Week 6: Good Eats & Strategies for Fueling Your Long Run

This week's recipe line up is too good! :) Plus Jackie's deep dive for staying fueled on your hard efforts & long runs.

Jul 11, 2025

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Hi friends,

Not a lot to report! Clayton has had a good week—his long run last Saturday was fabulous, and he had solid workouts on Tuesday and Thursday.

On the home front, the girls and I have enjoyed a lot of time with cousins this week. It’s so fun to see them playing hide-and-seek as it starts to get dark, roasting marshmallows, and perfecting their glide on the slip’n’slide. Long live childhood summers. :) We just finished Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine, and the girls loved it! Another of my favorite books as a kid.

I’m headed into next week with a re-commitment to fueling Clayton. I’ve struggled a little bit to stay on top of grocery shopping and prepping things while balancing summer-mom-mode. But we’re down to 66 days until the World Champs in Tokyo. Got to make them count!

Take care,

Ashley

Breakfast

Clayton runs twice a day, and his morning run is usually 10-12 miles. So breakfast is a big event! We aim for protein and lots of carbs, particularly carbs now that his training is intensifying. In addition to this week’s options, we’ll serve things like toast, hash browns, and granola each morning.

We’ve adapted this to make it on toast with shredded hashbrowns, avocado, and eggs on top. So yummy!

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. We’ll include a serving of tuna this week for omega-3s as well.

Snack

These protein balls are a personal favorite! Something about the almond butter + chocolate + a hint of salt . . . so perfect.

Dinner

Monday: easy mileage

I’ll use these fancy black beans in place of the beans in the recipe. We love these! So simple but the flavor is so good. I love what they bring to a bowl.

I love that this bowl option is vegetarian, but I’ll likely still add chicken for Clayton or opt for a bigger lunch than usual. He’s a hungry boy!