Dr. Trent Stellingwerff is the Director of Performance Solutions / Applied Sport Research at the Canadian Sport Institute Pacific. Most importantly, he is a great guest bringing his sport nutrition and running physiology expertise to this week's Trillium Running Podcast! He speaks with host John Shep about his research, the running experiences of those at the TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon and RED-S (Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport).

Find out more about Trent Stellingwerff on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TStellingwerff

Register NOW for the Trillium Running Festival on October 29: https://raceroster.com/events/2022/64520/trillium-running-festival

Cory Freedman developed the Toronto Women's Run Series to create a safe, inclusive and welcoming space for female runners. We celebrate her and that ideal on this week's edition of the Trillium Running Podcast and dive deep into what the future of diversity and inclusion in the run space could look like.

Check out Cory on her website: https://www.maxvo2inc.com/

Learn more about Toronto Women's Run Series on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/towomens_runs/?hl=en

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Harvey Mitro is synonymous with Ontario running, so much so that he wrote a book about it! This week on the Trillium Running Podcast, Harvey and host John Shep speak about Taking Life in Stride, his book of stories about relationships, athletics, training, dogs and the lives he has touched as a lifelong runner.

Find out more about Harvey Mitro on his website: https://takinglifeinstride.ca/

Register NOW for the Trillium Running Festival: https://raceroster.com/events/2022/64520/trillium-running-festival

"I run, but I am not a runner" - Kristen Chalmers, running coach and owner of Soul Runners, and our host John Shep dissect this concept and how runners of all abiliites can embrace their identity as a RUNNER. It also is a chance to meet a wonderful, community-focused coach who embraces her identity as a business owner, coach and RUNNER.

Find her online and on Instagram.

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Trent University lent the Trillium Running Podcast one of their up-and-coming graduate students, Eric Samtleben, to discuss the power of emotional intelligence and resilience in running performance. Eric and host John Shep discuss his personal running story (it's a doozy!) and how it led him into his current research areas. There is tons to learn from his personal stories and his research, along with him being a runner with Autism.

Samtleben, E. (2022). Ultra-Running, the Upcoming Sport of the Endurance World. Journal of Multidisciplinary Research at Trent, 3(1), 138-154. Register NOW for the Trillium Running Festival. We invite you to the Trail Hub in Uxbridge, Ontario, for a running event on October 29. We have set out a 4-ish km course for our members (it is a trail run after all!) and come join us for one loop or see how many loops you can do in 2 hours or 4 hours. This is not a chip-timed event, so bring your shoes and your smiles. This will be an inclusive, fun, non-competitive, and low-cost event!

Enjoy our Q&A with Sierra and Kyle from JM Nutrition on this week's episode of the Trillium Running Podcast. We explore nutrition for 5k, 10k, marathon and ultrarunners, along with specific considerations for salty runners, masters athletes and vegans like host John Shep!

Check them out on Instagram or their website.

Register NOW for the Trillium Running Festival. We invite you to the Trail Hub in Uxbridge, Ontario, for a running event on October 29. We have set out a 4-ish km course for our members (it is a trail run after all!) and come join us for one loop or see how many loops you can do in 2 hours or 4 hours. This is not a chip-timed event, so bring your shoes and your smiles. This will be an inclusive, fun, non-competitive, and low-cost event!

Chris Balenstrini is one of the best up and coming trail and mountain athletes that London, Ontario and Canada has to offer. His life is full with love, medical school, running and coaching. Find out what makes him tick on this week's episode of the Trillium Running Podcast.

Find Chris Balenstrini on Instagram.

Register NOW for the Trillium Running Festival. We invite you to the Trail Hub in Uxbridge, Ontario, for a running event on October 29. We have set out a 4-ish km course for our members (it is a trail run after all!) and come join us for one loop or see how many loops you can do in 2 hours or 4 hours. This is not a chip-timed event, so bring your shoes and your smiles. This will be an inclusive, fun, non-competitive, and low-cost event!

We are overjoyed to highlight the wonderful Andrea Haefale, who is promoting the running community for those of all abilities through her efforts as an educator, advocate and most of all, parent, as the Mom Behind the Label. We discuss her work with the Canada Running Series, OPHEA and Holland Bloorview Hospital, along with what we all can do to live healthy and active lives.

Find Andrea on her website Mom Behind the Label or her Instagram.

Living a thoughtful life as a high performance coach, engineer and athlete - that is Dr. Sasha Gollish, world masters record holder. On the Trillium Running Podcast with host John Shep, we learn about the head, heart and body elements that keep her passionate and achieving on the road and track.

Find her on Instagram or her website.

What do you do when the pandemic got you down? Start a race company of course! This week on the Trillium Running Podcast, host John Shep speaks with Persistence Racing Race Director Neil McKay about just that(!), and about what inspires him to run and race direct. We recap his second race, London's Persistence Backyard Ultra, which saw a running battle between Canadian 100 Mile Record holder Amanda Nelson, ultrarunner Brian Bondy and former podcast guest Viktoria Brown.

Find Persistence Racing on Facebook and Instagram.