Fueling the Brain and Body for Elite Performance with Jackie Pirtle-Hall

On today’s episode, we are honored to be joined by Jackie Pirtle-Hall, an athlete who has competed at the highest levels, including the USATF Half Marathon Championships and the Olympic Marathon Trials, to discuss her journey of recovering physically and mentally from an eating disorder. By learning to fuel and love her body, she began setting records in half marathons and became the 8th fastest woman in the country to run a 50-mile trail run. Today, Jackie is a business owner, coach, and trainer, helping people from all walks of life reach their athletic and personal goals, making her someone who values both performance and the human connection behind it. Tune in to hear: Jackie shares her story of becoming a D1 athlete and how underfueling her body lead to multiple injuries ultimately ending her college career How the pervasive messaging of diet culture and what a runner “should” look like fueled an eating disorder and depression Jackie opens up about how she made the choice to hire a therapist and a nutritionist to heal her mind and her body  By properly fueling her body and learning to apply self love, Jackie began setting PRs and performing at the highest level in the running world Listen to the end as Jackie shares so much of the wisdom she has gained along the way and her passion to pass it on to athletes  Jackie Pirtle-Hall http://coachjaxtherunner.com @coachjaxtherunner Emerge Fitness And Personal Training - Emerge Fitness And Training (emergefitnesstraining.com) We hope you enjoy this conversation and share it with a friend. Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review the show on ITunes/Spotify. And please hear us when we say, you are extraordinary. Go be you, the world needs you. Love, Jules & Ang