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Today’s guest is 39-year-old Rachel Hannah, the newly crowned 2025 Canadian Marathon Champion from the Toronto Waterfront Marathon. Rachel is a six-time national champion, PanAm Games bronze medallist, Registered Dietitian, and Sports Nutrition Consultant for Maurten. 

In this episode, we talk about how she’s running some of her best performances nearly a decade after setting most of her PBs, the role proper fueling has played in staying healthy after past bone stress injuries, and how she’s trained her gut to handle 80+ grams of carbs per hour on race day. Rachel also shares common nutrition mistakes she sees in runners, practical guidelines for everyday athletes, and mindset strategies she leans on when racing gets tough.

Rachel is now preparing to chase a new personal best at The Marathon Project on December 21st in Arizona.

Topics We Cover:

• Winning the 2025 Canadian Marathon Championships
• Gut training & carb targets for marathoners
• Avoiding under-fueling and RED-S
• Mindset and self-talk under pressure

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• Instagram: @rachelhannahrd
• Website: https://rachelhannahrd.com/

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