Gabby is a newly certified RD (woohoo!) based in Seattle who has experience in research, clinical, and private practice nutrition. As an avid runner and RRCA-certified running coach, Gabby’s dream is to work with athletes in private practice, helping to guide both their nutrition and training. One of her major aims in entering the field of nutrition is to refute the misinformation spread by diet culture, like the claim that “thinner = faster.” Gabby aspires to help athletes understand the importance of nutrition in reaching their greatest athletic potential, and more importantly to value, not fear, food. In her spare time, Gabby can be found running, frolicking outdoors, eating ice cream, trying new restaurants, or daydreaming about future travel plans.

In this episode we chat about:

• Her journey to becoming a RD
• Common misconceptions reading research headlines in the news
• Critical thinking skills in understanding research
• How to break through marketing noise and BS
• Disordered eating behaviors in runners and the running community
• Practicing shifting your mindset and actions with disordered thoughts
• How running started as a negative journey and has become a positive
• Breaking through diet culture
• How to encourage people to make change
• Nutrition coaches vs. RD’s
• Patient advocacy and taking a deeper dive with clients
• Ice cream/milkshake reviews of Seattle
• And so much more!
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Molly Hurford is a journalist, author and podcaster in love with all things cycling, running, nutrition and movement-related. She’s the author of a dozen books about endurance sport, both fiction and nonfiction, including Fuel Your Ride and the Shred Girls series. As co-host of The Consummate Athlete Podcast, founder of Strong Girl Publishing and a bookworm-turned-endurance athlete, she’s a little obsessed with getting people—especially girls and women—excited about finding a sport they love and spending time outside.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Molly’s journey as an athlete and bookworm
• What Strong Girl publishing does
• What she’s learned in her writing
• How to get and keep young girls in endurance sports, particularly cycling
• Getting more women in bike shops
• Our own trials and tribulations in endurance racing
• Process vs. outcome goals
• The joy of de-load weeks
• And so much more!

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Learn More About Molly: stronggirlpublishing.com & consummateathlete.com

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Founder, coach, and most importantly, runner, Kathleen is the legs behind Bflo Run Club & Pace Buffalo Running Studio. A certified fast girl, 1/2 Ironwoman, and type-2 fun addict, she will push the pace and bring out your strong side like no one else. Post-run run, you’ll find her hanging with her soul dog, Clay, or taste-testing tacos at Casa Azul.

Her creds:

BS in Exercise Science // SUNY Fredonia

Personal Trainer // National Academy of Sports Medicine

Running Coach // Road Runners Club of America

USA Track & Field // Level 1

In this episode we chat about:

• Transitioning from college sports to sports-ing in adult life
• How you made running fun again
• Dive more into creating community with BFLO run club and PACE
• Challenges you face(d) as you built this fitness community
• Life as a fitness professional/entrepreneur opening up PACE
• Your why/mission/values
• What you’ve learned in this space
• Weird fitness trends
• Run clubs turning into dating clubs
• Things to look out for in fitness studios/personal training if you’re new to fitness
• Some of the different/unique offerings at PACE to support the whole athletes
• Changes we hope to see in the fitness/running community
• And more!

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Learn more: https://pacebuffalo.com/

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Founder of Taylored Training, an online run and strength coaching service based out of Phoenix, Arizona. Becky, swam competitively and coached swimming, taught HS biology for a decade along with some coaching in XT and conditioning for Lax. During the pandemic her and her hubby and I moved across the country and she turned coaching friends on the side into a full time gig. They live in Phoenix now with our 1.5 yr old and dog. Taylored Training has since expanded to a 2 coach operation.

In this episode we chat about:

• Her love of science and breaking it down for her athletes
• What’s going on physiologically when we’re exercising in the heat?
• How to survive it (the heat)
• How to adjust workouts
• HR vs. RPE?
• If you know your race will be warm, her recommendations in a training plan to get ready for the conditions?
• Oh shit– it’s super hot/humid on race day, how do I adjust my race plan and expectations?
• Factors impacting how we handle heat
• Racing strategies
• How we can use the heat as a way to get “fitness gainZ”
• And more!

Follow Becky on IG: https://www.instagram.com/tayloredtrainingrun/ (business) https://www.instagram.com/beccatay124/ (personal)
Learn more about working with Becky: www.tayloredtrainingrun.com

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Jennie Hansen is a former pro triathlete and Ironman Lake Placid champion, now age group triathlete living in Rochester, NY. She is also a physical therapist turned coach. She also thoroughly embraces her crazy dog lady status, just living life with her husband and three rescue mutts.

In this episode we chat about: *TW* disordered eating

• Dogs!
• Jennie’s journey to tri and becoming a pro
• Racing as a pro vs age group
• Balancing life as a pro triathlete and PT
• Underfueling and how navigate it
• Pressure of the lighter is faster
• Signs of overreaching
• Aging as an athlete
• Coaching women in 40-50’s
• Avoid the comparison trap, while still being curious about your goals
• How coaching can help
• Body image and social media
• Coming back from injury and it’s potential long lasting effects
• And so much more!

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Learn More About Jennie: www.qt2systems.com

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Natalie is a board Certified Sports Dietitian & owner of BeFueled Sports Nutrition, her virtual sports nutrition practice. Natalie is passionate about helping endurance athletes feel their best to do all the badass things they want to do in life. Natalie is a runner and triathlete, and outside of training, loves to get outdoors and spend time with her pups.

In this episode we chat about:

• What’s the difference between iron and ferritin
• Why do we look at the WHOLE iron panel
• What labs to ask your provider to look at if your concerned about your iron status
• Why are endurance athletes more susceptible to iron deficiency/anemia?
• Micronutrients and how they impact ferritin
• Gut health connection to iron levels
• Why rest days are important for ferritin
• Should you supplement with iron?
• Iron and the inflammation connection
• Looking at the whole human to support healthy iron levels
• And more!

Learn more about Natalie here: www.befueledsn.com

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Join me as I tell my story into triathlon and endurance sports over the past 15 years. From injury to finding joy and merging my passion for sports and nutrition into one.

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Steph Mundt is a physical therapist & running coach in Tempe, Arizona. She specializes in the care of runners with bone stress injuries, hip labrum tears and a history of restrictive eating. Her business Volante PT & Performance offers both local and remote rehab and coaching services.

In this episode we chat about:

• Sites of injury that are more associated with ED/DE
• How Steph’s approach to BSI's might be different from what a lot of runners are used
• Why do BSI’s tend to have a high recurrence rate?
• If someone suspects they might have a BSI, is there any advice as to what they should say to their provider?
• What do you recommend runners/athletes to look for in their care team?
• What does optimal rehab from a BSI look like?
• How to maintain and promote health after PT/Rehab
• Common misconceptions around LEA/REDs on soft tissue
• And more!

Be sure to listen, rate, and review on Spotify or Apple podcasts and follow @stephmundt.dpt or head to her website at Volantept.com

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