Episode 4 with Pippa Woolven and Rowan Preece

Running with RED-S

In this episode I spoke to Pippa Woollen and Rowan Preece. Pippa has a high pedigree of cross country running representing GB at the 2019 World Cross Country Championships back in Denmark. Moving to America at a young age she first noticed that she wasn't fuelling correctly and therefore tried to understand the problems arising around this. When struggling with this "energy deficiency" problem she started to struggle with her running and uni work which affected her mental health. Move forward a few years this inspirational woman showed the world that it was possible to come back from this problem on the stronger side where she ended up winning BUCS Cross Country and went on to represent GB on many occasions. She is also the founder of @project_red_s_ and hopes to raise further awareness of this condition. Rowan Preece also struggled with this problem and we dive into how this affected him at university. He brings up some instances and rituals he was doing for years which weren't healthy but now this new teacher has fought his way through in a positive manner being happier then ever. Rowan was the first male athlete I had ever heard of who first spoke out about this condition back in 2018 and it was inspiring to see. Still loving the sport he goes down to all the events to support his mates. Although, we do need him to wear a pair of the "super shoes" one day :)!