Watch this episode on YouTub e If you have a busy life with a stressful job and kids, training for a marathon can seem out of the question. It can be a like a part-time job and yet another thing on your to-do list. But what if marathon training could actually make your stressful life more rewarding and efficient? Welcome to the Planted Runner. I’m Coach Claire Bartholic and my mission is to help you improve your running, your mindset, and your life with science-backed training and plant-based nu...
Jul 20, 2023•42 min•Season 1Ep. 47
Watch this episode on YouTube Most people think, if you run more, you’ll lose fat. And if you’re training for a marathon, you’ll definitely be running more. Yet many people don’t lose weight. In fact, some people actually end up gaining weight when training for a marathon. Welcome to the Planted Runner. I’m Coach Claire Bartholic and my mission is to help you improve your running, your mindset, and your life with science-backed training and plant-based nutrition. In today's episode, I’m going to...
Jul 13, 2023•22 min•Season 1Ep. 46
Watch this episode on YouTube Just how much fatigue should you feel in training and when have you crossed the line? On today’s episode, I’m going to get into the science of fatigue. You’ll learn: why a certain amount of fatigue is actually important as a runner how to use fatigue to your advantage, and how to know how much is too much fatigue Welcome to the Planted Runner. I’m Coach Claire Bartholic and my mission is to help you improve your running, your mindset, and your life with science-back...
Jul 06, 2023•23 min•Season 1Ep. 45
Even to this day, most scientific studies either intentionally or unintentionally exclude women. Females are difficult to study because we have periods, fluctuating hormones, and babies. So we’re left to take the advice that works for males and assume that we’re close enough. The reality is, we’re far from it. But there is hope. Welcome to the Planted Runner. I’m Coach Claire Bartholic and my mission is to help you improve your running, your mindset, and your life with science-backed training an...
Jun 29, 2023•52 min•Season 1Ep. 44
Watch this episode on YouTube Why do we get sore? And wouldn’t it be great if we could just avoid it and still improve? Let’s explore the science of soreness. In this episode, you’ll learn: Why muscles get sore What you can do to avoid soreness, and Better ways to gauge a workout than how sore you got. Welcome to the Planted Runner. I’m Coach Claire Bartholic and my mission is to help you improve your running, your mindset, and your life with science-backed training and plant-based nutrition. Th...
Jun 22, 2023•18 min•Season 1Ep. 43
Watch this episode on YouTube What if you could fix everything that’s wrong with how you run in a single day? Sounds ridiculous, right? It could actually be true. The way you run clearly has a lot to do with your unique body and your experience, but according to some, it has a lot more to do with your brain. Welcome to the Planted Runner. I’m Coach Claire Bartholic and my mission is to help you improve your running, your mindset, and your life with science-backed training and plant-based nutriti...
Jun 15, 2023•54 min•Season 1Ep. 42
Unpopular opinion: an all-out 5k is more difficult than most marathons. Yet if you’re a marathoner, training for the 5k could just be your secret weapon to getting faster in the distance you really love. Welcome to the Planted Runner. I’m Coach Claire Bartholic and my mission is to help you improve your running, your mindset, and your life with science-backed training and plant-based nutrition. In this episode, you’ll learn: why the 5k is such a great distance for all endurance runners how to tr...
Jun 08, 2023•24 min•Season 1Ep. 41
As a child of the 80s and 90s, Lauren Fleshmen was one of the first generation of women athletes to benefit from a piece of legislation called Title IV. Signed into law in 1972, Title IV expanded on the 14th Amendment, or the Civil Rights Act. It declared that no one could be discriminated against for participating in activities that received federal funds based on their sex. While the promise of equality in sports is codified into law, the reality of high-level sports for female athletes is rar...
Jun 02, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 20
When you’re a runner, summer can be a bit of a bummer. Every run feels harder and your speed seems to evaporate instantly, unlike the massive amount of sweat dripping into your eyes and staining your clothes. The good news is that all your sweaty work this summer will pay off with faster times in the fall. Your body will learn how to cool off quicker and more efficiently bring blood and nutrients to your muscles, which will make faster running easier when the weather cools off. So how do you get...
Jun 02, 2023•23 min•Season 1Ep. 40
Watch this episode on YouTube If you run a marathon every month, this episode is not for you. While that is amazing and inspirational, this episode is for those who prioritize quality over quantity. This is for runners who love the marathon more than any other distance and want to discover how to get your very best performance, no matter what your age or natural talent. And to truly train to run your personal best marathon, year after year, you shouldn’t be running one month after month. In this...
