Run Wild Retreats Launches Explore and Restore Retreats, Announces New Destinations for 2026

June 12, 2025

Leading Women’s Active and Mindful Travel Experience Expands Offerings, Builds on Customer-Favorites

DENVER (June 12, 2025) /OUTDOOR SPORTSWIRE/– Run Wild Retreats, the leading women’s running and wellness-based travel experience, is excited to introduce Explore and Restore, a new retreat series designed for active women seeking adventure, culture and meaningful connection. While the company’s original retreats center around mindful running and recovery, the new Explore and Restore series broadens the experience to include hiking, biking, paddling, and other outdoor adventures. The company is also unveiling new destinations for 2026 across both its signature running retreats and its Explore and Restore retreats.

“Running retreats will always be the heart of what we do. The new Explore and Restore retreats build on Run Wild’s popular running format, blending movement with mindfulness in some of the world’s most awe-inspiring locations,” said Run Wild Retreats President Heather Marsh. “Explore and Restore gives our community more ways to move, recharge, and immerse themselves in nature and culture—all while caring for themselves on a deeper level.”

Run Wild Retreats is known for its unique approach to active travel, incorporating self-compassion, intentional training, and stress-reducing practices to support women’s well-being on and off the trail. Six new destinations for 2026 include:

• Run and Restore
  • Thailand
  • Greece
  • France
• Explore and Restore
  • New Zealand
  • Slovenia
  • Patagonia

Each retreat is designed to foster connection to nature, culture, and a like-minded community through intentional movement and meaningful travel. Registration for 2026 retreats opens this Fall at runwildretreats.com.

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ABOUT RUN WILD RETREATS

Founded in 2010, Run Wild Retreats is a premier trail running- and wellness-based travel experience for women, supporting women’s overall health and well being. Programs feature mindful running techniques that help women run stronger while maximizing running’s stress-reducing effects on the body and mind. Set in some of the world’s most inspiring natural destinations, each itinerary is an immersion in both nature, culture, community, and physical intentionality. Run Wild Retreats is women-owned and operated, an IATA-accredited travel company, and a member of Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics, the Adventure Travel Trade Association and Ally of the Transformational Travel Council. For more information, please visit runwildretreats.com.

Contact:

Melissa Archer
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