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Alexis Fairbanks

Alexis Fairbanks

Co-founder of the Lane 9 Project, UESCA-certified run coach, and Senior Team Lead at Denver Public Schools who runs marathons and advocates for female athlete health.

Aug 13, 2026

3:28
Like, what do you remember about learning about that in the health promotion program at AU?
3:33
Yeah.
3:34
I mean, I think I've talked on here quite a bit about my experience as a collegiate athlete, and even younger than that really started kind of like restricting and thinking that thinner equaled faster and just those messages even without social media the way it is now.
3:52
I think through reading like Runner's World, the print Runner's World that I got every month [laughs] in high school, those messages kind of sneaking in.
4:01
And then when I got to college, um, having a pretty successful freshman year and then being totally riddled with injuries after that and stress fractures and having an irregular period that I was told was normal and everything.
4:16
And so just always feeling like, well, there's something wrong with me.
4:20
Like, for some reason I can't handle the training.

20 MINS LATER

24:52
Yeah

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