Welcome to the Running Explain podcast. I'm Elizabeth, a marathoner, running coach, and answer seeker.

When I became a new runner at the age of 29, I had so many questions, but it felt like I was on my

own to figure all of the answers. So now I'm here to answer all your running questions to help make

you a better, smarter, faster, runner.

There's no question too simple and no topic too complex.

So let's get started.

My guest this week is registered dietitian Christy Baumann, Marathon Nutritionist on Instagram.

She is, as you might expect, a marathoner.

She is also a wife and a mother. And she went through her own journey of underfueling her training as a collegiate runner that resulted in recurring injuries and a poor relationship with food. So now as a sports dietitian who works with runners, she's on a mission to help other runners avoid hitting the wall, avoid under-fueling,

to have a healthy relationship with food, and to live their best life, well, hopefully setting some PRs along the way. Christy, welcome to the show. I'm excited to have you here.

Thank you. I am so excited to be here with you. So before we dive into our topic of the wall,

tell us a bit about yourself.

How did you become a runner and how did you become a sports dietitian?

Yeah.

So I have been running basically since seventh grade, track and field, seventh and eighth grade and then joining cross country later on in high school.

What really got me started was actually my older sister. She's six years older and loved running. And so I would

kind of do everything that she would do growing up. And so I was like, yep, I'm going to run as well.

And funny thing is, I actually really didn't like it in high school.

It wasn't until running in college and actually just like running more consistently,

that I actually started getting hooked on it and then have been running ever since.

I, in college, majored in nutrition, food and

nutrition and exercise science. Loved it, just learning about the human body and nutrition being

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