About Blue Fire

Hi! My name is Mary Gandee and I'm the owner and coach at Blue Fire Running. One of my greatest joys in life is joining people in their health and fitness journeys! Each adventure is an experience as unique as we are; filled with highs and lows, growth, and learning.

I began coaching in 2009 when I realized how important these journeys are to my own life, and wanted to share with others. I have had the pleasure of coaching people to start and finish lines from their first 5ks and sprint triathlons, to marathon, ultrarunning, and Ironman distance events.

Coaching Experience:

Running Events: Marine Corps Marathon, Seattle Marathon, Rock and Roll Seattle Half Marathon, Boston Marathon, Wenatchee Half Marathon, Tucson Half Marathon, San Juan Island Marathon and Half Marathon, and multiple 50k finishes.
Strength and Conditioning Training.
Endurance Nutrition Coaching

A bit from my endurance journey...

Favorite run: any distance with my daughters

100k Finisher - Black Canyon 100k (2023 & 2024)

50 mile run finisher - self-created "Wenatchee foothills 50-mile"

50k ultra running finishes: Colossal Vail 55k (2024 - 1st Place Female Masters), Oracle Rumble 50k (2023), Colossal Vail 55k (2022), Self-created "Redington Pass 50k" (2022), Orcas Island, Yakima Skyline, Chocolate Chip Cookie.

2x Ragnar Northwest Passage Ultra Team member

Oceanside 70.3 finisher

2x Lake Stevens 70.3 finisher

2x Ironman Coeur d'alene finisher

NYC Marathon 2003 finisher

Wenatchee Marathon finisher - Boston Qualifying

Education:

NASM Corrective Exercise Specialist & Certified Personal Trainer

RRCA Level 1 Running Coach

Bachelor of Science in Natural Health Science/Nutrition - Bastyr University