The Passionate Runner

Amanda Brooks is a renowned running coach for middle-of-the-pack runners and founder of one of the top running blogs out there, Run To The Finish. As a certified running coach and personal trainer, she’s helped thousands of runners over the last ten years run over 26,000 miles and believes running is more important now more than ever. Today, we learn why Amanda decided to be a trailblazer in the running blogosphere, launching one of the first ever blogs about running. She provides tips for staying injury-free, training healthy and celebrating all goals, big and small.

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01:15 – Whitney Heins introduces today’s guest, Amanda Brooks, who joins the show to share her passion for writing and how she turned blogging into a career

11:33 – How Amanda fell in love with running

13:31 – Catering to middle-of-the-pack runners

18:15 – Enjoying the process and celebrating the little moments

24:23 – Amanda speaks to redefining what a ‘runner’ is

27:50 – Advice Amanda would give to new runners who are struggling with being consistent

32:25 – Why strength training is critical for runners and other best practices for staying healthy

37:17 – Common mistakes most runners make and common myths about running

41:19 – What the future holds for Amanda as she enters her forties

44:23 – How Amanda winded up in Colorado

45:33 – Whitney thanks Amanda for joining the show and lets listeners know where they can connect with her

“Even as a little kid, I wanted to be a writer. I wrote stories and took them into my teachers like not homework, just stories...I just knew I wanted to write.” (07:20)

“A lot of people who started a blog and wanted it to be a business immediately had no business experience. Whereas, I had ten years of leading Fortune 500 companies through projects. So, I immediately was able to respond to businesses like I was a business, and I think that shifted a lot of things.” (11:04)

“I think for a lot of people it’s a process of ‘go for the goal,’ and then have a season where you’re just running and enjoying your fitness and then go for a goal. Too often we just go from goal to goal to goal to goal. And that’s where I see a lot of the burnout and the frustration.” (18:15)

“You don’t have to run. There are ways to be healthy, and happy, and fit. But if you want to run, go to a race and look at the people crossing the finish line. They are every size, every age, every gender. If you want to run, this is one hundred percent doable.” (25:01)

“Oftentimes, it’s coming back to your ‘why.’ Pace is not your why. It’s not what makes you show up. It’s not why you started running. And then, it really is thinking about what actually brings you joy on your runs?” (36:16)

Whitney’s LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/whitney-heins-02ba3b5

The Mother Runners Club – https://www.themotherrunners.com/

Amanda’s LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/amandabrooksmclatchie/

Run To The Finish – https://www.runtothefinish.com/

Run To The Finish Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/RunToTheFinish/

Run To The Finish Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/runtothefinish/

Run To The Finish Pinterest – https://www.pinterest.com/runtothefinish/

Run To The Finish Twitter – https://twitter.com/runtothefinish

Run To The Finish YouTube Channel – https://www.youtube.com/runtothefinish

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Board-certified behavior analyst and sleep expert, Nicole Shallow joins the show to discuss why sleep is so crucial, especially for athletes and mother runners. From her own experience with struggling with sleep from early childhood, Nicole realized that knowledge is power. Through learning about sleep science, what is sleep, and how our behaviors impact our ability to sleep soundly, she was able to transform her own mental and physical health. Today, Nicole shares her passion so that others can take back the night and conquer their days. Nicole breaks down the anatomy of a sleep cycle and provides tips and best practices for optimizing sleep.

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01:04 – Whitney Heins introduces today’s guest, Nicole Shallow, who joins the show to share her struggles with sleeping and how she was able to fix her sleep and transform her mental and physical health

09:01 – How the Technology Age has impacted our sleep

11:31 – Why sleep is so important, especially to athletes

14:40 – The anatomy of a sleep cycle

20:04 – Best practices for improving quality of sleep and disruptive sleep habits to avoid

26:02 – Sleep and running

35:04 – Benefits of napping

38:03 – Weaning off sleep aides

40:49 – How to know if you are not getting enough sleep

46:23 – Whitney thanks Nicole for joining the show and lets listeners know where they can connect with her

