Underwear, Estrogen & Ultras with Lauren Puretz, DO (episode 222)

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Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement, Mental Health

4.9 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

We’ve got a grab-bag of gynecological goodness for you this week, as we sat down with elite ultrarunner, gynecologist, and Paradis pro ambassador Dr. Lauren Puretz. We dive into her running life, including how she navigates elite ultra training with two kids and a medical practice; the common gynecological issues she helps peri and menopausal women navigate, how to find quality care, and of course, what makes a good pair of performance underwear.

Lauren Puretz, DO, is a gynecologist dedicated to helping women especially during transitions in life. She’s an elite ultra runner, a mom of two, and recently opened up a private practice in Colorado Springs, CO. Last year, at age 41, Lauren finished third at the 2024 Javelina Jundred, running 100 miles in 15:00:50, the ninth-fastest time by a woman on the course. She came in 3rd at the Black Canyon 100k, securing a Golden Ticket for the Western States 100, which she competed in later that year. She also won the 2024 World Masters Mountain Running Championship. Lauren is also a pro ambassador for Paradis Sport, performance underwear by and for women. You can read more about her and her work in her ambassador profile here.

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0:00.0	You are listening to Hit Play, Not Pause, a feisty menopause podcast for active performance-minded women.
0:14.6	I am your host, Celine Yeager. Each week, I bring you advice from athletes, scientists, researchers,
0:19.7	and other experts to help you feel and perform you best no matter what your hormones are doing.
0:25.0	This show is a production of Live Feisty Media.
0:31.1	Hello, strong, feisty women.
0:33.5	Welcome to Hit Play Not Pause, the podcast that won't ride up, bunch up, or otherwise be a real pain in the, you know, seriously.
0:42.6	This is not a show about underwear, though it is one where we're going to talk about underwear.
0:47.7	Our sponsor Parity Performance Underwear has a very rad medical ambassador named Dr. Lauren Purettes.
0:55.1	And as I was looking into them and into her, I saw she is definitely our people, as they say.
1:01.3	For one, she is a kick-ass ultra runner.
1:04.6	And just for a few accolades that she has racked up last year at 41,
1:10.2	she secured a third place finish at the 2024
1:12.8	Havillina 100, and she completed that 100 mile trail run in 15 hours and 50 seconds, the ninth fastest
1:20.5	time by a woman on the course. She also won the World Masters Mountain Running Championship last
1:26.0	year, all on top of being a mom and a practicing
1:28.9	gynecologist who specializes in helping women during hormonal transitions like menopause.
1:34.7	So I thought, let's do a show. And we talk about it, including her quest recently to qualify
1:40.5	for Western States, which is the world's oldest 100-mile trail race, which is notoriously
1:46.6	tough to get into. You have to qualify and then enter the lottery, or you have to be a top
1:51.6	finisher at one of what are called golden ticket races, where then you're granted an automatic entry.
1:58.1	And Lauren did that last year when she placed third at the Black Canyon 100K,
2:03.2	which she describes as a breakthrough moment that led her to that Western States endurance run.
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