Sophie Speidel: A Menopause Journey as a Competitive Athlete
b'Sophie Speidel is a lifelong athlete: being a competitor is motivating, rewarding, and fun. But there\'s a simple fact that comes with aging: our ultimate potentials in speed and strength begin to fade. In a sport like running, where we generally measure getting better as getting faster, how can we adjust to a body that\'s slowing down and still feel like we\'re improving?\\nSophie\'s journey explores this very question as she takes us through her menopause experiences and how she continues to thrive and achieve as her body ages.\\nMentioned in this episode\\nSophie Speidel\'s writing on Trail Sisters: https://www.trailsisters.net/author/sophie-speidel/\\nDr. Stacey Sims\\nSelene Yeager and the Hit Play Not Pause podcast\\nBarbara Hannah Grufferman\'s "Menopause Cheat Sheet"\\nCoach Parry\'s YouTube channel "The Female Athlete"\\xa0\\nCoach Parry\'s "Running Through Menopause" training program\\xa0\\nSarah Lavender Smith\'s blog, "The Runner\'s Trip"\\nWays to follow Sophie Speidel\\nFollow Sophie on Instagram:\\xa0@sophiespeidel\\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/'