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 the candle at both ends with training, work, family, and other aspects of their busy lives. They’re often under fueling, whether intentionally or unintentionally, dealing with mental and physical stress, and not sleeping enough, and this obviously does not produce good outcomes.If you’ve ever been curious about cortisol and how it ties into all of the above, tune into this episode. I provide tons of background on how cortisol functions in the body, and then Dana and I dive into how and why things go off track and what you can do about it.  I hope you find it useful!Links & Resources:Dana’s Website: https://www.adashofdana.us/Follow Dana on InstagramAnnouncements:Watch this episode on my YouTube page Purchase my NEW Peak Performance courseCheck out my other free and for-purchase offeringsSign up for my email list to download my FREE winter fueling guide and receive my monthly newsletter filled with nutrition tips, recipes and special discountsFill out a new client inquiry form if you’re interested in 1:1 nutrition coachingJoin my Patreon community to support the pod while getting free merch, special discounts, and other perksPlease subscribe or follow the show and rate/review it wherever you listenGet in touch at claire@eatforendurance.com.Music Credit: Joseph McDadeDisclaimer – all information provided is for educational and entertainment purposes only and is in no way meant to replace individual medical and nutrition recommendationsSupport the showThanks for listening! Follow me on Instagram and Facebook (@eatforendurance).

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 quite the journey with her nutrition and athletic pursuits, and like all of us, she is still on that journey. She started out swimming and rowing as a teenager and young adult, and discovered running and eventually ultra running about five years ago. Janet discusses her struggles with body image, overcoming REDS and injuries, how important community and individual support has been to her recovery and athletic success, and much more. I hope you enjoy her story - and if you would like to share yours with me, get in touch!Before we dive in, I’m excited to share that this episode is brought to you by my brand new course, Peak Performance for Endurance Athletes: Your Ultimate Guide to Strategic Fueling. This 7-part self-paced, prerecorded course is packed with evidence based, easy to understand information with tons of visuals covering everyday nutrition, hydration, fueling before, during and after exercise, training the gut and troubleshooting common fueling issues, navigating the confusing and at times harmful world of supplementation, and preparing for race day. This is the culmination of my ten years as a sports dietitian as well as my 30 plus years as an athlete, and I am so excited to share it with you. Early bird pricing ends on March 10th! You can grab a link to the course below. Any questions, please reach out!Links & Announcements:Watch this episode on my YouTube page Purchase my NEW Peak Performance courseCheck out my other free and for-purchase offeringsSign up for my email list to download my FREE winter fueling guide and receive my monthly newsletter filled with nutrition tips, recipes and special discountsFill out a new client inquiry form if you’re interested in 1:1 nutrition coachingJoin my Patreon community to support the pod while getting free merch, special discounts, and other perksPlease subscribe or follow the show and rate/review it wherever you listenHave nutrition questions, a guest or topic request, or any other feedback? Email me - claire@eatforendurance.com.Music Credit: Joseph McDadeDisclaimer – all information provided is for educational and entertainment purposes only and is in no way meant to replace individual medical and nutrition recommendationsSupport the showThanks for listening! Follow me on Instagram and Facebook (@eatforendurance).

Explore the concept of joy as a vital nutrient in nutrition and athletic performance, alongside strategies for cultivating body gratitude, combating poor body image, and incorporating play into daily life. Learn how to access genuine joy, embrace positive nutrition, listen to body signals, and adopt a scientific approach to health monitoring. Dive into a holistic approach to well-being, focusing on self-kindness, rejection of negative self-talk, and making food choices for personal desires. Discover insights on joy, gratitude, and shifting mindset towards overall health and happiness.

Want to get in touch? Send Claire a message!Welcome to Episode 83 of the Eat for Endurance Podcast, featuring Jonathan Levitt. Jonathan is based in Bolder, Colorado and wears many different hats as a runner, podcast host of For the Long Run, and senior sales executive over at Inside Tracker.We had an awesome conversation on all things running and nutrition, and went off on more than a few tangents, which always makes for a fun episode. I particularly loved hearing about what Jonathan has learned from interviewing over 300 podcast guests, and talking about the many iterations of “Boulder average” that he’s encountered since moving out West. I’m also very curious to hear about his N of 1 40-day experiment with ketones, which we chat about towards the end.Thanks for spending some time with me Jonathan and I hope you all enjoy this one!P.S. Exciting news - I finally started to record these interviews as video and audio, so if you prefer to watch your podcasts, head on over to my YouTube page! My previous 82 episodes are also available over there, but with a static image. Links & Resources:For the Long Run website: https://forthelong.run/Instagram: Follow @forthelrpod and @jwlevittAnnouncements:Check out my YouTube page to watch this episodeCheck out my NEW performance nutrition digital downloads hereSign up for my email list to receive my monthly newsletter filled with nutrition tips, recipes and special discountsJoin my Patreon community to support the pod while getting free merch, special discounts, and other perksPlease give the podcast a 5 star rating and review wherever you listenHave nutrition questions, a guest or topic request, or any other feedback? Email me - claire@eatforendurance.com.Music Credit: Joseph McDadeDisclaimer – all information provided is for educational and entertainment purposes only and is in no way meant to replace individual medical and nutrition recommendationsSupport the showThanks for listening! Follow me on Instagram and Facebook (@eatforendurance).

