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Be Well Studio offers services in both nutrition and exercise. Blog: https://www.bewellstudiolagrande.com/blog She is a mother of a 12-year-old girl, Nora.

About Brittney Jacobson, Owner of Be Well Studio

Brittney is a NAMS Certified Nutrition Consultant, Certified Personal Trainer, Mindset and Motivation Coach and a Licensed Massage Therapist. She loves all things fitness and food! Her journey started a lot like some of yours, she found herself newly graduated from massage school, working at Pizza Hut and 70lbs heavier than she is today. She was unhappy with herself, inactive, and had no passions. She wanted change. Nearly 14 years later she has many passions, a purpose, a career and a happier outlook on life. Her journey has had a lot of ups, downs, twists and turns. Her goals were reached out of order, and with many unexpected challenges. She continues to set new goals, and learn from all of their pursuits. She enjoys running, cycling, triathlon, lifting weights, hiking, doing yoga and time spent outdoors. Aside from helping clients achieve their weight loss and maintenance goals, she also aspires to help them educate their kids on healthy eating. Brittney received her degree at Eastern Oregon University in Interdisciplinary Studies where she studied exercise science, sociology, and anthropology. She is currently working toward her MFA in creative writing. Some of her proud achievements and adventures include: Running 5 ultramarathons, 4 marathons, competing in 4 bodybuilding competitions, completing a Half Ironman, many triathlons and century rides.

10/05/2026

Looking for a little more direction with your running? 🏃‍♀️⛰️

Whether you’re training for your first trail race, chasing a new goal, stepping up to the ultra distance, or just want more structure and intention behind your training, I’d love to work with you.

My coaching is individualized to you—your goals, your experience, your schedule, and the life you have outside of running. I believe good training should challenge you, but it should also be sustainable. The goal isn’t just to get you to the start line fit; it’s to help you arrive healthy, confident, and prepared for what your race will ask of you.

I offer three levels of coaching depending on how much feedback, communication, strength programming, and one-on-one support you’re looking for.

Swipe through to see the options ➡️
If you’re interested in working together, head to the link in my bio → “Apply for Coaching.” Fill out the short form and I’ll reach out to schedule a discovery call so we can talk about your goals and see if we’re a good fit.
Let’s see what you’re capable of. 💪⛰️

09/25/2026

✨ Ready for your next massage? Book with me online!

https://bewellstudio.as.me/

Don’t see an opening that works for you? Use my online waitlist feature. If someone cancels and a spot becomes available, you’ll be notified so you can grab it.

Your next massage might open up sooner than you think. 🙌

09/23/2026

Ran a half-marathon on the road? Ready to hit the trails? ⛰️🌲

Your road-running fitness gives you a great foundation, but trail running is a whole different adventure!

Here are 6 things to know before your first trail race 👇

1️⃣ Forget your road pace. Run by effort, not your watch. Hills and technical terrain will slow you down, and that's OK!

2️⃣ Train for elevation. A shorter trail race can feel harder than a road half-marathon. Practice climbing AND descending!

3️⃣ Embrace power hiking. Walking uphill isn't cheating. It's smart trail running! Even experienced trail runners hike the steep stuff.

4️⃣ Build strength and stability. Strong legs, ankles, and glutes will help you navigate uneven terrain with confidence.

5️⃣ Fuel for time, not distance. Trail miles often take longer than road miles. Practice your hydration and nutrition before race day.

6️⃣ Choose your first race wisely. You don't have to jump straight into a trail half-marathon! A trail 5K or 10K is a great place to start. Check the elevation and terrain before signing up.

✨ THE BIGGEST MINDSET SHIFT?

Stop chasing your road PR and start enjoying the adventure.

Your first trail race isn't about being the fastest. It's about building confidence, embracing the challenge, and discovering what you're capable of beyond the pavement. 🌲

💪 READY TO TAKE YOUR RUNNING OFF-ROAD?

I offer personalized running coaching to help you transition from road running to the trails, build strength and endurance, and show up to your first trail race feeling prepared and confident.

Whether you're training for your first trail 10K, half-marathon, or a new adventure, I'd love to help you get there!

💌 DM me "TRAIL" and let's chat about your running goals!

09/23/2026

You don’t need a race on the calendar to have something worth training for. 🏃‍♀️⛰️

I LOVE races. They’re fun, challenging, and there’s something pretty special about lining up with a bunch of other people who have trained for the same big day.

But a race isn’t the only reason to train.

You can create your own running adventure to work toward—solo, with a friend, or with your spouse—and it can give your training just as much purpose.

