Alison has been coaching endurance sports for twenty years and practicing massage for eighteen. Through it and her more recent dive into the creative writing practice Wild Writing, she’s developed an intuitive approach to coaching that integrates those modalities to simplify training, make it more sustainable for the long term, and help her clients be more aware and present in their bodies, the landscape, and ultimately their lives.

Alison lives in the mountains with her husband, two daughters and two huskies where she runs, skis, sits, reads, and writes, often among her Ponderosa pine friends. She co-owns Cascade Endurance with her husband Sam, and founded Methow Massage Therapy. Both businesses operate out of a historic cabin in the north cascades. You can find Alison every so often on Instagram @alisonhanksnaney.