Latest / Eat More Carbs | A Period Recovery Podcast / 108. What to Ask Your Physician If You Think You Have REDs

Transcript

108. What to Ask Your Physician If You Think You Have REDs · Eat More Carbs | A Period Recovery Podcast

• 0:00
  Hey girlies, just a quick reminder before we dive into.
• 0:02
  Today's episode the. Information shared on this
• 0:04
  podcast is intended to be general sports nutrition advice
• 0:07
  and education related to period recovery for female athletes.
• 0:10
  This is not specific to anyone individual and it may or may not
• 0:13
  apply to your situation. If you are looking for
• 0:15
  personalized guidance, be sure to apply to our RBSN Period
• 0:18
  Recovery Nutrition Coaching program.
• 0:20
  Our four month period recovery program is designed to help you
• 0:22
  sustainably get your period back and keep it.
• 0:24
  You can apply now to get started in our program, and we'll leave
• 0:27
  the link for the program below if you're not quite ready for
• 0:29
  that one-on-one approach. That's exactly why we.
• 0:31
  Created the period recovery. Guide It's designed to support
• 0:33
  the girlies working on period. Recovery, specifically if you've
• 0:36
  lost it due to. Hypothalamic Amenorrhea.
• 0:38
  The full guide is coming soon, but you can download a free
• 0:40
  chapter right now to start your recovery journey.
• 0:42
  This is the Eat more carbs. Podcast.
• 0:49
  Hello and welcome back this. Is the more carbs?
• 0:51
  Podcast, it's Jenna here with Riley.
• 0:53
  Hello and welcome back to the More Carbs podcast.
• 0:55
  It's Jenna here with Riley. Thanks for tuning in to another
• 0:58
  episode. Today we're going to be talking
• 0:59
  about what to do if you suspect that you have Reds.
• 1:03
  If you listen to episode 104, you might be suspicious that you
• 1:07
  might be going through Reds right now, and we're going to
• 1:09
  chat a little bit about next steps and what we recommend that
• 1:12
  you do if you suspect that you have Reds.
• 1:14
  Before we get into all of that good stuff, we are going to do
• 1:16
  our high and low. So sharing just a little bit
• 1:18
  about our week, the good, maybe the parts we wish had gone a
• 1:20
  little bit differently. And then we will wrap up this
• 1:22
  episode with our training update.
• 1:24
  If you didn't know, I'm going to be running a marathon very soon
• 1:26
  here, which is kind of wild. And then Riley is going to be
• 1:29
  sharing a little bit about her journey to running New York
• 1:31
  Marathon in 2025 and what other races she has planned for her
• 1:35
  kind of training progression along the way.
• 1:37
  So before we get into it though, Riley high and low update me
• 1:40
  what's going on this week feel like it's.
• 1:42
  Pretty normal, nothing super exciting to report, but my high
• 1:45
  and my low actually have to do both with my recent trip to
• 1:48
  Costco because because I feel like Costco is like a high and a
• 1:52
  low at all in itself, right? You go and you're either gonna
• 1:55
  buy, I feel like everything or you're gonna leave with only a
• 1:58
  couple of things. Like it's just not hitting that
• 2:00
  day. And my low is they unfortunately
• 2:03
  got rid of one of the products I love.
• 2:05
  I'm hoping it's just like a demand type thing.
• 2:07
  But you know, when you like, find something at Costco that
• 2:09
  you love and then it goes away. OK.
• 2:12
  What was it they? Stopped selling fruit riot at my
• 2:15
  Costco. Oh my gosh, I hope that doesn't
• 2:17
  happen to my Costco because I found it there for the first
• 2:20
  time. I don't know what your favorite
• 2:22
  flavor is but I love the mixed Berry grapes.
• 2:25
  Like the grapes that have lots of different flavors in the
• 2:27
  package and that is the product that they stocked at our Costco.
• 2:31
  I was getting so used to being able to like pick up a bag every
• 2:34
  single week and I know this is such a first world problem but
• 2:36
  I'm so sad. No, but it's real though,
• 2:38
  especially because you're like used to doing that and it's such
• 2:41
  a great deal through Costco because you go to another place
• 2:43
  to pick up a bag of fruit, right?
