Nail Your Nutrition Podcast

57: Starla Garcia on Fueling for Ultras + Being an Advocate for BIPOC Athletes

February 15, 2022 Episode 57
Nail Your Nutrition Podcast
57: Starla Garcia on Fueling for Ultras + Being an Advocate for BIPOC Athletes
Show Notes

Starla Garcia, M.Ed, RDN, LD, is a Registered Dietitian and marathoner based in Houston, Texas.  She was a recent 2020 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials Qualifier and ran in the trials in Atlanta in February 2020. Starla just completed the JFK 50 miler in November 2021 and paced the 3:00 hour marathon group for the Chevron Houston Marathon. Starla is also a new podcast host for the podcast, Fueled for More.

In this episode, we discuss: 

  • How training for an ultra differs from training for a marathon
  • Recovery nutrition for ultras
  • Fueling strategy for ultras
  • Goals for her first ultra and if she achieved them
  • How pacing the 3:00 pace group was for the Houston Marathon and training for that race
  • How to incorporate cultural favorites when working with athletes and fueling plans
  • What it's like to be a BIPOC cultural advocate
  • If improvements have been made for BIPOC runners and athletes in the last two years
  • Her new podcast, Fueled for More
  • Whether she'll go for the 2:37 OTQ for 2024


And more!

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