Week 2: Fueling as You Build Mileage | Feed Your Runner

Read about Clayton's spring marathon announcement, next week's meal plan, the grocery list, & Jackie's nutrition tip

Jan 10, 2025

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The news is out: Clayton will be running the Boston marathon this April! We’ve cheered from the roads and he’s watched from the lead vehicle, but he’s never raced this one. I’m excited to see how he will handle Heartbreak Hill after conquering the Wall Hill of the Paris Olympic marathon course. We’ve got 14 great weeks ahead of us, and I know he will put in the work!

Are any of you racing Boston as well? If so, best of luck with your training, and I can’t wait to cheer for you out on the course!

We’ve got an exciting week ahead of us at our house. Our girls both have birthdays this week, so there will be a lot of cupcakes in our future. :) And then we’ll be off to Houston for Clayton’s half marathon! His current PB is 1:01:18, and he has high hopes of setting a new one.

I’ve written this meal plan as if we were at home and in base mileage training, but our weekend will be at the race. Enjoy the Sunday tacos for us—maybe we’ll compensate with a stop at Torchy’s. :)

Breakfast

I like to batch prep a few breakfast options, and then mix and match them throughout the week with eggs (usually scrambled with bell peppers) and cereal (I can’t keep Clayton from his rice krispies + bananas or his honey bunches of oats; he’s also a big fan of granola). He usually eats both a savory and a sweet option each morning.

Lunch

Clayton usually eats big breakfasts (post morning run) and big dinners (post afternoon run), so we keep lunch time pretty simple. His typical go-to is turkey sandwiches with pretzels or chips.