• 2:45
  And it's pricey. It's not the most inexpensive
• 2:47
  food item to buy out there right now and buying it at Costco is a
• 2:50
  really cost efficient way to like include that in your
• 2:52
  fueling. I know, and it's getting warmer,
• 2:55
  so it's like a frozen sweet treat and I'm just kind of
• 2:58
  bummed. But hopefully they bring it
• 2:59
  back. So if you are, you know,
• 3:01
  listening Fruit Riot, we love you.
• 3:02
  Please come back to Costco. Please, we need it in Costco.
• 3:06
  The good news is though is I actually found something that I
• 3:09
  really struggle with finding at Costco.
• 3:11
  I don't do really well with like the clothes at Costco.
• 3:14
  I usually get like char some clothes at Costco, but it never
• 3:17
  really like works out and I always wanted to workout because
• 3:20
  you and I have talked about this before.
• 3:21
  But like we love a good deal, love a good deal.
• 3:24
  I actually found running tights at Costco.
• 3:26
  No way I'm. Shocked.
• 3:28
  They have compression. They also have a tie at the top
• 3:30
  so they don't fall down. They were $15 and they have
• 3:34
  pockets. And like, I, I know, I know at
• 3:37
  first I was like, there's no way that these are going to be good.
• 3:40
  And I honestly might go back and buy like two or three more
• 3:42
  pairs. I honestly was thinking about
• 3:44
  like I should get a pair and like put in my closet like for
• 3:47
  New York. That's how much you love them.
• 3:49
  I love. And they're.
• 3:50
  A pant. They're a race day pant because
• 3:52
  like with New York, I'm gonna be super limited on what I can
• 3:54
  carry, but they have a really good pocket situation.
• 3:57
  So like that can help with like keeping my gels and my fuel.
• 4:00
  There deep pockets are the most underrated aspect of running
• 4:03
  clothing. I'm telling you like I'm
• 4:06
  shocked. Hopefully they don't like wear
• 4:08
  out overtime. I'll have to give an update on
• 4:10
  them but I was shocked because I usually like will give an arm
• 4:13
  and a leg for a good running tight and I'm I'm shocked at the
• 4:16
  quality. OK, do you know who makes them?
• 4:18
  You're gonna probably like, but don't judge me.
• 4:20
  But Spider, have you heard that company?
• 4:22
  OK. That's like the brand that I
• 4:24
  kind of associate with almost like under ski gear, is that
• 4:28
  right? Yeah, they usually have like
• 4:30
  gloves and like they do like the headbands and stuff, and they
• 4:33
  actually have like pretty good workout clothing.
• 4:35
  Wow. And you can find them at a great
• 4:37
  deal at Costco. I'm shocked because the clothes
• 4:39
  at Costco don't usually fit me. I'm very excited.
• 4:41
  And also this is how exciting Winston Salem is because, you
• 4:44
  know, I got excited about these pants.
• 4:46
  So please tell me you're weak. You're high and low.
• 4:49
  A little bit more exciting than my trip to Costco.
• 4:52
  You know, I don't know if they are that exciting, but it's
• 4:56
  always a good thing when you find something good at Costco.
• 4:58
  So like to me, that's a, that's a huge thing no matter where you
• 5:00
  live. My high is actually like by
• 5:02
  proxy. My family had one dog growing up
• 5:05
  all of my life pretty much. And this dog was my mom's
• 5:08
  shadow. We lost that dog a couple of
• 5:10
  years ago and my mom had a really hard time kind of
• 5:12
  adjusting to life without her dog.
• 5:14
  And we were really encouraging my mom to get a new dog and she
• 5:17
  finally got a new dog and it's like the perfect fit and the
• 5:20
  perfect match for my mom. I hi is just that like seeing my
• 5:23
  mom so happy these past couple of days since she got her new
• 5:26
  dog and just knowing that this dog is like the perfect fit for
• 5:28
  her and my dad right now in life is just, it's just a wonderful
• 5:31
  thing. Whatever dog is it.
