Running through Fire

Elinor Fish is a writer, speaker and educator whose mission is to lead runners to better health through mindful running.

Over her 17-year career in running and wellness, her articles, programs, workshops and retreats have helped thousands of runners make their running a mindfulness practice to reduce their stress and bring their best selves to their roles as parents, professionals, caregivers and leaders. Ten years ago, she founded Run Wild Retreats + Wellness, a travel company that specializes in women's running and wellness retreats around the world…gradually growing it to an international tour operation employing five dynamite women and a network of running guides around the world. 

Elinor is a Canadian ex-pat who now lives in the Colorado Rocky Mountains with her husband and son. She moved from Canada to the U.S. 15 years ago to work on staff at Trail Runner magazine, during a time when her own competitive running was reaching new heights, and she was competing in events of up to 100 miles and running in places like Patagonia and the Swiss Alps.

Yet, Elinor’s relationship to running hasn’t always been about competition and adventure. Running has also served as the means by which she has coped with a chronic auto-immune disease for over two decades, survived the tragic loss of a loved one and overcame adrenal fatigue and chronic stress.

These difficult, life-changing experiences made her curious about exactly what it is about running that can be so healing, transformative, de-stressing and uplifting, even under the most difficult of circumstances. These experiences were the inspiration behind Run Wild Retreats + Wellness. Elinor is also the founder of the Healthy Runners' Community, an online space that bring the practice of mindful running to even more runners around the world.