For our first ever issue, we were lucky enough to interview Chantelle Erickson. Chantelle is a certified personal trainer at Kinetic Indoor Cycle and Fitness, has been there for the last 7 years and worked as a fitness professional for 8. She is also a freelance writer for Canadian Running magazine and works as a running coach at Personal Peak. Outside of her professional career Chantelle has also taken up Ultramarathon running and has ran distances over 50km, 100km, along with a variety of marathons, relays, and other endurance events.

What may not be immediately apparent when talking to Chantelle, as she exudes the passion, positivity, and a wealth of knowledge indicative of a well seasoned runner, is that running and fitness didn’t become a part of her life until college. Chantelle first got introduced to active living at the age of 21 in college when her roommate invited her to come to the gym. That single invitation led Chantelle to embark on a path that would go on to reshape her life entirely.