Marni On The Move

Cooper Knowlton is the Co-Founder of Trials of Miles, the super cool running and race company that produces amateur, elite and professional level events from track meets to trail running. During our convo, Cooper shares where the race company began, early challenges and opportunities, how the company has grown, his personal passion for running and where his running fits into the mix, we also talk about his side hustle, his law firm which started out as his main hustle but Trials of Miles is growing! Trials of Miles launched during the pandemic in Spring 2020, in NYC, and started as a race series amongst friends and co-founders, Dave Alfano and Cooper Knowlton. Initially it was virtual challenges for competition seeking runners, for example who could set the FKT for traversing the East River’s four iconic bridges in one swoop.   Once everyone started to come back to in person events, they took things to the next level and staged two in-person track meets for local sub-elites titled the Night of the 5K and th