• 5:33
  The rescue dog, they think he's part corgi, but they're not sure
• 5:36
  because he's a little bit of a mix of everything.
• 5:39
  He's a very cute dog though. He's very mellow, very mild,
• 5:43
  just a perfect fit for my parents.
• 5:45
  I had a corgi growing up and they're such great dogs.
• 5:48
  They're so cute. It's I don't know if it's like
• 5:50
  the leg to body ratio that just gets me.
• 5:53
  They're just so cute. But those dogs are the best.
• 5:56
  They really are. It's really sweet.
• 5:58
  My low. This is so silly.
• 6:00
  When I was traveling in California I decided that when
• 6:05
  in Rome you have to go to Erawan and get a smoothie.
• 6:08
  So I did it and I was so let down by buy the smoothies at Air
• 6:12
  1. I did not think it was that
• 6:14
  good. So my goal now is to take the
• 6:17
  flavors or take the ideas behind the Air 1 smoothies.
• 6:21
  My goal is to make better smoothies than Air One because I
• 6:23
  was disappointed. I have so many questions.
• 6:26
  First off, what smoothie did you get and was it $20?
• 6:29
  It was $20, yes. I got like, I think it was like
• 6:32
  Malibu something or other because it was a tropical based
• 6:35
  one. It had like pineapple and mango
• 6:37
  in it. I specifically looked through
• 6:39
  the ingredients because I know that some of them, they put
• 6:42
  ingredients that don't sit well in my stomach like artificial
• 6:44
  sweeteners. So I looked for something that
• 6:46
  didn't, which is why I picked the one that I did.
• 6:48
  But I was with a group of friends and one of them got the
• 6:50
  new one that's like $23. Just really interesting that
• 6:54
  they can get away with selling smoothies that are kind of like
• 6:57
  mid range in my opinion, for as much as they do.
• 6:59
  I know that they do advertise that part of them go to charity,
• 7:02
  but they don't really advertise how much of that profit goes to
• 7:05
  charity. So just really interesting that
• 7:08
  that was my experience. I was really let down and I
• 7:10
  think maybe that was because like I've had such good
• 7:12
  smoothies in California in the past.
• 7:13
  I know that we've talked about this before and the smoothies
• 7:16
  that you and I had and you're going to have to remind me of
• 7:17
  the name of the business that we've been to together to get
• 7:20
  smoothies. And I was almost expecting
• 7:21
  something of that caliber where I was like, I'm going to
• 7:23
  remember how good this is. And I don't like, I just like
• 7:26
  didn't have that same like wow, this is really good.
• 7:28
  I was just like, all right, it's a smoothie.
• 7:29
  Active cultures. There it is.
• 7:31
  Yes. Now they I will pay $20.00 for a
• 7:34
  smoothie. Yes, I would also pay $20.00 for
• 7:37
  a smoothie. I am so intrigued.
• 7:39
  Like I'm so intrigued by your experience though, because
• 7:42
  they're all over social media. I know, I think it's really like
• 7:45
  a thing of being able to go into an establishment and pay $20.00
• 7:48
  for a smoothie and like the line to get them was so long.
• 7:52
  So I do think it's kind of like a social craze of being like,
• 7:55
  look here, I went to AIR 1 and yes, it is a fun experience to
• 7:58
  just go in and do that and try it.
• 8:00
  But like, we were not the only people in that grocery store
• 8:02
  that was there specifically for the smoothies and.
• 8:05
  They've done such a good job of like partnering with
• 8:07
  influencers. That's what they have going on
• 8:09
  right now. I know it's that yellow
• 8:10
  smoothie. I don't know exactly who they
• 8:12
  partnered with, but it is so interesting the power of
• 8:15
  marketing. Yes, which kind of all like ties
• 8:18
  back to a lot of the things that we talk about on this podcast
• 8:20
  about, you know, our what drives us bananas episodes about the
• 8:22
  power of influencing and marketing.
• 8:24
  And but yeah, it was just really interesting and I was really
• 8:26
  disappointed with this movie. Thank you so much for sharing
• 8:29
  that. I'm very intrigued.
