Season five of the Runner’s Round Table will be all about Hot Takes and this episode is the Carbs Edition. In this episode Stephanie speaks with registered dietician Stevie Lyn Smith about all things carb: what they are, why they are important, and how we can all learn to better embrace carbs.

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About Stephanie Diaz:

Stephanie is an RRCA (Road Runner’s Club of America) and McMillan Running certified running coach with over 10 years of running experience. Additionally, Stephanie is a yoga teacher with advanced certifications in yoga for athletes, Yoga For All, and Empowered Wisdom Yoga Nidra. Stephanie believes that to be a runner is to believe in your possibility as a human through movement. Her favorite running distance is the half marathon (13.1 miles/21 kilometers).-

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About Stevie Lyn Smith MS, RD, CSSD, CDN:

Stevie Lyn Smith is a registered dietitian and founder of Stevie Lyn Nutrition, a virtual sports nutrition private practice. Her mission is to help educate and coach athletes and active humans on how to fuel their goals while not sacrificing their health and happiness.

As a board certified specialist in sports nutrition, Stevie Lyn has helped hundreds of athletes and active individuals fuel to improve their performance, energy levels, and recovery without feelings of guilt or restriction. Drawing from her experiences growing up as a team-sport athlete to completing ten full ironman distance triathlons and countless other endurance and ultra distance races, she knows firsthand how important nutrition is to be a healthy athlete.

She received her B.S. in Dietetics and Nutrition from SUNY Buffalo State University in 2012 and M.S. in Applied Nutrition with a Sports and Fitness concentration from Northeastern University in 2019. She is the host of her podcast, Real Fuel with SLS, where she has honest conversations to dive into the human side of endurance sports paired with sports nutrition knowledge for the everyday athlete. She has also contributed to Run Tri Bike Magazine, Runner’s World Magazine, Outside Magazine, Bicycling Magazine, and Triathlete Magazine. In her free time, she enjoys volunteering at her local animal shelter. When she’s not swimming, biking, or running you can find her outside exploring new trails or with her dog in sunny Buffalo, NY.

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