What I love about teaching you know about for runners is you have a community of like-minded people right so I'm able to talk right to those people what they're thinking what they're doing because I have the same thing in my head going on so it's great

Welcome to the Runners Connect, Run to the Top Podcast, where it's all about learning from the best minds in the sport

so you can train smarter, stay healthy, and run faster now.

And now your host, Tina Muir.

Hello, this is Tina Muir.

Thanks again for taking the time to tune in to the latest episode of the Ranners Connect runs the top

podcast. I have lots of changes coming to the podcast which I'm going to explain more about

after the interview. I'm excited to share with you and hear what you think.

But if you've already listened to previous episodes,

remember I would really appreciate it if you could go give us a review

or help me fill out the survey to know what you want at runners connect.

net forward slash listen. I have a great survey I'll explain more about it after the

interview. So last week we had an absolutely amazing interview with Dr. James Marks and we talked about something

that's critical to performance, which is sleep.

If you missed it, make sure you go back and take a lesson. It was a real eye-opener episode. So on to today, we tend to put ourselves into buckets. I'm a runner, I'm a cyclist, I'm a rower, but often we don't fit so nicely into those buckets.

My guest today talks about the importance of yoga in our routine as a runner.

Yes, it is possible to be a yogi and a runner, and it may just help us feel better and run faster,

which is something we all want, right?

So, my guest today is Kara Gilman.

She was the 2013 Best of competitor yoga instructor. She's been featured in Boston

magazine and Bost L L L N. O. She's the L L Lululleiman and Newton running ambassador and she's the

essential water hydration specialist. So today Kara and I are going to talk about

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