Welcome to the Runners Connect, Run to the Top Podcast, where it's all about learning from the best minds in the sport

so you can train smarter, stay healthy, and run faster now.

And now your host, Tina Muir.

Hello, this is Tina Muir and I would like to welcome you to another episode of the

Run-Nects Connect Run to the Top Podcast. There are many topics that are covered over and over again and some

that you can ask someone about or type into a search engine and almost hear the crickets

as you realize that there is nothing on that topic.

Runners are dedicated, determined and love to research what they can do to run faster.

So why is there absolutely nothing on women's issues and running?

If you're a guy, you may want to switch off now, but it would also be a great idea for you

to listen to this interview to learn more about it.

And to the female listeners, this may be a first ever for how deep and detailed we go into this topic

but it will be informative and I'm sure you will learn something valuable that you can apply to your training.

My guest today is Sarah Crouch. Sarah is a coach for Runners Connect, she works with a big group of

athletes in our training program. She's a 13-time All-American and now a professional runner for ZAP and

Reebok, which she has been since 2011. Sarah is a three-time Olympic Trials qualifier and has PRs of 1549 in the 5k, 3237 in the 10k and

232 in the marathon.

That's fast.

However, one of Sarah's biggest accomplishments is being the overall winner of the 2013 church baking contest with her luscious blueberry pie.

As you can see, Sarah's a good deal of fun. Today Sarah

and I are going to talk about the effects both good and bad are various forms of birth

control on runners. The two types of amenaria and why you need to pay more

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