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100% Organic Performance Nutrition 💪
5 sweet & savory ingredients, 125 calories 🍓🥜
With electrolytes, healthy fat & protein⚡️

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The body needs the best you can give it. Time to fuel for the finish line. I’ll be ready.

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Backyard ultra fuel plan:

- bananas 🍌
- @usemapleboost 🍁
- @drinkmagna electrolytes 🍎
- @muirenergy vanilla cashew w/ caffeine ⚡️
- rice cakes

Not pictured: broth and potatoes

#maplesyrup #realfoodfuel #backyardultra #running #ultramarathon

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Everything we packed for our backpacking trips! Our first ever gear post…

[SAVE this for your next backpacking trip 📌]

This year we hiked rim to river to rim in the Grand Canyon, did the Kalalau Trail on the Nā Pali Coast, camped out near Taft Point in Yosemite, and just wrapped the Lost Coast Trail. Four very different trips: desert heat, jungle humidity, Sierra nights and foggy coastline. We never posted our gear before, but this year the kit finally felt dialed in.

Not everything came on every trip. Kalalau was our lightest pack (no sleeping bags, no jackets, no bear can). For the Grand Canyon we left the jackets, beanies and bear can at home. Yosemite and the Lost Coast got the full setup.

We weren’t trying to go ultralight, just carry gear we actually use. Not sponsored, just stuff we love 🤍

⛺ Shelter: @durstongear X-Mid Pro 2+ & @msr stakes
💤 Sleep: @nemoequipment Tensor pad, Fillo pillow & Chipper sit pad + @rei Magma 30 bag + @flextail pump
🪑 Chair: @rei Flexlite Air
🎒 Pack: @rei Flash 55 + REI dry bags
🥾 Trail: @blackdiamond trekking poles + @teva sandals
🔥 Kitchen: @jetboil stove + @seatosummit collapsible cups & sporks
💧 Water: @sawyerproducts filter + @cnocoutdoors bag + @mazamadesigns MiGo & Smartwater bottles
🐻 Food storage: @bearvault BV500
🍜 Food: @peakrefuel & Good Detour meals + Clif, GU, Muir Energy & MadeGood snacks
👕 Clothes: @arcteryx Atom hoody, @smartwool base layer, REI Sahara pants & socks, @cotopaxi cap, @goodr sunnies, Bhuttico beanie from Himachal + @seatosummit clothesline
🧻 Hygiene: Happy Bottom bidet + @kulacloth + @seatosummit wilderness wipes + Deuce #2 trowel
🩹 First aid: @adventuremedicalkits Medical Kits Ultralight
🔦 Light: @blackdiamond headlamp + @mpowerdinc Luci lantern
📷 Camera: @sony a7C II + @insta360 X5 + @peakdesign Capture clip
🔋 Power: @flextail power bank

What’s one thing you never leave behind? Tell us in the comments 👇

#backpacking #whatsinmypack #gearlist #backpackinggear backpackingessentials camping lostcoasttrail kalalautrail napalicoast grandcanyon yosemite taftpoint

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Bike is packed. A few more rides left, one swim and then I’m on the plane to CA. It’s time to bring it home, wear the names and tell their stories. It’s time. Faith over fear. Peace over pain.

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“The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.” — Marcus Aurelius

Marcus Aurelius kept returning to the idea that obstacles don’t have to stop us—they can become part of how we move forward.

So here’s a question:

If you knew everything you wanted was waiting after…

25 no’s.
50 no’s.
100 no’s.

How fast would you go collect them?

That’s the paradigm shift.

A “no” stops feeling like rejection and starts feeling like proof you’re moving.

We’ve seen this in running, weight loss, partnerships, work, and life: sometimes the biggest change isn’t doing something different.

It’s thinking about the same thing differently.

🧀 Cheese Fact (@cheese.energy ❤️)
If the breakthrough comes after 100 no’s, every rejection is literally 1% closer.

🧈 Butter Tip (@butterchops_)
Set a rejection goal. Start collecting no’s on purpose.

☁️ Butter & Cheese Reflections
What would you finally go after if you stopped treating “no” like the end of the story?

🤝 Partners we love
🌌 @intotheam • 💼 @knkg.co • 🏃 @spibelt • 🌿 @maryruthorganics • ⚡ @creapure • 💪 @momentous • 🍯 @honeystinger • ❤️ @cheese.energy

#runnermotivation #MindsetShift #PersonalGrowth #KeepGoing #GrowthMindset

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One last ride today before we have to pack up the bike with help. My body is ready for the race. My heart and mind need this time to clear and lock in for what is to come. An end to one journey and the start of another. 💙🇺🇸🏁

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“Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.” — Seneca

Seneca believed discomfort could sharpen us instead of break us.

Which feels relevant when your idea of “balance” starts looking like:

“Easy 7 miles.”
Bedtime at 9.
“How much protein is in this?”
15,000 steps on a recovery day.
And somehow saying “that was fun” after Zone 5. 😂

From the outside, it might look a little unhinged.

running, lifting, eating better, and having structure have actually made us feel more grounded than ever.

🧀 Cheese Fact (@cheese.energy ❤️)
In a study of 1.2 million adults, people who exercised reported about 43% fewer poor-mental-health days than those who didn’t.

🧈 Butter Tip (@butterchops_)
Build routines that make your mind feel stronger, not just your body.

☁️ Butter & Cheese Reflections
What “crazy” habit has actually made your life feel more stable?

