Wildwood running clinic - PORTLAND, OR Feb 5th & 6th

Julie Benson is an Olympian and accomplished distance running coach with over 20 years of experience developing athletes from beginners to the elite level. With more than 15 years of NCAA Division I coaching experience, she has coached both men's and women's collegiate teams and guided multiple athletes to the Olympic Games. Among her career highlights is coaching Jenny Simpson to a World Championship title. Julie brings a wealth of knowledge in athlete development, high-performance training, and competitive excellence, along with a passion for helping runners of all levels reach their full potential.

Abby Chan, MS, RDN, is a registered dietitian specializing in sports nutrition, eating disorders, and helping individuals rebuild their relationships with food, their bodies, and sport. She approaches nutrition from a place of abundance rather than restriction, believing that a well-fed athlete is better equipped not only to perform, but to enjoy a lifetime of movement and sport.

Abby is the co-owner of EVOLVE Flagstaff, a collaborative health and performance center in Flagstaff, Arizona, offering physical therapy, nutrition counseling, and strength and conditioning services.

“Lacey is the mental performance coach with the Portland Timbers. She is a Paralympian, broadcast host with NBC, a record holder, and a former Div 1 athlete. She applies both lived experience and accessible evidence-based practices to enhance performance at all intersections of life. ”

Eric Dettman is a cross country and track & field coach at Lincoln High School in Portland, Oregon, where he has helped build one of the state's most consistently successful girls' distance running programs. Lincoln's girls have earned a state trophy seven consecutive years, including the last two state championships and since taking over as head coach of the program in 2019, every year under his leadership, Lincoln has qualified either an individual athlete or a team for Nike Cross Nationals (NXN).

While proud of the program's competitive accomplishments, Eric believes that successful coaching extends far beyond race times, trophies, and championships. His coaching philosophy emphasizes long-term athlete development, building confidence, fostering leadership, and creating an environment where every athlete feels valued and supported.

Combining a data-driven approach to training with a strong commitment to team culture and meaningful relationships, Eric strives to help young women pursue excellence while developing a healthy, lifelong relationship with running.

At the heart of his coaching philosophy is a simple belief: The greatest measure of a coach's success isn't just how fast athletes run, but who they become along the way.

Ashley Bastron, LCMHCA, is a licensed clinical mental health counselor associate in North Carolina who practices at Nourished and Known, a counseling practice focused on treating eating disorders and trauma. After 13 years as an NCAA Division I coach, Ashley saw firsthand the pressure athletes carry and how often mental health goes unspoken in sports culture. Today she focuses on athlete mental health, helping athletes feel seen and supported as they navigate performance pressure, their relationship with food and their bodies, and life beyond their sport.

A dual board-certified Physical Therapist in orthopaedics and pelvic health, Jess has helped more than 50 Olympic athletes, along with many other professional and elite competitors, with performance, injury prevention, and rehab, from their first injury to the world stage. She loves everything about running, and for 24 years she has used real-time ultrasound and biomechanical analysis to show how the core transfers load into power and to get athletes back to the sport they love, excelling at it. She is the author of Strong as a Mother, and she still practices what she teaches: a 2:56 marathoner setting personal records in her mid 40s, faster than in high school and college.

This weekend, she'll show you how to build strong women in sport who stay healthy and keep loving it for life.