Competing in the Olympic Trials During ED Treatment

This was, hands down, the hardest experience of my life. As a professional runner (at the time), Olympic years mean the highest pressure. Add 10 hours a day in eating disorder treatment, and it’s literally a pressure cooker of physical and mental exhaustion, emotional turmoil, and self-doubt. I truly cannot describe how difficult this was for me to handle, and, to this day, I don’t fully understand how I was able to get through it. I do know that my support system of family, my partner, friends, and teammates helped me tremendously. Watch the video below to hear the full story.