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12/04/2025

Things I’m bringing with me to 2026! 🥳

This started out as an “ins and outs” list but let’s get real, it’s mostly ins … the only thing that’s out is anything that makes me feel less aligned with who I am and who I want to be.

12/01/2025

Last Breakfast Club virtual mobility and community chat this Thursday 8:30am. After, I’ll be heading down to Auburn to try my luck for the 8th year at the Western States Lottery. So appropriately, the icebreaker question for Breakfast Club will be: what’s one bucket list item of yours (running or non-running related)?

Mobility: 8:30-8:45am
Chat: 8:45am (we usually wrap up by 9am but you can come late, leave early, etc)

Link to register is on the app or website or just DM me and I’ll add you! Would be great to see you and close out the year together.

11/29/2025

On this small business Saturday, it would make sense to thank everyone who has supported me and my business over the years. So thank you, it means the world to have you trust me with your running goals. I’m grateful every day for the community we have that lets me do what I love every single day and call it work.

But I really want to take the time out to shout out to all the small business I’ve also worked for in the past. From specialty running stores like to fitness studios like there’s nothing like the personalized attention and community feel that comes from something founded in a passion for doing what you love and the vision for bringing it to life. Thank YOU for giving me a home and the inspiration to keep going and growing in my own business even when it would be a heck of a lot easier not to. Plus, I can’t imagine my life without the people who I met along the way.

Here’s to many more good times to come.

11/11/2025

After 8 years running Javelina, I have no plans to stop the streak any time soon. I 🌵 this crazy race.

Over a decade ago when I started running longer ultras with tells goal of getting into and running Western States, never in my wildest dreams did I think it would take this long 🤦🏼‍♀️. It’s been an endurance journey in and of itself. But just like the old saying says about enjoying the journey not the destination, I’ve found a race I look forward to more and more each year as my desire to run Western States takes more of a backseat. What started off as a means to an end, ended up being the main event.

With 128 tickets in the lottery this year, I’ll have a decent (but not guaranteed in the least) chance. And if I get chosen and finish States, it will be a dream realized. But I’ll still need to figure out how to make my way back to the desert in October.

📍 my favorite bench IYKYK
Thanks for the snap 📸

11/10/2025

Feeling like fall 🍁 🍂 🌲

This time of year has always been a recovery phase for me. People ask me all the time what that looks like. So here it goes:

✨ prioritizing doing less as opposed to more
✨ running only when I want to and never prescribing pace or distance
✨ distributing volume evenly as opposed to having “big days” of training so no long runs, no intense workouts, and only 1-2 days where I might double up on a strength workout and an easy run
✨ taking 1-2 complete rest days a week
✨ listening to my body and if something doesn’t feel right, taking time to address it immediately as opposed to training through it
✨ planning my races and goals for 2025
✨ minimum maintenance miles — keeping the minimum base so I don’t feel like complete 💩 once I want to start building again (for me this is like 3-4 days of short runs a week)
✨ slowly getting back into a strength build. Prioritizing building and progressing strength over building mileage
✨doing a little more mobility work than I would normally. While this might sound counter intuitive, because my body is more sedentary now than it is during peak training, I find I need more of a movement practice to get it to feel good before a run.
✨ reconnect with my PTs post race and do a check in
✨ take time to do things other than run — cross train, hike with friends, socialize in a non-running setting
✨ and most importantly, taking a break from structured training and coaching. It’s nice not to have a schedule to follow and it allows me to feel like I’m listening to my body more

Right now, I’m enjoying having nothing on my race schedule for a while with the exception of the local untimed, unchipped, casual “I like pie” 🥧 run on Thanksgiving morning, and Boston marathon this spring. I know once December 6th hits that all change as I learn whether or not I got into Western States and plan my training accordingly. Until then, I’m milking this recovery phase as long as I can.

11/06/2025

Runners be like “I needed this” and it’s literally just ignoring everything else and seeing your people at the finish line. 🫶🏼

Is it time for another yet?!

Thanks to the team for the snaps.

11/04/2025

It’s actually romantic how much time I’m gonna be spending at this month serving up some spice on the Mega.

Wednesday 8:15/9:20/10:30(advanced) West
Friday 8:15/9:20 West
Sunday 9/10 Central
Monday 8:30/9:30 Central

Sign up, show up, repeat. See you all soon.
(And yeah we will play a tiny bit of Taylor this week. Sorry not sorry)

10/08/2025

On the mic quite a lot this month until I leave for AZ. Catch me if you can

Today 8:15/9:20/6pm West (Form Charleston inspired sequence and a Life of a Showgirl inspired playlist)

Friday 8:15/9:20 West

Sunday 9/10 Central

Monday 8:30/9:30 Central

next Wednesday 8:15/9:20/10:30 (advanced) West (yes there will be Superlunge)

next Friday 8:15/9:20 West

next Sunday 9/10 Central

See you back in the studio on Halloween morning. If you want a good scare, a close look at my feet after my race will suffice. 🎃

📸

09/16/2025

When a short workweek illogically feels like an eternity…

Only 35 seconds left in the plank

Only 1 minute left in runners lunge

Only 8 minutes left in class

And of course—

Only 12 hours till the series finale of TSITP comes out 😭. See you all in class West tomorrow 8:15/9:20 — no spoilers please

08/28/2025

Let’s talk about what brings you joy in running.

There’s no wrong answers and it’s one of the first things I want to know about a new athlete I’m coaching aside from their goals because I think in the end it is the number one important factor in getting people to reach those goals. Hear me out.

When someone tells you what brings them joy or what they love most about the sport you learn a lot about their personality, why they are creating goals for themselves and the things that are going to keep them motivated throughout the process.

And yeah sometimes, winning, being the best or just best version of themselves as a runner is what keeps people motivated and staying on track for goals. But in the training process if we as coaches don’t dig a little deeper into what keeps the athlete WANTING to put in the long hours and hard work, sooner or later their head and heart check out even if their body is the fittest its ever been.

So what brings YOU joy?

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