This episode is an interview with the founder of Running on Veggies, Lottie Bildirici. Lottie grew up in NYC, and as a freshman in high school was diagnosed with cancer. After finishing her treatment, Lottie was inspired to learn more about health and wellness and began getting into running and nutrition. She started the blog, Running on Veggies, which eventually turned into an Instagram. Lottie soon turned her passion into her career by cooking for elite athletes like Kara Goucher, and becoming a recipe developer which eventually led to the publishing of her cookbook, Running on Veggies. Lottie has completed a full Ironman and is a 6x marathon finisher.

In today's episode, we talk about:

• How going through cancer treatment in high school helped her to find running and nutrition
• What is was like connecting with elite runners like Kara Goucher through instagram and how that led to her becoming a live in chef while Kara trained for the Olympic Trials
• How she overcame imposter syndrome to create a thriving business, Running on Veggies, and eventually publish a cookbook
• What it was like competing in a full Iron Man triathlon 10 years to the day she was first diagnosed with cancer and how that helped her take back the power and celebrate life
• The process of developing recipes and publishing a cookbook, as well as some of her favorite recipes in her cookbook
• How she found marathoning, which led to her discovering that she has Crohn's disease due to a dropping iron level and chronic fatigue

If you would like to keep up with Lottie, you can find her on Instagram @runningonveggies, and you can also head to her website, www.runonveg.com, to find her blog, recipes, and cookbook.