Fitter, Faster & Happier - The Female Runner Athlete's Podcast

This highly requested episode brings to you the facts, the depth, and some not so talked about aspects and information on and around RED-S.

Today I am joined by 3 of the most impactful women in the space of female athletes and RED-S:

Renee McGregor, Melissa Lodge, and Pippa Woolven ( links to all below- scroll down!)

Their bios are below:

Renee McGregor:

Renee is a leading Sports Dietitian with over 20 years of

Melissa Lodge:

Melissa, MS is an Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, she PhD candidate, graduate research and teaching assistant, dietetics student, and elite runner. Her research focuses on female athlete physiology, particularly under conditions of low energy availability (LEA), such as Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs), and its associated impact on health and performance across the lifespan. She has presented her work at several regional, national, and international conferences featuring work in female athletes on LEA outcomes. Melissa is interested in exploring intervention-based models, such as education, to improve outcomes for female athletes and girls in sports in the future. She also runs the social media account @FED_collaborative, a translational research on female athlete physiology, LEA, REDs, and eating disorders/disordered eating

Pippa Woolven:

Pippa Woolven is a retired elite athlete turned advocate for safe, sustainable practices in sport. As the founder and director of Project

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This week Kiprun athlete Kate Axford re-joins the podcast for a catch up on her phenomenal progression over the past year.

In just two years Kate has gone from being a pro-hockey player convert runner to an elite professional runner. But it is this last year where Kate has really started to come into her own as one of the nations best.

Tune in to hear about how Kate has approached this change, what things she has changed, and how becoming a pro has really helped her move things along.

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This week Olympian, 2023 British 1500m champion and world finalist, and the newly crowned British record holder for the mile, Katie Snowden, joins the podcast to shed light on the secret to sustained success.

Katie is not only an exceptional athlete with regard to her calibre, but her avoidance of injuries and other major obstacles is definitely something to talk about.

Another unique aspect to Katie is the number of years she has sat in at the very top of the spot. She still holds the number 1 all time spot for the 400m as a U15, which is only a part of her loaded resume of junior accomplishments which include world championships and the junior Olympics.

Obviously Katie was born to run. But talent alone is never enough in such a tough sport. Katie also has, and has had, a great mindset and approach to training, which she shares in the episode.

Including as always a female specific discussion point which this week delves into a women's only meet.

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From child stardom and records galore, to severe RED-S and an eating disorder, Molly Canham went through it all. 2 Years ago Molly bravely shared her story in depth; as well the very insightful reflections she had during, and post recovery.

Now, 2 years down the line post recovery, Molly is finally reaping the rewards of her hard work and commitment towards recovering fully from RED-S, once and for all.

Tune in to hear where Molly is at now, why she choose to take her time with it, and how she remained committed to her path of recovery.

Molly definitely falls into the category of life's Overachievers, but as credit to her depth of character and introspection. And so this episode brings to you plenty of valuable and thought provoking reflections.

RED-S recovery is possible but it can take time.

Also a deep dive into and around athlete-ing as a female!

** I'll also own it now I do mis pronounce ovulation, but hey got to spice things up ;)

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Asics and John Clark Motor Group athlete Natasha Phillips re-joins the podcast to chat through her past year.

Natasha is the European U20 Half Marathon record holder but also a second year university student, and someone who has so far been self coached.

Over the past year Natasha has competed at her first World Championships, finished 1st Brit in the Antrim Coast Half Marathon, got her first injury, completed her first year of university, and found a new coach.

Lots to catch up on and lots to learn in this episode.

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M11 Track Club's Ava Lloyd joins the podcast to share her journey to her success over the past season. Ava placed 5th in the World U20 1500m Championships, took 2 National titles across the 800m (indoors) and 1500m, and competed in several international meets.

Although despite some very impressive PB's and a lot of success this year it has not been plane sailing and rainbows for Ava. Like many, Ava battled with several years of the dreaded 'Runners Plateau', before coming out the other side. In her case this was a result of her changing body, something which many teenage girls struggle with and could be a reason in the high drop out rates of girls in the sport. Ava's approach to adversity is inspiring and motivating, as she demonstrates where grit, determination, and trusting the process can get you.

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Innes FitzGerald and Jess Bailey both sit together down for a catch up since their last respective episodes, released in March and April 2024.

Since then they have both run at the world U20 cross country championships and world U20 3000m championships ( with top 20 finishes both times), as well as taken a bunch of top spots at a range of domestic championships.

In this episode they talk through their thoughts and reflections on a busy season, their favourite moments, and plans for the future.

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New Zealand athlete and corporate professional Georgie Grgec joins the podcast to talk through her running journey which has recently landed her a top 50 at the world cross country championships and a 15.20 5000m.

Georgie shares her experience of junior success out in New Zealand and how her struggles with injuries led her to leave the sport. She then talks through how she found her way back to running, had a light bulb moment around RED-S, and has built back stronger each year. And all whilst working a full time job.

Georgie shares her thoughts around and experience of both working full time and being an athlete. Hence, Georgie shares how she balances the two and fits training in around ridged working hours.

Georgie is a very talented athlete and she shares some of her aspirations for the future.

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NNormal and American athlete Allie Ostrander joins the podcast to share her story of how she moved past an eating disorder to run PBs including an Olympic Qualifying time.

Allie is a world class athlete with resume of titles and achievements to her name, however she is also well known and well loved as a content creator in her own right. Allie has shared her running journey from being one of America's top high school athletes and going pro straight out of college, to battling with an eating disorder.

In this episode Allie shares her reflections on how she made the mental switch to overcome her struggles with an eating disorder. This ultimately gave her food and exercise freedom, and saw her run PB's and an Olympic qualifying time that year. Allie's positivity and strength of character makes for an inspiring, entertaining, and informative listen.

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Now an 800m Olympic semi-finalist and British senior 800m champion, Phoebe Gill becomes the first return guest as she dives into the details and behind the scenes of her recent debut Olympic experience.

Phoebe has always been a phenomenal record breaking athlete but her progression over the past few months saw her from being a world class junior athlete to not just a world class senior athlete, but one of the very best in the world.

In this episode we talk through everything that has changed since the last time we spoke ( back in December 2023), her journey to the Olympics, experience at the Olympics, and her aspirations moving forward.

Phoebe is a truly phenomenal individual, who displays an exceptional level of maturity and self reflection, whilst remaining down to earth and straight up lovely. It is clearly no co-incidence that her personality has allowed her realise her physical potential to such a high level at such a young age.

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