Well, after a two-and-a-half-year break, I'm back in ultramarathon training — gearing up for two 50Ks and a 50-miler in 2027.

Which means a lot of Sundays spent on my feet, alone in the woods, thinking. And most of what I've been thinking about is who I want to become in the era to come.

Turns out the answer is pretty specific.

I want to be someone who spends her time chasing something meaningful instead of scrolling. Who puts her energy into going for it — a race, a summit, a number on the bar that hasn't moved in three years — and into getting better at what she loves, instead of drowning in a sea of rage bait.

And I want to be around people who'd rather be uncomfortable getting better at something than comfortable consuming an endless stream of content engineered to keep them exactly where they are. Eyeballs on a screen, attention sold by Meta, TikTok, and company to the highest bidder.

There's more of it every week. More to worry about, more to ruminate on. We know more and do less of what actually matters.

That's not what I'm here for.

I turned 46 six days ago, and like every year, I took it as a prompt to look hard at where my resources are going. And what I keep landing on is that I'm tired of trying to be for everyone. You can't be — and the attempt makes you for no one.

And as the industry changes, being for no one in particular is a death sentence.

When I started MTGA in 2014, it was about performance and durability for runners and endurance athletes. Twelve years later I'm still an athlete, just an older one, and I've found there are layers to performance and durability in midlife I didn't know existed at 34. And it's time for me to double down.

There's a big push right now to make fitness more accessible and there should be — most people aren't moving enough. But that isn't the problem my clients and I have.

My clients and I are women in their 40s and 50s who run and lift and still enjoy chasing finish lines, podiums, PRs, and summits.

So I've reorganized how you can work with me around exactly that.

OPTION 1: BUILT TO PERFORM — You’ve got a goal in mind — an age-group podium, a PR that hasn't budged in years, that 50K on your bucket list — and you can already tell your training isn't going to get you there. We run full diagnostic testing of your strength, stamina, endurance, speed, power, and agility, to find what's actually limiting you, and rebuild your running, lifting, and fueling into one plan that moves the needle on your goals.

OPTION 2: BUILT TO LAST — The same injury or pain keeps interrupting your training and you're done working around it. We do a full injury-specific diagnostic screening to find the structural pattern underneath — not just baby the spot that hurts. We retest often to continuously evaluate and refine the process until we return you to sport.

OPTION 3: AGE ATHLETICALLY™ — No big specific performance goals but you want to stay strong, fast, and ready to say yes to the hike, the race, the last-minute trip. This program balances running and lifting with all of the Age Athletically™ Training Skills (the trainable attributes that have kept my clients and me performing and feeling durable through midlife) already built into your training. We retest every 90 days so you can see and quantify your improvement.

Three outcomes. Three doors. Three paths to get you where you want to go.

ver the coming weeks, I’ll be sharing a lot more about the programs, who they are for, and what you can expect from them.
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​To skip ahead, find your fit here. ← One question, about thirty seconds.

And if none of these programs sounds right for where you are today, that's fine too. You’re still welcome here.

The thing I most want you to take from this email isn't the programs — it's the reminder that you're allowed to redirect your time and energy toward things that make you happier and your life better. Doing hard or even "risky" things is part of living a full and intentional life.

This is not your practice life. You get one shot. Let’s make it good.

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