You’ve already made two of the best decisions of your life as a plant-based runner. Now it’s time to get better at both every week. I’m Coach Claire Bartholic, and I went from not running at all to finishing a marathon in 2:58 at age 42, all on a plant-based diet. I’ve coached hundreds of vegan, vegetarian, and plant-curious runners of all ages and abilities with science-backed training, plant-based nutrition, and proven mental strength techniques. Whether you are training for your first 5k or your 50th marathon, you can start exactly where you are right now, and get better tod
Latest episodes
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13 min
Marathons Are Getting Hotter and More Crowded. Here’s How to Handle It
No doubt about it, marathons are getting hotter and more crowded. Today, we're talking about why marathons are getting harder and what you can do about it to still have a successfu…
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19 min
The Surprising Truth About Chasing Your Goal Time
Did you know that your running goals can be the exact thing holding you back from achieving them? On today's show, we'll explore the practice of effective goal setting. We'll go ov…
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14 min
Plant-Based Travel Tips You Need to Stay Full and Happy
Traveling is a lot harder when you’re plant-based. No one actually likes airplane food, but the plant based options are genuinely awful. We plant people have pretty much gotten use…
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13 min
The Marathon Is Secretly Making You Sick. Here's Why
Marathon runners are nearly six times more likely to come down with a cold or upper respiratory infection than runners who trained just as hard but didn't race. So why does this ha…
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55 min
Matt Fitzgerald is Dying to Run
Matt Fitzgerald is too sick to run. So, naturally, he trained for an ultra marathon. Matt Fitzgerald, runner, coach, author, and friend of the podcast, has been suffering from deva…
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15 min
Balance: The Most Underrated Skill You Need For Better Running (encore run)
Most people think the sixth sense is about seeing dead people. But it’s actually balance which is critical to health, injury prevention, and longevity. How’s your balance? Do you a…
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18 min
The Marathon Pacing Strategy That Actually Beats the Negative Split
The golden rule of marathon pacing is the negative split. Start conservative, finish faster. But is that really the ideal way to pace? Maybe not. You'll learn: Why the negative spl…
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47 min
PRTL: Return to Running after YEARS off
Welcome to the PR Training Lab! Go behind the scenes with me as I create a custom training plan for one lucky runner. In this episode, we feature Jeremy, my audio editor: 🏃🏽♀️52 y…
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16 min
The Taper Myths That Could Cost You Your Best Marathon
Every marathoner will need to execute just the right wind down of training to show up on race day at peak form. If you don’t do enough, you risk feeling flat. But even worse is doi…
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21 min
The Fascinating Reason Runners Slow Down After 40
The best masters runners today aren't slowing down. They're getting faster. I'm not here to tell you the world's fastest 70-year-old is going to beat the world's fastest 30-year-ol…
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15 min
Now is Actually the Hardest Part in a Fall Marathon Build
Today, we're talking about the part of marathon training nobody talks about: the middle. Whether you're nine weeks out from an early October race or twelve weeks out from something…
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51 min
How to Become Pain Free With Neuroscience Not Drugs
Pain and the brain have a nuanced relationship. Pain can stem from biological, behavioral, and social situations that we are not even aware of. And what’s even more fascinating, es…
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44 min
PRTL: Post Marathon Speed Plan to BQ in 2 Years
Welcome to the PR Training Lab! Go behind the scenes with me as I create a custom training plan for one lucky runner. In this episode, we feature Lindsay: 🏃🏽♀️27 years old 🏃🏿wants…
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45 min
How To Actually Chase Big Goals as a Mother Runner
There definitely can be too much of a good thing when it comes to running and before you know it, your healthy obsession has turned into another injury. But is there really such a…
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14 min
The Real Challenge Isn't the Heat, It's This
We all expect the heat to make us uncomfortable. We expect to sweat more and slow down. What catches runners off guard is how quickly a few slower splits can make them question mon…
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18 min
Fall Marathon Training is Here. Avoid This Common Mistake Now (encore run)
If you’re a marathoner training for a fall race and you’re running goal marathon paced workouts in July, you’re doing it wrong. Let’s explore a better way. In today’s episode, we’r…
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53 min
Are Free AI Running Coaching Plans Actually Good or Evil? Matt Chittim
In 2026, no one needs to hire a running coach to write a training plan. So the deeper question is, how does the work of a human running coach go beyond what a large language model…
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15 min
How to Actually Enjoy Vacation Without Derailing Your Training
What’s the right way to balance your training when you are traveling, especially if you have a family? Let’s find out. Today we’re going to tackle the topic of training on trips, s…
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53 min
Cape Town is Now a Marathon Major. Learn More About the Race
Cape Town, South Africa has officially been named as the eighth star Abbott World Marathon Majors series starting in 2027. It joins Tokyo, Boston, Berlin, London, Chicago, New York…
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17 min
Afraid of the Track? How to Finally Master the Oval
If you are lucky enough to have access to a local track today, it can be the very best thing to get better and faster at running. Let’s find out why. Today, we’ll go over: the comm…