Sophie Speidel: A Menopause Journey as a Competitive Athlete

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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? Sophie'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. Mentioned in this episode Sophie Speidel's writing on Trail Sisters: https://www.trailsisters.net/author/sophie-speidel/ Dr. Stacey Sims Selene Yeager and the Hit Play Not Pause podcast Barbara Hannah Grufferman's "Menopause Cheat Sheet" Coach Parry's YouTube channel "The Female Athlete"  Coach Parry's "Running Through Menopause" training program  Sarah Lavender Smith's blog, "The Runner's Trip" Ways to follow Sophie Speidel Follow Sophie on Instagram: @sophiespeidel Ways to Connect and Engage with Women's Running Stories Instagram: @womensrunningstories Twitter: @WomenRunStories Website: womensrunningstories.com Email host Cherie: clouiseturner@gmail.com Women's Running Stories is a member of the Evergreen network: https://evergreenpodcasts.com/