“The Technology Age really has impacted sleep for everybody. And the research is pretty pronounced on that where, especially in teens and children, they’re learning to soothe using technology.” (09:02)

“When we sleep, all of the healing happens, both mentally and physically. And the research is unable to find any system in the body that doesn’t benefit from this. Hormone balance, muscle repair and growth, mental health and managing thoughts and emotions, and problem solving. All of these things happen while we sleep.” (12:07)

“Your REM sleep is so important for emotional regulation, storing memories, and a lot of your mental health side of things too.” (16:42)

“It is figuring out what your body needs. So, if you ask yourself, ‘Am I getting injured? Am I getting sick? Are these things happening to me? Why can I never get ahead or move forward in my running?’ Maybe it is taking a look at the sleep and seeing if you can improve the quality of the sleep that you’re getting. Sometimes it’s not even about quantity; it’s the quality.” (19:29)

“Alcohol actually limits your REM sleep as well as your deep sleep. So, your sleep is sedated. You’ve effectively sedated yourself into sleep, because that’s what alcohol is, it’s a sedative. And you’re not going to achieve those same quality deep restorative sleep. You’re not gonna spend that much time there. And then same with REM sleep; you’re not gonna get much of it. That’s why sometimes if your body is processing it overnight, you get kicked out of REM sleep.” (24:37)

“Sleep begets sleep. So, the more sleep that we get, the more sleep that we want. So once kids start sleeping through a couple of those wakings - and it’s not conscious - their bodies want more of that.” (33:26)

Whitney’s LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/whitney-heins-02ba3b5

The Mother Runners Club – https://www.themotherrunners.com/

Nicole’s Website – https://www.yourbehaviourgal.com/

Nicole’s LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoleshallow/?originalSubdomain=ca

Nicole’s Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/yourbehaviourgal/?hl=en

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Mary Cates is a running coach, an ultra-Marathoner, and cancer survivor. Mary has been working with athletes since 2013 and coaches every distance from beginner to ultramarathon as well as multi-sport endurance athletes including Sprint, Olympic and Ironman Tri's. Mary’s motto is simple, but it takes a long time to embrace: brain before legs. Training the body is great but to get to the next level, you've got to dig inside. Today, Whitney and Mary reflect on how training and running expectations change as you get into your forties and beyond. Mary opens up about her battle with a rare type of brain cancer and how her journey has kept her as motivated as ever to continue doing what she loves: running.

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01:17 – Whitney Heins introduces today’s guest, Mary Cates, who joins the show to share her inspiring story

09:16 – Mary opens up about her diagnosis and battle with a rare brain cancer

13:42 – Staying in the moment and the decision to pursue Ultra Running

19:19 – Training tips for running into your forties and beyond

25:43 – Strength-training and dieting

31:55 – Setting expectations, patience and Race Day

36:14 – What keeps Mary passionate about running

38:33 – Whitney thanks Mary for joining the show and lets listeners know where to follow her

“I think that first time around, when I came through it [battling cancer], I sorta thought I was tougher. I’m tough, I got through that. But then the second time it was so humbling that it just changed my perspective on everything. Looking back it made me a better coach.” (10:23)

“Running is the thing that helped to remind me that I’m me and not ‘Mary the cancer patient.’ It let me just block out all that other stuff even when I could only run a mile. It gave me the ability to be me. I completely lost the feeling that I was anything but this patient. But when I ran, I remembered, ‘Oh yeah, you’re more than that.’ We get really in it with our training. It’s such a gift. It is the thing that allows you to take a break from the rest of the world.” (12:20)

“When you’re forty and over, you can’t hide from it. And you end up just digging this hole and it’s so hard to get out of. For me, the biggest thing is just making sure my easy runs are actually easy runs. That’s a huge thing for me, for sure.” (20:57)

“I eat a lot of food. And I think that’s probably also - again knock on wood - one of the reasons I stay relatively healthy. I’m not in the camp of limiting too many things.” (28:50)

“Races, to me, are the celebration of the life that you’ve had of running. Especially if you’ve been doing it as long as we’ve been doing it. I think Race Day is really a different thing. Anything can happen on Race Day.” (32:24)