• 8:30
  I'm gonna have to keep like doing some more research on this
• 8:32
  airborne smoothie situation. I feel like it's something that
• 8:34
  you kind of have to do, but I feel like after I did it, I'm
• 8:37
  like I never need to do that again.
• 8:38
  I never need to spend another $20 there on this, at least on
• 8:41
  smoothies and definitely on their single serve strawberry.
• 8:43
  It's like. The Santa Monica Pier, you like
• 8:45
  have to do it when you're in California.
• 8:47
  You've done it once. You're like, I never need to do
• 8:48
  that ever again. Yes, 100%.
• 8:52
  Today we're actually talking a little bit about Reds though,
• 8:54
  and what to do if you do suspect that you have Reds.
• 8:56
  Just as a reminder about what Reds is, Reg stands for relative
• 9:00
  energy deficiency in sport. It's a condition that occurs
• 9:04
  when an athlete does not consume enough energy to support their
• 9:07
  energy demands of their body, especially in the context of
• 9:09
  training, competition and just general well-being.
• 9:12
  Reds can affect both men and women, and that recognizes that
• 9:16
  that energy deficiency impacts the body in various ways,
• 9:18
  including hormonal, metabolic and cardiovascular symptoms.
• 9:22
  As far as the signs that you might experience, if you do have
• 9:24
  Reds, Riley, can you kind of like walk through what those
• 9:26
  might look like? Yes, definitely.
• 9:28
  So I think what can be really challenging with Reds is you're
• 9:31
  not always going to display all of these symptoms.
• 9:34
  Reds is a collection of different symptoms.
• 9:36
  And again, like I just mentioned, you might not display
• 9:39
  with all of these, but when we look at Reds, common symptoms
• 9:42
  are going to be a lack of a menstrual cycle or a normal
• 9:45
  period, low energy in and out of sport.
• 9:48
  I think that's something really important to remember that
• 9:51
  you're not just going to have low energy when you're
• 9:52
  competing, but you're also just going to have low energy
• 9:54
  throughout the day when you're in class, when you're working.
• 9:57
  You're going to have potentially abnormal cardiovascular labs,
• 10:01
  and there's also some potential for glucose insensitivity.
• 10:04
  You're going to have an increased risk for illness like
• 10:07
  I mentioned earlier, low energy, but just overall poor cognitive
• 10:11
  function that can result in you having trouble focusing in class
• 10:15
  or when you're at work, or bone health.
• 10:17
  This is going to be apparent on a DEXA, but this is kind of like
• 10:20
  a silent symptom and most athletes don't realize this is
• 10:23
  happening until they end up with a stress fracture or another
• 10:27
  type of injury. Additionally, Reds can result in
• 10:30
  an inability to put on muscle mass and then just an overall
• 10:33
  decreased recovering ability. Even when we work with athletes
• 10:37
  at RBSN in period recovery, we always recommend that they talk
• 10:40
  with their physician first. So if you are experiencing some
• 10:42
  of these symptoms that Riley has just explained and you plan on
• 10:45
  meeting with your physician to talk about Reds, we've kind of
• 10:48
  compiled some questions to ask your physician or your care
• 10:51
  team. Physicians are incredible
• 10:52
  resources. We do need to advocate for
• 10:54
  ourselves, especially when it comes to our own health.
• 10:56
  If you suspect that you have Reds, it's important to talk to
• 10:59
  your medical team about it and don't hesitate to ask specific
• 11:02
  questions about it to better understand what's going on with
• 11:05
  your health. Being proactive in your health
• 11:06
  care can help ensure that you receive the right support and
• 11:08
  guidance when you are concerned if you do have Reds.
• 11:11
  So we've compiled our five top questions to talk with your
• 11:14
  physician about the next time that you see them.
• 11:16
  And we go into depth on these questions more in our period
• 11:18
  recovery guide when you are talking with your care team.
• 11:21
  But we're just going to go over the five that we have kind of
• 11:23
  compiled today. So our first one when you are
• 11:25
  talking with your physician, we recommend asking is could my
• 11:28
  symptoms be related to Reds and what tests can we check for?
