Megan Flanagan: A Young Runner's Journey through RED-s (relative energy deficiency in sport)
b"This story follows the journey of runner Megan Flanagan through relative energy deficiency in sport, RED-s, to health and developing a community of awareness and support, Strong Runner Chicks.\\xa0\\nMegan started linking thinness with performance at a young age. Body commentary, prevalent ideals of what a winning distance runner should look, and the desire to be competitive led Megan down the path toward RED-s: she was amenorrhoeic (had stopped menstruating) by the time she was graduating high school. Her journey demonstrates the numerous challenges young women athletes face to get the health support and education they need to navigate away from the seriously harmful syndrome of RED-s.\\nThis story follows Megan\\u2019s journey through her early days of discovering her love of being an athlete, to her frustrations and struggles with RED-s through her NCAA Division I career, and on to how she\\u2019s created and found strength in community and taken hold of her own health.\\xa0Megan is the founder of Strong Runner Chicks, a community to support and uplift women runners.\\xa0\\nWays to follow Megan Flanagan\\nFollow Megan on Instagram:\\xa0@meginspire\\nFollow Strong Runner Chicks on Instagram:\\xa0@strongrunchicks\\nLearn about Strong Runner Chicks on their\\xa0website\\nWays to Connect and Engage with Women's Running Stories\\nInstagram: @womensrunningstories\\nTwitter: @WomenRunStories\\nWebsite: womensrunningstories.com\\nEmail host Cherie: clouiseturner@gmail.com\\nWomen's Running Stories is a member of the Evergreen network: https://evergreenpodcasts.com/"