Run Farther & Faster — The Podcast with Coaches Lisa Levin and Julie Sapper

Fueling properly is essential for runners of all ages, but nutritional needs can become more complicated as we age, pursue ambitious performance goals, and navigate changes in body composition.

In this episode, we welcome Alex Larson, a registered dietitian nutritionist, avid triathlete, and mom. Alex shares how runners can optimize their nutrition to support both performance and long-term health.

We explore the unique fueling challenges facing masters runners, including age-related changes in body composition and how to balance performance goals with nutritional needs. We also tackle the growing use of GLP-1 medications among athletes, including their potential impact on training, racing, and adequate fueling.

Alex also shares practical nutrition strategies for runners of all ages, including how to fuel long runs and marathons when consuming 60 or more grams of carbohydrates per hour becomes challenging.

How to connect with Alex:

https://alexlarsonnutrition.com

IG: @alexlarsonnutrition

FB: https://www.facebook.com/alexlarsonnutrition

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This week, we talk with Jennifer Conroyd, the founder of Fluid Running, a deep-water running fitness company, offering group classes in the western suburbs of Chicago and an app-based system available internationally. Jennifer created Fluid Running after she sustained an injury while training for the Chicago Marathon. Six weeks before the race, she trained exclusively in the pool and ran a Boston qualifer.

Jennifer, an 18-time Boston Marathon qualifier and an Ironman finisher, is passionate about helping folks pool run while injured and while healthy. She shares how pool running has helped countless runners, including many of our runners, maintain and improve their endurance.

Jennifer holds several health and fitness certifications and has a BS from Miami University in Ohio.

Use the CODE RUNFARFAST to obtain two free Fluid Running workouts with the purchase of a Fluid Running system. ($40 value).

Connect with Jennifer Conroyd: 

Website: www.fluidrunning.com. 

Instagram: @FluidRunning 

Facebook: @FluidRunning 

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The Chicago Marathon is looking a little warm this weekend, so we recorded an episode with some guidance for all who are running Chicago or other warm marathons this fall.

After discussing some exciting news, including updates on Comrades and the Boston Marathon, Lisa recaps her incredible performance at the 2026 Clarence DeMar Marathon. Spoiler alert-she ran a 3:05 after a summer of easy running in record heat.

Lisa recaps the highs and lows of the weekend, along with how she trained and prepared to run one of her fastest marathons to date.

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Check out Dr. Mitchell Greene’s new three-part Courage Over Confidence for Runners course.

The course is $150, and Run Farther & Faster listeners can receive 10% off with code RFF10.

Courage Over Confidence for Runners | Greenepsych

When is quitting actually the smart choice?

Inspired by New York Times journalist Lindsay Crouse’s new book, The Case for Quitting, we’re talking about something runners often have a hard time doing: knowing when to stop, change course, or as we prefer to call it…pivot.

As runners, we’re taught to be persistent. We celebrate grit, consistency, and pushing through when things get hard. But there are times when continuing with a training plan, workout, race, or specific goal is no longer serving us—and recognizing that isn’t weakness. It can be a sign of good judgment.

In this episode, we discuss the mental, environmental, and health factors that may signal it’s time to pivot in training and racing.

There’s no shame in quitting. And there’s a lot of power in knowing when to pivot.

We are so excited to welcome sports psychologist Dr. Mitchell Greene to talk about the fears we see all the time in runners and, more importantly, how we can learn to work with those fears rather than allowing them to control our training and racing.

We’re diving into some of the biggest fears runners face and how to distinguish between being appropriately cautious and being controlled by fear, and why confidence isn't necessarily the absence of fear.

Dr. Greene shares practical strategies runners can use to keep fear from dictating their decisions and explains why courage—not confidence—is often what allows us to move forward when we're uncertain, nervous, or doubtful.

Check out Mitch’s new three-part Courage Over Confidence for Runners course.

The course is $150, and Run Farther & Faster listeners can receive 10% off with code RFF10.

Courage Over Confidence for Runners | Greenepsych

You’ve put in the work. The workouts are clicking, your paces are feeling easier, the weather is cooperating, and suddenly you’re wondering if you can do more, should be running more, and/or should be running faster.

In Episode 290, we discuss how to protect a solid training cycle all the way to the start line. When training is going well, it can be just as easy to get derailed by emotion as when things are not going as smoothly.

Feeling strong can lead runners to push paces, add mileage, squeeze in extra workouts, constantly test their fitness, or decide that their training plan is holding them back.

We’re breaking down how to use the positive feedback from a strong training cycle without letting it tempt you into doing too much, and why feeling good is often evidence that your plan is working, not evidence that you need to do more.

As we publish this today, August 21st, we are experiencing the first sub 70 degree morning since June. The summer of 2026 has been ridiculously steamy for so many of us around the world, and our running feels tough as a result.

In this episode, we provide ten science-based reasons why your slow, sweaty, and uncomfortable summer runs are serving you well for fall. We also discuss how to optimize your easy days and your speed work to ensure you’re getting the right training stimulus on a particular day.

We hope when listening to this episode you are enjoying some cooler temperatures!

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You’ve had a great training cycle…until taper. Your legs feel heavy. You feel a pain you never felt before in your training. You wonder if you will be able to achieve your goal.

In this second episode of a two-part series, we’re tackling the most common sources of runner anxiety that arise before, during, and after a race and sharing how we help athletes separate normal racing stress from legitimate concerns.

We hope that this episode will give you practical strategies to manage the mental side of racing and build confidence in your process.

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You’ve had a great training cycle…until that one bad workout. Your legs feel heavy. Your Garmin tells you you’re “unproductive.” You miss a few runs, head out on vacation, or start comparing your mileage to everyone else’s, and suddenly you’re questioning everything.

In this first episode of a two-part series, we’re tackling the most common sources of runner anxiety that arise during a training cycle and sharing how we help athletes separate normal training stress from legitimate concerns.

We hope that this episode will give you practical strategies to manage the mental side of training and build confidence in your process.

Join us next week for Part 2, when we tackle the anxieties that show up as race day gets closer.

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