• 11:31
  So, Riley, what tests might a physician suggest testing for if
• 11:35
  Reds is suspected? Oftentimes we're going to be
• 11:37
  looking at your lab work first. So looking at estrogen levels,
• 11:41
  looking at thyroid, looking at iron levels.
• 11:44
  Those are often three things that we recommend and we have
• 11:47
  all of our athletes test for in our period recovery program.
• 11:50
  The other one that might be talked about or suggested by
• 11:53
  your physician is a DEXA scan. Riley, what's a DEXA scan?
• 11:56
  A DEXA. Scan is technically not a lab
• 11:57
  test, but it is a test that we can do to check your body
• 12:01
  composition, but more importantly, we can use to
• 12:04
  measure your bone density. This is going to be something
• 12:07
  that's not regularly offered at a physician's office, so you are
• 12:11
  going to have to ask oftentimes for a referral and often
• 12:14
  physicians will suggest doing a DEXA test if you have potential
• 12:18
  to have Reds. So really this first question of
• 12:21
  could my symptoms be related to Reds and what tests would we be
• 12:23
  looking at? We're looking at both blood work
• 12:25
  and we're looking at bone density.
• 12:27
  Yes, and another almost like vital sign that we want to be
• 12:30
  looking for. It's not a lab test, but you
• 12:32
  know when you go to the doctor, they are asking you questions.
• 12:34
  They are looking at vital signs is a regular menstrual cycle.
• 12:38
  So a big misconception I think with Reds is that you have to
• 12:42
  have lost your period to have Reds and many athletes can be in
• 12:47
  a state of low energy availability but still heavy
• 12:50
  normal menstrual cycle. Such a good one to also talk
• 12:53
  about with your physician, especially if you are concerned
• 12:55
  about Reds. The next question that we would
• 12:57
  recommend asking is how does Reds affect my long term health
• 13:00
  including bone health, hormone levels and performance?
• 13:03
  What should we be looking for from our physician's response,
• 13:05
  Riley, if we are kind of wondering about these things
• 13:08
  hopefully? They're saying yes because
• 13:09
  that's true, right? With Reds, it is going to
• 13:13
  directly impact our short term and our long term health.
• 13:17
  And I think that's something that we're doing a much better
• 13:19
  job of talking about now versus like maybe when I was an
• 13:22
  athlete, we're not talking about the long term effects of Reds.
• 13:26
  And we were almost kind of like downplaying some of these side
• 13:29
  effects and symptoms because yes, we might not have a stress
• 13:33
  fracture now, but a poor bone mineral density is setting us up
• 13:37
  for failure like once we hit menopause and once we get.
• 13:40
  Older, these next three questions are kind of geared
• 13:43
  more towards if there is suspicion or diagnosis of Reds
• 13:46
  questions that we can kind of follow up with our physicians.
• 13:48
  So that next question is how can we continue to track my progress
• 13:53
  in recovery? I love this question because
• 13:56
  Reds is something that didn't happen overnight and we're not
• 13:59
  going to solve it overnight. What is the care plan moving
• 14:02
  forward? How are we going to track
• 14:04
  athlete progress? How are we going to make sure
• 14:07
  that we're getting consistent Dexas, consistent lab work to
• 14:10
  make sure what we're doing is working?
• 14:12
  I have heard from so many athletes and we get so many
• 14:16
  applications or a period recovery program with athletes
• 14:19
  who've shared that they haven't had their period for like 2 plus
• 14:22
  years. And honestly, for me, this is
• 14:24
  unacceptable because we need to be, you know, monitoring this
• 14:29
  and making changes to help these athletes, like get their period
• 14:32
  back and make sure that there's sustainable change and lifestyle
• 14:35
  intervention. So important to attract that
• 14:37
  progress towards recovery. The next question would
• 14:40
  recommend asking is are there other professionals that you
• 14:42
  recommend that I meet with? Do you have a referral for a
• 14:45
  sports dietitian to help me with fueling strategies?
