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Good For a Girl: My Life Running In a Man's World (Winner Of the William Hill Sports Book Of the Year award 2023)
[Paperback - 2023]
lauren fleshman
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Publisher: Virago Press Uk | ISBN: 9780349014418 | Pages: 0
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WINNER OF THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2023

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023

Women s sports have needed a manifesto for a long time. With Good for a Girl we finally have one Malcolm Gladwell

Lauren Fleshman was of the most decorated collegiate athletes of all time and a national champion as a pro, before becoming a coach for elite young female runners. Every step of the way, she has seen how our sports systems fail young women and girls as much as empower them.

Part memoir, part manifesto, Good for a Girl is Fleshman s story of falling in love with running as a girl, battling devastating injuries and self-doubt, and daring to fight for a better way for female athletes.

Fleshman manages to deliver a sporting manifesto while also being a fine and engaging writer... There is a raw honesty at the heart of Good for a Girl THE TIMES

Needs to be read by anyone involved in women s sport Adharanand Finn, author of The Rise of the Ultra Runners

This is the book we ve been waiting for Kate Fagan, author of What Made Maddy Run

A call to action in how we think about girls and women in elite sports Emily Oster, bestselling author of Crib Sheet

The invitation to have a long overdue conversation for a long overdue cultural shift Alysia Montaño, Olympian, co-founder of &&Mother, and author of Feel-Good Fitness

About the Author

Lauren Fleshmanis one of the most decorated American distance runners of all time, having won five NCAA championships at Stanford University and two national championships as a professional. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times and Runner s World. She is the brand strategy advisor for Oiselle, a fitness apparel company for women, and the cofounder of Picky Bars, a natural food company. She lives in Bend, Oregon, with her husband, triathlete Jesse Thomas, and their two children.

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