S2 EP12 - Conversations with Coaches: Jennifer Giles (@jenngileseat4sports)

Table will feature conversations with different female run coaches. In this episode, Stephanie talks with coach Jennifer Giles about how she marries sports nutrition with run coaching and the importance of education in the coach-athlete relationship. Enjoy our conversation and thanks for listening. About Stephanie: Stephanie is an RRCA (Road Runner’s Club of America) and McMillan Running certified running coach with over 10 years of running experience. Additionally, Stephanie is a yoga teacher with advanced certifications in yoga for athletes, Yoga For All, and Empowered Wisdom Yoga Nidra. Stephanie believes that to be a runner is to believe in your possibility as a human through movement. Her favorite running distance is the half marathon (13.1 miles/21 kilometers). www.instagram.com/thecookierunner/ www.thecookierunner.net About Jennifer O'Donnell-Giles MS RDN CSSD: Board Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics, Speaker, Writer, Adjunct Professor, Exercise Physiologist, Triathlon Coach and RRCA Running Coach Jennifer is the owner for EAT4SPORT, a private practice dedicated to athletes, parents and coaches with the mission of using nutrition to make the best, fastest, strongest and healthiest athletes we possibly can. In the past 24 years of owning her private practice she has worked with thousands of athletes across all sports, of all abilities and all ages to help them reach their individual goals. She sits on the USOC (United States Olympic Committee) dietitian registry and works with Olympic hopefuls, NCAA Student-Athletes, Prep School Athletes, Adult Athletes and Youth Athletes.  Jennifer also writes for publications, speaks to teams, and consults with schools and recreation facilities. She is an author, and a freelance writer, a faculty member of MySportsRD.com and an adjunct professor at Columbia University -her Alma Mater. Jennifer’s background is unique in that she was a youth athlete (swimmer and softball player) turned adult athlete (runner, open water swimmer and triathlete) who married an athlete (runner and triathlete) and is now the mother of four teenage athletes (Swimmers, hockey players and lacrosse players). In other words she knows the expectations of all moving parts for athletics - coaches, parents, sports organizations as well as athletes’ own expectations. www.instagram.com/JennGilesEat4Sport www.jenngilesrd.com SIMPLE MEAL AND SNACK IDEAS FOR ATHLETES: https://www.jenngilesrd.com/Simple-Meal-and-Snack-Ideas-for-Athletes