🤝 Partners we love
🌊 @tyrsport • 🏃 @spibelt • 🍯 @honeystinger • ⚡ @element26.co • 💼 @knkg.co • 🏋️ @crunch.chamblee • 🎵 @butterandcheesemusic • ❤️ @cheese.energy

#fitnessmotivation #GymHumor #RunningHumor #FitnessLifestyle #MentalHealthMatters

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“The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” — Aristotle

Aristotle wrote a lot about how people become more through community, shared purpose, and the lives we build with others.

That felt pretty real this week.

Third run club of the week. 😂🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️yay! @poncecitymarket @atlantabeltline

This time with @atlantarunclub, where we finally got to connect with @ohthatssssmo — Big Mo in person and talk about our weight-loss journeys, running, rebuilding, and everything that comes with changing your life.

She lost 80 lbs, and between the three of us, we’ve lost 270 pounds!!

But the farther we get into this, the more we realize the best part isn’t just the weight lost, races finished, or pace improved.

It’s the people you meet along the way.

Shared miles become shared stories.

And when someone understands the road you’ve been on, the connection hits different.

🧀 Cheese Fact (@cheese.energy ❤️)
Research has found that people with stronger social relationships have about a 50% greater likelihood of survival compared with those who are more socially isolated.

🧈 Butter Tip (@butterchops_)
Join the group. Say hi first.

☁️ Butter & Cheese Reflections
Who has made your journey more meaningful simply because they walked—or ran—part of it with you?

🤝 Partners we love
🌊 @tyrsport
🏔️ @vacationraces | BUTTERANDCHEESE15
🏃 @spibelt | BUTTERANDCHEESE
🍯 @honeystinger
🌱 @muirenergy
💧 @sawyerproducts
🏃 @revolution__running
⚡ @element26.co
💼 @knkg.co
❤️ @cheese.energy

#AtlantaRunClub #AtlantaRunners #RunningCommunity #RunClub #WeightLossJourney

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“No great thing is created suddenly.” — Epictetus

Epictetus taught that progress is built through repeated choices, not dramatic breakthroughs. Which is comforting, because most of our training looks a lot less like a movie montage and a lot more like… trying VERY hard for extremely average results. 😂

We run.
We lift.
We recover.
We repeat.

Some days we feel unstoppable.

Other days the pace is suspicious, the weights feel personally offensive, and the watch has absolutely nothing nice to say. 😅

But the win is still showing up.

Because “average” days stacked long enough can build a pretty extraordinary life.

🧀 Cheese Fact (@cheese.energy ❤️)
Adults are recommended to get at least 150 minutes of moderate activity each week plus 2 days of strength training. The boring-looking consistency really does add up.

🧈 Butter Tip (@butterchops_)
Stop grading every workout. Finish it, learn from it, come back.

☁️ Butter & Cheese Reflections
If nobody saw the result today, would you still be proud of the person you’re becoming through the effort?

🤝 Partners we love
🌌 @intotheam
🌊 @tyrsport
🛡️ @legion | CHIARAS
🏔️ @vacationraces | BUTTERANDCHEESE15
🏃 @spibelt | BUTTERANDCHEESE
🌿 @maryruthorganics | SEJB4M7C
🏋️ @schieksportsinc | BUTTERCHOPS_
🍯 @honeystinger
⚡ @element26.co
💼 @knkg.co
🌱 @muirenergy
💧 @sawyerproducts
🏋️ @crunch.chamblee
🏃 @revolution__running
🍄 @ryzesuperfoods
🥤 @foosterco
☕ @jot.coffee
🎵 @butterandcheesemusic
❤️ @cheese.energy

#RunningHumor #FitnessJourney #Consistency #RunningCouple #Youvsyou

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The time is coming, the preparation crucial. I will be ready to finish what I started. The message will always be the same: this is not about a medal. This is about HOPE. HOPE for those who provide us peace and for those who love them. 🇺🇸🏁

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Time to start the final leg of the hard stuff before tapering down for California. Two more long rides, more time on the racing chair and a little strength training and we are good for the taper. I’ve got a little buddy wanting to cheer me on this morning too. ♥️🐾🙏🏻🇺🇸😏

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@wizkhalifa we brought the whole running résumé… can we get a “church on the move” before the next starting line? 🙏🧈🧀

Late to the trend because apparently we took the long way here 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️😂

“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” — Robert Collier

Collier wrote often about consistency—how ordinary actions compound into something much bigger over time. That feels pretty close to our year of running.

8 half marathons this year. A 10-miler this weekend. And a whole lot of showing up between the finish lines.

This one feels more like a reminder that we kept going long enough to have a story worth showing.

🧀 Cheese Fact (@cheese.energy ❤️)
Eight half marathons = 104.8 race miles before counting a single training run.

🧈 Butter Tip (@butterchops_)
Keep stacking days. The résumé builds itself.

☁️ Butter & Cheese Reflections
What are you building right now that won’t look impressive until you look back months from now?

🤝 Partners we love
🌌 @intotheam
🌊 @tyrsport
🛡️ @legion | CHIARAS
🏔️ @vacationraces | BUTTERANDCHEESE15
🏃 @spibelt | BUTTERANDCHEESE
🌿 @maryruthorganics | SEJB4M7C
🏋️ @schieksportsinc | BUTTERCHOPS_
🍯 @honeystinger
⚡ @element26.co
💼 @knkg.co
🌱 @muirenergy
💧 @sawyerproducts
🏋️ @crunch.chamblee
🏃 @revolution__running
🍄 @ryzesuperfoods
🥤 @foosterco
☕ @jot.coffee
🎵 @butterandcheesemusic
❤️ @cheese.energy

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