Athlete Lab Virtual Studio, Bend, OR (2025)

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?

08/22/2025

In the 8 years since this photo was taken, I’ve run 6 more 100 milers, numerous other races. I’ve moved from my mid 30’s to mid 40’s. Lived through a pandemic for goodness sake.

To say my body doesn’t do this anymore is an understatement. Not that I can’t, but things are just different. Am I still flexible, sure. To someone that’s naturally flexible, flexibility isn’t hard (the great words of Jason Crandall right there). But I don’t even push myself here.

We evolve and grow. And there was a time where skandasana was a thing I did on the daily. Not so much any more. And not because I can’t (though that ankle dorsiflexion is a little iffy 😬). But because I don’t need to. I don’t have to prove to anyone that doing THIS pose makes me a better yoga practitioner. I don’t need THIS pose to make me a better runner (which has been my priority for the better part of a decade). I don’t need to do it for myself either.

Look, I’m glad back in 2018 I had a chance to take some cool photos. But a lot of things change over time. And judging by my dirty feet, a lot of things don’t 🤣

08/18/2025

It’s just a couple weeks from my 44th birthday and I wanted to honor that by writing a letter to my younger self. Aging isn’t linear because we don’t just get older, we evolve. So here it goes.

💃🏼 🍕 🎉 🏃🏼‍♀️ ⛰️ 🐕 🌿

You’re not going to know it, but by your mid 40’s you’re going to be fitter and more fabulous than ever before. But more importantly, you’re going to be more authentically and unapologetically yourself. You’re no longer going to be afraid of what other people think of you — to have opinions and feel secure that while you’re not going to be everyone’s cup of tea, you’ll eventually find your people and they will love you for all your quirkiness, your brashness, your love of saying the wrong things at the wrong time, the fact that you’re just as proud of your NYT crossword PR as your marathon PR and that you’re always the last to leave the party or a bar at last call. They will embrace your loud voice and your pizza earrings and call you strong in your weakest moments. And more importantly, you’ll love those parts of yourself too.

Your relationship with running and fitness will be healthy. Your body might change shapes a bit but it will be a good shape in the end. You’re still going to get carded (once in a blue moon) and you’re still going to feel young at heart.

You’ll lose friends, sure. But you’ll make key adult friendships that will grow with you. You’ll have a complex relationship with your family (as always) but it will get so much better with time.

You’ll have your own business. Be your own boss. Can you even imagine?! And you’ll get to do something you absolutely love and do it every day.

You’ll be married to an amazing man who is patient and loving and all the things you hoped for and wrote down in your little journal when you were in middle school.

You’re going to live near the mountains but travel frequently to places and people you can’t stay away from.

You’re not going to have it all figured out yet. And you’re going to make a lot of mistakes and do a lot of dumb stuff trying. But that’s ok too. The good stuff is still around the corner. Just hang in there and know the universe has your back.

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08/11/2025

Lately in my I’ve been trying to find sneaky ways to get extra upper body work in because I just can never get enough.

So I’ve been sequencing a little differently. It’s been a challenge because it’s easy to overload the same muscle groups and arm position causing students to then take a break which defeats the whole purpose. So I’ve been adding in a few combo moves here and there and keeping you in upper body moves a little longer. You might not even notice it at first but when I cue “we are going into our first block of arms”, there will be signs 🤣

📸 with the good snaps

08/11/2025

Dear legs, just a few more finish lines this year, I promise*…

*And then we do it all over again, I’m sorry 🤣

Tis the season to pin a bib on. Fall races are upon us and sending all the good vibes to all my athletes racing everything from Santa Rosa to Headlands to Sydney to Javelina to Lake Sonoma to Quad Dipsea to CIM and beyond. And when it comes to your legs, it’s better to ask forgiveness than permission when you find yourself browsing ultrasignup for 2026.

08/05/2025

Breakfast Club is Aug 7 8:30am!

Meet on the zoom for a little mobility and of course, catching up with the community. Plus a little early release of the “Up Marincello, Down Old Springs” sweatshirt that you’ve been waiting for. 🥳

07/02/2025

Big congrats to on her Western States 100 finish. ⛰️

These races don’t run themselves. It takes so much training, preparation and dedication before and then grit, effort and ex*****on on race day.

I’ve been coaching Aryn for almost a decade now (she was one of my very first athletes) and our coach-athlete relationship is something I hold really close to my heart. She has grown so much as an athlete and I too have grown a lot as a coach. And I’m deeply grateful that she trusted me to be with her on this long journey to reach the start line and honored to have been a part of her race day, sharing some sunrise miles with her on such an iconic course.

Kudos and congrats Aryn — proud of you. Anytime you need someone to shovel rice in your mouth and scare bears off the trail, you know who to call.

07/02/2025

Keep me where the light is ✨

So many opportunities to work out with me West and Central next month. Check the schedule on Walla, sign up, show up, repeat.

Really this is just an excuse to post a 📸 sneak peek — this photo shoot was everything light, fun and fitness.

06/21/2025

You only get what you give ✨

I respect athletes of all sports. They all take strength or skill or discipline (or sometimes superhuman powers.. bc srsly gymnasts are amazing). But running…. There’s something special about having your body as your main piece of gear.

There’s something special about the time on the clock as a raw, unforgiving, unbiased thing by which to measure success. In most cases, the biggest advantage you’ll get is terrain or weather (and the rest of the racers are probably getting the same advantage… or disadvantage). Maybe you have a pair of fancy shoes but they aren’t going to do the work for you. From the time you hear the gun to the time you cross the finish line, those are your proving grounds. There’s very little luck involved and nearly zero shortcuts to success. You can’t fake it and the results speak for themselves. Every result has a story, a narrative, maybe even excuses or windfalls. But I think it’s as close as you can get to an even playing field once you’re on the field.

And despite all the data and the high carb science and the carbon plates shoes and the fancy watches, running is as pure and simple as it gets. That also means sometimes progress can be slow. That also means sometimes that you hit a plateau or a limit in your biology that you can’t outgear or outgadget. That also means sometimes race day feels like a single game elimination where all of the training runs and the work before seemingly might feel pointless if race day doesn’t pan out the way you’d like.

But it’s cruelly fair. And when you earn it, you know you earned it. And I think THAT’S why we keep asking ourselves to try again if we fail and why runners are so determined to put ourselves back on that start line over and over again. Some might say it’s stubbornness — the inability to accept a result. But I think it’s hope. And optimism — that we are always capable of more.

06/19/2025

Someone once told me, either you choose rest days or they choose you.

Nothing has ever felt more true to me in training. Rest is so important. And if you don’t take it proactively, you’ll take it reactively which is usually less desirable and way less productive to your training.

But rest days don’t have to be FULL rest (though it’s fine if they are). Here are a few suggestions of ways to spend your rest days if you still want to do something productive with your training.

✨ Restorative yoga or another very mellow format.
✨ Contrast therapy if that’s something you like to do.
✨ Get a massage
✨ Clean and organize your gear
✨ Go on a walk
✨ Strength and mobility sessions — keeping it light and on the shorter side
✨ Meal prep for the week
✨ Charge your GPS watch
✨ Have a low stress outdoors day (easy hike, paddle board, swim) as long as nothing tires you out for training the next day
✨ Get that extra hour or two of sleep
✨ Schedule a check in call with your coach
✨ Plan for that coffee or happy hour with your non runner friends who you may see less of when you’re training
✨ Call your mom (or dad, or grandma or sister or bestie)
✨ Spend the extra time with your spouse, kids or pets.

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