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Morning, friends! ☀️

Something I’ve been thinking a lot about, but have never quite figured out how to incorporate into the newsletter, is writing about food. I’ve wanted to for a while now, but haven’t been able to come up with the right angle to approach it, for our context.

Not because I don’t have anything to say, necessarily; it’s just that, when I ask myself, what could I bring that’s unique to a topic that’s so exhaustively covered in so many different spaces, I kept drawing a blank. When it comes to fueling our running, most of us probably know what we should do: eat plenty of fruits and vegetables, lots of lean protein, and get the right kinds of carbs to give us energy to go.

Easy enough, right? Since I first mentioned it to you, I’ve been doing more cooking at home, making more meals for our family and trying to find recipes that are both a) healthy, and b) have enough taste and seasoning that make them what we’d eagerly want to eat. (I’m not a fan of forcing myself to ingest things that are good for me but I know will have little to no taste; I get enough of that from my shredded wheat every morning!)

As I’ve experimented, though, I’ve found plenty of recipes that I like making, that our family likes, and that I feel I could recommend to our group, specifically as fuel for running — dishes with lots of chicken and other lean proteins, lots of veggies, that I like.

What I’m thinking is that I’ll start sharing these with you, beginning next week — they won’t necessarily be recipes I’ve come up with on my own, but they’ll be ones I’ve made multiple times, and have found tweaks for that help turn up the flavor; I’ll also point out where I’ve made mistakes, so you can learn from what I’ve done wrong.

How does that sound? I’ve got one in mind for next week — some zesty lemon chicken kebabs, that are especially good for the warmer-weather months — that I’m excited to share with you. Until then, I’d love to hear if you have anything that you like to make to help you fuel.

Also: while some of us have seen snow on the ground just a few weeks ago, for others of us, the weather is getting warmer; we’ve already seen temperatures in the 80s where I live, in Georgia. Something I start to think about this time of year is, how I’m going to run when it gets really hot outside, as it does here in Atlanta, especially in July and August.

I’m thinking of putting together a running-and-strength workout plan for myself for the late spring and summer, to keep myself motivated. I know that I’ll fall off the wagon without a plan or basic structure; would that help you, too?

Just let me know in the comments! As always, keep in touch and let me know how your running/life is going, and if you had a great run out there this weekend.

Your friend,

— Terrell

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🏃‍♂️ To run

🇧🇪 Walls Linker Oevert Half Marathon. A trail race in a city? That’s what awaits along the banks of the River Scheldt here in Antwerp, Belgium’s third-largest city, whose history dates back to the Middle Ages and is known for the beauty of its Flemish Renaissance architecture, especially in the section of the city known as its “old town.” You’ll start the race at the section of the city known as Thonetlaan, near the pedestrian tunnel that runs underneath the bend in the river, and from there you’ll head onto the pedestrian trails that wind alongside the river and through the city, which are mostly paved but include some natural-surface stretches. Set for September 15, 2024.