Running & Eating Disorders – Recovery Really?

Is running marathons a legitimate and useful way to promote recovery from eating disorders?

Is running marathons a good way to raise money for eating disorder charities?

Is running just another way of expressing eating disorder pathology?

Is EVEN MORE running a substitution for eating disorder behaviour?

Is EVEN MORE marathon running a good example to set for people recovering from eating disorders?

Is this really a celebration of recovery or a way to justify eating more?

I leave you to work it out.  See The Marathon Runner’s Story