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Welcome to The Alley on the Run Show. I'm your host, Allie Feller, and every week I talk

with inspiring people who lead interesting lives on the run and beyond.

And while running is the thing that brings us all together on these episodes,

we cover more than just what happens on the run. We learn the wise behind the runs.

The decisions people have made to get where they are today and how getting sweaty has

factored in. I am very excited today to welcome returning favorite Starla Garcia back to The Alley

on the Run Show. Starla was a guest on episode 200 of the show where we talked about how she had

just qualified for the Olympic marathon trials at the Houston marathon. It was very exciting. I was

thrilled to celebrate her and she then went on to run the trials in Atlanta in February. We even

got to meet in real life down there. Literally bumped into each other at the Omni hotel and gave

each other a big big hug. Oh no, I'm reminiscing about the good old days of races and hugs and

they'll be back. So Starla is so loved in the running community in part because she's so inspiring

and fast and strong and she works so hard but also just because she's really real. They usually

hate that phrase, keeping it real or like hashtag real talk but that's just who Starla is

authentically and I love her for it. Today she is here to answer your questions. Starla is a

registered dietician and the first time she was on the show we had planned to do a whole segment

on listener Q&A. We had sourced something like 200 or 300 questions from Instagram stories

and we ended up talking for so long that we were like we'll revisit that Q&A portion of the

conversation later. And today we're revisiting so please join me in welcoming registered

dietician and Olympic marathon trials runner Starla Garcia back to the alley on the run show to talk

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