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🚨NEW EPISODE ALERT! EPISODE #174: Fueling, Balance & Breaking Through with Pro Runner Rachael Rudel
I absolutely LOVED this conversation! Rachael is racing at the professional level, working a full-time career in tech, and having a BREAKTHROUGH year in the sport. But what really stood out to me? Her approach to getting faster hasn’t simply been DO MORE.
It’s been about training smarter, fueling MORE, recovering intentionally, trusting her coach, taking care of her mental health, and building a life where running is something she LOVES. Not her entire identity.
We get into:
* How her training changed after starting to work with Coach @mountainroche
* Why eating more, especially carbohydrates, became part of her performance journey
* Her experience with celiac disease, disordered eating, and rebuilding her relationship with food
* Balancing professional running with a full-time career
* Why stress is stress
* Mental health, identity, coaching, and community
* Why the 5K terrifies her and what she thinks about eventually tackling the marathon
Rachael’s emphasizes how your breakthrough doesn’t always come from doing more. Sometimes, it comes from giving your body what it needs to handle the work you’re asking it to do! She a part of @front.range.elite, a Fort Collins, Colorado-based elite racing team that supports competitive runners in developing their potential and competing at a high level while promoting clean sport, community involvement, and a supportive team environment. Their mission extends beyond performance, with a strong emphasis on integrity, self-belief, service, authenticity, and helping build opportunities for the next generation of elite runners!
@rachaelrudel genuinely loves this sport, and her energy is CONTAGIOUS. She is SO kind, funny, optimistic, driven, and so much fun to talk to!
I cannot WAIT to meet her in NYC around the NYC marathon weekend next month, where she’ll be racing the @nyrr Abbott 5K! LFG!
🎧 Listen to the full episode of RUNWITHALLI LIVE wherever you get your podcasts! (🔗LINK IN BIO!)
💙 There is NO PACE TOO SLOW!
👉🏻 Subscribe to @runwithallilivepodcast so you don’t miss the next episode!
📷: @felipe_guajardo
I absolutely LOVED this conversation! Rachael is racing at the professional level, working a full-time career in tech, and having a BREAKTHROUGH year in the sport. But what really stood out to me? Her approach to getting faster hasn’t simply been DO MORE.
It’s been about training smarter, fueling MORE, recovering intentionally, trusting her coach, taking care of her mental health, and building a life where running is something she LOVES. Not her entire identity.
We get into:
* How her training changed after starting to work with Coach @mountainroche
* Why eating more, especially carbohydrates, became part of her performance journey
* Her experience with celiac disease, disordered eating, and rebuilding her relationship with food
* Balancing professional running with a full-time career
* Why stress is stress
* Mental health, identity, coaching, and community
* Why the 5K terrifies her and what she thinks about eventually tackling the marathon
Rachael’s emphasizes how your breakthrough doesn’t always come from doing more. Sometimes, it comes from giving your body what it needs to handle the work you’re asking it to do! She a part of @front.range.elite, a Fort Collins, Colorado-based elite racing team that supports competitive runners in developing their potential and competing at a high level while promoting clean sport, community involvement, and a supportive team environment. Their mission extends beyond performance, with a strong emphasis on integrity, self-belief, service, authenticity, and helping build opportunities for the next generation of elite runners!
@rachaelrudel genuinely loves this sport, and her energy is CONTAGIOUS. She is SO kind, funny, optimistic, driven, and so much fun to talk to!
I cannot WAIT to meet her in NYC around the NYC marathon weekend next month, where she’ll be racing the @nyrr Abbott 5K! LFG!
🎧 Listen to the full episode of RUNWITHALLI LIVE wherever you get your podcasts! (🔗LINK IN BIO!)
💙 There is NO PACE TOO SLOW!
👉🏻 Subscribe to @runwithallilivepodcast so you don’t miss the next episode!
📷: @felipe_guajardo
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a month agoglycogo.fit
love this - Rachael is the perfect example of how proper fuel, recovery and listening to your body can slingshot you to amazing breakthroughs 🔥
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