Oiselle Blog

by Dr Lesko (aka. Sarah) Team We believe in team. In the power of team to collectively achieve more than we can do individually. In the mome...

by Dr Lesko (aka. Sarah) Training It's no secret my first marathon last October, Marine Corps, did a number on me…and my right foot…and my r...

Training BY: MARGARET SMITH Recently, I let myself get into a mega-funk (my daughter’s term for one of my “mom moods”). On December 22, my famil...

Racing BY: TEAL BURRELL In 2018, I qualified for my second Olympic Trials and broke 2:40 in the marathon for the first time. But I wasn’t alway...

Training This cycle has been a very interesting one for many reasons. One of these reasons being having to learn how to push during workouts on...

by Sally Bergesen Brand At Oiselle, we’ve discovered that it’s like a dog year situation, where one year equals about seven. So it is with g...

by Kara Goucher Training I love running. This love affair began decades ago. The first time my grandfather took me to run I was 6 years old...

by Jungle Chicken (aka. Erin Block) Style Happy New Year and blessed holiday season, my friends!  It’s been a few years since I’ve written a...

Team Today, as I look at myself in the mirror, I see myself without distortion. Life seems much clearer, knowing that I may live my life as I c...

Training With summer now long gone and the days of endless sunshine and competitions in the past, the time has come to reset and get back to wor...

by Jess Barnard Team Feeling icky over the holidays is okay. In fact, it’s common. For those of you who feel that way, let me assure you, yo...

by Sally Bergesen Social I start every holiday season with a hefty dose of procrastination followed by a steady stream of mini panic attack...

Racing By: Haute Volée, Becki Spellman After the 2009 Twin Cities Marathon, I remember thinking "I’ll run fast soon"...I knew the day had gone w...

by Hannah Calvert Racing Picture this… It’s race day, the legs are feelin’ good, you’re cruising along in an effortless motion, nothing can ...

by Jess Barnard Racing “I’ve done everything I can to get the team ready. I’ve done everything I can think of to avoid getting a cramp. No...

by Hannah Calvert Social We put a call out to the runners – whether it’s running until your watch hits exactly .00, or being a brunch conno...

by Hannah Calvert Racing You ever listened to The Growlers? If not, get out of here and go on Spotify, you’ll thank me later. That’s all I l...

by Jess Barnard Training All THE PRE-RACE FEELS Two weeks ago I told my PT "I'm doing my last long run this weekend!" in which he quickly re...

by Sally Bergesen Style What happens when the O line has an embarrassment of riches? A veritable hit parade of great tights and bottoms...e...

Team I’m trying to run under 2:35 today. Stay with us, we’ll take you there. I’m in 3rdplace right now, that woman ahead is 2nd. We’ll get you t...

by Sally Bergesen Team I first met Mimi at Big Birdcamp where we danced. We weren't gonna let the young birds do all the workin and twerkin...

by Hannah Calvert Brand “Oh this is it?” It’s a phrase we hear from time to time when people first visit our office, and it’s not to be rud...

Team BY: EMMA TILLMAN In 2011, I got really sick, my gastrointestinal system stopped working normally and anytime I ate or drank anything I wou...

by Dr Lesko (aka. Sarah) Training It’s a beautiful time of year in Bend, OR! (Well, what time of year isn’t beautiful? But fall is especial...

by Sally Bergesen Style In sport, we talk a lot about the emotion of readiness. The powersuit, the race day kit, the favorite shorts. There ...

by Erin Taylor Training After I had my first baby I enthusiastically did my first run the day she turned six weeks because that’s when ever...

by Allie Kieffer Racing Today’s the day! The one you’ve been dreaming of for the past year, since you crossed the finish line at last year’...

Racing Do the Thing -  By Courtney (Volée Leader, Cowbell Corner Queen, toeing the line at NYC) You have trained for months to make it to the s...

by Dr Lesko (aka. Sarah) Racing I’ll always be a miler in my heart. A high knee prancer, slam the door kicker, not a grinder. 5k feels over-...

by Charlotte Austin Style After a busy summer of mountain guiding, I'm so stoked to spend a couple of weeks at home in Seattle. I've spent ...

Training BY: ALLIE BIGELOW As we all know, if you run for long enough you are pretty much bound to find yourself staring down an injury. In my ...

by Sally Bergesen Style There’s a new Wazzie Wool in town, and she’s very extra. Like all Wazzie Wool, it starts with merino from New Zeala...

Team TRIPLETS, WEEK 1. I'm not sure what the date is anymore or the day of the week. I can tell you that it is exactly 1 hour and 15 minutes bef...

by Rebecca Nelson Style When we first announced that we were taking applications for our brand new S...

Training BY: MARIA BALL, VOLÉE The date was Friday, September 28. The night before, I sat down with my husband and mapped out my 16-mile long r...

by Dr Lesko (aka. Sarah) Racing The beautiful thing about traveling a decent distance to a race is the decompression time to process while ...

by Sally Bergesen Style First, pump up your day by watching this iconic Cake Video. Get in the mood for something short and a loooong jacke...

by Dr Lesko (aka. Sarah) Social We are living in ________ times. Fill in the blank: ironic? defeating? energizing? polarizing? challenging?...

Racing This past weekend, Oiselle had around 100 Volée racing the Chicago Marathon, and many more coming from near and far to cowbell and suppor...

by Sally Bergesen Style Dark be damned, we're not going back inside. We're out here for good. And we're going to keep running - even in, an...

Racing This morning I timed my awkward hobble down the narrow Airbnb staircase at 5:15am. Almost 12 seconds.  I watched the automatic water foun...

by Sally Bergesen Style While the Internet is good for many things, conveying tactile sensation is not one of them. And when we’re introduc...

by Allie Kieffer Training Because of its quantitative nature running can seem pretty simple, almost black and white, like you’ve done well ...

by Lauren Fleshman Training I started coaching five years ago, capable but not yet confident. Having trained under some of the best coaches...

by Sally Bergesen Style   Through our sports bra donation program, Bras for Girls, we tell middle school girls… “A sports bra is just a too...

by Dr Lesko (aka. Sarah) Racing We have so many awesome HS Coaches in our Oiselle community; we want to celebrate them and share some of the...

by Dr Lesko (aka. Sarah) Team We are so thrilled to introduce new Haute Volée athlete, Valarie Allman! Val is the real deal: reigning US ch...

by Hannah Calvert Racing Now that cross country season has kicked off you may or may not see the following shenanigans come across your soc...

by Rebecca Nelson Style As seen at Tenacious Ten, black bottoms are the race day outfit of choice. I lay you out the night before, on a chai...

by Sally Bergesen Style Bottoms. All the bottoms! The lengths, the fabrics, the pockets. The run-ability. We're happy the fall season is fin...