Want to get in touch? Send Claire a message!Welcome to Episode 104 of The Eat for Endurance Podcast, which is a special bonus episode on how to practice self-care during the holidays! The holiday season can be a time of joy, caring, and giving. But let’s be real: it’s also easy to get swept up in the hustle and bustle, leaving little time or energy to care for yourself. This year, let’s do things differently. In today's episode, I’m sharing my top five tips to help you take care of ...
Want to get in touch? Send Claire a message!Welcome to Episode 103 of the Eat for Endurance Podcast, featuring Sports Dietitian and endurance athlete Bob Seebohar, MS RD CSSD CSCS. Bob comes back on the show today to chat about nutrition for teenage athletes. We both work with high school and collegiate athletes and thought it would be worthwhile to share our experiences as well as our professional expertise on this important and complex topic.Bob and I cover nutrition for teenage athlet...
Want to get in touch? Send Claire a message!Happy Halloween and welcome to Episode 102 of The Eat for Endurance Podcast. In my first Ask Me Anything episode in over two years, I'm tackling four listener questions on the following topics:1. If / when you should take collagen supplements and if so, what is an effective dosage2. How to eat on rest days and specifically, if you need to eat protein at breakfast3. How to fuel yourself during a 200 miler, especially at mealtimes 4. How to stop mindl...
Want to get in touch? Send Claire a message!Welcome to episode 101 of The Eat for Endurance Podcast, featuring sports psychologist and certified eating disorder specialist Riley Nickols, PhD, CEDS-C. Riley is the founder of Mind Body Endurance, and works with athletes on a wide range of mental health and sport performance issues. He also is an endurance athlete himself, as well as a running and USA Triathlon coach.Riley and I explore the intersection between common mental health challeng...
Want to get in touch? Send Claire a message!Welcome to episode ONE HUNDRED of The Eat for Endurance Podcast! Woohoo! I’m excited to share my interview with Melissa Azzaro, RDN LD aka The Hormone Dietitian about how to get better sleep. Melissa and I talked for over 90 minutes about a TON of different factors that impact sleep, including nutrients, eating patterns, supplements, lifestyle behaviors, and more.Sleep is a huge and complicated topic, and sleep problems are often linked back to...
Want to get in touch? Send Claire a message!In Episode 99 of the Eat for Endurance Podcast, I'm doing a deeper dive into low energy availability and Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport, aka REDs, with sports dietitian, eating disorder specialist, and REDs expert, Rebecca McConville, MS RD LD CSSD CEDRD. Rebecca wrote the book “Finding Your Sweet Spot - How to Avoid REDs,” and offers a REDs informed provider certification program, which I took and loved earlier this year. I was eager to g...
Want to get in touch? Send Claire a message!In Episode 98 of the Eat for Endurance Podcast, I’m taking advantage of a short break between guests to bring you a solo episode all about recovery nutrition for endurance athletes. Many of my clients are training for some exciting events this Fall, and I’m getting lots of questions about what to eat after exercise. Even if you’re not training for a specific event or doing long hours-long training sessions, recovery nutrition still is extremely...
Want to get in touch? Send Claire a message!Welcome to Episode 97 of the Eat for Endurance Podcast, featuring runner, coach, and native New Yorker, Amanda Katz.Amanda identifies as a body neutral strength and run coach, and believes that all bodies deserve a fitness experience without punishment, guilt, or shame. Amen to that.I’m a big fan of Amanda's positive, often hilarious fueling and fitness messages on social media and on her own show, Between Two Coaches. I'm also grateful for her freq...
Want to get in touch? Send Claire a message!In Episode 96 of the Eat for Endurance Podcast, sports dietitian Brooke Czarnecki of Intentful Nutrition joins me on the pod to help me answer a listener question. This person asked to learn more about organic foods as a runner, and also mentioned that she tries to minimize processed foods surrounding her runs. This inspired me to do an episode on organic versus conventional foods and “processed” versus “unprocessed” foods for athletes. I added...
Want to get in touch? Send Claire a message!Welcome to Episode 95 of The Eat for Endurance Podcast! I have an Athlete Nutrition Profile for you today, featuring ultrarunner and coach Jes Woods. You may already be familiar with Jes, especially if you live in NYC. She coaches thousands of athletes through Nike Run Club, Brooklyn Track Club, and Brooklyn Trail Club, and has also worked with boutique fitness studios including Mile High Run Club and Flywheel. Jes also is a fierce athlete herself. ...