In fact, one of my favorite running adventures this year wasn’t a race at all. My husband and I did a self-supported 42-mile run around Mt. Hood. No race bibs, no aid stations, no official finish line—just the two of us taking on an adventure we wanted to do together. And it was one of the highlights of my year. ❤️⛰️

Races are great because…
🏁 The route is already planned
🥨 You have aid stations and support
⛰️ Being around other runners can provide some reassurance, especially in the mountains
🔥 There’s an added challenge of cutoffs and an official finish line

Your own running adventure is great because…
🗺️ YOU choose the route and distance
📅 You choose the day
⏱️ There are no cutoffs or finish-time pressure
📸 You can stop for photos, take a long lunch, or sit at a viewpoint for 30 minutes
🥾 You can run, hike, walk—or do whatever feels right
💪 You still have a goal that gives you a reason to train and stay in shape

Maybe your goal next year isn't a race.

Maybe it's running across the Grand Canyon. Exploring a trail you've always wanted to do. Circumnavigating a mountain. Covering a certain distance with your best friend.

A finish line doesn’t have to be official for the adventure—or the training—to count.

And whether you're training for a race or creating an adventure of your own, I'm a running coach and would be happy to help you get ready for it. 🙌

09/21/2026

You can’t compare one 100-miler time to another.

My first 100 miler, Rio, took me 23:10.
Kodiak: 28:11.
Sedona 125: 36:17.
UTMB: 42:56.

If you looked at those numbers alone, you might think I got slower.

But trail running doesn’t work that way.

Rio had fairly flat, runnable sections on bike path. Kodiak brought more elevation and higher altitude. Sedona was 125 miles—an extra marathon beyond 100. And UTMB? An entirely different combination of climbing, descending, terrain, altitude, weather, and mountain conditions.

That’s one of the things I love about trail running: distance is only one part of the equation.

On the road, two marathon times give you a much cleaner comparison. The distance is standardized, and while courses and conditions still matter, you can generally use your marathon time as a benchmark.

On the trails, 100 miles ≠ 100 miles.

A 23-hour finish on one course and a 43-hour finish on another can represent completely different challenges.

So don’t look at someone else’s 100-mile time—or even your own—and immediately decide whether you’re getting faster or slower.

Look at the course.
Look at the vert.
Look at the altitude.
Look at the terrain.
Look at the conditions.

The finish time tells you when you crossed the line. It doesn’t tell you the whole story of what it took to get there.

09/18/2026

I’m sitting at home on a normal workday, eating leftovers I heated up from last night’s dinner. My mouth is watering. I’m not sure if I’m just hungry or if this really is one of the best dishes I’ve ever cooked.

Either way, it’s so good that I’m not even tempted to scroll on my phone while I eat.

I’m just sitting here, alone and completely present, savoring the warm flavors of coriander and dill and thinking, Damn, I made this.

Recently, I bought a new cookbook after two issues of Food & W**e randomly started showing up in my mailbox. Flipping through them reminded me that I love to cook. And not just cook because my family needs dinner. I love cooking really delicious, complicated dishes. The kind with too many ingredients and multiple steps. The kind you’d happily pay top dollar for at a restaurant and then talk about on the drive home.

And it made me wonder: Why haven’t I been doing this more often?

The answer, I think, is complicated.

I’ve spent so many years being afraid of calories and feeling like I needed to micromanage the exact portions I put into my body. Food became something to calculate. Something to control. And somewhere along the way, I lost something I didn’t realize I was missing.

I was missing cooking for joy. (ANOTHER BLOG POST! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? Keep reading by clicking the link)

09/18/2026

Yes, I massage people with my feet. 👣😂 And yes, I get A LOT of questions about it!

After 14 years of practicing Ashiatsu, I’ve heard just about everything. Swipe through for answers to some of the questions I get most often!

And tell me—would you try Ashiatsu?👇

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09/05/2026

I get a lot of questions about meal prep and meal planning, and I’m working on a group option for the fall that would be all about meal planning. But in the meantime, I thought I’d share exactly how I plan meals for the week.

1. I don’t really “meal prep” anymore.

I arranged my schedule so that I eat lunch at home every day. Since my office is about a 90-second walk from my kitchen, it seemed a little silly to formally meal prep the way I used to.

So my method looks a little different than it does for someone who needs to pack breakfast and lunch every day. But if you do need to take your meals with you, the basic idea is the same—you just portion everything into containers.

2. I repeat meals. A lot.

I create meals I really like and actually want to eat over and over again. It saves me SO much time and mental energy.

I’ve been meal prepping and planning for about 17 years, and the older I get, the more I realize that figuring out what to feed your family for dinner for the rest of your life might be one of the most exhausting parts of being the person in charge of the kitchen.

Why make it harder on yourself?

Find meals everyone likes. Put them on repeat. Done.

3. I sprinkle in new recipes when I actually have the capacity for them.

Every now and then I want to try something new for dinner, and this week happens to be one of those weeks.

If we like a new recipe and it’s reasonably easy and affordable, I keep it in the rotation. If it’s too much work or too expensive, it becomes a “special occasion” meal—or I just swap it out the following week.

