Endurance Athletes Need To Eat with Rachel Rutherford

Taren's MōTTIV Method Podcast

Taren Gesell

Podcast, Triathlon, Ironman, Health & Fitness, Training, Gesell, Triathletes, Sports, Taren

4.7 • 843 Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Rachel Rutherford (aka @pocketrocketrach online) is a three-time IRONMAN competitor, including having competed at the IRONMAN World Championship in Kona. She has had to put training aside while she recovers from disordered eating which lead to RED-S syndrome (Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport) that hit a peak during her triathlon training, thanks to too much exercise and not nearly enough fuel (or the right kinds of fuel). She's been sharing her journey openly online, and wants athletes to understand how important proper fuelling for the body is when you exercise at a high level for endurance sports, and what can happen if you don't pay attention.

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0:00.0	What's up Motivators, Taryn here with NTK, no triathlon Kim, who is your host for today's podcast.
0:07.0	We are on today with Rachel Rutherford, who is on Instagram.
0:12.4	She has her own blog.
0:13.3	She has her own YouTube channel.
0:14.8	She's a very inspiring person out there having qualified for the Iron Man World Championships.
0:20.1	And recently, over the last couple of years
0:21.9	come out talking about her struggles with weight management and an eating disorder and her
0:26.7	recovery with it.
0:27.6	So I figured because it was, well, a bit of a touchy subject, especially with female body image
0:34.7	and understanding what the pressures are that females go through.
0:39.0	And really, a lot of people go through with body image and weight management.
0:43.9	I thought Kim would be a much better host than I was.
0:47.0	Well, I don't know about better, but we had a fantastic conversation.
0:50.1	Rachel is a really great person to talk to.
0:53.3	She's been through a really interesting journey and has some really great insights for not only women, but for men and how everyone who is doing in Jurance Sports really needs to make sure that they self-check and that they're doing the right things for their body to support what you're doing because you can end up in a spot like she did
1:11.3	that she didn't really see coming and it can be really, really hard to come back from. So we had a
1:16.7	really, really great chat. So many great little nuggets of wisdom from Rachel that I think could be
1:20.9	useful whether you're in endurance sports or not just to make sure that you're living in a healthy way
1:24.7	and that you are fueling and supporting your body in a way
1:27.7	that it needs to be supported. Yeah, I personally will say that I had issues with this,
1:34.1	certainly not to the extent that Rachel did, but I remember when I was racing really diligently
1:41.6	and there was a time that I was 149 pounds but since I was 12 years old
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