Want to get in touch? Send Claire a message!Welcome to Episode 82 of the Eat for Endurance Podcast, featuring Tessa Timmons, a professional long-board surfer with O’Neill. I know this show is mostly focused on endurance athletes, but I love talking to athletes in different sports and learning about their nutrition journeys. So today is one of those episodes! As you guys know, I grew up in Santa Cruz, a major surfing town, but I never surfed here. The only time I attempted to surf was in Hawaii and let’s just say, it’s NOT my sport. But I love to watch it, and I’ve worked with many clients who are recreational surfers, so it was only a matter of time until I featured a surfer on my show! Tessa technically lives in California, but it’s hard to pin her down. She frequently travels the globe chasing waves and at the time of our recording, she had just gotten back from a VERY long surfing adventure across Asia and Africa. Tessa and I covered so much in this episode. We discussed surfing culture and the differences between short and long board surfing, growing up as 1 of 11 siblings, struggles with nutrition and body image as a model and surfer, her dreams of turning pro and how that came about, how she fuels (and sometimes doesn’t fuel) her surfing, how her nutrition changes when traveling around the world, and so much more.I loved chatting with Tessa, and I hope you enjoy this break from the world of endurance.Links:Follow Tessa on InstagramWatch her surf Announcements:Support the podcast by purchasing my new merch! Please give the podcast a 5 star rating and review, and share it with your friends!Sign up for my email list to download my FREE Winter Fueling Guide and also receive my monthly newsletter filled with nutrition tips, recipes and moreIf you can afford to support the show financially, please visit my Patreon page to make a donationHave nutrition questions, a guest or topic request, or any other feedback? Email me - claire@eatforendurance.com.Music Credit: Joseph McDadeDisclaimer – all information provided is for educational and entertainment purposes only and is in no way meant to replace individual medical and nutrition recommendationsSupport the showThanks for listening! Follow me on Instagram and Facebook (@eatforendurance).

Sports Dietitian Bob Seebohar joins the show to discuss Metabolic Efficiency Training (MET) and nutrition periodization for athletes. They delve into the concept of MET, testing for metabolic efficiency, and optimizing blood sugar levels. They also touch on the importance of nutrition changes for carbohydrate burning and share their favorite foods and essential gear.

Want to get in touch? Send Claire a message!Welcome to Episode 80 of the Eat for Endurance Podcast, and my last episode of 2023!As you may have heard in my previous episodes, I’ve been working on a new self-paced course called Peak Performance for Endurance Athletes: Your Ultimate Guide to Strategic Fueling. I thought it would be fun to give you all a FREE sneak peek, so I've recorded the first module for you all to enjoy. The course itself will include detailed slides with lots of visuals and a video of me speaking, plus downloads at the end, so keep that in mind when you listen to the audio only. I have a few more modules to finish, and then I will record the whole course (today is just me presenting to you and isn’t the actual course recording). And even since I recorded this episode, I've already added a couple more slides to Module 1, so you'll get some additional great info. My goal is to release the full course by early February, so stay tuned for that if you’re interested.  Since this is my last episode of the year,  I want to wish everyone a very Happy Holidays. I hope you are all able to take some time for yourself to celebrate, whether that’s with loved ones, out in nature, or doing whatever else makes you happy, and of course with plenty of good food. Thank you for being a part of my community and for supporting the show! It means a lot.Alright, Module 1 of Peak Performance for Endurance Athletes - let’s do this! Links & Announcements:Join my email list to download my FREE winter fueling guide, get my monthly newsletter, and find out when my course Peak Performance goes live! Support the show by purchasing one of my awesome Trucker hats (BOCO Gear) or stickersDon’t want merch? Support the show over on my Patreon page to make a donationYou can also support the show without spending money by following or subscribing to the show wherever you listen, giving it a 5 star rating, and writing a reviewMusic Credit: Joseph McDadeDisclaimer – all information provided is for educational and entertainment purposes only and is in no way meant to replace individual medical and nutrition recommendationsSupport the showThanks for listening! Follow me on Instagram and Facebook (@eatforendurance).

