Whole Milk Kefir, Blueberry & Flax Smoothie

I love the sweetness of blueberries paired with yogurt’s sourness. Flaxseed adds depth and nuttiness, while bananas and vanilla round out the taste.

I blend this one up post-run and add collagen peptides and creatine.

Wellness Benefits:

Cognitive & vascular support (blueberries)

Omega-3 & fiber for metabolic balance (flax)

Inflammation & blood sugar control (Ceylon cinnamon)

Mitochondrial repair & healthy aging (whole milk kefir)

Ingredients:

1C organic plain whole milk kefir

1/2C frozen wild blueberries

½ medium banana

1TSP ground flaxseed

1/4TSP vanilla extract

1/4TSP Ceylon cinnamon

Directions:

Add all ingredients to a high-speed blender. Blend until smooth.

Recipe from Super Age

Moving With the Seasons

On embracing change, reclaiming our rhythm, and finding new ways to move through midlife

What if midlife is an invitation to reconsider how we want to move through the rest of our lives? Its arrival holds both continuity and change, acceptance and resistance; sometimes these changes are chosen, and sometimes they’re not. Regardless, the life we knew is shifting, and it’s time to move with more intention and openness toward what feels true now.

Growing up in New England, I developed a finely honed sense of seasonal transitions. There’s a feeling of anticipation in the body for what will come. I feel it now in the evening, in the cool air drifting through the bedroom window, and soon in the crisp crunch of leaves underfoot.

I think that is why I have always loved the fall and spring. The temperate weather allows me to ease into more extreme conditions. Nature gives us an interval, time to adapt. What if we take this time to notice, experiment, adjust, and move into the next season on our own terms? What might that look like?

With anticipation comes hopefulness for what lies ahead as we adapt to a new season of life. We can evolve the routines and rituals that strengthen and ground us, and explore new ways of moving that excite and challenge us.

For me, it’s pulling back on running intensity and introducing more restorative and strengthening practices. It’s letting go of comparison to see what is possible now that I hadn’t considered before.

What am I holding onto simply because it worked before? What might become possible if I allowed myself to move differently now?

The beauty is, we intuitively know what’s best when we get still and listen. We don’t need to be told; we thrive when we are guided by our bodies and by each other.

COLD BREW NETTLES

There’s a small farm at the Union Square Green Market that sells its cold brew nettles. On hot summer mornings, especially after a run, we make a beeline to the purveyor for a cup and bring a jar of dried nettles home for the week. It’s so refreshing and packed with vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. It’s referred to as a "multivitamin in a leaf”!

Wellness Benefits:

Supports a healthy inflammatory response

Promotes urinary and kidney health

Maintains metabolic and blood sugar balance

Nourishes skin, hair & nails

Supports energy levels without the jitters common with caffeine

Vitamins:

K — bone health

C — the immune system

B — metabolism

Minerals:

Iron — oxygen transport

Calcium & Magnesium — muscle function and bone density

Potassium — electrolytes to maintain fluid balance

Antioxidants & Polyphenols:

Help manage oxidative stress and cellular health

4TBS dried nettles / gallon of spring water

Brew for 36 hours.

CHERRIES

There’s so much focus on optimizing through pills and powders, and I have tried quite a few. Ultimately, I keep returning to a simple and sustainable way to support my health through nutrient-rich foods.

Cherries are in season and are high in phytonutrients and micronutrients— antioxidants, fiber, potassium and vitamin C

BENEFITS

Rich in antioxidants & anti-inflammatory compounds

Soothe sore muscles & speed exercise recovery

Improve sleep quality

Protect your heart

Improve blood sugar levels

Slow age-related bone loss

Women in Motion, in Competition and in Community on the Anniversary of Title IX

I grew up with a brother one year older. I never believed there was something he could do that I couldn't.

When he went out for cross-country in fourth grade, so did I, running alongside the boys without question, without permission. Basketball in winter. Little League and softball in the summer. Skating, swimming, skiing, tennis, golf. All of it available, all of it ours. This was in part due to how our parents raised us, and also to Title IX.

Fifty years later, I am still running.

Sport has marked every stage of my life the way certain songs carry you back instantly to the person you were when you first heard them. There is a tapestry in the looking back: people, places, obstacles, defeats and victories, all of it woven into who I am at this moment. The beauty of sport is not in the winning but in the becoming — an ever-evolving state of being where I move along my path with intention and openness.