Whitney’s LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/whitney-heins-02ba3b5

The Mother Runners Club – https://www.themotherrunners.com/

Unrunning Website – http://unrunning.com/

Mary’s Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/un_running/?hl=en

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Gina Rouse has over 20 years of experience at the highest levels of the running world. As a competitive athlete, she first met success at the scholastic level as a state champion and parlayed that success into a college scholarship to the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga where she became a Southern Conference runner of the year. Gina has continued her success into adulthood, after beginning a family, where she has continued to craft and update her pursuit of the highest levels of achievement as a runner. Today, Whitney and Gina reflect on Gina’s achievements as a runner, why she needed to step away from running, and what keeps her inspired to chase big goals in her forties.

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01:17 – Whitney Heins introduces today’s guest, Gina Rouse, who joins the show to share her running origin story, her collegiate career and how she overcame an eating disorder

19:14 – A return to competitive running and becoming a mother

22:29 – How Gina met her husband, a shared bond, and delicate communication

31:04 – A gritty mentality and the capacity to dig deep

35:31 – Being comfortable being uncomfortable

39:55 – Turning forty and overcoming mental doubts

48:00 – Whitney thanks Gina for joining the show and lets listeners know where to follow her

“After college I really just needed to have some time to step away from the sport and not be so identified with eating, sleeping, and breathing, running track and cross country.” (11:45)

“For a good long while in the recovery process, measuring and focusing on what I was asked to do as far as I need to have this much protein, fat, and carbs. It was something I could focus on, but it was a healthy focus.” (13:06)

“It has been the most beautiful unraveling of all of that tightly wound part of me. Having three daughters has just broken that down in a great way. It’s so uncomfortable at times because I want so badly for all the ducks to be in a row, but it’s so wonderful that God uses the kids to help us get over ourselves.” (20:40)

“Matt has really taken the back burner with a lot of his training over the last few years, especially with the last Olympic Trials. That whole year before the Olympic Trials, he really backed off on his goals in a concerted effort to allow me the extra time to do what I felt like I needed to do to prepare. That’s a huge sacrifice on his part and I hope to be able to give him that time and space too.” (29:39)

“I’ve always had this drive, as soon as I started cross country, to be the best. And to be the best, I’ve got to see what they’re doing and do it.” (32:37)

“It is wise of us to be a lot smarter about training. I don’t quite train as hard as I did even just a couple of years ago. And while that’s difficult to mentally come to terms with, when you feel better physically and you’re not on the verge of overtraining, then I think we can still get a lot out of our systems even at a more mature age.” (43:53)

Whitney’s LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/whitney-heins-02ba3b5

The Mother Runners Club – https://www.themotherrunners.com/

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Liz Fanco has an amazing story of transformation, determination, and passion. After having eight kids and losing more than 100 pounds, Liz found a passion for running that she never thought possible. She is an ‘MOM’ (mother of many) and today she joins the show to share herstory of weight loss, sustainable lifestyle change, being a multi-sport athlete and running for a cause.

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01:11 – Whitney Heins introduces today’s guest, Elizabeth Fanco, who joins the show to talk about her experience raising eight kids on a farm and her passion for running races journey of transformation

10:42 – Liz’s running origin story and how she went from hating running less to loving it

24:30 – How Liz learned to prioritize herself

32:39 – Inspiring others to run

36:08 – Whitney thanks Liz for joining the show and lets listeners know where to follow her

37:37 – Liz’s upcoming races and big goals she’s set for herself this year

“It’s the most mom thing ever to have my quiet place be in the car.” (02:53)

“It’s been awesome to be able to use my gifts and my passions to help other people. It’s one of those, ‘Find a job that you love and you’ll never work a day in your life.’ And I love working on races. I love helping put them together. I love planning them. Race day and the day before races are so energizing for me.” (09:55)

“I was so worried that the running community was going to look at me and be like, ‘Yeah, you don’t fit here. You can go sit in your car and write a check.’ But they weren’t. Runners are so welcoming and that was amazing to me.” (14:36)

