Kristen Hislop | Source | Director at Freihofer's Run for Women
Kristen Hislop
Kristen is director of the Freihofer’s Run for Women in Albany, N.Y., one of the nation’s largest all-women road races. In that role she oversees all area directors, volunteer recruitment, vendors, partnerships with city/state agencies, the Health & Fitness Expo, and serves as a coach in the popular Freihofer’s Training Challenge, which prepares women of all ages and abilities for the 5K road race.
A longtime competitor and the owner of Hislop Coaching, Kristen coaches athletes of all abilities to meet and exceed their goals. She is heavily involved in the local running community and directs other regional races.
Kristen is a USAT Level 1 Certified Triathlon coach, a USA Cycling Level 3 coach, Ironman certified coach, a Mad Dogg Athletics and Spinning certified instructor, and is First Aid/CPR certified. In 2018, Kristen became a Metabolic Efficiency Certified Specialist. This nutrition certification allows her to help athletes truly conquer fueling in competition, as well as in daily life.
Kristen’s motto is “do, believe, achieve,” living it herself every day.
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Freihofer's Run for Women (https://www.freihofersrun.com/)
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started Nov 2020
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Freihofer's Run For Women Training Challenge goes virtual
ALBANY (WRGB) - The annual Freihofer's Run for women attracts over a thousand runners each year. But before the runners line up at the starting line, many have to prepare. That's why Race Directors offer a Training Challenge. "Our goal is to get together with the women as many times as possible. So we have multiple days and multiple workout sites. " Race Co-Director Kristen Hislop said.
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42nd annual Freihofer's Run for Women goes virtual in 2020
ALBANY, NY (WRGB) -- A highly anticipated event in the Capital Region won't be hitting the roads this year, but organizers of the Freihofer's Run for Women aren't letting the coronavirus stop the race in its tracks. "We didn't want the women who have run 41 Freihofer's Run for Women events to lose their streak so we thought a virtual run will allow everybody to continue to train, but to also have a goal for their training,” explained Co-director of the run, Kristen Hislop.
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Freihofer’s Run for Women Training Challenge
Forum 13 - Kristen Hislop, Co-director, Freihofer’s Run for Women & Sharon Maltbie, Freihofer’s Training Challenge Mentor. 3/22/20
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"The idea behind the 10-week Freihofer's Training Challenge was, a lot of women do the race, but they don't prepare for it,'' said Hislop, who is a FRW co-director. "So it was like, let's get them prepared for it. It was really a beginning program. And then people kept coming back."
