Holistic, deep-thoughts innovator and Runner of the Week, Brent Robertson, joins the show to tell how he went from being unhealthy to marathoner—and how that has affected his career, relationships, and his entire life. Serena, Marie, RD, talks about the exclusive TRLS Shake Yo’ Sugar Habit Challenge, and Kari gives an update on her sugar-free Lent experience this past week. Kari recaps Cupid’s Undie Run in Washington, DC and her experience meeting Kim Stemple from We Finish Together. Serena busts some electrolyte myths and shares the best source of electrolyte replenishment when you are feeling off or need to rehydrate.
Featured Guest and Runner of the Week: Brent Robertson
Hear how Brent Robertson went from being overweight and having a heart condition to running marathons and how it has affected his career, relationships, and the rest of his life.

Explains how he started running (in April 2014)—and how it became a practice of discipline
Chats about the body, mind, and soul connection and how he took responsibility for the viability of his wellbeing
Talks about his ideal for a work environment where we can fully express ourselves (we spend so much time working anyway, why not connect to ourselves more deeply and have it expressed through our work?) and how his business, Fathom, revolves around that theory
Uses ideograms to help understand his employees and himself
Explores his running challenges
Loves posting his runs on social media—and it actually helped him catch his atrial fibrillation, which is a quivering or irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia) that can lead to blood clots, stroke, heart failure, and other heart-related complications
Ran a 5K and the next day had heart surgery in June 2014 (and ran a ten-mile race three weeks later!)
Signed up his first half marathon in Fall 2014 (Hartford Half Marathon in the pouring rain)
Ran the Gansett Half Marathon in Narragansett, RI the following weekend (in hurricane conditions)
Adopted a policy where he always signs up for his next event the day before the event he’s about to run
Used a training program that the West Hartford Fleet Feet ran and joined a running group (January 2015)
About a month before he signed up for the Vermont City Marathon (in Burlington), the Sierra Club reached out and asked if he would run with their team for the Boston Marathon (which was only four weeks away at the time), so Boston became his first marathon (and he finished in 3:37)!
Is coaching runners for the 2016 Boston Marathon
Started a trail-running group and ran 26 miles of the Appalachian Trail
Is currently training for a BQ at the Sugarloaf Marathon on May 15, 2016
Suggests Cloze for smarter relationship management and uses Evernote
Ran the New York City Marathon this fall after rupturing a disk in his back
Has the Traprock 50K trail run in April 2016

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Serena Marie, RD
Serena Marie, RD, the show’s go-to, real-food dietitian, chats about the Shake Yo’ Sugar Habit Challenge and more.

Describes the three-week challenge that re-examines eating choices
Kari admits that she got headaches at the beginning (which could be a sign of withdrawal)
Kari has more energy and feels more in control
Serena explains that the more choices you have, the more likely you are to overeat—limiting your options is a way for your brain to relax and not make so many choices
Kari drinks smoothies with frozen strawberries, almond milk, and avocado, chia or hemp seeds, unsweetened, shredded coconut, and tangerines
To join, go to com for details and access to a special Facebook group
Kari recaps Cupid’s Undie R