Long-Distance Runner Molly Seidel In Workout Gear Is “Inspirational Runfluencer”

Long-distance runner Molly Seidel runs hundreds of miles a week, sometimes doing two long runs in one day—and she’s making jokes about her own expertise. Seidel, 29, shared a video of herself wearing black shorts and a matching shirt, running out on a dirt path. “The most effective way to avoid career burnout: When you’re at work get up to stretch your legs. Walk to your car. Start running. Just keep running. Never return to work,” reads the text over her video. “Hard pivot to being an inspirational runfluencer ✨,” she captioned the post. Here’s what Seidel’s training, diet, and wellness routine looks like.

1. Running Twice a Day

Seidel runs every day, usually twice a day. “I'll usually do my longer run in the morning,” she told GQ. “Most easy runs are around 90 minutes. So that's anywhere from 11 to 13 miles. And then I'll generally do four to six in the afternoon. And then as we get further into the build, the workouts get a lot longer, into the 15 to 18 mile range. I'm averaging about 125 miles a week. That comes out to generally 16 or 17 miles a day. Then a long run on the weekends of anywhere from 20 to 24 miles.”

2. Coffee and Eggs

Seidel starts her day with coffee and collagen peptides. “For breakfast, I’ll fry two eggs in butter and have them with toasted Ezekiel Bread,” she told Runner’s World. “I used to eat peanut butter on toast before morning runs, but I’ve found that eggs fill me up better, so I’ve started eating them before workouts and races. On an easy run day, I might skip the eggs and just have coffee with an RX Bar.”

3. Mindful Meditation

Seidel meditates to get through the discomfort of long runs. “Trying to take some time each day to shut down one,” she told GQ. “To try and practice getting into that focused awareness—or focused disassociation almost. I guess people would refer to it as a flow state, just being in the moment. I find if I try to practice that outside of running, it does help. My best races are races where I feel like I'm able to get into that state of letting your body do what it knows how to do. You're not overthinking it or going, oh God, I still have so many miles to run.

4. Beer and Dinner

Seidel loves to finish off her runs with an ice cold IPA. “After having a beer, my sister and I will start cooking dinner, which is always some combination of carbs, protein, vegetables, and fat,” she told Runner’s World. “We make a lot of potatoes and chicken with a salad. I also love to make shakshuka, which is a dish made with eggs—yes, I love eggs—served in tomato sauce simmered with other veggies.”

5. Living With OCD

Seidel has OCD, and finds running to be beneficial for dealing with the symptoms. “A lot of times, my brain feels like it's going a million miles an hour,” she told GQ. “I deal with OCD. You feel there's a TV at level 10 volume in the back of your head at all times. When I'm running, it's the only time that I feel like my brain and my body sync up. That's why I love it. It is that flow state, and feeling like your brain fits inside of the vessel of your body finally.”

Lauren Dannenmiller is keeping up with her fitness – in her two-piece workout gear. The influencer and bikini competitor recently shared a video of herself running, showcasing her dedication to staying in shape for her competition shows. Dressed in pale-colored athletic shorts and a matching sports bra, Dannenmiller revealed that she’s been hitting her fitness goals hard, running three times a week. From taking time to recover to indulging in cold plunges, Dannenmiller's approach to fitness is well-rounded, with a balance between intense workouts and self-care. Here’s how she stays bikini-ready for her competition shows and maintains her fit physique. Sporting pale-colored athletic shorts and a matching sports bra, Dannenmiller shared that she’s been giving up on her fitness goals.

1. She Runs Three Times a Week

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“I have been running three times a week for a few months now.” Running is one of the most popular ways to stay active, but also provides several health benefits. According to Advent Health, running helps in the following ways:

-Reduces your risk of heart disease

-Improves Your Knee, Back, and Joint Health

-Reduces Your Risk of Cancer

-Improves Your Sleep

2. She Focuses on Herself

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Dannenmiller took a long break from YouTube and explained she took time off to concentrate on coaching and travel a bit, which threw off her routine, but how she’s focusing on herself. She said she was “focused on helping others” and not taking time for herself. However, she took “10 full days to be on top of everything” and got back into her workout and sleep routine.

3. She Takes Time to Recover

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“Took some time off from heavy lifting to recover post show,” she wrote in an Instagram post. “Now since it's been 6 weeks I’m ready to gain weight and get stonger🍑 let’s grow!” According to University Hospitals, recovery time after a workout is vital for your body. “The whole concept of exercise is to stress or challenge your body and then let it recover. As you stress your body, it should adapt. As long as you do that repetitively and recover in between, you’re going to improve strength and fitness,” says University Hospitals pediatric sports medicine specialist Laura Goldberg, MD. “But if you don’t allow recovery, you’ll increase the risk of injury and decrease immune function, putting you at risk of illness.”

4. She Does Cold Plunges

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“Best way to start the day 🔥❄️ Infrared Sauna / Cold Plunge,” she wrote in an Instagram video. Cold plunges have become a trendy wellness thing to do, but there are a lot of health benefits. According to the Mayo Clinic, “ It helps reduce the degree of exercise-induced muscle damage that can occur after physically challenging activities. Less damage leads to less inflammation, which in turn reduces soreness and helps restore physical performance the next day.”

