Lauren Fleshman: Eating Disorders in the Running World
Life has been busy. Not only have I started a Running in Silence YouTube channel, but I’ve also been scheduled for numerous speaking engagements, one of which I most recently completed this past Saturday with Yoga For a Cause. As for the YouTube videos, it’s been a lot of trial and error. There have been numerous many […]
A Runner’s Life Without Running in Eating Disorder Recovery
I will always miss running. I will always remember what it felt like to fly over the grass of a cross country course or pick up speed around the final curve of the track. I also know that when I ran that fast, it was the only area of my life that brought me happiness. […]
To Let Running Go
There was a point in my life when I–and I’m sure many of us–experienced that heavy walk through each day. We could not find the energy to speak to our friends and family. We lost ourselves so deeply that we felt defined only by what we accomplished or how we ate. Running was my protector. […]
Guest Post: Lize Brittin’s Anorexia Recovery as a Runner Part 2
(Read Part 1 of Lize Brittin’s journey here). After 20 years of struggling, my life started to feel different. Over time, I was able to find joy again. I could run again without having to force myself to be at the top. During this transition, I noticed a strong correlation between my thoughts and my […]
Guest Post: Lize Brittin’s Anorexia Recovery as a Runner Part 1
I am honored to have Lize Brittin as a guest on the blog. She is the author of Training on Empty which chronicles her struggles with, and recovery from, anorexia nervosa as a runner. Rated one of the top mountain runners in the world in the 1980s, she has worked in careers ranging from teacher to […]
If Dieting is Detrimental to Athletes, Why Did I Keep Doing It?
Q: Even though running was your primary goal, when it became evident that the diet was detrimental to running it still pulled you back in. Why do you think it still gripped you even when you knew it wasn’t the direction you wanted to go? One word: Fear. When I noticed any detrimental effects on […]
Why Did I Attempt a Raw Food Diet as a Runner?
One of the biggest questions I get is about why I felt the need to follow a raw food diet as a collegiate cross country and track runner. Nutrition was important to me from a young age because I wanted to eat well to run well–and I started running consistently when I was 5 years […]
“It is What it is” and Second Chances
I am still racing in college–in fact, after coming out about my eating disorder and starting this blog, I am only halfway through my college career. I have two more years! At this point, I see the final two years of college as a second chance–a second chance to compete for my team, to continue […]
A Glimpse of Where I Am Now
It feels like it’s been a long grieving process; like a part of me was dying slowly before my eyes for the past few years and I had to watch it unfold. I just couldn’t let her go. No matter how mean, how frustrating, how deceiving that voice was, I could not let her go. […]
Raw Food Journal Entry 25: Something’s Not Quite Right
June 13, 2011 I went to Emily’s house for a “camping” trip with my cross country teammates this past weekend. I made sure to get in plenty of greens in multiple green smoothies before leaving. For supper I ate raw vegetables and some salad with salsa. Later that night I ate fruit and then indulged […]