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Happy Sunday! I hope everyone is enjoying the long weekend. I love having a 3 day weekend with a Monday off because then you get to go from a 3 day weekend into a 4 day week. It makes the transition back to work a little better 😅.

Unfortunately I woke up not feeling great on Saturday, so we are pushing our long run to Monday depending on how I feel. The plan is to do 12 this week, but if we need to skip a long run and pivot training a bit this week, that’s ok! I’ve learned that it’s so much better not to run through these kinds of things, and instead to listen to your body. You recover so much faster, and end up missing less training in the long run.

In Today’s newsletter:

• What’s for dinner? I’ve planned out your week in meals and snacks so you don’t have to! Check out my menu plan for the week, and some simple recipes to go with it.

• Weekly accountability challenge: Even though today is technically the last day of August, we’re going to move into a new accountability challenge theme for September. For September, we’re going to focus on incorporating more micronutrients, and this week we’ll start with trying to get 3 different colored foods daily 🌈.

• Science corner: A new guideline recommendation for ferritin levels was recently suggested by the Journal of the American Medical Association that may help us better identify and treat athletes with iron deficiency anemia. Learn more below ⬇️!

• Food for thought: Adjusting to life in a new place without friends and family can be tough. Today, I wanted to talk about something that has been instrumental in getting me through the hard moments and has helped me to feel less alone.

Do you have topics, recipes, or thoughts that you’d like to see in the next Sunday Brunch Club? Reply to this email and let me know!

Listen👇🏼: to the most recent episode of the Fueling Forward podcast where you can find interviews with athletes or listen to me answer questions submitted by listeners.