• 14:47
  Obviously, we put in sports dietitian because that's the one
• 14:49
  we are most familiar with, but your physician might also
• 14:52
  encourage you to meet with psychology if there is concern
• 14:54
  for disordered eating. They might encourage you to work
• 14:56
  with physical therapy if you are recovering from an injury.
• 14:59
  There's a multitude of professionals that your
• 15:01
  physician might want to loop in on your recovery process that
• 15:04
  are extremely important to include in your recovery
• 15:05
  journey. If there is a suspected eating
• 15:08
  disorder with Reds or you feel like you might have an eating
• 15:11
  disorder and eating disorder, dietitian should also be
• 15:14
  included in the interdisciplinary team.
• 15:16
  That question kind of goes on to our fifth question or ties into
• 15:19
  our fifth question, I should say, which is if I'm struggling
• 15:22
  mentally with eating and training, what resources are
• 15:25
  available for support? So really letting your physician
• 15:27
  know that you are struggling and then also asking about the
• 15:30
  resources that are available. We've had previous episodes in
• 15:33
  which we've talked with care team members that are physicians
• 15:36
  and dietitians and sports centers that are geared towards
• 15:38
  Reds. And if you're in an area where
• 15:40
  resources like that exist for you, your physician will be able
• 15:43
  to point you in that direction so that way you can receive the
• 15:45
  care that's proper to the diagnosis that you.
• 15:47
  Have well make sure to link the episodes below so if you are in
• 15:51
  certain areas throughout the United States, you'll be able to
• 15:53
  connect with those providers. A bonus question that we might
• 15:56
  include in talking with your physician about would be if your
• 15:59
  physician recommends birth control, a good response to
• 16:02
  that. I've read that birth control
• 16:03
  doesn't actually fix the underlying issue of Reds.
• 16:06
  Can we focus on finding the root cause and addressing my energy
• 16:09
  availability instead? If this is something that's
• 16:11
  suggested by your physician and you don't feel comfortable with
• 16:14
  this treatment plan, make sure that you let them know.
• 16:16
  I think it is. A quick reminder to you that
• 16:18
  there's nothing wrong with birth control.
• 16:20
  It's a very important resource and valuable resource for
• 16:23
  Women's Health. I think the biggest
• 16:25
  misconception with birth control is that it's going to give you a
• 16:28
  real period and it can solve low energy availability.
• 16:31
  If you're an athlete that has Reds, if you have HA, if you
• 16:34
  have low energy availability going on the birth control pill
• 16:38
  is not going to stimulate a real period.
• 16:41
  It's not solving the underlying cause and the root issue, it's
• 16:45
  almost band aiding the problem. So this is just something that
• 16:48
  is really important to remember with the birth control pill.
• 16:51
  Lastly, if your doctor doesn't seem familiar with Reds, you can
• 16:54
  mention that it's a condition recognized by the International
• 16:56
  Olympic Committee and effects many athletes.
• 16:59
  Jenna and I are always available to connect with you if you have
• 17:02
  questions about how you should be chatting with your physician
• 17:05
  about a potential Reds diagnosis.
• 17:07
  Within our period Recovery guide, we expand upon these
• 17:09
  questions so that way you feel better equipped to walk your
• 17:12
  next appointment with your care team if you do suspect Reds.
• 17:15
  Just as a reminder, Reds is a medical condition, and Riley and
• 17:18
  I's first recommendation is always to go and chat with your
• 17:20
  medical team and your physician about this first.
• 17:23
  Now that we've talked a lot about Reds and about what to do
• 17:25
  if you suspect that you do have Reds and questions that you
• 17:27
  should be asking your care team, we're going to be doing our
• 17:29
  training update. Like I mentioned at the
• 17:30
  beginning of this episode, I'm running a marathon in just a
• 17:33
  couple of weeks now, which is crazy that it's coming up so
• 17:35
  quickly and Riley's going to be sharing about her next steps in
• 17:37
  her progress to running New York in 2025.
• 17:40
  S Riley, what's training like for you this week?
• 17:43
  What are you kind of implementing for?
• 17:44
  Like your races leading up to your big marathon?
