journey of self-coaching she also found trail running. Running and outdoor fitness had become the foundation of her coaching ideology. It is her passion to help others create their best days after she found hers. This might involve a basic running plan to improve their 5k time or weekly sessions involving in-depth discussions and activities to break through mental barriers.With nearly two decades of coaching and teaching experience under her belt, just listening to her, you will find her more than qualified to help others.In many ways, you are joining me on a run with a superhuman being. Let’s Go! (If you dare - take some tissues with you on the run, you can thank me later)–This is day 2,972 of my personal Running Streak.–Runners Quote00:15:50 – 00:15:57“Even just going from track and road to trail, everything just changes about the way you run.” – Kim on how she moved from track and road running coach to trail running.–LINKSFind out more about Kim on her website or follow her Journey on Facebook or on Instagram–I’d love to see you more often around► Subscribe to My Podcast or follow 3 Mile Run Down on Instagram, Facebook or YouTube–3 Mile Run Down is a way for me to talk with equally enthusiastic people from all sorts of backgrounds. My aim is to tap into their knowledge achieved through paths life took them. We may pound the miles together and it combines, and it may bring us even closer, that being said it’s for each something else that sets us on this path.This is an open invitation to find value and knowledge in each different runner and run, because no life paths are the same and no three-mile run is either.