The Lane 9 Podcast

100 Episodes, Almost 10 Years, and We're Still Here: A Lane 9 State of the Union

What does it look like to build something for almost a decade — not because you had a perfect plan, but because you kept showing up? For the 100th episode of the Lane 9 podcast, host Heather Caplan, RDN, sits down with h

Fueling Through Injury: Nutrition, Body Image, and Getting Back on the Bike with Shira Evans

What do you actually eat when your body is healing — and you're not allowed to move? That's the question Shira Evans, RD, CSSD, found herself living through after a significant cycling accident left her with a concussion

A Co-Founder Check-In: Traveling, Training, and the Sub-3 Journey with Alexis Fairbanks

What does it look like to chase a goal and then permit yourself to let it breathe for a season? Host Heather Caplan, RDN, is joined by her Lane 9 co-founder Alexis Fairbanks for an informal midsummer catch-up. They talk

Give Yourself Some (or a lot of) Credit: A 2026 Midsummer Check-In

"I have no doubt you could run that half-marathon, but I understand the hesitation." That note from her physical therapist is what Host Heather Caplan, RDN, needed to hear, and this episode is her passing it along to you

Fueling for a Sub-3 Marathon: Laura Filla on Ferritin, Nutrition, and a Breakthrough Marathon

What does it take to reach sub-3 with your period intact and your body well-fueled? That's the question Coach Laura Filla can now answer from experience. After four years, ten marathons, low ferritin, grief, a coaching b

Miran McCash on Women in Run Coaching, and the Conversations Girls Aren't Having With Their Male Coaches

What does it actually take to build a girls' running program from three athletes to a full roster, and what does it cost the coach who gets it there? That's at the heart of this conversation with Miran McCash: high schoo

Mary Cain on REDs, Period Health, and Why Sports Should Be Healthcare - This Is Not About Running

What if we stopped treating sport like entertainment and started treating it like healthcare? That's the question at the center of this conversation with Mary Cain: professional middle-distance runner, Stanford medical s

Osteitis Pubis Postpartum Experience with Coach Becky Anthony

"Once I started doing more core work...prescribed to me by a pelvic floor DPT, and what everyone says you should be doing after pregnancy...I was feeling pain," shares Lane 9 Coach Becky Anthony, head coach and owner of

Nutrition: Signs You're Actually Eating Enough as an Athlete (and How to do That!), with Dietitian KC Stockmon

"The [symtpoms] of under-fueling, and REDs, make it a lot harder to meet your [calorie] needs," shares dietitian KC Stockmon. "It's kind of this vicious cycle." We're here to talk about how many calories an athlete actua

Eating Disorder History, Stress Fractures, and Finally Fueling Enough for a Big Marathon PR with Amy Sams

" I also learned the hard way. I did pay the price for several years. I had a lot of injuries, and I was in the stress fracture cycle for seven years. And that was a wake-up call. It really showed me you're not invincibl

What young athletes need to know: Periods, bone injuries, and eating enough with DPT and Coach Bethany Brausen

"It took me several injuries to really figure out...this is going to keep happening unless I do something big about it," shares coach and DPT Bethany Brausen, a member of the Lane 9 Membership and clinical directory. And

Athlete Perfectionism & Exploring Self-Worth in Sports with Dr. Savannah Landis

"Being the best is not the end all be all. And can you have self-confidence [in sport] without being the best?" Dr. Savannah Landis, Lane 9 Clinician, asks us to consider how perfectionism shows up in our sport experienc

Molly Huddle: Pregnancy fears, support systems, and how SHE has navigated training with two kids

"I was honestly terrified of [pregnancy]. I feel like whenever I looked around in the sport, I didn't see it. And if someone did get pregnant, it seemed like they disappeared. And if they came back, it seemed like it was

Pep Talk: You're NOT the Exception to Adequate Fuel, Periods, and Rest

Pro Runner Gabi Rooker on Fibroids, Fertility Treatments, and Training for Boston 2026

" I've had a lot of colleagues who have navigated infertility and have been really open about it, which has helped me." Professional runner Gabi Rooker joins the Lane 9 Podcast to talk about discovering she had a grapefr

Carbohydrates: What athletes need to know, with dietitian Brooke Czarnecki

"The athletic person is going to need more calories overall, and a lot of those calories should be coming from carbohydrates," shares Lane 9 clinician, Brooke Czarnecki RDN. We are talking ALL about carbs on this episode

A Connection Between Perimenopause, Disordered Eating, and REDs with researcher and clinician Meghan Vogt

"We are not done [as athletes], by a certain age. And we should be able to push for what we want," shares athlete, advocate, and clinician, Meghan Vogt. Meghan is part of the Lane 9 Clinician Membership and Directory, an

You're injured (as an athlete). Now what?, with mental performance coach Olivia Papakyrikos

"Injury is part of the athletic experience. Burnout, setbacks, losses...all of these things are part of being an athlete. There's nothing you can do to eliminate ALL risk of that," shares licensed therapist and sport psy

How eating disorder recovery begins, for every body (Eating Disorders Awareness Week)

"Over the years, clients have shown me that recovery begins in spaces where they feel safe enough to tell the truth." It's Eating Disorder Awareness Week and this year's theme is "Every Body Belongs". We wrote a little s

Building Bone Density, and Weight Lifting for Female Athletes, with DPT and Ultra-marathoner Hannah DePaul

"The first time [younger female athletes] work with a barbell or trap bar or something, you can see it. They're like, 'this is bada**, this is awesome," shares physical therapist and ultra-endurance athlete, Hannah DePau