S6E2 - Beyond Pace: Running as a Bridge with Jennifer Giles

Welcome to season 6 of the Runner’s Round Table. This is the Beyond Pace season and features stories that capture each guest’s favorite running memory. In this episode Stephanie speaks with Jennifer Giles (@JennGilesEat4Sport) about the memory that introduced running as one of the main characters in her life. Please support this podcast with a rating, review, or a share. Until next time, don’t forget to run happy, run strong, and run true to you.To watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/KziZMtVUqyoAbout StephanieDiaz: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).https://instagram.com/thecookierunner/https://thecookierunner.netAbout Jenn Giles:Jennifer is a Sports Nutritionist, Exercise Physiologist, Writer, and Speaker. She has a double Masters Degree from Columbia University in Nutrition and Physiology. She is also an adjunct graduate school professor at her alma mater; Columbia. In addition she also happens to be a running coach and triathlon coach. Jennifer has owned her private sports nutrition practice: Eat4Sport, for the past 27 years and works with athletes in all sports and of all abilities become faster, better, stronger and healthier by optimizing their nutrition. Jenn is well accomplished athlete in her own right. She is a ten time marathon finisher (including Boston), a two time Ironman finisher and a three time Team USA Triathlete competing internationally at world championships. She has been sponsored by Rev3Triathlon, Aquaphor, Base Performance, and PowerBar. She has contributed to many publications, spoken to many organizations, been interviews on many podcasts and worked with many sports teams, athletes, parents and coaches over the years. Most recently Jennifer has written and published a Children's Book Series: Pat and Aggie’s Active Adventure Series. The goal is to inspire, engage and motivate young athletes to fuel themselves optimally and have fun moving their bodies! She has also begun a new “longevity arm” of her practice along side of her husband, Patrick (a medical doctor) where together, they support aging athletes stay strong, uninjured, healthy, lean and active. Their goal is to ensure everyone “stays in the game” for a long time to come with cutting edge therapies. 
Most importantly Jennifer is a mother of 4 very active young adults (2 hockey players and 2 competitiveswimmers) and Patrick trains and races with her as a runner/ triathlete. 
Jennifer believes that “There is an Athlete in Everyone” and with balanced training and optimal fueling guidance each athlete’s true potential can be realized.www.jenngilesrd.comhttps://instagram.com/JennGilesEat4Sport