Running from Perfection: My Journey from Eating Disorders to Endurance Sports-and the Neuroscience Behind It

She thought perfection was the goal-until she started chasing freedom.

As a teenager, Caitlin Massone developed an eating disorder, a secret struggle that consumed her for fourteen years. Even as she completed medical school, residency, and a fellowship in neurology, she fought a relentless battle with anorexia, binge eating, and bulimia.

In Running from Perfection, Massone recounts how she broke free from destructive patterns by turning to the healing power of nature and endurance sports. R...