There is incredible power in community and movement. When there is inclusion, we thrive as individuals and as a collective. Title IX did not give us sport. It gave us the legal recognition of what we already were: women who belong in motion, in competition, in community. The legislation named something that had always been true.

When women are included, we do not just participate. We shape the entirety. The community deepens. The lineage extends. Every girl who laces up now runs on ground that was always hers, on ground that women before her insisted upon claiming.

Calder, a Run Through the Woods and Kinetic Beauty

How we move through space is never in a void, but within a living field of connection and sensation. We are both participant and observer, where seemingly disparate interactions form a harmony of movement that is dynamic and awe-inspiring in its simplicity and intricacy: a family of deer foraging just beyond the trail, leaves rustling as a breeze sweeps through the trees, our breath steadying as we navigate unfamiliar, challenging terrain.

Each small motion, independent yet interwoven, composes a larger rhythm. Dynamic. Simple. Intricate. When we pause long enough to sense our place within that greater whole, there is magic.

Walking through the Alexander Calder exhibition at SFMOMA, 23 Spreading Leaves captures this truth with quiet clarity. Balance and motion, the natural world distilled to its essence. Our bodies, too, are instruments of this same kinetic poetry. Through movement, we discover not only what is possible but how deeply we belong to something beyond ourselves.

RESTORATIVE CACAO - CHAI

For cold days and at times you feel a need for a pick me up.

BENEFITS:

OM Restore is a certified organic mushroom powder that helps support healthy detox, inflammation, immune function and energy replenishment.

ANIMA MUNDI Collagen Booster is plant based with herbs and ground rose petals, cinnamon, cardamom and vanilla to strengthen bones, skin and hair.

Cacao is an antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and rich in magnesium and iron.

INGREDIENTS

1 C cashew coconut milk or preferred milk option

1 Tsp OM Restore powder

1 Tsp ANIMA MUNDI Collagen Booster powder

1 Tsp cacao powder

1 Tsp Maple syrup or to taste

Dried edible flowers & aromatics to finish

Add the first 4 ingredients into a saucepan and heat using a whisk to blend

Add maple syrup to taste

Froth 1/8 C of milk

Pour chai into a cup, followed by the frothed milk and aromatics

Enjoy

An Affinity Between Mastery of Craft and Running

Running takes many forms. Over the years, I’ve spoken with countless runners about what drives them to lace up and move. Each story is like a fingerprint — deeply personal, yet strangely universal.

Craft is no different. We bring our voice, our history, and our passion to the work. Mastery, in either pursuit, isn’t achieved overnight. It’s long and often quiet. There are no shortcuts, no room for illusion. Just consistent, deliberate effort. The willingness to explore, refine, and let the soul guide the hand, or the stride, is what gives both running and craft their meaning.

As makers and runners, we live within the journey. The practice itself is the transformation. Craft shapes ideas and raw materials into authentic expressions that offer us a connection with the objects and belongings in our lives. There is beauty in something made by hand. It carries meaning. It resonates.

And, like craft, honest and genuine running resists efficiency. It’s unpredictable. Intuitive as much as instructional. Even the best training plans falter when life intervenes. We adapt. We recommit. And in that recalibration, we move closer to something that resembles excellence — our unique version of it.

BEETROOT CACAO OAT MILK W BUTTERFLY PEA FLOWER FOAM

I love preparing this milk with its beautiful natural colors and subtle earthiness. It’s sweet, soothing & fun.

BENEFITS:

Butterfly Pea Flower is a natural remedy used to balance the nervous system.PP

Beetroot is purported to improve blood flow, lower blood pressure, and increase exercise performance.

Cacao is an antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and rich in magnesium and iron.

INGREDIENTS

1 C oat milk or preferred milk option

1 Tsp beetroot powder

1 1/2 Tsp cacao powder

Raw honey to taste

1/4 Tsp Butterfly Pea Flower powder

Add first 4 ingredients into a saucepan and heat using a whisk to blend

Froth 1/8 C of oat milk with the Butterfly Pea Flower powder

Pour beetroot cacao milk into a cup followed by the frothed milk

Enjoy