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In November of 2019, Mary Cain, HS phenomenon, opened up about the abuse she suffer by the hand of Alberto Salazar while at the Nike's Oregon Project. Supporting her, Kara Goucher (Olympic distance runner) and Amy Bergley (Olympic 10k runner), both former Nike runners, discuss the pressure they also experienced to do whatever it takes and loose weight to increase performance.
In Fat in Fire: A Personal Narrative on Disordered Eating in Competitive Distance Runners, University of Iowa's Kelsey Hart shares her experience with seeing a teammate struggle with an eating disorder and provides insight into the culture that often causes female distance runners to adopt unhealthy eating habits.
Professional runner and Olympian Kate Grace opens up about the pressure elite athletes feel to look a certain way, encouraging them to resort to unhealthy eating behaviors to achieve this.
Recently qualifying for the Olympic Marathon Team in her first marathon, Molly Seidel overcomes injury and eating disorder after two years of therapy.
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What Made Maddy Run: The Secret Struggles and Tragic Death of An All-American Teen discusses the stigma around anxiety and depression in collegiate athletics. After struggling with internal and external pressure to be perfect, to be the best, Ivy League runner Maddy Holleran died of suicide on January 17, 2014. Kate Fagan, ESPN columnist and feature writer, walks us through the events that led up to Maddy's final days.
In Toeing the Line: The Demands and Rewards of Women's Collegiate Distance Running by Molly Schassberger, Molly does a phenomenal job of illustrating what it is like to be a collegiate distance runner, eluding in the process to why many develop eating disorders in the sport.
Illinois State's Krista DeCeault devotes herself to helping younger athletes understand the warning signs of eating disorders and recover from them after fighting her own battle with the disorder. After leaving to receive treatment in 2011, Krista returned to complete her graduate degree in Dietetics and run again.
HS superstars; Fiona Max, Tori Gaitan, Claire Walters, Brynn Brown, Taylor James, Tori Starcher, Sydney Thorvaldson, and Brooke Rauber; discuss body images, menstruation, and returning from the Female Triad.
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