This week we have a special episode dedicated entirely to SPORTS BRAS!! We talk with Molly Hanks, an expert in the field and the head Bravangelist at Title Nine. A good sports bra is perhaps the most essential piece of equipment for women runners - it has life changing capabilities and allows us women to keep showing up in our sports with the comfort, support and confidence that we need. We need to be free to run and frolic along our favorite trails without unnecessary bounce or discomfort from a bra that just isn’t serving us well. So in this episode we have the opportunity to pick Molly’s brain about all things sports bras - like how to measure correctly, what are common signs that a bra isn’t working, how to care for our bras, how to find the right support levels, how to minimize chafing issues which I’m sure we’ve all experienced and what to do in those awkward phases of pregnancy and nursing when our sizes are all over the place and “it’s like the Wild West” as Molly so accurately puts it.
A huge thanks to Title Nine and Molly Hanks for all this useful information! Stef and I will also be posting a future episode about some specific bras we are trying out in the hopes that a product review could point you to your future bra love! Stay tuned!
See Our write up on Treeline Journal for more notes on this episode.
Title Nine's Fit Calculator
Title Nine's Barbell Rating System for finding your support level needs
Molly's pic for a Nursing Bra - 3-Reasons Sports Bra
Molly's favorite for Post-Nursing: Booby Trap Sports Bra
Molly's favorite race: The Double Dipsea
Molly's Fave Chicken Marbella Recipe: "I don't have it written down so these are approximate levels. It's impossible to screw up and it's one of those things that my daughter has loved from 12 months ( or whenever I introduced meat ??) until now. It's salty and sweet and can be thrown together in like 5 min, and it cooks for an hour so you can go get a little run in."
2 lbs of boneless skinless chicken breasts
1 cup of white wine
2-3 table spoons of capers
1 cup kalamata olives
1 cup of dried apricots
a little olive oil
Throw it all in a covered casserole dish and bake for 50-60 min at 350. Serve over brown rice and with a green salad.