Endurance athlete, scientist, and entrepreneur Simon Donato shares his journey from adventure racing to founding Adventure Science. Discusses nutrition evolution, plant-based diet, and hydration for ultra running. Highlights adventure insights merging with scientific expeditions. Explores oatmeal innovation and dietary shifts for endurance performance. Mentions online availability of products and amusing Instagram posts.

Want to get in touch? Send Claire a message!Happy Thanksgiving and welcome to Episode 78 of the Eat for Endurance Podcast. Fellow Sports Dietitian Kelly Jones (MS RD CSSD) of Kelly Jones Nutrition returns to the show today to chat with me about plant-based nutrition for endurance athletes. Kelly calls her diet plant-forward, while I am very much a plant-loving omnivore. As this show seeks to demonstrate, there are many different ways to eat to feel good, enjoy life, and perform well, as long as the eating pattern you are following meets your individual energy needs and macro and micro nutrient requirements.Plant-based eating can absolutely work well for endurance athletes, just as omnivorous eating can also work well. It’s worth noting that there are MANY reasons why people choose to include more plants in their diet that have nothing to do with performance. But with the growing popularity of plant-based eating including among endurance athletes, it begs the question - does going vegan or vegetarian improve performance? We’ll of course get into this. You can also check out past interviews I’ve had with high-performing vegan athletes if you’re interested, such as Mike Wardian (Ep. 26, 53), Sage Canaday (Ep 71), and Yassine Diboun (Ep. 34).So if you’re feeling a bit plant-curious and want to learn more, please enjoy my conversation all about plant-based eating and endurance performance with Kelly Jones. Links & Resources:Kelly’s Website: https://kellyjonesnutrition.com/Follow Kelly on InstagramThe Truth About Soy and Cancer (video by RD Whitney English)Announcements:Support the pod by purchasing some of my awesome new merch! Shop here. Join my email list to be notified when my new course, Peak Performance for Endurance Athletes, is released and to get a subscriber only discount!If you can afford to support the show financially, please visit my Patreon page to make a donation Have a guest or topic request? Email me - claire@eatforendurance.com.If you haven’t already, be sure to subscribe to, rate and review the show!Music Credit: Joseph McDadeDisclaimer – all information provided is for educational and entertainment purposes only and is in no way meant to replace individual medical and nutrition recommendationsSupport the showThanks for listening! Follow me on Instagram and Facebook (@eatforendurance).

Want to get in touch? Send Claire a message!Welcome to Episode 77 of the Eat for Endurance Podcast, featuring Betsi Flint, a professional beach volleyball player on Team USA. Betsi is a 6-time Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) Champion and holds a number of other awards and accolades, including gold and silver medals at several International Volleyball Federation games. She is currently training for the 2024 Paris Olympics and is ranked 9th in the world, after her recent 9th place finish at World Champs! She also has a 2-year old daughter, who joined us a few times throughout the episode, because toddlers definitely don’t care about podcast recordings or locked doors, which is totally fine. I’ve been there myself many times!Betsi and I chat about her nutrition experiences as an athlete training for the Olympics, and the steps she has taken to balance her career and professional dreams with motherhood. We also explore how her nutrition has evolved since she was a younger athlete, including overcoming a period of restrictive, rigid eating behaviors in favor of the more flexible and fully fueled approach she follows today.I hope you enjoy this one and for my fellow busy parent athletes out there, I think you’ll find our discussion helpful and relatable.Links & Resources:Betsi’s Website: https://betsiflint.com/Follow Betsi on InstagramAnnouncements:Please show your support by subscribing to the show, giving it a 5 star rating and review, and sharing it with your friends!If you can afford to support the show financially, please visit my Patreon page You can also buy my new merch, including a BOCO gear trucker hat + sticker You can also shop my Amazon storefront or use this affiliate homepage link to do your usual Amazon shoppingMusic Credit: Joseph McDadeHave nutrition questions, a guest or topic request, or any other feedback? Email me - claire@eatforendurance.comDisclaimer – all information provided is for educational and entertainment purposes only and is in no way meant to replace individual medical and nutrition recommendationsSupport the showThanks for listening! Follow me on Instagram and Facebook (@eatforendurance).