Does it feel like gut issues or digestive stress show up at the worst possible time in your training or on race day?

If you’re a runner who has ever worried about how your gut might react during a race, I think you’re really going to relate to today’s episode.

I’m excited to introduce you to my guest, Cindy.

Cindy is a client of mine and an incredible example of what can happen when a runner dials in their fuelling strategy and builds confidence in their gut. After dealing with fueling and digestive challenges that were impacting her racing, Cindy made some key changes that helped her run a personal best at the Boston Marathon.

YOU’LL TAKEAWAY:

✅ Cindy’s running journey and how the Running Realtor brand first came to life

✅ The fueling and gut challenges she was experiencing leading up to the Boston Marathon

✅ The key changes she made with her fueling strategy and race preparation

✅ What race week and race day looked like when she ran her Boston Marathon personal best

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👤 TODAY’S GUEST: Cindy Gallant

Cindy Gallant is a Toronto-based realtor and endurance runner known as “The Running Realtor,” balancing a busy real estate career with a genuine love for running and an active lifestyle. Rooted in Toronto’s west end, she helps buyers, sellers, landlords, tenants, and investors navigate the real estate market with honesty, patience, and a practical, no-pressure approach.

📌 Follow The Running Realtor for Toronto real estate insights, running routes, and grab Cindy's FREE Toronto Real Estate & Lifestyle Guide (link in bio). @therunningrealtor_to

📌 Follow Cindy on the Move for marathon training, race recaps, travel adventures, and everyday running inspiration. @cindyonthemove

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In this episode, I’m taking you behind the scenes of my full Ottawa Hyrox race weekend, 2 days out all the way through race day and recovering after as a gut health Dietitian and endurance athlete.

The thing with endurance athletes including both long distance runners and hyrox athletes is that they often mismanage their carb load, or try something new on race day… and that’s where things can go sideways fast, especially for those of us with sensitive guts

YOU’LL TAKEAWAY:

✅ Race prep and strategy to ensure we stayed calm & confident

✅ How I structured my carb load (without triggering symptoms)

✅ My exact race day fuelling plan—including carbs, hydration, and caffeine – for an evening race

✅ The gut-friendly strategies that kept everything calm on race day

✅ And how I approached recovery to bounce back quickly

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While AI can be a helpful tool, it lacks the clinical experience to make nutrition therapy recommendations, regulation and accountability and ability to assess safety of a recommendation.

In today’s episode, we will discuss the main risks and considerations with using AI for health advice, and some key takeaways to use it safely should you choose to engage in AI based tools for your IBS and gut health management.

YOU’LL TAKEAWAY:

✅ The main downsides to using AI for gut health & IBS advice (lack of regularity, lack of context, data collection & hallucinations)

✅ Why data collection with these large language models (LLM) is something you need to be aware of

✅ How lack of context can result in misleading or dangerous health information

✅ How to navigate information online & use these tools more judiciously should you choose to

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👩🏻‍💻 REFERENCES: ⤵️

1. https://cloud.google.com/discover/what-are-ai-hallucinations

2. https://www.dietitians.ca/About/Learn-About-Dietitians

3. https://hai.stanford.edu/news/be-careful-what-you-tell-your-ai-chatbot

4. https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.05382

5. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12735979/#sec3-nutrients-17-03828

6. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC13244121/

7. https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/dancing-with-the-devil/202506/how-emotional-manipulation-causes-chatgpt-psychosis

8. https://www.cma.ca/healthcare-for-real/can-you-trust-ai-health-advice

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