On today's run to the top podcast.

As far as I can tell from the research, there's not a whole lot of difference

between being 100% plant-based and being 80 or 90 percent plant-based.

As long as the vast majority of your calories are coming from whole nutritious plant foods,

you're going to be doing okay.

Welcome to the Run to the Top Podcast from Runners Connect,

where it's all about learning from the best and most inspiring minds in the sport.

Together, we can train a smarter, healthier, and faster running community.

Now here's your host, Stephanie Kay Atwood.

Welcome, this is Stephanie K Atwood, Boston Marathon Qualifier, Coach, and host for the

Wren to the Top Podcast.

On today's podcast, our guest is Claire Bartholik,

258 marathoner, Masters Athlete,

and Coach for Runners Connect.

Claire started running simply to get in better shape.

For her high school reunion, I hear, I want to hear a little more about that story,

the reunion came and went and she just kept running. She finished her first marathon at age 38 in a respectable

402 and knew she had found her passion. She became a student of the marathon and successfully shaped more than an hour off of her marathon time,

eventually becoming a coach herself with Runners Connect. Today she shares the lessons and tools that she has learned with the athletes she coaches.

Claire credits her success not only to great coaching, but to her whole foods plant-based diet.

Eating simple yet nutritionally packed foods keeps Claire

fueled for hard workouts and her busy family life. Let's learn more about how all

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