“When you go from ‘I could never’ to ‘I just did’ the world opens up for you because all of a sudden you realize that you are actually capable of more than you thought you could do.” (15:09)

“Especially as a mom, carving out time for yourself is really difficult. And, I tell people a huge part of the transformation this year was the fact that Todd carved out time and showed me that I needed to prioritize myself. I’m a better mom when I prioritize myself. I’m a better wife when I prioritize myself.” (24:30)

“I found my passion. I have a passion for clean water. I have a passion for World Vision. And that’s what got me into running. I feel like this is who I was created to be and it is such a cool feeling to experience that and to have found that at this point in my life.” (30:01)

Whitney’s LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/whitney-heins-02ba3b5

The Mother Runners Club – https://www.themotherrunners.com/

Liz’s Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/running_l8ter/

Liz’s Feature on The Today Show – https://www.today.com/health/diet-fitness/mom-loses-100-pounds-1-year-runs-nyc-marathon-rcna8769

Tris4Health – https://tris4health.com/

Team World Vision – https://www.teamworldvision.org/

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Carolyn Su has established herself in the world of running as a resource, inspiration, and advocate for change. Carolyn is the creator of DiverseWeRun, an Instagram page that amplifies the stories of Black, Indiginous, People of Color (BIPOC) runners and advocates for racial representation, equity and inclusion in the running community. Today, Whitney and Carolyn discuss activism, Carolyn’s struggles with mental and physical health, and her mission to empower others to show up fully as themselves in all aspects of life.

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00:52 – Whitney Heins introduces today’s guest, Carolyn Su, who joins the show to talk about the launch of her upcoming podcast, For the Love of The Run

11:35 – Carolyn gets vulnerable to discuss her running origin story and shares how she overcame mental and physical health challenges

18:47 – Discovering your value and worth outside of your running goals

23:45 – Surgery, COVID and training for a comeback marathon

34:20 – The inspiration to launch, DiverseWeRun

39:16 – How building relationships can foster diversity and inclusion

48:01 – What keeps Carolyn passionate about running

50:02 – Whitney thanks Carolyn for joining the show and lets listeners know where to follow her

“My sense of worth and my place in life as a person - my identity essentially - was really based on a lot of external standards that I had bought into. So, at that time, running was more of a tool and a mechanism to reach and meet those standards.” (16:22)

“I have to, once again, revisit what is true about who I am, about my worth, my purpose in life and what is actually valuable in the big scheme of things - what actually matters. You know, I feel like it’s a continuous journey.” (21:55)

“Right now, I am in a place where I just want to make sure I can go out for easy runs with my heart rate where it’s supposed to be. And then after that we can look into other races. I am registered for the Chicago Marathon in October.” (31:10)

“Every week, I write a feature on an athlete who is a person of color. The whole platform highlights and amplifies our stories and shares how a person’s cultural background and race really impacts our entry into running as well as our experience in the sport, even now as we continue to show up.” (34:38)

“Ultimately, I think what is important is that all of us approach things with a desire to understand and to get to know the person, whomever it is that you’re interacting with. And building relationships with people takes time.” (40:33)

Whitney’s LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/whitney-heins-02ba3b5

The Mother Runners Club – https://www.themotherrunners.com/

Carolyn’s Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/irunfortheglory/

Diverse We Run Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/diversewerun/

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Michelle Baxter is a mother of two who lives and trains in Anchorage, Alaska. Michelle became obsessed with running at age ten and, almost thirty years later, she’s still setting PRs, coaching others in their running goals, and she finally achieved her dream of running a sub 3 marathon in 2021. Today, Whitney and Michelle talk about how Michelle stays motivated to train in the cold and dark climate of Alaska, the nutrition hacks that helped her achieve her goals, and how she’s been able to balance being a mother with continuing to improve as a runner.

