Faster at a Cost

.....At 5-foot-11 and hovering near 185 pounds during racing season, Egli, an ultrarunner, cyclist, and triathlete, felt enormous in comparison to the tiny fast folks he saw.

He began a reasonable quest to slim down. But it turned quickly into an unsustainable pursuit....

....“A sport like running can be a nice cover for disordered eating for men and women, because so much of what you do as a runner intersects with the behaviors you might have as someone with an eating disorder,” says Nick Galli, Ph.D., who studies male athletes and body image at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. “You’re pushing your body to the extreme with a high volume of training. If you weren’t competitive as a runner, it would raise some eyebrows.”....

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Bethany`s Notes: A good article on how males are not immune to having an eating disorder. Many times we don`t even see it coming. In addition, men have body image concerns too. As a coach of male athletes, certainly the men want to be better and so they see leanness as part of that piece but they are constantly shown very muscular men who are the `perfect guy`. Body image is a constant struggle for men more than I realized.