I just read this great article that discuses how your career is your body in professional sports. I think I have had my day in marathon running, and when you do something like that for years the ‘your career is your body’ concept is a big conversation. Being in a small town where I am from, some women would think that this is against your religion or that you must be trying to have children if you have a medical procedure as such, which is why I am so glad my school/professional circle in real life is more open minded. A lot of my running confidants and myself have had conversations about how competitive running from 12 into your 20’s can impact your health, in terms of hormonal balances and such. We have all thought about freezing our eggs, for the same reason a lot us had to go on the pill to have a period after competitive running for years from a young age. It makes me think of how you wouldn’t get plastic surgery in an area where it is not common to have plastic surgery, I probably would not do this kind of thing in my area. Even in highschool, in my cardiologists office a secretary pretended to be a nurse, went into my appointment, my doctor confronted her immediately, yet her daughter told everyone at school the details of my medical file that week. Small towns have pros and cons to them, sometimes you don’t want everyone to know everything about you. I wish there were more open conversation about this topic among athletes and published in magazines and such, because it is so common and necessary in modern times.