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00:53 – Whitney Heins introduces today’s guest, Michelle Baxter, who joins the show to talk about her running journey, what brought her to Alaska and the difficulty of training in such a cold and dark climate

16:01 – What helps Michelle remain mentally strong during strenuous workouts and recalling the tragedy of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing

21:57 – Michelle reflects on how she balances pushing herself and giving herself breaks as she coaches herself

24:27 – What it took to achieve the Sub-3 Dream

28:21 – Running the California International Marathon

36:56 – What keeps Michelle motivated as a mother runner

42:41 – A wave of emotions after finally achieving her goal of a sub-3 marathon

46:29 – The Faster as a Mom Club

51:01 – Battling the feeling of being tired and the importance of sleep and recovery

55:00 – Whitney thanks Michelle for joining the show and lets listeners know where to follow her

“People say it’s manic-depressive. It’s depressing during the winter and manic during the summer just because you try to cram everything in in those three months. Whether it’s hiking, fishing, camping, all of those things we try to cram in during a very short period of time.” (10:55)

“I think college is when I realized how much I enjoyed it. It was my social time of the day and I realized how much I actually liked the activity of running.” (13:03)

“Your biggest cheerleader is your past self. Nobody’s cheering for you more than your past self. When I think back to myself as a college athlete, I was below average. So now to see the progress that I’ve been able to make over those fifteen years, it’s really cool. Even that motivates me to keep going and see how much faster I can get.” (40:28)

“I never thought I’d be faster after having kids. I mean I had the hope, but I didn’t know if it was possible.” (47:15)

Whitney’s LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/whitney-heins-02ba3b5

The Mother Runners Club – https://www.themotherrunners.com/

Michelle’s Website – https://www.therunnersplate.com/

Michelle’s Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/therunnersplate/

Michelle’s Pinterest – https://www.pinterest.com/therunnersplate/

The Runner’s Plate Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/therunnersplate

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Podcaster, Speaker, and Running Coach Linsey Hein joins today’s show to share her own experiences as a mother, marathoner, and coach. Lindsey discusses her podcast, I’ll Have Another, and the approach she takes to interviewing top-tier elite runners such as Lee Troop, Julie-Anne Staehli, and Heather MacLean, among others. Whitney and Lindsey talk about the importance of giving yourself grace as a runner and a parent, balancing family, work and running, and what it takes to come back from injuries.

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02:25 – Whitney Heins introduces today’s guest, Lindsey Hein, who joins the show to discuss the recent Boston Marathon, how Lindsey prepares for podcast interviews and how she overcomes nerves while interviewing elite runners

12:58 – Giving yourself grace

15:44 – Whitney and Lindsey talk about her running background and their kids

23:43 – The inspiration to launch I’ll Have Another, Lindsey’s podcasting style and how she approaches interviews

39:34 – What kind of athlete is Lindsey?

41:38 – What’s in a (podcast) name?

45:48 – Motherhood, running and coming back from injuries

57:28 – Whitney thanks Lindsey for joining the show and lets listeners know where to follow her

“I just want to make sure I’m so well prepared that I’m doing a service to my listeners so that they have an enjoyable conversation to listen to.” (10:31)

“I usually write down a bunch of facts about someone and then write down some talking points and then, depending on who it is, five or six pointed questions. Some people I don’t write any questions down. I just have the talking points like I want to make sure we hit this. It just totall depends on who they are. A coach for instance, I’m gonna be way more specific with questions written down ahead of time.” (12:04)

“I think when people are honest about the help they have it makes the rest of us feel like, ‘Ok, maybe I’m not doing X, Y, & Z, but I don’t have help here.’ And it’s really easy to compare your life to someone else’s and think, ‘Well, if she can do all these things, why can’t I?’ Nobody’s life is the exact same.” (14:23)

“This is what I’m known for. I say, ‘I’m probably just gonna do five miles,’ because that’s all I feel like doing in the moment. And then I usually tag a couple more on at the end. Famous last words, ‘I’m just gonna do five miles.’” (37:38)

“If there’s a soccer day or something like that that’s really packed with family stuff, that run is happening the day before or the day after. The run is not taking priority over work and family. I think that there’s a way to do that, it’s just figuring it out.” (50:41)

Whitney’s LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/whitney-heins-02ba3b5