• 17:46
  So I shared a couple episodes ago that I'm currently in like
• 17:49
  phase two. I've just completely made it up,
• 17:52
  but I'm in phase two of my training right now where my goal
• 17:54
  is to try to increase speed over the last couple months.
• 17:57
  Prior to this, I was working on just kind of increasing my
• 18:00
  mileage, getting my body used to running, you know, 20 to 30
• 18:03
  miles per week. And now I've been really
• 18:05
  adjusting my plan to get faster. Like I've shared, I'm also
• 18:09
  deciding to try out Runna for my half marathon that I have
• 18:13
  planned at the end of June. It is a lot of speed work.
• 18:16
  I have heard mixed opinions on it, but I actually really do
• 18:19
  like speed work. I think it makes me a little
• 18:21
  nostalgic because a lot of the workouts are similar to workouts
• 18:24
  I was doing in college athletics, which I don't know if
• 18:26
  that's a good thing or a bad thing.
• 18:28
  So I really enjoyed, you know, doing 2 speed days a week.
• 18:31
  I have like an easy recovery run and then I have my longer one on
• 18:35
  the weekend. So pretty standard, but just
• 18:37
  trying to get a little bit faster over here.
• 18:38
  We can't wait to watch you kind of go through this progression
• 18:41
  and watch to run your marathon in the end of the year.
• 18:44
  Almost. What half marathon are you
• 18:46
  planning to run? I'm just.
• 18:47
  Going to be doing like a local half marathon.
• 18:49
  I'm hoping to have two half or at least race 2 halves before my
• 18:55
  November 2nd full marathon. I was debating like if I wanted
• 18:58
  to do like try to fit in another full before New York, but I
• 19:03
  don't want to get hurt. That's actually my number one
• 19:05
  goal is like I don't want to get hurt.
• 19:06
  So even before getting faster, like I don't want to get hurt.
• 19:10
  And I was just worried because, you know, work is going to be my
• 19:12
  first marathon. I just didn't want to know put
• 19:14
  that load on my body. Totally.
• 19:16
  I'm so excited for you. Thank you.
• 19:18
  I'm excited for you. It's like a couple weeks.
• 19:20
  I know, which is crazy. I feel like my training kind of
• 19:23
  took a little bit of a turn because I was a little bit sick.
• 19:26
  I shared on a previous episode that I got sick and I needed to
• 19:29
  kind of take a little bit of a step back from training.
• 19:31
  So I'm just kind of working my way back into things this week,
• 19:33
  making sure that I am healthy in my return to running before I
• 19:36
  kind of jump back in and get into a full swing.
• 19:38
  So excited. For you, not that you were sick,
• 19:40
  but just so excited. It's like basically a month
• 19:43
  away, yeah. It is, which is wild, absolutely
• 19:46
  wild. So just a few more long runs.
• 19:47
  I think one of the best things about marathon training is, you
• 19:50
  know, it's almost as rewarding to finish your last long
• 19:53
  training run before you run your marathon because like, you don't
• 19:56
  have to do that again and the next big run is your race.
• 19:58
  So I love that feeling and I'm almost looking forward to that
• 20:01
  more than I am the actual race. Well, I'm so excited because I
• 20:04
  know your race starts at 5:30, but it will be 830 over here so
• 20:08
  I can follow you along and cheer you on.
• 20:11
  So I'm, I'm really excited at least to kind of like spectate
• 20:13
  and cheer you on. Yes, of the few people that will
• 20:16
  be receiving my tracking information, Riley is one of
• 20:18
  them. So thank you so much for
• 20:20
  listening to this episode of the eat more carbs podcast.
• 20:22
  If you have questions for Riley and I like Riley mentioned,
• 20:24
  please feel free to reach out. You can always leave them in the
• 20:26
  comments of this podcast. You can find Riley on Instagram
• 20:29
  at easy dot sports dot nutrition.
• 20:31
  You can find me at Jenna dot Fisher dot nutrition.
• 20:33
  As always, thank you so much for listening.
• 20:35
  Please make sure you rate, subscribe and review.
• 20:37
  And as always, remember to eat more carbs.