RIDC Media & Round Up October 2025

Photo Credit: Tanya Raab

Stylist caught up with four members of Black Trail Runners, Rebecca Devereux, Grace Natoli, Nethliee La Croix and Angela Tomusange, to find out more about competing at the UTMB World Series in Chamonix and their experiences in trail running. The ladies also share how more women can join the sport of trail running.

“I’m Deaf, so I don’t hear the trail. I feel it in every breath, every heartbeat, every footfall, every shift of sun on the rocks." JamiLee Hoglind shares how gestures to tech, small accessibility tweaks can make every mile safer and more enjoyable for Deaf athletes.

“Instead of post-shift drinks, they could spend an hour outdoors, shaking off the stress of the kitchen, getting in some miles together.” Restaurant workers are trading late nights for morning runs, and here’s why.

“In 2006, 32-year-old engineering technician Terrance Lyles was engulfed in a series of depressions that included his mother’s diagnosis of diabetes and their own financial trouble. That same year, he eventually signed up for a fitness group in Chicago, where most of the participants were training for the Chicago Marathon. This experience led him to create his running community, Black Chicago Runners, an all-Black faction of running enthusiasts from the Windy City who congregate every Saturday morning to train.”

Portland run clubs are booming — with a club for everyone! “There's a run club for everyone: beer lovers, trail runners, rock climbers, those in recovery, lesbians, trans and non-binary folks, plus slowpokes and many more. And new ones keep popping up.”

“Four years ago, the DJ Diplo ran a half marathon before heading to Club Space in Miami to see another DJ perform. At the club, on a post-run high, he thought, This is the best experience ever. The following year, he did it all again, but this time 100 people joined him.” Now more than ever, more and more celebrities want us to run.