Here’s this week’s dinner rotation:

Saturday: Steak Pinwheels — definitely not a weekly recipe because $$$, but amazing

Sunday: Chicken Drumsticks + Roasted Cauliflower — new recipe to try

Monday: Burgers — weekly staple

Tuesday: Corn Carbonara — new recipe to try, likely a one-time recipe

Wednesday: Sweet Potato Taco Skillet — from my recipe book, weekly staple

Thursday: Salmon + Rice + Broccoli — weekly staple

Friday: Pesto Pasta — from my recipe book, weekly staple

A little behind the scenes strategy:

Monday and Wednesday are the days I work later, so I intentionally choose meals that Sam can get started for us.

I have my recipe book printed, and I’ll leave it open on the counter to the right page. He gets home before me and gets the hint. :)

I also write our meals on the fridge (see photo), so everyone knows what’s for dinner.

New recipes get scheduled for weekends or days when I know I’ll be home earlier. I’m not trying a complicated new recipe at the end of an already long day. That’s setting everyone up for failure.

For the most part, each dinner centers around a protein, vegetable, and carbohydrate.

I do tend to put higher-carb meals around my longer or more intense runs, but honestly, a realistic portion of just about any recipe can work.

Realistic portions are the important piece here.

For lunch this week, I’m prepping two pounds of taco meat. Sam and I will probably have taco salads most days, assuming we don’t have dinner leftovers. We can also turn the same taco meat into rice bowls or burritos.

One protein prep = several different lunch options.

Nora either makes a sandwich or eats lunch at school.

Breakfast is even simpler. I usually have avocado toast, so there’s no prep necessary.

I am making granola, though—also from my recipe book—because Nora likes granola with Greek yogurt and fruit. We’ll also prep pumpkin muffins to eat before we run. And yes, those are also in my recipe book. :)

So my actual meal-planning method is pretty simple:

I write all of our meals on the dry-erase board.

I look at our schedule and put easy/familiar meals on busy days and new recipes on days when I have more time.

I repeat meals we already know and love.

Then I go through each dinner and add the ingredients we need to my Walmart cart.

That’s it.

Meal planning doesn’t have to mean spending an entire Sunday cooking 14 identical containers of chicken, rice, and broccoli.

For me, it’s really about removing as many decisions as possible from the week ahead while still feeding everyone meals we enjoy.

Have you tried any of these recipes?

09/03/2026

In January, I experienced my very first DNF. Until then, I had always made it to the finish line. I had three big races—and one smaller one—on my calendar for 2026, so failing to finish the very first one didn't sit well with me.

At the time, it was the hardest race I'd ever attempted. But I also knew it wasn't the hardest thing I had planned.

Sure, I identified a few physical reasons that may have contributed, but when it came down to it, I realized the biggest work I needed to do wasn't with my training—it was with the struggle between my ears.

When I reflect on UTMB, I still catch myself feeling a little disappointed in my finishing time. Then I quickly redirect my thoughts.

I made it to the finish line in a race where 726 runners didn't. I was one of 109 Americans to finish.

I gave it everything I had: stopping to throw up, battling diarrhea, running with blisters and chafing, and pushing through overwhelming fatigue.

More than once, I thought back to that DNF in January. I remembered what it felt like to come up short, and I reminded myself that standing on the UTMB starting line was a gift—one that thousands of runners dream about but never get to experience.

I also wasn't the only person throwing up, hurting, or wishing I was asleep in my own bed.

I'll admit, though, it's an adjustment to go from placing fifth overall female in one race and winning another to finding yourself deep in the pack at the biggest ultramarathon in the world.

Here's the funny part...

Despite all of it, I genuinely had fun.

I wouldn't change a thing—except maybe finding a way to avoid the nausea.

Signing up for something that truly scares you—something you know you might not finish—is incredibly vulnerable. It's far easier to choose goals you know you can accomplish than ones that might expose your limits.

Whenever I focus on my finishing time, I remind myself of something more important:

I was brave enough to believe I could do it.

And then I proved to myself that I could.

If there's something you're genuinely scared to pursue because failure is a real possibility, I hope you'll go after it anyway.

The other side of fear is a pretty incredible place to be.

07/30/2026

🎧 Did you know Strong Enough to Endure is now available on Audible?

Whether you're driving, walking the dog, training for your next race, or just prefer listening over reading, you can now experience the book wherever you are.

Strong Enough to Endure is about so much more than ultrarunning. It's about resilience, identity, adventure, and learning who you are when things don't go according to plan.

If you've been meaning to read it but haven't found the time, maybe listening is the perfect way to start.

If you've already listened, I'd love it if you'd leave a review—it helps more readers (and listeners!) discover the book.

https://www.audible.com/pd/B0H7Z8SF2P/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-518746&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_518746_rh_us

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