Want to get in touch? Send Claire a message!In Episode 94 of the Eat for Endurance Podcast, sports dietitian Holley Samuel (MS RD CSSD) joins me to talk about body image among athletes. Holley and I explore how you can improve or at least neutralize your mindset when experiencing negative body image so that you can embrace fueling yourself adequately and withstand the physical demands of training and of life. We also discuss specific strategies we use when we’ve helped an athlete eat, fe...
Want to get in touch? Send Claire a message!Episode 93 of the Eat for Endurance Podcast features runner and jewelry designer, Erica Sara Reese, who is the talent behind Erica Sara Designs. Erica grew up dancing ballet, dabbled in crew while in college, and eventually discovered her love of running while going through some major life and career changes. She actually completed the same nutrition program at NYU that I did, but then decided to pursue her jewelry business instead. Erica ...
Want to get in touch? Send Claire a message!Welcome to Episode 92 of the Eat for Endurance Podcast, featuring Canadian marathon icon Krista DuChene. Krista wears many different hats - she’s a Registered Dietitian, a coach, a recently retired professional distance runner, and a mom of 3. She has competed in 22 marathons over more than two decades, including the Olympic marathon in 2016 and the Boston marathon in 2018, where she placed third. After retiring from professional marathoning la...
Want to get in touch? Send Claire a message!Welcome to Episode 91 of the Eat for Endurance Podcast, featuring Callie Roseland, MS RD CSSD. Callie is a tactical Performance Dietitian and athlete, and today we’re chatting about nutrition for injury recovery. We cover a lot in this episode, includingInjury prevention (briefly)Nutrition strategies to recover from a variety of injuries (soft tissue, bone, concussions, surgical vs non-surgical, etc)When supplementation may be appropriate, and ...
Want to get in touch? Send Claire a message!Welcome to Episode 90 of the Eat for Endurance Podcast, featuring sports dietitian and ultra runner Julie Shobe, MS RDN. Julie is a second-time guest on the show, and I brought her back to tell me all about her recent Zion 100 mile finish. In case you missed it, we did an in-depth episode (number 69) all about how to fuel an ultra marathon. So think of today's episode as a sequel, where instead of general ultra nutrition advice we talk specifically ...
Want to get in touch? Send Claire a message!Welcome to Episode 89 of the Eat for Endurance Podcast, featuring Alyssa Leib, MS RD of Peak to Peak Nutrition. Today, we’re chatting about sports nutrition for mountain athletes, with a spotlight on climbers. Alyssa is herself a trail runner and climber, and I had a ton of questions about climbing as it’s most definitely not my sport, plus I’m always eager to learn from other sports RDs who specialize in different niches than mine. I thought it wou...
Want to get in touch? Send Claire a message!Welcome to Episode 88 of the Eat for Endurance Podcast, featuring recreational distance runner Trey Duncan. Trey is a former nutrition client of mine, and he recently ran 2:57 and placed second in his age group at the LA marathon. What a different place he is in now compared to just two years ago, when he was suffering from years of alcohol abuse and was about to enter rehab. Trey originally contacted me for nutrition coaching in August 2022, r...
Want to get in touch? Send Claire a message!Welcome to Episode 87 of the Eat for Endurance Podcast, featuring Colette Vartanian (MS RD), a sports dietitian and the Athlete Care Manager over at Skratch Labs. Today, Colette and I are chatting about personalized hydration. It’s been awhile since I did a dedicated hydration episode, so I figured it was time to revisit this important topic, especially as the weather warms up. We discuss key hydration concepts and strategies, including how to ident...
Want to get in touch? Send Claire a message!Welcome to Episode 86 of the Eat for Endurance Podcast, featuring fellow Sports Dietitian and endurance athlete Dana Eshelman (MS RD CSSD), founder of A Dash of Dana Performance Nutrition. Today, Dana and I are chatting about the hormone cortisol (aka "the stress hormone") and how it relates to health and performance in endurance athletes. We were brainstorming topics and landed on this one, as we both frequently see our active clients burning ...
Want to get in touch? Send Claire a message!Welcome to Episode 85 of the Eat for Endurance Podcast, featuring back of the pack trail and ultra runner Janet Cunningham. Janet is a mental health professional and a fan of the podcast, and she reached out to me awhile back to share her nutrition story. You all enjoy the professional athletes I have on here, but many of you have asked for me to interview more recreational athletes as well, since they are often a bit more relatable. Janet has had q...
Augustine van der Baaren
Loved this podcast. great incites from both of you that I will carry with me into my cycling as I ramp it up. Recommending this episode to my running and cycling cohort. I think there are take aways for everyone in the 'cast.