PEAC- Train Like a Girl: enhancing performance & wellbeing of GIRLS IN SPORT
PEAC- Train Like a Girl: enhancing performance & wellbeing of GIRLS IN SPORT
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Welcome to PEAC- train like a girl, a podcast by GIRLS IN SPORT for GIRLS and coaches in sport. We’re here to amplify your voice- it deserves to be heard.
At PEAC, we are a SAFE place for GIRLS to hang out, learn, grow, and build community. We empower GIRLS IN SPORT and coaches with the knowledge, resources, and support we think is necessary in todays athletic environments to thrive.
Join us for bold conversations about the experiences of GIRLS IN SPORT. Our discussions will make you laugh, cry, cheer, get frustrated, and rethink the future of girls in sports for generations to come.
Whether you’re walking, commuting, or cleaning your bedroom, take us with you. Follow us, check out our website, consider making a donation and share with a female athlete or coach you love!
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Content Themes
The podcast covers a wide range of topics related to girls in sports, including mental health, nutrition, leadership, and personal growth. Episodes include discussions on the importance of community for female athletes, mental performance practices, and breaking down diet culture with topics like Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs) and period health.
Welcome to PEAC- train like a girl, a podcast by GIRLS IN SPORT for GIRLS and coaches in sport. We’re here to amplify your voice- it deserves to be heard.
At PEAC, we are a SAFE place for GIRLS to hang out, learn, grow, and build community. We empower GIRLS IN SPORT and coaches with the knowledge, resources, and support we think is necessary in todays athletic environments to thrive.
Join us for bold conversations about the experiences of GIRLS IN SPORT. Our discussions will make you laugh, cry, cheer, get frustrated, and rethink the future of girls in sports for generations to come.
Whether you’re walking, commuting, or cleaning your bedroom, take us with you. Follow us, check out our website, consider making a donation and share with a female athlete or coach you love!
State Qualifier, Record-Breaker, Coach: Diana Crumrine-Carson’s Hurdles Journey
PEAC — Train Like a Girl
Episode: Diana Crumrine-Carson (Holy Trinity —Cross Country, Track, and Volleyball Coach)
About this episode
Diana Crumrine-Carson wasn’t athletic as a kid. She started in ballet, then moved to figure skating — and didn’t make it past tryouts. She tried out for her school’s cheerleading team and didn’t make that either. When she wanted to play softball, the season got cancelled. Then her PE teacher mentioned the team needed track athletes, and Diana — who just wanted to be part of something — gave it a shot, even after her mom told her “hurdles are for horses.”
Her coaches, Jody and Deb, were goal-oriented people who let Diana set big goals of her own. She went on to qualify for state and break a school record, then competed at North Central College. That experience is what pulled her into coaching — a career change driven by her love of the sport — and she now teaches and coaches hurdles at the middle school level.
In this episode, Diana talks about the winding, rejection-filled path that led her to the sport she now coaches, what she’s had to unlearn moving from athlete to coach, and how she helps young female athletes build a healthy relationship with training, fueling, rest, and their own sense of self-worth.
Notable quotes from Diana
“Hurdles are for horses.” — her mom, before she understood what hurdles were and what a gift her daughter had.
“You’re not a runner yet.”
“Your value is not defined by making a team.”
“Be a great, strong support system for your athletes.”
“Comparison is the thief of joy.”
“Be the champion of your life.”
Highlights:
A consistent mindset matters more than natural talent — anyone can learn to be good.
Parents and family should be their athlete’s biggest cheerleaders, not another source of pressure.
Nutrition fundamentals: protein, carbohydrates, and hydration — and why a PE teacher’s perspective on fueling is a differentiator.
Being cut from ballet, figure skating, cheer, and softball didn’t make Diana less athletic — it made her tougher, and shaped the coach she became.
Diana currently competes in USA Masters Track & Field (ages 25–100+), across all track and field events, at national meets and world championships — but says she still misses the competitive team environment.
So much passion in this episode; tune in.
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