“I was modeling all these super lean athletes that we see in the media and that are celebrated for their somatotype,  even though, you know, they may have achieved that by very unhealthy means.” Pippa Woolven is the founder of Project RED-S and a former elite and champion steeplechase runner in both the UK and US. In the last few years Pippa has become a first-time parent, and managed Project RED-S, while navigating and exploring this era of her relationship to running and competing. Her work and story have been featured in national publications such as CNN and Runner's World, raising awa ..read more

"People are going to get a really realistic dose of me in this episode!" Mary Johnson, running coach and owner of the Run Coaching group and team, Lift Run Perform, joins us for this episode. She's been part of the Lane 9 project since it began, submitting personal essays and having conversations with us about all things disordered eating, amenorrhea, and working toward big fitness goals while keeping your health and wellbeing intact.  We cover a LOT in this episode:  Mary's go-to strategy for keeping boundaries with social media Current training and fitness goals (you heard it here ..read more

Traditional eating disorder (ED) treatment models have fallen short on including relationships to sport and nmovement into the therapeutic process. Opal Food and Body Wisdom treatment center in Seattle WA opened in 2012 to change that. To acknowledge that we, as humans, are embodied beings and that sport has potential to be so beneficial to us. Kara Bazzi, Opal co-founder, joins ths Lane 9 podcast to talk about her experience as an accompllished D1 Collegiate runner who struggled with an eating disorder, and how she went on to build Opal with her cofunders, Julie Church RDN and Lexi Giblin PhD ..read more

Alexis and Heather check in on their own training things, and welcome your input on 1) a podcast intro hot take and 2) which spring half-marathon Alexis should be signing up for (traveling from Denver)! Tag us @lane9project on IG or send an email with your thoughts.  They also chat through a few things going on in the running world right now, including but not limited to Nikki Hiltz's fire streak that keeps on keeping on, Parker Valby chucking the norms in training and doing her 3-days-a-week thing, and what happens when new parents win big titles.  The links:  Lane9Project.org ..read more

What we consider normal, or even "healthy", is so often shaped by and evolves with the communities we're in. With increased access to the training and lives of elite athletes and recreational runners alike, it can be hard to decipher what's disordered, "disciplined", worth pursuing, and/or damanging to your overall wellbeing. Abby and I chat about her relationship to movement, her work as a sports dietitian getting athletes at all levels to eat more, and we get into a few questions from the community! The links:  Lane 9 Project community survey (come tell us about you!) Newsletter&nb ..read more

Based on a recent newsletter essay, Alexis and Heather talk in much more detail about catalysts for change, the very gradual processes they each experienced coming out of disordered eating and movement patterns, and even the soccer to endurance running pipeline. If you relate, we'd love to hear from you!  The links:  Lane 9 Project community survey (come tell us about you!) Newsletter Lane9project.substack.com Lane 9 Project on Instagram @lane9project We're working on content and event partnerships and collaborations! Interested? Contact us via lane9project.org.&n ..read more

What IS the Lane 9 Project? On the Lane 9 podcast, we're diving back in and starting with the co-founder's meet cute, followed by the big goals they're working on now. A sub-3 marathon on has been on Alexis's list for a long time, but first she had to take many steps back. Hear more about that process on this episode, and read more about it in the bi-weekly newsletter!  The links:  Lane 9 Project community survey (come tell us about you!) Newsletter Lane9project.substack.com Lane 9 Project on Instagram @lane9project   We're working on content and event partnerships and collabora ..read more

Listen to find out!  Thanks for being here. More to come! - Heather ..read more

Yasmine Mavrakis and Gabriela Hurtado Alvarado will be joining the WIND Fall Conference in Denver to chat about culturally-affimative care for eating disorders and complex trauma. In this episode, Yasmine and Gaby share their paths to becoming eating disorder providers, how they work together, what it looks like to challenge the status quo in ED treatment and what their go-to coffee shop orders are.  Things mentioned in this episode: Mañana Será Bonito by Karol G Taylor Swift x Bad Bunny Playlist Prickly Pear Therapy and Training | @pricklytherapy Mavrakis Nutrition | @nourishnflourish &n ..read more

Charlie Golightly MS RDN is joining our WIND Fall Conference in Denver next month! Charlie will be speaking about expansive care practices within dietetics, how their work has been moving upstream, and what it might mean to...give a damn, as a dietitian.  Tune in to hear more about Charlie as a human (and their dog Cora!)—beige flags, most-listened to songs on Spotify, and how their work has evolved from private practice and into teaching at MSU (our Fall Conference event venue!).  Things mentioned in the show:  Priya Parker's Book, The Art of Gathering Barbie Soudtrack Playlist ..read more