11. Amelia Boone: Long-Term Eating Disorder Effects and a "Recovery Update

"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 sponsored athlete. Amelia is known for so many accomplishments in the endurance running world—an obstacle course racing champion, and ED awareness advocate, a talented ultra-marathon runner, etc. In this conversation, we tough on what that all looks like now, in 2024, and how's she processing it. Everything from the long-term health effects of eating disorders and hypothalamic amenorrhea to what "recovery" means to her, at least for now.  The links:  @arboone11 on Instagram, X, and Threads ameliaboone.substack.com lane9project.org lane9project.substackcom @lane9project on Instagram and Threads