About this episode

This special episode reflects on over five years of running book reviews, discussing various aspects of nutrition and mental approaches to running.

Send us Fan Mail Here are a few of the discussion points in this episode: Focus on your protein --- Lauren Antonnuchi , High Performance Nutrition for Masters athletes Carbs are good! Fuel your training --- Renee McGregor, Fuel for Thought Enclothed Cognition is a real thing! --- Kara Goucher, Strong You can have running success as a warrior or a worrier --- Believe Journal, Lauren Fleshmann and Roisin McGettigan-Dumas Animals and care for animals can teach you some w...

People in this episode

Guests: Lauren Antonnuchi, Renee McGregor, Kara Goucher, Lauren Fleshmann, Roisin McGettigan-Dumas

Topics covered

• nutrition
• running success
• mental aspects of running
• animal care

Keywords

• protein
• carbohydrates
• fueling training
• enclothed cognition
• warrior mindset
• worry mindset

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Believe Journal

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