429: Jillian Tholen & Alex Larson - Have Fun with Your Food
C Tolle Run
C Tolle Run
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🗓️ 19 February 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
We hope you're hungry for a conversation about nutrients! Today we’re joined by experts Jillian Tholen and Alex Larson to break down what athletes actually need to know about fueling their bodies. We cover building a balanced plate for best performance (protein, carbs, fats, yes, all of them) and we get tips for how to keep it simple in the kitchen. Carrie tackles the hot-button topics head-on, including when to fuel, adapting as we age, and athletes using GLP-1s, what they are, why they matter, and how to approach them safely and responsibly. As endurance athletes, Jillian and Alex explain the value of working with a dietitian and how their athletic experience enhances their professional expertise. Add in rapid-fire Q&A to answer your biggest nutrition questions, and you’ve got an episode packed with practical tips to help you fuel smarter for your next adventure.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, I'm Olympian Kerry Tellfson and welcome to the C-Taly Run podcast. |
| 0:11.2 | This week on C-Taly Run, I have Jillian Tholan and Alex Larson, both registered dietitians. |
| 0:16.8 | They're both moms, both endurance athletes, and both awesome individuals trying to get the best out of all of us. |
| 0:22.4 | In this episode, we just have a bunch of fun. |
| 0:24.9 | Learning about fueling, what and when to eat, the stages of life and how our fuel needs to adapt, |
| 0:30.9 | food prep, race prep, and how they manage it all being full-time dietitians, but also moms and athletes. |
| 0:36.6 | So let's get after it. |
| 0:38.8 | Hi, friends. How are you guys doing? We're good. Hi, Carrie. I'm so excited to have two |
| 0:46.9 | my favorite, well, dietitians, but also just like humans in the same space here on my podcast. |
| 0:57.0 | It's so fun to have you both. So thank you for taking time. I'm going to start with you, Jillian, as a dietitian, and I have already done your intro and |
| 1:03.0 | things like that on the pod. So, but as a dietitian, like, I just got to like figure out what |
| 1:09.3 | you had for breakfast today. Let's just hit. Let's just start. Let's start the day. It's early. And you and I have talked at length about this while we're on our walks with our puppies or, you know, with the babies, whatever. But, you know, you've always said this is important. So let's talk about what you had to eat today. So at this point in my life, I do breakfast kind of, it's kind of weird. |
| 1:29.7 | I do two breakfast, which I wouldn't say that second breakfast is ever a weird thing necessarily, |
| 1:34.4 | but with our current life phase, I have to get up before my child. |
| 1:38.8 | So I will wake up at like 5.30 and eat cereal and just have my time to chill. |
| 1:45.9 | And then I usually have a second breakfast after I take him to school. |
| 1:48.1 | So this morning, what did I have? |
| 1:49.8 | What did I have? |
| 1:51.1 | I had Quaker oatmeal squares with milk. |
| 1:54.0 | Oh? |
| 1:54.9 | And so I love cereal. |
| 1:56.4 | I've been very into it ever since I was pregnant. |
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