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Gluten Free Apple Pear Crumble

Enjoy your comfort food the healthy way! This gluten free apple pear crumble is a low fat and low sugar dessert that features the best

Hiking at Snow Lake

After two back-to-back weekends in Portland, we finally spent a weekend at home, which you know what that means: hiking! Originally, Ryan and I planned

The Benefits of Chia Seeds for Runners and Chia Seed Recipe Round-Up

The Benefits of Chia Seeds for Runners & Recipe Round-Up

Runners follow a wide variety of diets: gluten free, vegan/vegetarian, Paleo, high carb, high fat, plant based, dairy free, or just your normal healthy balanced

Total Body Strength Training for Runners

Total Body Strength Training Workout

I have a confession: during the peak of marathon training (even sometimes half marathon training), I slack on strength training. You can see it in

How and Why to Do a Post Marathon Race Assessment

Marathon Monday: How to Do a Post Marathon Race Assessment

Hi, everyone! Who raced this weekend? How did you do? Even though my bachelor’s and master’s degrees are in the humanities, I have an analytical

Warm Acorn Squash and Wild Rice Salad with Toasted Almonds, Swiss Chard, and Maple Lemon Dressing

Warm Acorn Squash and Wild Rice Salad with Maple Lemon Dressing

Warm up as the temperatures cool down with this hearty and healthy Warm Acorn Squash Salad with Toasted Almonds, Swiss Chard, and Maple Lemon Dressing. It’s

Thursday Things + Life Lately {October 15}

Happy Thursday, everyone! How has your week been so far? Last weekend Ryan, Charlie, and I packed our bags and headed south for another weekend in

Marathon Monday: Marathon Recovery

Congratulations! You just finished a marathon. You trained for months, focused closely on your nutrition, sleep, and recovery, and then ran for 26.2 miles as

40+ Healthy and Delicious Thanksgiving Recipes

Butternut Squash Pie with an Oat Crust

Have you heard? Libby’s is anticipating a pumpkin shortage come Thanksgiving time due to heavy rainfalls that washed out pumpkin crops earlier in the season. At

Thursday Things {October 8}

What’s going on in my life lately, beyond the Portland Marathon? 1. Ryan and I return to Portland this weekend for my 2-day RRCA coaching

Hansons Marathon Method Post-Race Review

Thank you so much for all of your awesome and kind comments on yesterday’s race recap! You all are amazing. I’ve had a few people

2015 Portland Marathon Race Recap

First off, thank you all so, so much for your super kind and encouraging comments, Tweets, and emails before and after the race! Your support

Managing Race Day Nerves {Marathon Monday}

Hi, everyone! How was your weekend? Yesterday, as I’ve been talking about ad nauseam for months, I ran my first marathon at the Portland Marathon

Autumn Harvest Pizza with Butternut Squash, Arugula, and Mushrooms

This cheesy and savory autumn harvest pizza with butternut squash, arugula, gruyere, and mushrooms is an autumnal meatless meal that will satisfy even meat lovers! With

Hiking at Annette Lake

This weekend we celebrated Ryan’s birthday (thank you so much to everyone who wished him happy birthday in the comments!) by going hiking at Annette

Intrinsic versus Extrinsic Motivation and Marathon Goals

How is it that 18 weeks of training are nearly over and my first marathon is only a couple days away? At this point, I’m

The Benefits of Beer for Runners

Ever since I spent a semester abroad in Germany in college, I’ve been a passionate lover of craft beer. Pale ales, ambers, ESBs, Oktoberfests, stouts,

Race Day Fueling {Marathon Monday}

This post is part of an series on all things marathon training. You can find previous Marathon Monday posts here. Race week has arrived! Thankfully,

Kabocha Squash Maple Oatmeal {Gluten Free, Vegetarian}

This aromatic, sweet, and creamy kabocha squash maple oatmeal is a nutritious, gluten free, and vegetarian breakfast that is perfect for chilly autumn mornings. I recently

Life Lately

First off, happy birthday to my intelligent, supportive, kind, wonderful, hard-working, and funny husband, Ryan! Today’s his 28th birthday—and finally, because I’m so bad at