May 18, 2023•21 min•Season 1Ep. 39
Watch this episode on YouTube Let’s face it. Our culture values youth, beauty, and in the running world, speed. We train to get faster, stronger, and to cross that finish line just a little quicker than we did last time. The good news is that if you picked up running as an adult, even at an age where you are past your biological physical prime, you can grow muscle and run faster with good training and nutrition. And you can keep improving for years, possibly even decades. But if you’ve been runn...
May 11, 2023•46 min
Watch this episode on YouTube When you are trying to improve at anything, whether it’s business, parenting, or of course, running, the first place most of us go is the internet. We search and fall down rabbit holes. We follow gurus and influencers. We look at this article and that study. And before you know it, you aren’t sure what’s truth, what’s important, and what is just plain myth. So today, we’re going to bust a few of them with strength coach and trail runner, Tera Pruett. In this episode...
May 04, 2023•42 min•Season 1Ep. 37
Watch this episode on YouTube In long distance running there are no hacks. You put in the work and it takes a long time and a lot of consistency to get better. But there actually is one thing that probably does meet the definition of a hack. It’s a simple way to get faster, to improve your running form, quicken your feet, better prepare for a race, and have some fun, all in less than 90 seconds of work? It’s a simple speed development drill that’s a staple of track and field and cross country te...
Apr 27, 2023•21 min•Season 1Ep. 36
Watch this episode on YouTube! It can be so inspiring to hear the stories of the best in the world. Runners who do superhuman things running at speeds most of us can only imagine. The only problem is that elite runners are not typically all that relatable to the rest of us. So when I had a request to interview real, every day runners, who are not professionals, I loved the idea. Because most of us are just normal people who run because it’s our passion, not our job. We have other jobs, and kids,...
Apr 20, 2023•38 min•Season 1Ep. 35
If you’ve just raced a marathon or half marathon, you know that you need to recover. But how long will that take? It’s more than your body that’s been through the experience of training and racing. Your mind, your relationships, and perhaps even your identity itself have been affected as well and need recovery. No app or GPS watch is going to be able to quantify those things in hard data. Welcome to the Planted Runner. I’m Coach Claire Bartholic and my mission is to help you improve your running...
Apr 13, 2023•20 min•Season 1Ep. 34
At no other time in your training cycle is nutrition more important than race week and of course, race day. Yes, you need to make sure you eat well throughout your entire training cycle. That means you are not restricting your food with the idea of getting down to some kind of mythical “race weight.” Instead, you’ve been fueling like an athlete, supporting your training with carbohydrates for energy, protein for muscle repair and growth, as well as including healthy fats. But the week before you...
Apr 06, 2023•18 min•Season 1Ep. 33
Des Linden is not your typical marathon champion. Instead of emulating others, Des blazes her own path. Some might say that she even prides herself on not doing things like everyone else. And when someone tells her she can’t, she figures out a way to prove she can. Des is a two time Olympian and became the first American woman in 33 years to win the Boston Marathon on a brutally cold and rainy Patriot’s Day in 2018. At age 39, she is still competing professionally and will be toeing the line at ...
Mar 30, 2023•39 min•Ep. 32
What is the difference between good, challenging training and over-exercise? After all, running for hours and hours training for long distance events is definitely far more exercise that we need to be healthy and fit. But when is it really considered over-exercise? It can happen pretty quickly when we undereat. Undereating paired with high amounts of training will start to set off alarm bells in the body. One of the first things that the body will sacrifice in women is reproductive health. In th...
Mar 23, 2023•51 min
Ask five runners what the definition of a tempo run is and you’ll probably get five different answers. Let’s clear up all the misconceptions and find out how to get the best out of your tempo runs. And to do that, we’ll have to go all the way to Norway. Welcome to the Planted Runner. I’m Coach Claire Bartholic and my mission is to help you improve your running, your mindset, and your life with science-backed training and plant-based nutrition. Today I’m going to explore the tempo run and simplif...
Mar 16, 2023•17 min
Statistically, there’s a good chance you will get injured this year. Even if you do everything right, like eating and sleeping well, and keeping up with your strength training. It can make you feel helpless when your physical and mental health as well as your identity are defined by running. But if you get through the injury process well, you might even be better off than you were before you got hurt. Welcome to the Planted Runner. I’m Coach Claire Bartholic and my mission is to help you improve...