The Mother Runners Club – https://www.themotherrunners.com/

Lindsey’s Website – https://lindseyhein.com/

Lindsey’s Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/lindseyhein626/?hl=en

Lindsey’s Twitter – https://twitter.com/lindseyhein

Lindsey’s Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/illhaveanotherpodcast/

Lindsey’s Portfolio of Podcasts:

Why Is Everyone Yelling? With Lindsey Hein – https://sandyboyproductions.com/why-is-everyone-yelling-podcast/

The Herban Farmacy Podcast – https://sandyboyproductions.com/herban-farmacy/

Up + Running Podcast – https://sandyboyproductions.com/up-running/

Illuminate Podcast – https://sandyboyproductions.com/illuminate-podcast/

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Amy Stephens is a NYC-based dietician who specializes in sports nutrition and diabetes. She has been featured in publications such as the New York Times , Martha Stewart Living , and The New York Post , to name a few. With over twenty years of experience, Amy is passionate about health and helping others find realistic solutions with the right, real foods. Her expertise ranges from helping everyday people with diabetes create realistic and science-based eating strategies, to elite professional athletes who are US Olympic Team contenders that approach food as part of their performance and recovery training.

Running for weight loss is generally a topic Whitney tends to steer clear of because running is so much more than losing weight. But so many people start running with that goal in mind, and today, Whitney and Amy want to help set those runners up for success so that they become hooked on this healthy lifestyle. Amy shares some of her experiences with sports nutrition and provides tips and best practices for approaching the goal of weight loss in a healthy manner. This includes recommendations on what foods to eat and which ones to avoid, how to know when you’re getting enough nutrients, and why there are no ‘good’ foods or ‘bad’ foods.

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03:48 – Whitney Heins introduces today’s guest, Amy Stephens, who joins the show to share how she got into nutrition and the work she does with elite runners

11:39 – Running for weight loss and why it’s such a tricky subject

13:22 – Two keys to running for weight loss

18:45 – Being mindful, not obsessive, over nutrition

22:51 – What a healthy plate looks like

25:10 – Quinoa, sardines and vegetables

28:50 – Signs that you are getting enough nutrients

36:01 – Caloric intake and what meals and snacks should look like on workout days

44:11 – Amy provides her thoughts on fad diets and intermittent fasting

48:34 – What keeps Amy passionate about running and what’s next for Amy

51:01 – Whitney thanks Amy for joining the show and lets listeners know where to follow her

“Running not only is a lot of work, but it’s not just about the running. It’s about eating properly and fueling your body for the runs and being a little bit more strategic and mindful about your nutrition.” (12:21)

“Diet culture tells us carbs are bad. Well, some types of carbs might not be nutrient dense. I don’t say foods are ‘good’ or ‘bad.’ I think that leads to a lot of confusion. Foods are not good or bad. They are more nutritious and less nutritious.” (18:13)

“The way to know you’re getting enough nutrients is that you have energy, you’re completing workouts and you’re feeling good.” (29:04)

“It takes thirty minutes for your hormones to start to shift and let your brain know that food is coming. So, eating more slowly. Sometimes I’ll have someone have a glass of water before their meal. Or even in between bites, have a glass of water and just think, ‘How does my body feel? Did I eat enough? Am I getting full?’ And, if you ate a plate of food and you want a second plate, wait ten minutes.” (33:59)

“Your body always wants to hold onto those calories. That’s how we’re designed. And so, if you tease it, it’s going to make it harder. Be consistent. Monday needs to look as similar to Saturday as possible.” (38:04)

“Oh there’s so many things about running that I love. I think the one thing that stands out to me is the running community. I think the people that I have come across are awesome and it’s like this subculture.” (48:37)

Whitney’s LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/whitney-heins-02ba3b5

The Mother Runners Club – https://www.themotherrunners.com/

Amy’s Website – https://www.amystephensnutrition.com/

Amy’s Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/amystephensnutrition/

Amy’s Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/AmyStephensNutrition/

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Elisabeth Scott is a multi-certified run coach and creator of Running Explained, an organization that is on a mission to turn everyone into educated, smarter, faster runners. Elisabeth is also the host of the wildly popular Running Explained Podcast, a show that answers all running questions for beginners and experts alike. From training to racing, nutrition, recovery and gear, there's always something new to learn about running.