5. She Enjoys the Outdors

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From hiking to lounging around a lake, Dannenmiller enjoys spending time outside. “Miss playing around in the NC creek,” she wrote in a post while showing off her toned body in a two-piece red, barely there bikini. Being outside has a calming effect and is good for mental well-being, but it’s also great for staying in shape. According to UC Davis, “Getting out into nature can lead us to want to walk, bike, hike, or kayak more often. People typically engage in regular physical activity when they're in nature. So, stepping outside can help you keep a healthy weight or even lose weight by increasing activity levels.”

Ultrarunner Courtney Dauwalter is letting fans see what one of her typical daily runs looks like in beautiful Colorado. Dauwalter, 39, shared a video of herself wearing blue shorts and a shirt, hitting the trails against a spectacular mountain background. “Mountains feel like home. ⛰️😍 @salomon #WelcomeBackToEarth,” she captioned the post. “It’s where our greatest athlete should be,” a fan commented. Here’s what the athlete’s diet, training, and wellness regimen looks like.

1. Training After Coffee

Dauwalter starts her day with two cups of coffee with creamer, and a little bit of dry cereal. “My go-tos are all the sugar cereals, and right now, that means Cinnamon Toast Crunch,” she told Runner’s World. “And then I usually get going with my training. I’ll do anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour of some gym stuff, which is just hip activation and some glutes and core—basic bodyweight stuff.”

2. Two to Four Hours of Running

Dauwalter runs for hours every day. “Then I’ll head out for my main run of the day, which is usually somewhere between two to four hours,” she told Runner’s World. “During that, I’ll have Tailwind Nutrition—lemon or naked flavor—in my hydration bottles and Honey Stinger waffles or chews. On some shorter runs, I might have nothing. And then I’ll get back and usually, I just grab whatever food is convenient and easy in the fridge.”

3. Planning Her Runs

Dauwalter doesn’t plan out her runs too meticulously. “My speed workouts are usually not super planned out,” she told Trail Runner. “I just go out on the trails and mining roads and find a hill I like to do speed work on,” she says. “I’ll meander that way and when I get there I try to do something faster on a 400-meter stretch and then it kind of depends how I feel.”

4. Pizza For Running

Dauwalter fuels herself with pizza before a race, but doesn’t eat breakfast on race day. “The night before a race is usually pizza, just because basically, anywhere you travel in the world, you’ll be able to find it, and it’s pretty predictable in its ingredients,” she told Runner’s World. “But I’m not super attached to anything or picky about it… On the morning of a race, I do just coffee and usually no food. For me, I’ve dialed in my race nutrition through a lot of trial and error. I’ve found a few things that seem to consistently work for me, and during a race, I'll only eat and drink those things.”

5. Squats All Day

Dauwalter tries to do squats throughout the day. “Before a run, I’ll do some activation exercises to get the hips and the glutes activated and some core work,” she told Trail Runner. “Squats are so easy. You can be standing there at your fridge in the morning and you can bust off a couple squats. Your glutes and your hips are so important in running and if you can keep those areas happy, it will prolong, I think, the distances and the amount of time you can be out there.”

Eilish McColgan is a record-breaking track and field athlete who has competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics, from 2012 to 2024. Known for her endurance and consistency, she holds the European record for the 10-kilometer road race and the European best for 10 miles. Recently, McColgan shared a glimpse into her training routine on Instagram, posting a video of herself running at varying speeds on a treadmill. “Putting my headphones to the ultimate treadmill test.. 🏃🏼‍♀️💨🎧,” she captioned the post. From smart training strategies to her favorite pre-workout meal, here’s how McColgan stays at the top of her game.

1. She Runs

Running is the main way McColgan keeps herself in shape. She shared this video on Instagram of herself on a treadmill. McColgan captioned the post, “Such is life... 🫠Exactly 2️⃣ weeks since my last race! Took to the treadmill for an easy run, with some short tempo efforts to get my legs moving again. 🦵Didn't feel too bad, considering the amount of time we spent walking around Vietnam and Cambodia!”

2. She’s Consistent

McColgan shared her training secrets in an interview with Runner’s World. “Being consistent. In the past, I used to always think I needed to train harder in order to run fast but now I realise that it's more important to train smart. Since reducing my mileage and focussing on the quality in my sessions rather than quantity - I've gone from strength to strength.”

3. She Doesn’t Restrict Herself

McColgan talked about her diet in her Runner’s World interview. “There's nothing that I restrict in my diet - everything is in moderation and if I want something sweet - I'll do so. I'm training so hard, I need to make sure I'm getting in enough calories in order for my body to recover rather than restricting it. With the volume of training that I do throughout the week, it's more important that I eat as much as I possible can and fuel correctly to try and prevent any injuries from breaking down. On race day, I stick to what I normally eat throughout the week - nothing changes.”

4. She Does Lower Body Workouts

McColgan tells Your Healthy Living that she does a lot of lower body workouts in the gym. “I have two hard interval sessions a week on the track and then afterwards I’ll do a session in the gym for an hour. I do things like squats, lunges and glute exercises using Thera Bands. It’s about keeping everything activated without tiring myself too much. I don’t lift a huge amount of weights. The focus is on my core, hips and glutes as those are the areas that are really important for a good, strong, running stride.”

5. She Loves Porridge

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McColgan shared her favorite pre-workout meal with Your Healthy Living. “It’s pretty simple. I eat porridge every single day. I have it with milk, a banana and some berries, and sometimes I’ll add a scoop of protein. That’s the perfect fuel for me. I enjoy eating it and I don’t have any stomach issues afterwards when I go for a run.”