Mar 09, 2023•51 min•Season 1Ep. 29
Pacing is hard. Wouldn’t it be great to forget about perfect pacing your next race and just follow a pace group? You’ll be led by a more experienced runner leading you to your dream finish time. Plus you’ll have a whole group of people trying for the exact same thing. You can relax, keep your eyes off your watch, and ride the pace group wave all the way to a new personal record. Or it could be a complete disaster and ruin your race… Welcome to the Planted Runner. I’m Coach Claire Bartholic and m...
Mar 02, 2023•19 min•Ep. 28
Running vacations or running retreats are back with a vengeance because runners like you and me are ready to get back together in person and share a unique experience that we will never forget. Welcome to the Planted Runner. I’m Coach Claire Bartholic and my mission is to help you improve your running, your mindset, and your life with science-backed training and plant-based nutrition. In this conversation, I’ll be talking with Sarah Bowen Shea of Another Mother Runner, who has been leading runni...
Feb 23, 2023•41 min
Struggling with speed? I’ll share my best tips on how to do it right. Today you’ll learn: How to get started with speedwork Where people often make speed training mistakes, and I’ll share My 6 best tips to make your interval training more successful and less stressful One of the great ironies of getting faster at running long distances, is that you need to run slow most of the time. Running at a conversational pace is the ideal way to become an endurance machine. The vast majority of your runnin...
Feb 16, 2023•17 min
How many pairs of running shoes are in your closet right now? No judgment and don’t worry, I won’t tell your partner the real answer. But before you go and add another pair to your collection, you’ll want to check this conversation first. Known online as @Kofuzi, Mike Ko has an incredibly popular YouTube channel , he livestreams at @kofuzirunclub most weekdays and he hosts a podcast dedicated to running. More often than not, he’s talking about running shoes. Kofuzi has become an accidental exper...
Feb 09, 2023•47 min
I am not a plant-based evangelist. I’m not here to convince anyone to do anything. But if you’ve already decided that you want more plants in your life and you’re trying to figure out how to do that and get really good at running at the same time, this is the episode you need to hear or watch on YouTube. Welcome to the Planted Runner. I’m Coach Claire Bartholic and my mission is to help you improve your running, your mindset, and your life with science-backed training and plant-based nutrition. ...
Feb 02, 2023•19 min
How did I build my way to a 2:58 marathon at age 42 with no injuries? A big part of it was strength training. If you don’t want to be one of the 50-80% of runners who gets injured this year, proper strength training can help hedge your bets. While there’s no way to 100% guarantee that you’ll be one of the lucky healthy runners, strengthening your body for running can make a big difference. Today, I’m introducing you to my strength coach, Ryan McMullen. Welcome to the Planted Runner. I’m Coach Cl...
Jan 26, 2023•49 min•Season 1Ep. 23
What if I told you there was a way to get stronger, become more mobile, lower your risk of injury, and even get faster at running? It wouldn’t take much of your time and you might even find that you actually like it. This is the promise of pilates for runners. Now before you roll your eyes at yet another thing that you have to add to your to-do list, the benefits may just be worth the investment. It might even be a way to partially replace or even entirely replace the work that you are already d...
Jan 19, 2023•47 min•Season 1Ep. 22
One of the most common and worthy goals of any marathoner is to be able to race the iconic Boston Marathon. Now that it’s January, it’s time to begin your Boston Marathon training. But did you know that training for Boston, if you want to get it right, will require you to do a few things differently? While the point-to-point race is a net downhill, terrain is tricky. Factor in the unpredictable weather and you can easily trip up in training. I’ve run the Boston Marathon in both steamy hot weathe...
Jan 12, 2023•22 min•Season 1Ep. 21
The reality of high-level sports for female athletes is that it is rarely equal, even 50 years after the passage of Title IV. And Lauren Fleshman is here to tell us why. In this episode, you’ll learn: Lauren’s incredibly vulnerable true story with all the highs and lows How Lauren stood up to Nike well before she was famous, and She’ll share her best advice for those still competing today Lauren is one of the most decorated American distance runners of all time, having won five NCAA championship...
Jan 05, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 20
What does it take to become a champion? Sure, you need to have talent, and drive, and access to the sport you want to play. But it also takes some luck right from birth. If you don’t have a supportive family with the means and desire to help you on the right path, your road is going to be a lot tougher. Gwen Jorgensen became the United States’ first Olympic gold medalist in the triathlon in 2016. But her path to Rio was not a traditional one. She went through a lot of ups and downs and she wants...
Dec 22, 2022•37 min•Season 1Ep. 19