Today, Whitney and Elisabeth talk about her inspirational running journey, going from a beginning runner who was completely sedentary to running a 4:05 marathon in just six months! Elisabeth speaks to why running became such a passion for her and what inspired her to launch Running Explained. As a new runner, she learned a lot but also made a ton of rookie mistakes. Elisabeth talks about those common mistakes as well as tips and best practices for becoming a better, faster, stronger, and more educated runner. She talks about why running can get so complicated, why running culture is so refreshing and what’s next for her and her business.

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03:00 – Whitney Heins introduces today’s guest, Elisabeth Scott, who joins the show to share her incredible running story and how running became a lifelong passion

11:00 – Elisabeth shares the story of why she started running and how it helped her overcome addiction

13:30 – Early questions Elisabeth had about running as a beginner runner and common mistakes to avoid for beginners

20:53 – A running awakening

24:15 – Running culture and the launch of The Running Explained Podcast

28:34 – How and why does running get so complicated?

31:37 – Some guidelines of running and why they are not one size fits all

34:23 – Characteristics of a smart runner

37:05 – Mistakes Elisabeth has observed from both new and experienced runners

45:49 – What’s next for Elisabeth as she expands her business

47:14 – What Elisabeth loves most about running

48:48 – Whitney thanks Elisabeth for joining the show and lets listeners know where to follow her

“That’s why I started Running Explained, because I didn’t want anybody to go through what I went through as a new runner, feeling lost and making all those mistakes.” (10:23)

“You put in the work, and you make the progress that you do, and it does get easier. You just have to be consistent about what you’re doing.” (15:45)

“Gaining those gears on your bike is really important, but what you probably don’t realize is that there is a gear that is your easy gear. There is a gear that is a low intensity running zone that a lot of runners who start like I did - running everything really hard - because that’s what they’re used to. They don’t understand the importance of slowing down when they can - when they have the fitness to - to run in that easy effort zone.” (18:18)

“I love talking about running. And once I realized that this might actually be something I could do as my job, it was awesome. So, between what I’m doing with the podcast and the Instagram account, trying to explain concepts that are running related or physiologically or emotionally related to running and coaching, I get to do what I love all day long.” (28:05)

“I think the only thing I can think of where it’s one hundred percent applicable to one hundred percent of runners is don’t overstride. Everything else is negotiable depending on what you are trying to do and who you are as an athlete.” (33:36)

“I think that’s the thing that I take the most pride in is how many people who follow me or listen to what I’m saying on the podcast reach out and say that that change in how they run - in slowing down their easy days - helped them fall in love with running again.” (46:43)

Whitney’s LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/whitney-heins-02ba3b5

The Mother Runners Club – https://www.themotherrunners.com/

Elisabeth’s Website – https://www.runningexplained.co/

Elisabeth’s Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/runningexplained/?hl=en

Elisabeth’s Podcast – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-running-explained-podcast/id1554535778

Elisabeth’s Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/runningexplained

Books Mentioned:

The Happy Runner – https://www.amazon.com/Happy-Runner-Process-Faster-Longer/dp/1492567647

80/20 Running – https://www.amazon.com/80-20-Running-Stronger-Training-ebook/dp/B00IIVFAEY

How Bad Do You Want It? – https://www.amazon.com/How-Bad-Do-You-Want-It-audiobook/dp/B01B6KWGFE/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=matt+fitzgerald+how+bad+do+you+want+it&qid=1648513311&sprefix=matt+fitzgerald+how+%2Caps%2C71&sr=8-1

The Comeback Quotient – https://www.amazon.com/Comeback-Quotient-Get-Real-Building-Fitness/dp/B08VZP4518/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1JGYLU47SDIBV&keywords=matt+fitzgerald+comeback&qid=1648513364&s=audible&sprefix=matt+fitzgerald+comeback+%2Caudible%2C61&sr=1-1

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