"Running served as a place where I could feel like I was holding on to my mom, and that is like what I needed more than anything when I was grieving." Emily Halnon's debut book, "To the Gorge: Running, Grief, Resilience, and 460 Miles Across the PCT", is a story that weaves together the deep and transformative grief of both losing her mom to cancer in 2020, and running the fastest known time (FKT) on Oregon's 460 miles section of the Pacific Crest Trail. Emily is an avid and prolific...

"When you can perform through this kind of lifestyle,  it makes you not think that there's a problem. And I think that's where, we have to be careful." Andie Cozzarelli, semi-professional runner and running coach/owner of Run for a Cozz coaching, is back on the Lane 9 podcast! Listen for updates about what Andie has been up to running, training, and coaching-wise since our last episode together in 2018/2019.  Follow Andie on IG @run4acozz  The other links:  @lane9project on Instagram...

"I listened to the {Ali on the Run interview with Sarah Sellers after 2018 Boston Marathon}. I remember I was on a run, I was crying, and I was like...'I want to do that!"  Ashley Munro RDN is a dietitian based in Tuscon AZ. By day, she's an Instructor and Performance Dietitian the University of Arizona—where she recently developed the curriculum and programming for the first ever Weight Inclusive Certificate program for healthcare providers and healthcare students. But at 4:30 or 5am, she's...

"Looking back, I can now see that {taking a break from collegiate running} was actually me listening to my body. And I actually feel I did the brave thing, taking that time off.” Kate Ringwood is an eating disorder (ED) therapist, working with clients in treatment and recovery to improve and/or mold their relationship to movement and sports. She's been a runner since she was 10, and competed at the collegiate level while navigating her own ED and healing process. Kate took a year off of...

"As a woman, in the middle of my life, I realized that there was a lot I didn’t know about my own body, and really not understanding how that impacted my overall health and larger systems in my body."   Christine Yu is known most recently for writing and publishing the book "Up to Speed", which explores the myriad issues that have plagued womens' sports for decades, and highlights the "Groundbreaking Science of Women Athletes".  She's been writing in the women's health and fitness space for...

"Maybe the issue is we don’t care about the long term effects…until it’s too late."  Amelia Boone is five years out from her second time in high level Eating Disorder (ED) treatment, training for her next 100-miler, and enjoying the year of "Maybe". She recently wrote about being past her "prime" as an athlete, and has also shared personal updates such as choosing to freeze her eggs, the long process of building back up to running after her recent stress fracture, and ending her time as a...

If you know what we meant by "holding up your left hand" to check some geography during this episode, you get ten points! Tag us @lane9Project on IG and we'll award them accordingly.  This is a check in episode! Co-founder Heather Caplan, about to earn a double RD after her name (you'll see), checks in to see what you're doing to add some FUN to your runs, and shares how she's been doing that recently. (See: Music, running groups, community, and more! HBU?) She also offers a period check in,...

“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...

"It took me a lot of tries to get it right," shares professional ultra-marathoner Dr. Stefanie Flippin, of her journey with the 100-mile distance. Stef is not only a professional ultra-marathoner, sponsored by lululemon and GU energy labs, she's also a podiatrist (currently on sabbatical from private practice but still consulting on medical cases), and a running coach with the Lift Run Perform team.  In this conversation with Lane 9 Project co-founder, Heather Caplan RDN, Stef shares insight...

"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...

Is running still feeling fun? What do you tell your ego when a race day isn't going as planned? Alexis and Heather check in on these big questions, recap the recent NYC Half-Marathon, and talk about the more common but less "celebrated" postpartum running journey, pelvic floor PT and all.  The links:  Lane9Project.org @lane9project on Instagram lane9project.substack.com for essays and newsletters! Contact us with questions and/or ways to work with Lane 9 Project! We'd love to hear from you.

Traditional eating disorder (ED) treatment models have fallen short on including relationships to sport and movement 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 this Lane 9 podcast episode to talk about her experience as an accompllished D1 Collegiate runner who struggled with...

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...

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...

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...

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...

We'll be back soon! Stay tuned! Meanwhile, our newsletter has a new home here, and you can still find us at Lane9Project.org.  Heather & Alexis

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

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...

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...

Anthony Dissen PhD RDN is one of the speakers at our upcoming event in Denver CO, Oct 6-7 2023. Both in person and virtual tickets are available here! Anthony teaches and conducts research at Stockton University. His work has focused primarily on body liberation in the LGBTQ+ communities, and helping healthcare providers provide more inclusive care.  Follow Anthony for magical meme moments and some nutrition things on Instagram, @anthonydissenrd.  More about upcoming WIND events at...

Coming in hot with some thoughts about continuing education, the 75 required hours for RDNs, and wondering if the fellow dietitians here log their hours every 5 years or if they're a Kim!  We actually kick this episode off with some casual chat about hobbies, how we describe our jobs to our (or other) 5 year olds, and why community, connection, and continuing education are the core pieces of Weight Inclusive Nutrition and Dietetics (aka WIND).  We'd love to hear from you: Are you a Kim,...

We have to talk about the privileges in our virtual WIND office, in the room(s) at WIND events, and within weight-inclusive spaces at large. What does it mean that many of us in this space hold so many unearned privileges (body, race, ability, etc.), and how do we act with intention and integrity once we know what those privilges mean?  Tune in to hear Heather Caplan, Kim Hoban, and Leah Tsui—of the WIND Team—explore this topic together, sharing what they've learned over the years of working...

This one is a deep dive into the WIND team—our personalities, party tricks, and how we bring it all together! This team is small in numbers, but mighty in what we have done together. We're taking you behind the screens to meet us virtually, and maybe in person at our next event!  Will we see you in Denver?! Tickets are available via weightinclusivenutrition.com/events . We also have a virtual option, if needed/wanted.  We'd love to know YOUR party trick, and/or personality type. Our general...