Wildwood Running Naperville Clinic
Wildwood Clinic Information
Join us in person this July in Naperville, Illinois for our Chicago Area Wildwood Running Clinic! We are excited to bring coaches and athletes together to continue our journey to empower the young female distance runner! This year we will have 1.5 days of programming for the coaches and 1 day for the athletes! Together we will bring expert speakers from across the country together to support girls in running as well as their coaches!
Coach Sessions: July 23rd and 24th
Our coach session will span one and a half days, featuring 8 distinct sessions designed to challenge your thinking and expand your coaching toolkit. And the learning doesn't stop there! Each night, we'll have a social event.
Athlete Session: July 24th
Just like last year, our athlete session is a super interactive workshop model. That means the athletes get to choose what they want to learn! They will pick the sessions that spark their interest, soak up all the wisdom, and then bring it back to share with your team.
Friday morning is one of the highlights of the clinic - our Fun Run from Naperville Running Company. Created by Dan Iverson, we bring close to 200 girls (clinic attendees and not) together for the love of running + community! It's just a short walk from the clinic and a great way to start the weekend.
LOCATION: North Central College, Link to campus map: https://www.northcentralcollege.edu/map
Hotel Suggestions near the venue: https://www.northcentralcollege.edu/visit/hotel-partner-program
Scholarships available upon request https://forms.gle/UsHDn71GTK8z5DtNA
JOIN US
Coaches: July 23rd & 24th, 2026
Athletes: July 24th, 2026
TICKETS COMING SOON
Speaker Line Up
Danielle Beardsley, Mental Performance Coach
Christina Weidman, Dietitian North Western Univ.
Christina Weidman, Dietitian North Western Univ.
Danielle Beardsley, LCPC, CADC, ATR, CMPC currently works at and is the founder of a private practice named Center for Creative Growth. Prior to Danielle becoming a Certified Mental Performance Consultant she already worked as a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, a
Certified Addictions Counselor and Registered Art Therapist in Illinois. Since 2014, Danielle has delivered mental performance coaching services to individual youth, high school and collegiate and masters level athletes. Danielle facilitates mental performance coaching sessions to numerous Chicagoland high school teams and elite performers across the US.
Danielle observes positive results in her work with client athletes’ performances ranging from gymnastics, track & field, cross country, baseball, hockey, lacrosse, soccer goalkeeping, competitive Irish dancing, competitive cheer & tumbling, marathon and IRONMAN competitions.
Christina Weidman, Dietitian North Western Univ.
Christina Weidman, Dietitian North Western Univ.
Christina Weidman, Dietitian North Western Univ.
Christina Weidman joined Northwestern University Athletics in December of 2016 as the second full time Sports Dietitian. She joins Performance Nutrition after consulting with the program for over two years. She is responsible for team and staff education, individual nutrition counseling, supplement safety education, and fueling station management.
Weidman is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where she earned a bachelor’s degree in Food Science and Human Nutrition with a dietetics concentration. She completed her dietetic internship through the Loyola University Graduate School of Nursing.
She is a Registered Dietitian who is actively involved in the Chicago Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (CAND), Sports Cardiovascular and Wellness Dietetic Practice Group (SCAN), the Collegiate and Professional Sports Dietitians Association (CPSDA), and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND). She currently serves as the President of CAND, an organization of over 200 Registered Dietitians and nutrition students within Chicago.