Pro runner Katelyn Tuohy is a granola connoisseur, and she has the partnership to prove it. This week, the 21-year-old phenom visited the Granola Factory in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Texas Runner Breaks Two High School 5K Records.
“Katelyn contacted us a few years back when the NIL [name, image, and likeness] deals were starting in college,” Calvin Virgilio of the Granola Factory told Runner's World by email. They didn’t work out a partnership then, but Virgilio and his team spoke with Tuohy after she went pro last year to learn more about her interest in nutrition and food.
“We worked on a granola recipe that was based on two of her favorite [Granola Factory flavors], our original honey pecan and toffee almond clusters,” Virgilio said.
Tuohy, who owns collegiate records in the indoor mile (4:24.26) and 3,000 meters (8:35.20), asked her social media followers to weigh in on granola names. (We like Tu-ohys Chew-ohys.)
“The best part of the trip was having the hands-on experience, experimenting, and coming up with a bunch of test batches to start crafting my own blend,” she said on her Instagram.
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Heather is the former food and nutrition editor for Runner's World, the author of The Runner's World Vegetarian Cookbook, and a seven-time marathoner with a best of 3:31—but she is most proud of her 1:32 half, 19:40 5K, and 5:33 mile.
