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June 17, 2023
June 17, 2023

Success Story: James Beecker

  James is a participant in the Sweat + Flow / HEAL running program.  James wanted to get faster and had been doing a lot of […]
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July 15, 2020
July 15, 2020

Success Story: Sarah Haze

When I met Sarah she was training with an audacious goal of completing the Disney Dopey Challenge.  That’s a 5k, 10k, 1/2 and full marathon over […]
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July 13, 2019
July 13, 2019

More isn’t necessarily better, or is it?!

Many athletes, especially triathletes and endurance runners are of the belief that if one is good, more is better.  This mentality crosses mileage, number of workouts, […]
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December 10, 2018
December 10, 2018

Success Story: Matt Bergum

Matt had some big goals for the past season and knew he needed some help achieving them.  Over the season we created and modified the nutrition […]
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July 1, 2017
July 1, 2017

Ask A Nutritonist: Carb Loading

In the July/Aug issue of the Running Room Magazine I discussed the concept of carb loading and talk about when and how to do it.   Want […]
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March 13, 2017
March 13, 2017

Ask A Nutritionist: Running & Weight Loss

In the March/April edition of the Running Room Magazine I wrote about maintaining energy levels during marathon training while trying to lose weight.   Training for […]
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October 17, 2016
October 17, 2016

Success Story: Cathy Annetta

I’ve been working with Cathy for a few seasons now on her overall nutrition as well as race nutrition plans.  Cathy had been getting over some […]
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November 22, 2015
November 22, 2015

Success Story: Brian Bennett

Meet Brian!  Brian came to HEAL looking to fuel his body properly for his first marathon, but he accomplished so much more.  The intense headaches he’d […]
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January 30, 2015
January 30, 2015

Success Story: Karen Simpson

Karen reached out to me a few weeks after running her first marathon this past October. She was worried how she was going to pull off […]
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