Our Story
S T R I D E S C A N M O R E
Locally Owned. Community Driven.
Strides Canmore opened its doors on March 1st, 2018 to serve the needs of runners, walkers and Nordic skiers of all experience and abilities. Locally owned and community driven, Strides Canmore offers an extensive selection of trail and road running shoes, apparel, and gear for every level of runner, walker, and nordic skier. Dedicated and trained staff will fit you in the proper footwear to ensure you can enjoy the trails! All staff members are experienced runners and/or Nordic skiers, are passionate about the sports, and are certified NB Dynamix Elite Fit Specialists.
Our Team
Kylie & Paul Mckendrick
Owners Born and raised in Calgary, the mountains were Kylie and Paul’s backyard since they were kids. Kylie’s ski racing background had her in the mountains every weekend and fell in love with running during the summer months of training. Paul grew a passion for touring the mountains as a teenager and has since been exploring by foot, skis or his bike. After 15 years of working the Calgary corporate world, they moved out to Canmore in 2014 with their family to raise their 3 children in the mountains. Combining their business backgrounds with their passion of running and the trails, they opened Strides Canmore in March, 2018. |
Lyen Lau
Store Manager Lyen started running after a climbing injury sidelined him. Since then, he has found it’s a lot easier to explore the local mountain ranges without having a 30 pound pack on. Born and raised in Fort McMurray, Lyen has found his home in Canmore enjoying the local trails and pursuing personal feats in the mountains! Lyen is well known for his in depth knowledge of gear and all things running! |
Grace Smith
Grace left the flat lands of Saskatchewan in 1992 for the town of Banff. It was shortly after that she began exploring the Bow Valley which evolved into a love of trail running. Now residing in Canmore Grace can often be found running the local trails with friends. She also enjoys competing in running events which have taken her to various locations in Alberta, BC and the USA. |
Tim Sander
Tim moved from the UK to Canada in 2006 to Port Hardy on Vancouver Island. He and his wife Natasha moved to the BC Kootenay's in 2009 where they ran a B&B, kept honey bees and worked in the local schools. Canmore was the next stopping point, moving here in 2016. In addition to working at Alpenglow school, Tim has got to know the local trails through his lifelong passion of running and skiing. He started working at Strides in the summer of 2019 and has since become a Certified Running Coach. |
Anna Sellers
Anna is a Canmore local who has grown up in the mountains running, hiking and skiing. She started competing in running races at the age of 4, competed in track and field through high school, and is now a member of the Junior National Team in Biathlon. She also continues to coach and compete in both cross country running and track and field and does professional photography in her spare time! She brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in Nordic skiing and running to the Strides Canmore team. |
Scott Hill
As a runner and self proclaimed cross country ski enthusiast Scott grew up pounding the pavement in the concrete jungle of Toronto. As any good Torontonian does, Scott spent the warm winter mornings roller skiing and exploring the numerous areas that the skiing mecca has to offer. After hearing many clever and completely original comments of "you forgot the snow" while out roller skiing, Scott finally took what the hecklers were saying to heart and packed up his car and made the journey west to find snow and a place where one can walk around a grocery store in ski boots and not feel out of place. Scott now enjoys suffering in the mountains and talking shop to anyone willing to listen. |
Alex Stukator Alex moved from Ontario to Canmore in 2015 after graduating high school to pursue a life in competitive Nordic skiing and in the process fell in love with the mountains. Since then, her Nordic career has changed to coaching and she now prefers to ultra trail run in the Rockies. She loves to spend her free time cooking, skiing and finding new local trails around the Bow Valley. |
Anastasia Hendryanto
Anastasia is a prairie girl who has always loved the mountains. She moved to Canmore with her family from Calgary in 2020 so she could spend more time on the trails and less time driving in traffic. During her free time you’ll find her trail running, hiking, biking and paddling. |
Matt Hickok
Matt moved from Moses Lake, WA in 2018 and found the relaxed life of mountain town living with his wife and stepdaughters. Growing up and living most of his life in Portland, Oregon, Matt was pulled into the Portland running culture, needing a consistent athletic outlet, post university soccer. His love of road racing morphed into trail running to minimize injuries, which turned into a passion to explore all sorts of trails, FSR and fire lanes in Oregon and Washington. |
Sophia Marshall
Sophia grew up in the small town of Huntsville Ontario. After graduating highschool, she decided to move to Canmore to pursue xc skiing at a higher level. Now residing in Canmore, you'll often find her ripping around the trails and exploring the mountain trails, with the odd study session here or there at U of C for Kinesiology. |
