The Plant Fueled Podcast
Welcome to The Plant Fueled Podcast! I'm Dr. Cass Warbeck—a family medicine resident, plant-based athlete, and vegan advocate. Join me for engaging conversations with physicians, athletes, researchers, and leaders in sport performance, nutrition, and lifestyle medicine. Together, we're unlocking the keys to optimizing your health and taking your performance to new heights.
The Plant Fueled Podcast
Training: Coach Claire Bartholic | Slowing down to run faster, making hard days hard, and using plants to fuel performance
This conversation is with Coach Claire Bartholik, a certified running coach and sports nutrition specialist. She coaches vegan, plant-based, and plant-curious runners from those on a walk/run program seeking general fitness all the way up to high level athletes. She is also an athlete herself and is a multiple time Boston Marathon qualifier, state Master’s Marathon Champion and a competitive Master’s athlete.
We discuss:
- How Claire learned to love running
- What it’s like running the Boston Marathon
- Running for weight loss vs running for performance
- Being thin doesn’t equal faster
- The problem with running fasted first thing in the morning
- Importance of keeping easy runs easy
- Slow runs and Zone 2 training
- Why you need to incorporate rest days
- Limiting long runs to 3 hours or less for optimal performance
- Using speed workouts to get faster
- Why you should incorporate running strides into your easy runs
- Strength training after your hardest runs
- If treadmills should be on incline
Connect:
- Claire’s website: https://theplantedrunner.com/
- YouTube: The Planted Runner
- Instagram: @theplantedrunner
Connect with me: @casswarbeck
Resources:
Theme music: Tyler Gaudon
Audio editing and processing: Wyatt Pavlik
*Please appreciate that any information discussed is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, always seek the opinion of a physician or qualified healthcare provider*
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Connect with me: @casswarbeck
Shop Nella, The Performance Probiotic: Use code CASS10 at checkout.
Theme music: Tyler Gaudon & audio editing and processing: Wyatt Pavlik
*Please appreciate that any information discussed is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, always seek the opinion of a physician or qualified healthcare provider.*