EPISODE · Apr 7, 2026 · 36 MIN
Nicole Amyx: Trail Running and Filmmaking, Making Them Her Own
from Women's Running Stories · host Cherie Louise Turner
Dipsea Generations follows the stories of five young San Francisco Bay area runners who take on the historic Dipsea trail race. The Dipsea is the oldest trail race in the United States, started in 1905, and it covers 7.4 miles of incredible terrain between Mill Valley–just north of the Golden Gate Bridge in Marin County–and Stinson Beach. One interesting twist about this race is it has a handicap format determined by age and gender, so it makes for a more level playing field in those regards. Nicole grew up in Mill Valley, so she's very familiar with the Dipsea, and she studied cinema, with an emphasis on Documentary and Editing at SF State before going over to England to get her master's degree in documentary filmmaking. Nicole now lives back in the San Francisco Bay Area not far from where she grew up. In addition to being a filmmaker, Nicole is the video producer, editor, and a board member for the Trail Running Film Festival. This means that she sees a lot of documentaries about trail running. In her own filmmaking Nicole has a strong interest in sharing stories about women runners. That is where she focused her master's thesis documentary, which is titled Finding Her Stride. The documentary follows the stories of several women ultra runners, and weaved throughout, Nicole chronicles her first trail marathon, which at the time was the farthest she’d ever run. Nicole talks about that experience and her film in this episode, in this story of coming into her own. From this Episode Nicole Amyx on Instagram: @nixamyx9 Nicole Amyx's website: nicoleamyxfilm.com Finding Her Stride documentary: vimeo.com/393933541?fl=pl&fe=vl Dipsea Generations website: dipseagenerations.com Trail Running Film Festival: trailfilmfest.com More from WRS WRS is on Substack: womensrunningstories.substack.com To support WRS, please rate and review the show iTunes/Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/womens-running-stories/id1495427631 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4F8Hr2RysbV4fdwNhiMAXc?si=1c5e18155b4b44fa Music Credits Cormac O'Regan, of Playtoh Coma-Media, via Pixabay Ikoliks, via Pixabay Music of the Future, via Pixabay RomanBelov, via Pixabay Ways to Connect and Engage with Women's Running Stories WRS Instagram: @womensrunningstories Facebook: facebook.com/WomensRunningStories Website: womensrunningstories.com
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This episode features Nicole Amyx, who grew up watching her mom compete in ultra trail running events, including the famous Western States 100 miler. And yes, Nicole's mother has been influential, inspirational, and supportive of Nicole's running adventures throughout her life–up until today. I first learned about Nicole, however, because she's the co-director of a new documentary called Dipsea Generations, and Nicole developed her love of filmmaking from her father, who is a filmmaker. Nicole's story here is about how she has come to pursue both of these passions, running and filmmaking, and how she has made them her own.
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