t he height of her training, Lydia O'Donnell was running around 170 kilometres per week. As an elite athlete and marathon runner she was laserfocused on her goal to make the World Championship team. She was also physically exhausted, her social life and relationships fell by the wayside, and in her mid-20s, her body was in such a state of depletion as a result of overtraining and underfuelling, her periods eventually stopped. By her own admission in an Instagram post earlier this year, unrealistic benchmarks and self-criticism flooded her thoughts: “I've always had the confidence that I can
